this lowers gpa and scholarships.some students are feeling that both the government and the university are treating education as a privilege and not a right. so others feel like they no longer are wanted in higher education at the universities. and they are considered, they have to be in an educational without a disability. they are really feeling down about it. it's harder to get scholarships due to lower gpa aechltz --'s. if you are on a reduced load, you are not on the dean's list, not on the honor roll. yet your gpa is there for a scholarship. it's more difficult to take out school loans if you are in housing or pay for rent. even more difficult if you live on campus to increase cost. tuition is rising but funding is going down. we sent a request to san francisco state university for a response many times. we met with them last year and this year. their response, i'm just going to be brief outline. maximum time for an education program is defined in the federal regulations and no longer than 100 percent of the pro

stepped into the role of the aslpc director of events when it was vacated and all the while earning a 4.0 gpa and working with autistic children and families to support her own family. [applause] i think about katie lott, your valedictorian and the narrow bridge she had to walk without any fear. she didn't just work hard to become the valedictorian. she also just recently won a national speech competition. and she did that struggling with and overcoming tourette's syndrome. [applause] she described her narrow bridge as, when i'm in an environment where i have to be very focused like forensics, it's easier for me to suppress the tic, and it kind of goes on the back burner. once i'm up there in front of an audience, i go into speaking mode. i feel like i try not to use tourette's syndrome as an excuse. so yeah, my tics are something that i do all the time, and it's natural to me, but it's not going to ruin my life. it's how i look at things and it's probably helped in a positive way. when i think about the narrow bridges that you've had to walk i think about our veterans who are graduating toda

looks pretty cool. >> cool they challenge each other on gpa.yes who can get the higher gpa. great talent. wish more young men would do that. make a bet over your hair. knock yourselves out. i love that. >>> this morning on "world news now" -- new clues overnight in the search for two convicted killers who broke out of prison. two eyewitnesses say they came face to face with escapees. a major development. >> growing outrage in texas after an officer's use of force seen here at a teenager's pool party. the huge demonstration last night and the protesters' serious demands. >> consumer alert. valuable merchandise delivered to your front door. another wave of thefts. how some people are going after the crooks. >> later, celebrating kanye west. his unforgettable birthday bash, the long list of celebrity guests and how kim had to blindfold him before this big surprise party. you won't believe where it is either. it is all in "the skinny," and our bonus round on this tuesday, june 9th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> i just r

students must be 16 years of age get permission from their parents and school and have a 2.5 student gpall workers they also have a two hour training session. >> i'm glad they had training, i had all my questions clarified, so i really prepare you for election day. >> san francisco is a multicultural, city, with many languages, spoken every day, more than 80% of the precincts. >> i know spanish, i want to help them. >> in addition to english they proviet student voters with spanish, japanese, vietnamese. >> it does look grade on a resume they're interacting with the public they're problem volume ving. >> you have to be responsible what you are doing you got to work with a partner team work it's not just about me it's about us. >> it's kind of a precareer experience, and it can open up doors later in the future to job tunts. >> you feel more connected to our government for the participation in this program. i see the impact in my students work i see it in their writing in group discussions. >> i just really like the sense of going out there doing something for the community and being part

met him he was doing better earned his ged, started classes at bronx community college, 3.fwilkts g56 gpa. but jail had taken its toll. >> i'm never going to be the same. >> when he first came home he would walk the four corners of the driveway. >> you hear animals that have been confined to a space -- >> yes. he did it. i had to watch my baby go through all of that. >> reporter: the last year khalif grew depressed, deeply paranoid. >> deep down i'm a -- i feel like i'm a grown old man. >> reporter: and then two saturdays ago, two years after his release from jail kalief browder hanged himself with an air conditioner cord in his home in the bronx. he was 22. >> i didn't know what to do. can you imagine? finding your son? and he's hanging with his head back. >> khalif's death made national news and messages of outrage flooded social media. lena dunham instagramed his photo and called for reform. our interview with khalif went viral on facebook. what we now know that is did leave was due in court to face new charges of disorderly conduct the week he took his own life. his family said he was

. >> for a serious a student with a 4.0 gpa, that's another problem. >> finding a quiet place to study. antonio has to wait until his mother and sister are asleep. and then he uses the flashlight app on his phone to study. >> those late nights will pay off this fall one antonio goes to uc davis. >> on a saturday morning. dennis lopez's busy to helping a man -- a mom clean of clients phone, the mom has multiple -- a single mom, she has to work even if she is in pain. >> charisse helps out, she works in the summer -- the summers while edit tutoring center. >> jerry being able to work means not only will she be able to take the bus to school she will be able to put food on the table. >> charisse mom has had it had other health problems, appendicitis ovarian cancer and now diabetes. jerry's has a heart condition as well the she has learned something important from her mom. >> she taught me strength. >> to set goals and priorities. >> starting here and envision high in oakland, college prep charter school. >> i am going to go school graduate high school and go to college and we will not hav

i know a lot of students don't care about gpa either. >> exactly. >> always nice to find something inmentioning, your story, itself, separate from the company was interesting. you were getting millions of dollars in venture funding here in your young 20s. i read you said previously, you felt like, gosh am i kind of faking it or do i deserve or feel like i've earned the steps i'm taking which of course in the literature they call the imposter syndrome that many people at many ages even after success or accreditation have that feeling. talk a little bit how i would say at a very young age, you've been overcoming that? >> absolutely. so i actually turned 25 yesterday, so now i'm -- >> happy birthday. >> my son's birthday was yesterday. >> june 7 th. great day. there we go. really great day. so for the most part imposter syndrome is definitely one way to put it. i think one thing we were so surprised by my co-founder j.j. and i, when we were going around fund-raising, it's such a normal thing to want to solve. i mean you want to help college students get jobs. half the people i tell what

did you guys know-- did you know that kids who eat breakfast have higher gpas? yeah, i know. yeah. that's actually what i was going to say. did you know babies should never touch silver? it's really bad for them. i knew that. did you guys know that statistically friendly kids have more friends? mm-hmm. that's obvious. did you know most people think they're using the right car seat for their kid, but they're not? announcer: parents who really know it all know for sure that their child is in the right seat at the right age and size. visit safercar.gov/therightseat to make sure your child is protected. i'm putting that on my blog. i just put it in mine. >> welcome back to mosaic. my name is chris lyford. i am here with richard lane, a lay catholic evangelist, richardlaneministrys.com. we were talking about how to know god is speaking to you. many catholics received the sacrament of confirmation. you talk about sacraments being the nuclear bomb of spiritual growth, having fruit in your life. when we receive that sacrament of confirmation that's the holy spirit poured over us. many peop

. >> 18-year-old evan young has a 4.5 gpa and scholar sthop rutgers university. he figured coming out to everyone at graduation would go along with theme of his speech which was respect and tolerance. his parents say the school's principal called him about the speech and in doing so the principal outed their son to him even though that's not how the son wanted presidential interaction. school barred released a statement saying the valedictorian failed to follow guidelines and included personal matters of a sexual nature. >> breaking this morning crews battling a multi-alarm fire in city of chester. it's pretty much out and spread to at least three homes. >> accuweather is tracking showers and thunderstorms they could bring drenching downpours. the latest when "action news" comes right fire erupts at a house in city of chester and the flames quickly spread. >> triv et cetera continue to pour in for president's son beau biden we have reaction from the close knit community. >> a drone drops into a phillies game leaving man at controls in trouble with federal authori

schools give more weight to top grades in advanced placement courses, so many students end up with a gpa above 4.0. >> we have like a family unit of valedictorians. >> reporter: but critics say the practice gets a failing grade and is like some kid sports where everyone gets a trophy. >> the more valedictorians we have the less meaning it has when it gets to the quote, unquote real world. they will have no way to know how to handle that competition. >> reporter: with the competition fierce to get into college, every valedictorian can legitimately claim top of the class status. >> i'm alexander worthels, i'm the valedictorian. >> i am hailey hughes. i am the valedictorian. >> reporter: crowded at the top, as the class of 2015 knows, there can be more than one number one. janet shamlian, nbc news, new york. >>> that is going to do it for us on this friday night. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and goodnight. >>> with my own kids that's what came to my mind. >> a bus driver comes to the rescue of a kidnapped 3-year-old. we are there as police swoop in to save the little bo

there are now talks of gpa increases for students to continue receiving financial aid. which would be above the 2.0 limit which is the basic fee. our opinion is getting harder and harder for disabled students to have an education. while we are grateful to the universities for trying to implement policy to continue students getting financial aid, we continue to fight that. we know there are administrators fighting about that. i have met with them for hours and they don't agree with it either but they are stuck with the regulations. we continue to fight across the board. >> thank you. >> councilman harriet wong has a question. >> hi, thank you, raquel for coming today. i also attended city college and san francisco state university and they are both excellent schools. i guess my question is so when the student transfers from city college to state college and has to retake a course is that even when they have a passing grade from city college? >> yes, because the university does not consider it upper division. and it depends on the class which is a gray area. for example,

our gpa is over 3.0. >> it's also a school that is aggressively anti-union when it comes to grad students custodians, and all the rest of it. so they were not going to roll over for the athletes if they wanted to unionize. >> it's putting northwestern on the wrong side of history. >> some ex-northwestern players formed a group to advocate for current athletes. kevin brown played for the wildcats from 1981 to 1985. >> when you look at the ncaa and northwestern is a part of this. so there's no distinction well that's an ncaa issue. no you're part of the association. so it's your issue as well. it's not just them. it's us. >> we've been talking and saying the same thing for many, many years. they said the same thing in the mid-80s and before. just to say we'll take care of you, after a while that rings kind of hollow. >> players are being exploited. we all know that, and the question is, what is it going to take to correct that? but it is a fact. >> the players' ballots were not counted, and the election results not released. the school and the union are battling over whether players are emp

today as we're speaking it's 81.7%, more than double that gpa. so key is focus, focus, focus and keep strategic position in line and all the programs will follow. thank you for the attention. >> dr. pendakur? >> commissioners, i want to start by saying thank you for the opportunity to testify before you today. my name is vijay pendakur, associate vice president for student affairs at cal state university fullerton. my testimony aims to support and augment earlier testimony of chancellor white on the impact of federal funded programs on educational attainment for minority students, specifically through the lens of cal state fullerton. chancellor white often says and i firmly believe that access without the opportunity to succeed is not true access. a meaningful education means not only getting your foot in the door but being empowered with the support to persist and succeed all the way through to graduation. enrolling in college is a critical step for minority, low income and first generation students but this is only the first step in a long educ

it is a social media gpa combo. >> you know, there he is right there.ing use of this highchair table. you know, those things are only good for a couple of months and then you have to throw them away. and he redacted the part below. kennedy: today america got exactly what we needed. this is so great. another candidate for president. and bobby jindal is and a raise. he is now considered a dark horse for the nomination. >> not the newspaper itself but the social media site put out is asking if he's to indian or not indian enough. >> he does have about 1% of the vote. >> is like everybody's number two candidate. and they don't say that they are passionate about him. you know, it shows that you can identify as anything the one in this country as long as it's not american. >> i think that he could do fine, he's got good policy positions. competence goes a long way. >> he ended up on the right side of the issue. >> you know, they put him up front, the republicans always kill their own doing their own response to the state of the union. will they get rid of tha

he graduated high school with a 4.8 gpa. secret to his success is deceptively simple. >> when teachers let you choose your seats, you sit on the front row no matter what, i don't care. it's like osmosis or somebody. like everything just sticks to you and you'll learn. i promise. >> that's what i didn't do. >> that's your problem. >> maybe a little bit more than sitting in the front row. he attributes his work ethic to his parents who are mexican immigrants and yale charges about $64,000 a year for tuition. but he'll just have to come up with about $6,000 because scholarships and grants will pick up the rest. so good for him. >> good for him. >> great yeah. >>> here's a highlight you didn't see during tv coverage of last night's nba finals became in oakland. >> the warriors didn't win the game but a fan from san jose won a new car. >> brand new beamer does he get it? yes! >> wow. [ cheering and applause ] >> isn't that amazing? can you do something like that brian? >> of course for a bmw i'd try. >> you would try yes, jason h

they tend to have higher gpas than other students.hey have determination until tomorrow and beyond that. yeah, they are my heroes and my sheroes. >> you are going to graduate with your degree. what happens after that? >> well, let's say i was going to graduate in a year. so fortunately, i qualify for daca. we don't even know if we're going to be able to have it. that's where i stand. but let's say people who doesn't even qualify for that, it's kind of like you have a paper that you can't even do anything with it. you can't go apply to jobs. inte internships, there's very few you can apply for. the ones you can are probably not even paid. so i feel like those people -- and i can see myself in the future hopefully not. hopefully something happens where we're going to keep pushing for something but it's kind of like you're back into the same position you were i feel when you first tried to go into the college. you're trying to find your way through a labyrinth through loopholes to see what you can do to get a job. it's frustrating you fe

. >> ariana graduated as valedictorian much her class earning a 5.1 gpa. can you believe that?iding options, she decided to attend e university of pennsylvania and plans to beme an entrepreneur. bet she'll be good one. >> has a bright fure. >>> an elderly woman who got lost had help from a washington state trooper tting home. the woman had gone out for coffee tuesday but got lost and ended up on a busy highway. she traveled four miles down the road before a trooper cght up to her. since the woman was unable to walk, the only option was to call for an ambulance or do exactly what he did. he provided an escort at 6 miles per hour for three miles to get her home. >> what a nice guy. >> wonderful. >> let's talk about the weekend weather forecast one last time. >> meteorologist drew tuma has the forecast. >> we're going to se the heat again tomorrow similar to today. it's clear and it will be clear over the weekend. nationwide look at weather. the east coast rather settled from chicago, st. louis to new orleans. en east into d.c. very warm temperures in the 80s and the 90s. back wes

turner was a sophomore at churchill high school and carried a 3.7 gpa. he's locked up on $0.5 million bail. >> prosecutors say they charged turner as an adult because of the violent nature of that crime. >>> authorities in prince george's county say they know who they're looking for in the shooting at the huntingdon community center in bowie. he's christopher king, jr. investigators say he shot melvin thomas, juvenile during a fight at that center tuesday. thomas is hospitalized in stable condition after being hit with several bullets. the suspect is about 5 1/2 feet tall, weighs about 220 pounds, shoulder length dreadlocks. if you know of christopher king, jr.'s whereabouts, call police. >>> the aftermath from night's storms are still being cleaned up in our area. several dreams fell in reston, some fell on top of homes on trotter lane. no one was hurt, but there is a huge mess. >>> the storms raced through our area last night leaving significant damage. you could hear them outside. that happened in a number of maryland inbound thats. >> montgomery coun

it benefits students who arrived in the united states as children, and have a high school gpa above 2.5erberg says the money will provide -- >>> mad bum against king felix. recently, the giants haven't hit even the most mediocre pitcher. so tonight, face be one of the best in the game in king felix, you had to know what was coming, pretty much nothing. shutout on 4 hits. giants liked like they had no thoughts of an approach at the plate. austin jackson, deep right center. you've got to catch that ball. angel pagan doesn't. and it turns into a triple and an rbi. you'll see the runners face mike at the plate. pagan took his eye off the ball. didn't catch it. he is safe. it's 1-0. followed up by robbie cano down the line. that goes for a double. action jackson will score. 2-0 final. king felix, is now 10-3. >>> overall, the a's have their own issues, but swinging the bat is not one of them. they just absolutely put the padres pitching staff to shame tonight. 20 hits. 16 runs, and yeah, their win streak now at 4. someone send the giants a video of this game. maybe edit those guys out. i don

more than double the gpa. stra strategic programs. thank you for the attention. >> thank you for the opportunity to testify before you today. i'm the associate vice president for student affairs, my testimony aims to support and augment earlier testimony of chancellor white on the federal financial aide programs specifically through the lens of cal state fullerton. chancellor white often says, and i firmly believe that access without the opportunity to succeed is not true access. a meaningful education means not only getting your foot in the door, but being empowered with the support to succeed all the way through to graduation. enrolling in college is a critical step for low income minority and first generation students. this is only the first step in a long educational journey along with these students face greater cultural barriers than other students. we have an intimate understanding of the barriers they face, and we have a proven record of giving them not just access, but a collegiate experience with the possibility of great suc

. >> reporter: and for a serious student with a 4.0 gpa, it's another problem. to study. antonio has to wait until his mother and sister are asleep. then he uses the flashlight app on his phone to study. those late nights will pay off this fall when antonio goes to uc-davis. on a saturday morning, this girl is busy helping her mother clean a client's home. her mother had multiple operations for carpal tunnel but as a single mom, she has to work even in pain. so charisse helps out. she works in the summer as well at a tutoring center. >> her being able to work means she will be able to take the bus to school and be able to put food on the table. >> reporter: her mother has other health problems appendicitis, ovarian cancer and now diabetes. charisse has a heart condition as well but she learned something important from her mom. >> she taught me strength, to set priorities, to set goals. >> starting here at envision high in oakland a college prep charter school. >> i'm going to go to school graduate high school, go to college, and we will not have to struggle thro

graduated high school with a 4.8 gpa. his parents are immigrants from mexico and yale charges $64,000 a year in tuition. scholarships and grants will cover most of the cost. >>> a strip club owner in las vegas is using the rising cost of college as a recruiting tool. this billboard along a busy freeway advertises auditions for 2015 grads and promotes stripping as a way to pay for college. the club's owner says his entertainers can make up to $1,000 a night. but some people say it's offensive and sends a bad message. >> you can completely change the route of a woman who is trying to progress and go to college and graduate and make something of herself. and be a completely different life. i don't agree with it at all. >> the chain has other clubs across the country in san francisco but we haven't seen the same type of recruiting strategy here. >>> and i'm dennis o'donnell. coming up, from oracle, the warriors try to make it 2-0 in the series against the cavs. the giants go for the sweep. the a's try to avoid being swept. it

evan young is a graduating senior with a 4.5 gpa and a scholarship awaiting him at rutgers universitys story has sparked national outcry from gay rights activists and allies. well, on sunday, evan young got another chance to deliver his speech. the 18-year-old spoke at the annual fundraiser for the gay-rights group out boulder. he was introduced by out boulder's executive director mardi moore. >> so when evan and i started communicating about this, we really did try to work things out without going to the press. that was -- we did not want to go to the press. you can as people . dave montes, is a great colleague of mine and i'm grateful to dave, i went into a meeting with him and with the principal and some others and tried to get them to allow evan to give his speech. the refused to do that. when i talked to evan, said guillen thing we can do is bring public pressure, this is what he told me -- i have mixed feelings about making the story public. i don't want to seem like i am bitter and trying to exact some revenge because i'm not. i would not do something like that. i only think we

>> my gpa's a 2.3. but i got, like, it's going up though, cause i got straigh a's and b's right now. >> you do? that's good. >> yeah, so it's going up. >> reporter: raven studies to take the act for the third time, hoping to bring up her score. >> whenever you have question and they talk about describing, go back to that section and just start circling words that describe stuff and see which ones match. that way you can save some time and make it more like a direct answer. so how are you feeling about it? you're ready? yeah. you're gonna be awesome, oy. >> i think i did better on this one than any other one. i mean, i just tried my best. if it don't work out, theit don't work out. >> penn state sent me an email saying they're looking for new players. that they really hope that i come out on their recruit day and try out. it's good, but i'm scared i'm going to get out there and like freeze up or something. >> i really like raven. she's very positive, i think she knows what she wants. >> i actually used a

get a 3.5 gpa, which is extraordinary.ost his junior and senior year of high school while locked up. so every day he was grappling with sort of trying to move past what he had endured. i guess each from a was too much. amy: i want to turn to kalief browder in his own words. in this december 2013 interview with huff post live's mark lamont hill, browder talked about his suicide attempts at rikers and his efforts to get psychiatric help. >> i would say i attempted to commit suicide five or six times. >> all while still in prison? >> yes. >> wow. >> i tried to resort to telling the correction officers that i wanted to see a psychiatrist or counselor, something. i needed mental health because i wasn't feeling right. all of the stress from my case, everything was getting to me and i just could not take it. i needed somebody to talk to. i needed to -- i just needed to talk and be stress-free. at the correction officers, they did not want to hear me out. nobody wanted to listen. amy: that is kalief browder. he went to jail when h

shame that what should have been a celebratory occasion for evan and his family having achieved a great gpag named valedictorian of the school, instead, was forever marred. of course, the concerns are beyond just the experience of evan and his family, but the signals it sends to gay and lesbian kids across our county across our state, and across the country in terms of what coming out means in the support level they can expect. an unfortunate turn of events. there been other students that have been treated much more fairly, a student in carbondale, colorado happened to mention she was gay during her graduation speech and met great support from the community. i think it was inappropriate that it seems like evan was really signaled out and removed from a speaking role on the basis of his sexual orientation which is really inappropriate. at this point, what we're looking for is to find out what happened and was evan removed just because of his sexual orientation and what steps can the school take to ensure they address the concerns of the public perception, in fact provide a welcoming and safe

were you in san francisco at the investor meeting, what's your take away on gpa? >> i think overall this is going to take time. spring of 2016 is when you should have the no excuses time period so to speak when the gap brands merchandise is what they would like to see it to be and the same thing for banana. the closing stores of gap brand, a long time in coming, the stores have been around for quite some time and some of them may not have made the hurdles that they would have liked. while it is contribution-neutral, getting the brand to be stronger on the product side will help to drive traffic over time. old navy is working and banana and core gap have work ahead of them. >> let's talk about other names, joe terranova is here on the desk with me. and has a question for you. >> dana, i got to ask you a tough question, the last time we spoke, we talked about mike many kors, have your feelings changed since the free fall price target changed your opinion of the stock? where are we now on it? >> we lowered our price target, we lowered our rating and frankly, handbags

they are emotional when it comes to gpa's. a student low gpa and get shot for it that's a sociology professor jessica gullion. it's always a sociology professor when it's something crazy and dumb. is it. plausible that students care so much about their grades they are going to demand a firearm to demand a higher grade? >> transform where it's a wild west type scene students are using guns to get the grades they want. it's absolutely ridiculous claim. this professor in her own words said it could soon be fire power and not brain power that's being used to threaten professors. and i think average americans, myself included look at this and realize it doesn't have any validity and it's simply not logical. >> well, if only students cared that much about their grades we would probably be in better shape in the first place. there is already great inflation. the result not of guns or threats but rate my professor and other online rating systems. college professors are afraid good grades they want to get promoted to get tenure correct

work of the classroom and her high standards as to focus on every day although she maintained a 4.4 gpa she believes it was volunteering disservice to the community that all to the secured her seat at harvard >>: i thought are also will produce something bring in our country not so much like in the prior business world but actually see her becoming someone like a senator like a governor. >>pam moore: it could lead them on our website there we have also created our yearbook for the class of 2015. www.kron4.com send us your graduation pictures send them to us at breaking news @ kron4.com >>pam moore: next at 532 may be behind hack and what people should do about the personal information the new information against former speaker of the house next the sister of an alleged abuse victim speaks out. it took serena williams years to master the two handed backhand. but only one shot to master the chase mobile app. technology designed for you. so you can easily master the way you bank. >>pam moore: millions of current and former employees are willing to hear actors that personal information and

and will leave with a 4.43 gpa out of 5. >> couldn't take aps until junior year so it could have beenhigher >> reporter:his engineering teacher is not surprised to be talking about nassim's success. >> just an incredibly positive individual who brings a lot of engery to the classroom. >>of yearbooks >> reporter:nassim made lots of memories while a bull dog. he started a running club, was a senior advisor to freshman and treasure of an environmental club. >> reporter:he's a born leader. cover sot it really pleases me just to work with others and see them get better >> reporter:he'll be running track in college too. his major is chemical engineering >> reporter:what he wants to do when he grows-up--- improve the environment and better the world. >> hopefully i will be at the forefront of new technology >> keep an eye on him he is going to be one of our future leaders >> reporter:better keep those shades on nassim your future is bright. in san rafael justine waldman kron 4 news. >> diane: we spend a lot of time online around here. but with all this speed from xfinity, it's all good. hey,

today it is more than doubled the gpa. focus, focus, focus. strategic. keep it in line. all the programs will follow. thank you. >> i want to start by saying thank you for the opportunity to test for you today -- testified for you today. i work at how state university fullerton. the testimony aims to support and augment early testimony the impact of financial aid program and occasional -- financial aid program specifically did the lens of cal state fullerton. -- through the lens of cal state fullerton p access without the ability to compete is not true access. a meaningful expectation -- education means not just getting your foot in the door, but being empowered all the way through to graduation. enrolling in college is a critical step for low income minority, and first-generation students. this is the first up in a long educational journey. once which of these students face barriers another students. and how state fullerton, we have an intimate understanding of the barriers. we have a proven record of giving them not just access, a collegiate experience with the possibi