>> reporter: novelist samantha chang is director of the iowa workshop.n we met her recently, she'd just finished reading more than 1,200 manuscripts from applicants for next year's class. so something in these jumped out at you? >> absolutely. >> reporter: this bin held the work of the lucky 26 who were accepted to the two-year masters program. >> and then something jumps of the page and you think, "oh, my god. i'm in another world. i've been transported." >> reporter: the iowa workshop has been attracting would-be writers for 75 years. first in a small quonset hut on the campus of the university of iowa, then moving into much larger quarters. >> it is a fantastic poem. >> reporter: the program has two departments: one for fiction, the other, poetry with a core faculty joined each semester by visiting writers. and it's been home to a roll- call of literary lights. graduates such as flannery o'connor, wallace stegner, john irving, rita dove and last year's pulitzer winner for fiction, paul harding. teachers, including john cheever, robert frost, robert pe

change. [applause] >> this is the time when samantha would really like to hear from you. this conference has raised a lot of issues and we even had some internal debate in terms of if we are talking about countries just being a model and promoting democracy just by being in model or projecting tour promoting. there's a consensus not for imposing but there are views here and across the spectrum in terms of what is appropriate and there are some differents among different countries for which people have given paper. i might note that when asked about what is it that the net has done that has been interesting and effective i always say that one of the most important things we have none is cross border work. that started after 1989 when poland and other countries in central europe to make -- because they believed in democracy but also to make their neighborhood more stable reach out across borders to work for democracy and we helped india ands from the post-communist world working not just east and near asia but also as far away as burma or afghanistan. this is a very importa

a moment that will change little 7-year-old samantha shaw's life forever.our story begins. >> this was the book i was going to read. >> reporter: samantha is an adorable, freckled-face norse of nature to the casual observer. but this fourth grader was hiding a secret. >> i don't like people making fun of my ears. >> reporter: samantha has cup ears that stick out. look at kate hudson as a little girl. will smith had his ears pinned back to play muhammad ali. but samantha's right ear also is a lop ear that folds over. samantha's mom, cami, is convinced her ears are making samantha self-conscious and shy. >> i really want to go to new york and get my ear fixed. >> where are you going today? >> new york. >> reporter: mother and daughter head to new york city for the 7-year-old's plastic surgery. first time visiting new york. first time ever on a plane for both. >> do you like the plane ride? >> yes. >> flight 4485, connection service to minneapolis. >> this ear, we're going to make it go back. >> reporter: dr. steven perlman is fixing her ears, free of charge.

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samantha powers and soros. when their people trying to bring about change that is based in the same values that we believe in as country, freedom, democracy, justice in society, the ability to get rid of a tyrant, we will side with those people. that does not mean ground troops, but we should be on their side. we have seen the movement in the arab world the people demanding exactly those kinds of rights which is terribly important. we need to support that change. for governance, dictatorships, conflict have been there for years and years. this is an opportunity for something different finally, the doctor has sponsored terrorism against the united states and other countries -- gaddafi has sponsored terrorism against the united states and other countries. for all of these reasons, there is a u.s. interest. host: how long is the obama war on gaddafi going to last and what is it costing us? he failed and gaddafi one? guest: we are there yet. gaddafi is hanging on. there are forces marshalled against him. we are not doing enough to punish the job of removing him from power by supporting the rebels. we cannot make th

change. let me leave it there and just hear from you. [applause] >> this is now a time when samantha would really like to hear from you. this conference has raised a lot of issues and we've even had some internal dates in terms of if we are talking about countries just being a model and promoting democracy just by being a model of projecting or promoting i think there's a consensus we are not for opposing. but i think there are views here across the spectrum and what's appropriate and there are some differences among the different countries for which people have given papers. when asked what is it about this that has been interesting and effective i always say that i think the most -- one of the most important things we've done is what we call cross border work and that started after 1989 when poland and now other countries in central europe because they believe in democracy but also to make their neighborhood more stable reached out across the borders to work for democracy and we helped some 55 ngo's from the communist world will work working not just for the east and eurasia but al

change. let me leave it there and just hear from you. thank you. [applause] >> well, this is now the time when samanthawould really like to hear from you. this conference has raised a lot of issues and i think we have even had some internal debates you know in terms of if we are talking about countries just being a model and promoting democracy just by being a model or protecting or promoting. i think there's a consensus that we are imposing, but there is, you know i think there are views here across the spectrum in terms of what is appropriate and i think there are probably some differences among the different countries for which people have given papers. i might note that when asked sometimes about what is it that the data has done that has been interesting and effective i always say that i think one of the most important things we have done is what we call cross-border work. and that really started you know, after 1989th in poland and now other countries in central europe, to make -- because they believed in democracy but also to make their neighborhood more stable reached out across borders to work