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that means we are all at the center of this universe. what god loves in us, god loves in the rest of the universe. carl saggan once made the claim that we are all star stuff. maybe it's equally true to say that the stars are also us. -- are also us stuff. the existence of all these other self-aware entities raises an interesting challenge to each of us. are we willing to accept the presence of some other self-aware beings in the universe? even as we're aware of the presence of god are we willing to accept maybe there's somebody else that god cares about, too, who is also aware of god? put it another way. we are people with intelligence. but intelligence only makes sense if there's someone else to share that intelligence with. we only grow and stretch ourselves when we are challenged to relate to others. the ability to be self-aware and the free will to act on that awareness, the basic definition of the soul, implies, maybe it even demand the existence of another entity in this universe also self-aware whom we can choose to love or choose
that means we are all at the center of this universe. what god loves in us, god loves in the rest of the universe. carl saggan once made the claim that we are all star stuff. maybe it's equally true to say that the stars are also us. -- are also us stuff. the existence of all these other self-aware entities raises an interesting challenge to each of us. are we willing to accept the presence of some other self-aware beings in the universe? even as we're aware of the presence of god are we...
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to start the universe just like i said. you wind up with a circular argument proving the assumption you made. that idea that god is what started the universe. quantum fluctuations of gravity started the universe therefore there is no god, that doesn't prove that. all that proves is if that is what god is, god must be gravity which explains why catholics celebrate mass. [laughter] more to the point, do you remember that game mouse trap rehab all the little pieces and you wind up with this incredibly complicated thing at the end of the game somebody gets to roll the ball and the mouse trap comes down? that idea of god is saying that god is the guy who starts the ball rolling. it's one of the players in the game who starts the ball rolling. god is the guy back at the ideal toy company who invented the game. believers who insist binding extraterrestrial intelligence will confirm their belief in god and atheist who are convinced it's going to be the opposite opposite are armored imposing the answers they expect to see onto the u
to start the universe just like i said. you wind up with a circular argument proving the assumption you made. that idea that god is what started the universe. quantum fluctuations of gravity started the universe therefore there is no god, that doesn't prove that. all that proves is if that is what god is, god must be gravity which explains why catholics celebrate mass. [laughter] more to the point, do you remember that game mouse trap rehab all the little pieces and you wind up with this...
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in a lawsuit filed against the coach and the university. he claims that the 20-year-old was asked to perform sex acts on camera in the coach's office. exchange he says he was promised meetings with baseball scouts. >> it got to the point of me said you can do the videos. if you do them i'll help you get to where you are going. he said you can do this for me and you'll be good here and play baseball and i'll get you to where you are going, or if you don't. things will go sour. >> why didn't you tell anyone? >> how do you tell someone that? i mean that's - i'm so embarrassed by it. how do you tell someone you had to go through it you had to do that, you know. how do you go about that without feeling low or - just like a piece of dirt? >> reporter: lampassis who agreed to speak to "america tonight" admits making the sex videos. >> i admit it. it shouldn't happen i'm the coach. some say i used undue influence, i don't think so. i know his lawsuits say i promised him these things and forced him into it. it's a lie. >> his career as a coach came t
in a lawsuit filed against the coach and the university. he claims that the 20-year-old was asked to perform sex acts on camera in the coach's office. exchange he says he was promised meetings with baseball scouts. >> it got to the point of me said you can do the videos. if you do them i'll help you get to where you are going. he said you can do this for me and you'll be good here and play baseball and i'll get you to where you are going, or if you don't. things will go sour. >> why...
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he can't set foot on any auburn university property, i december for the rest of his life. >> the universitydeclined our request for an interview, however,s: >> it is true that u.s. colleges are required by federal law, title 9 of the civility rights act to investigate all claims of sexual assault or lose federal funding. but campus hearings like josh's have caused concerns. yes means yes laws have fanned the fears. >> there is a change in the way sexual assault charges are being handled at campus. they don't get the due process rights that many americans would expect to have occur. >> despite the fact that a grand jury found no evidence to indict you, auburn university still chose to expel you. why? >> the explanation we just came one is just title 9 compliance. they had to have something to say that they're complying with this federal mandate to try keep the funding that they get. >> reporter: josh and his mother founded this advocacy group, called face, other mothers of sons who have been accused of sexual assault on college campuses. >> how in the world, without any evidence, without any
he can't set foot on any auburn university property, i december for the rest of his life. >> the universitydeclined our request for an interview, however,s: >> it is true that u.s. colleges are required by federal law, title 9 of the civility rights act to investigate all claims of sexual assault or lose federal funding. but campus hearings like josh's have caused concerns. yes means yes laws have fanned the fears. >> there is a change in the way sexual assault charges are...
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the university signed an agreement with the doj agreeing to policy changes, including training university employees, how to investigate and report assaults, the university fired both the football coach and athletic director. in a letter to the university, the doj said the agreement will serve as a blood blueprint to are protect students from sexual assault . >> it has been pretty egregious with how the university of montana has been looked at. do you think that was a fair assessment? >> no. i don't think anybody here does. i think the missoula community was heartbroken. i think campus community was heartbroken to be called that. >> reporter: since the doj agreement, there have been 22 reports of sexual assault to the university, including one of rape. in fact the doj investigation found problems that went beyond the university of montana. it found the county prosecutor fred von valkenberg had only reported some of the rape charges, disregarded sexual assault incidents to the point of putting women in missoula at increased risk of harm. in kelsey's case she says she often felt like she was
the university signed an agreement with the doj agreeing to policy changes, including training university employees, how to investigate and report assaults, the university fired both the football coach and athletic director. in a letter to the university, the doj said the agreement will serve as a blood blueprint to are protect students from sexual assault . >> it has been pretty egregious with how the university of montana has been looked at. do you think that was a fair assessment?...
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first i want to try to i want to talk about the hybrid university. your whole premise which everyone seems to like and don't like anything else, so first of all you say there are too many alternatives to hybrids earlier in the book. by the end you are saying most students don't attend hybrid so i wonder probably the bigger question teaching research training professional training all put together under one roof. which kevin says this is thing that happened unintentionally over time with deleterious results especially for teaching and learning. what do you think? i will ask andy since you are research university. is it such a bad way to organize university? >> kevin said some kind things about my little book. any idea what should be a good way. kevin kindly mentioned by book which i quote at chemist at cornell who wrote a wonderful article called research strategy strategy. teach. by which he meant if you want to keep your mind alert and teaching the introductory course at m.i.t. and changing it every year year if he wants to stay on your toes there a
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ordering to campus records, the university police never reported the rape to huntsville police or the maddison county district attorney university officials declined to appear on camera, issue this statement instead: after his arrest the hockey coach tweeted: >> it has a special place. >> reporter: was it fair to say hockey players here can do no wrong? >> yes, clearly. >> reporter: i hate to say this i say do not use a single campus facility after you've been raped for beaten up. do not. no campus police no crisis center no campus medical center - nothing like that. you go off campus. and i've had ... >> reporter: why? >> because of the influence of that - of the athletic programme. it's just that influential. >> kathy redman brown speaks from personal experience. in 1995, it claimed the university of nebraska handled rape. the founder of a national coalition against violent athletes and she works to change the culture of sports, working against athletes and rape victims. >> there's so much that needs to be done. the current culture in this society is making it difficult to do what n
ordering to campus records, the university police never reported the rape to huntsville police or the maddison county district attorney university officials declined to appear on camera, issue this statement instead: after his arrest the hockey coach tweeted: >> it has a special place. >> reporter: was it fair to say hockey players here can do no wrong? >> yes, clearly. >> reporter: i hate to say this i say do not use a single campus facility after you've been raped for...
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. >> on the weekend edition of "america tonight": a university schooled. in our series, sex crimes in sport, "america tonight's" sarah hoye on the campus and the community shamed. >> there's also been banner headlines. this is rape capital. this is the rape campus. >> some students caulk on water they can do no wrong and can get away with murder almost, it seems. >> can scandal force a university to follow a change concept? >> you were putting something out on the market that you didn't think would be safe? >> so i didn't go slumping anymore. >> "america tonight's" michael okwu, is the gulf catch safe to eat? thanks for joining us, i'm joie chen. thisit is high season on the gulf coast. five years since the worst owl spill in u.s. history. in 2010, the deep water horizon exploded and leaked huns of thousands of gallons into the gulf of mexico. there are deep questions about what lies beneath the surface. michael okwu returns there to those who know just how much has changed. >> what kind of fish are you catching in these waters? >> puppy drums drums,. >> te
. >> on the weekend edition of "america tonight": a university schooled. in our series, sex crimes in sport, "america tonight's" sarah hoye on the campus and the community shamed. >> there's also been banner headlines. this is rape capital. this is the rape campus. >> some students caulk on water they can do no wrong and can get away with murder almost, it seems. >> can scandal force a university to follow a change concept? >> you were putting...
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own money not because that one report the state as well as university. three, it is a reminder that edmund burke was corrupt and the old clichÉs true, the triumph of evil is always the book. faculty at unc was largely within the category of the silence of the lambs to end the administration was largely in the category of commits if i just close my eyes command will go away this book this book will tell you how it was at the top and also some ideas they have about how it might be kept from that way again: i cannot tell you how proud i am of both of them. [applause] >> thank you for coming in fighting the rain. >> sometimes we change our name. we like to do that. i still have married. i have only known him as j. maybe you have changed your name recently. >> this book is, of course, is, of course, about the particulars of the unc scandal, what happened at chapel hill and how and why our administration faculty leadership failed to provide the proper leadership for so long train 2010 at 2014. you will find all the details in this book. but. but really, we thin
own money not because that one report the state as well as university. three, it is a reminder that edmund burke was corrupt and the old clichÉs true, the triumph of evil is always the book. faculty at unc was largely within the category of the silence of the lambs to end the administration was largely in the category of commits if i just close my eyes command will go away this book this book will tell you how it was at the top and also some ideas they have about how it might be kept from that...
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and by that i mean the state as well as the university. and three it's a remainder that edmund burke is correct, the triumph over evil is a result of the silence of the good. faculty at unc was largely within the category of the silent of the lambs. and the administration was largely in the category of if i just close my eyes ill witness go away. this -- it will go away. this book wellte tell you how it might be kept from happening again, but i cannot tell you how proud i am of both of them, as indeed frank porter graham and terry sanford and bill friday would have been of them. so it's a great pleasure for me to introduce both of them. [applause] >> thank you all for coming tonight. it's starting to rain. >> sometimes we change our names just because we like to do that because we don't want to people to know who we are, but i still am mary and this is -- i've only known him as jay, but have you have changed your name recently. is that true? >> well, professor smith, as we like to say. >> well, this book is, of course, about the unc scandal
and by that i mean the state as well as the university. and three it's a remainder that edmund burke is correct, the triumph over evil is a result of the silence of the good. faculty at unc was largely within the category of the silent of the lambs. and the administration was largely in the category of if i just close my eyes ill witness go away. this -- it will go away. this book wellte tell you how it might be kept from happening again, but i cannot tell you how proud i am of both of them, as...
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what is the security like there at the university? >> the kenyan army, also the gsu, which is the police unit, we also have police units at the scene. we have the ambulance support also. >> robert, we shall leave it there. getting some good information from his sources on the ground. essentially 500 students on the campus, unknown number of gunmen, believed to be al shabab. we now know -- >> this university may have been targeted by al shabab and now word that the kenyan army is on the scene. as soon as we get more details about what is happening inside that university, we'll bring it to you as soon as we can. in the meantime, we'll move on to the war on isis. one step forward, one step back. iraq says its forces have finally swept isis out of tikrit. prime minister al abadi was there to celebrate. he was there in the city held by militants for nearly a year. >> the iraqi army had significant help from shia militia and u.s.-led air strikes. but at the same time, isis has made a major advance in syria, overrunning parts of a refugee cam
what is the security like there at the university? >> the kenyan army, also the gsu, which is the police unit, we also have police units at the scene. we have the ambulance support also. >> robert, we shall leave it there. getting some good information from his sources on the ground. essentially 500 students on the campus, unknown number of gunmen, believed to be al shabab. we now know -- >> this university may have been targeted by al shabab and now word that the kenyan army...
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the gunmen attacked the university at around 5:30 local time. you see where it is in relation to nairobi there. the security forces are finding it difficult to get into the area itself because the militants are shooting at them from the roof within the compound. this is what we do know so far. at least 14 people are dead. two of them guards shot at the university gates. another 50 or so are wounded. there have been reports, as well, that many staff and students are still trapped inside the compound. well, the militant group, al shabaab, has said in the last hour, that it's responsible for these attacks. the kenyan interior ministry has been tweeting say that of the four hostiles three have been evacuated. the attackers are cornered and the operations are going on. well kenya's national disaster operations has also been putting out messages about the majority of those being wounded, have gunshot wounds and another tweeter says four are in critical condition and have been airlifted to nairobi. we can hear also now from an eyewitness to the attack.
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the university signed an agreement with the d.o.j. agreeing to policy change, including training employees on how to investigate and conducting surveys on students. the university fired the football coach and athletic director. in a letter, the d.o.j. said the agreement would serve as a blueprint for colleges and universities throughout the country to protect students from sexual harassment and assault. >> the president doesn't like us to be considered the blueprint. it's because this is something universities. >> university of montana christine advices the school on addressing sexual violence and oversees the survey. >> the school has been criticized and there's headlines - this is the rape capital, rape campus. it's egregious in terms or how the university of montana was looked at. assessment? >> no, i don't think anyone here does. i think that - the missoula community was heart broken, and the campus community was heart broken to be called that. especially because we don't have any more statistically than other university campuses.
the university signed an agreement with the d.o.j. agreeing to policy change, including training employees on how to investigate and conducting surveys on students. the university fired the football coach and athletic director. in a letter, the d.o.j. said the agreement would serve as a blueprint for colleges and universities throughout the country to protect students from sexual harassment and assault. >> the president doesn't like us to be considered the blueprint. it's because this is...
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also coming up in the next 30 minutes, al shabaab gunmen kill 147 at a kenyan university. more students are still unaccounted for. >>> the saudi-led coalition says it's determined to rid the southern city of aden of houthi rebels who they say now are isolated. >>> a drought forces california's governor to order a 25% cut in water consumption. >>> iran and six world powers have reached an understanding which it's hoped will lead to a comprehensive nuclear deal in three months. it would limit iran's nuclear enrichment to one site only and also reduce its stock pile to 300. in return the eu and u.s. gradually will start to lift nuclear related sanctions after inspections by the iaea the international atomic energy agency. the aim is for a new deal to be completed by june 30th and it should include a u.n. security council endorsement. the european union's foreign policy speech started by detailing iran's side of the deal. >> as iran pursues a peaceful nuclear ram, iran's enrichment capacity level, and stock pile will be limited for specific durations, and there will be no other
also coming up in the next 30 minutes, al shabaab gunmen kill 147 at a kenyan university. more students are still unaccounted for. >>> the saudi-led coalition says it's determined to rid the southern city of aden of houthi rebels who they say now are isolated. >>> a drought forces california's governor to order a 25% cut in water consumption. >>> iran and six world powers have reached an understanding which it's hoped will lead to a comprehensive nuclear deal in three...
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it was robert maynard hutchins the very well known president of the united university of chicago, who wrote in his 1930s book "the idea of the university," still a very modern approach to thinking about higher education and the book begins along the lines of the most important thing to understand about the university is the confusion that besets it. and in many ways, the first part of my book -- which is a history of american higher education -- is the story of that confusion. where it came from and what it continues to still mean today. and i think i don't believe anything that it says, that the book says about the history of american higher education is really all that contested or controversial. i claim no original scholarship. many of the ideas have been represented in books of higher education history that have been used for a long time. the book talks quite a bit about how in the formational period of american higher education in the late 19th century we decided or allowed to happen an organizational model that stuck together three essential purposes; the research university whi
it was robert maynard hutchins the very well known president of the united university of chicago, who wrote in his 1930s book "the idea of the university," still a very modern approach to thinking about higher education and the book begins along the lines of the most important thing to understand about the university is the confusion that besets it. and in many ways, the first part of my book -- which is a history of american higher education -- is the story of that confusion. where...
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in my opinion, that she is the face of the university at this point and it's the first female chancellor we've had in 220 or so it's pretty exciting but she was at the mediation. she made an appearance. she was trying to do the best she could. she had a team of attorneys. i think should also like to get this behind her and i really wish just like i'd wished for holden, i wish they had more support in leadership at the university from the board of trustees and the board of governors but again big money boosters, very complicated. so think it's a system. i think we can look at just the one person or focus on a person but it's the whole system that needs, we just lost tom ross presidentpresident ross. much repair work needs to be done to i don't think we can blame it all on her. >> headed in the wrong direction. >> we just -- it's not in here. >> as a faculty member it's easier for me to say yes i wish fulton being what it behaved differently but i know darn well that faculty should of been putting heat on the ministry all along and they've not done that and there's no excuse for it. >> tha
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there are about 500 students at the university. f the hostel is full it could be up to 100 civilians in there with how many attackers in there. we heard from a witnesses they have been getting calls from people calling their sons et cetera calling their families hiding under beds saying they can hear the attacks happening, but they have to get off the phone. obviously this is a traumatic time. i remember during westgate i lived close to westgate. you could hear the gunshots and screaming of people caught inside. it has to be awful. garissa is a small town for the residents listening to this unfold and not knowing what is going on. >> it is still an active situation. the interior minister saying they have the gunmen cornered. students clearly terrified on the campus. we will continue to monitor that. thank you, robyn kriel for your expertise on al shabaab and what is happening there in southeastern kenya. >>> 37 minutes past the hour. happening this morning necessitygotiateors still struggling to reach a deal on the iran nuclear prog
there are about 500 students at the university. f the hostel is full it could be up to 100 civilians in there with how many attackers in there. we heard from a witnesses they have been getting calls from people calling their sons et cetera calling their families hiding under beds saying they can hear the attacks happening, but they have to get off the phone. obviously this is a traumatic time. i remember during westgate i lived close to westgate. you could hear the gunshots and screaming of...
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they believe he's behind the attack on the university. mahmood is said to be a leader of al shabaab and on the run in kenya. he claimed responsibility for last september's assault on a bus in which 28 people died >>> iran's foreign minister says significant progress has been made over nuclear talks in switzerland. marathon meetings are continuing two days past their deadline. >>> what we expect today is a statement and the fact that we have all reached common understanding on how to resolve the issues. but the agreement, a written agreement, is something that needs to be drafted by all participants and agreed upon in a multilateral process and that will take hopefully three months to finalize hopefully less. >>reporter: so a joint statement allowing a more detailed agreement to be written down by june 30th. at that point, there may even be a u.n. security council resolution to enshrine it in law. if there is an agreement, it will be presented by the iranian foreign minister and the european union's foreign policy chief. but exactly where a
they believe he's behind the attack on the university. mahmood is said to be a leader of al shabaab and on the run in kenya. he claimed responsibility for last september's assault on a bus in which 28 people died >>> iran's foreign minister says significant progress has been made over nuclear talks in switzerland. marathon meetings are continuing two days past their deadline. >>> what we expect today is a statement and the fact that we have all reached common understanding on...
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like the kids at northwestern university. ll understand better what they have to do. >> brown: all right. >> let meed a one more. the coaches are responsible and so are the parents as educators. that's all part and parcel of the leadership development at intercollegiate sports presents. >> brown: len elmore and emmett gill, thank you very much. >> ifill: finally, to our newshour shares of the day, something that caught our eye that might be of interest to you, too. today the white house held its 137th annual easter egg roll. children flooded the south lawn to play games, dance with the first lady, and frolic with a giant bunny. the white house historical association and library of congress found some extraordinary photos of past celebrations. this one from the south lawn dates back to 1898. in 1927, first lady grace coolidge brought her pet raccoon, rebecca. and in 1930, children danced around a maypole. we've posted all these images, and more, on our website, >> ifill: again, the major developments of the day: a fraternity at
like the kids at northwestern university. ll understand better what they have to do. >> brown: all right. >> let meed a one more. the coaches are responsible and so are the parents as educators. that's all part and parcel of the leadership development at intercollegiate sports presents. >> brown: len elmore and emmett gill, thank you very much. >> ifill: finally, to our newshour shares of the day, something that caught our eye that might be of interest to you, too. today...
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. >> blistering criticism for the university of maryland. i'm scott broom in college park. coming up the reactions from the university's decision not to punish the author of a racist e-mail. >>> and a cold hard deal for vanilla ice. his punishment for breaking in to a house and stealing >>> and then revealed himself to two victims. overall police say that five of the eight victims were between 13 to 17 years old and two of the incidents happened near earl b. wood middle school in rockville. he had been released on bond. >>> alexandria police are hoping that someone recognizes the men seen here, robbing the jewelry store on king street back in february. the men around the store for a bit before suddenly demanding cash and then stealing jewelry. a man and a woman in the store were not hurt. but if you have any information on these suspects, please call alexandria police. >>> there's been a big backlash against the university of maryland's president. >> scott broom just left with failing to take action against the students caught sending the racist e-mail, advocating rape at a
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the uc system is the nation's largest public research university and gets more sat scores sent to it than any other institution of higher learning in the country. and joining me now to talk about this is michael mccawley. michael is the director of admissions for uc santa cruz. okay, off the bat, do we need this new sat? michael mccawley: i think we're excited to see the changes that the sat is proposing. so i think the answer is yes. jessica: and what are we gonna see in terms of changes? what are students telling you? michael: well, i think what students--you know, what we hope to see is that the college board's vision will be reality. i'm gonna-- [clearing throat] clear my throat. i think that we are hoping that it's gonna be more curricular-based. we're hoping that they're going to really have the wherewithal to provide us greater information for students' success at the college and university level. so this will help for their readiness for both college and career. jessica: so uc has announced that it'll accept the new sat and it's going back to the 1600 scoring, not the 2400, be
the uc system is the nation's largest public research university and gets more sat scores sent to it than any other institution of higher learning in the country. and joining me now to talk about this is michael mccawley. michael is the director of admissions for uc santa cruz. okay, off the bat, do we need this new sat? michael mccawley: i think we're excited to see the changes that the sat is proposing. so i think the answer is yes. jessica: and what are we gonna see in terms of changes? what...
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any sense from your work in the university for something like the smithsonian when it comes to those sort of things in the future. >> a great question. everyone i have ever worked at come a pyramidal structure were many people give amounts their comfortable with and fewer give more and fewer give more. you are able to give enormous breathtaking gifts. and that kind of pyramid is true for every nonprofit that raises money and i am hugely impressed the smithsonian has raised billions of dollars toward the campaign an organization that does not have alumni but the brand of the smithsonian, if i can use that word, is fabulous. i i have been trained turn that baby off. i think that the fundraising will be different but it will be doable and a lot of people are supportive of it. but despite the fundraising and despite the very generous money that comes from the us government they will be a push to find other, what i we will call enterprise tie funding and every nonprofit thinks about this broad range of revenue streams. but i we will say that defining where the line is the indefinitely and
any sense from your work in the university for something like the smithsonian when it comes to those sort of things in the future. >> a great question. everyone i have ever worked at come a pyramidal structure were many people give amounts their comfortable with and fewer give more and fewer give more. you are able to give enormous breathtaking gifts. and that kind of pyramid is true for every nonprofit that raises money and i am hugely impressed the smithsonian has raised billions of...
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of california and the cal state university system. california has the best system of higher education of any state in the country. i ought to know, i was the governor of another state. so i know the comparisons. and so for a state like california, based on innovation entrepreneurship and all of the things that make california such a great place to be and such a great economic engine for the country, all pivot off of the higher education system that we have. >> the president has come up with an idea of making two years of community college free, much like elementary education and high school education is free these days. putting it under that public education dre la. what do you think of that idea? >> i like that idea. i like it for several reasons, one is that it creates the expectation that our students should go beyond high school and given the kind of world our young people are going to be graduating into, the more education they can get, the better off they are. now not all students want to go to a four-year university. but those t
of california and the cal state university system. california has the best system of higher education of any state in the country. i ought to know, i was the governor of another state. so i know the comparisons. and so for a state like california, based on innovation entrepreneurship and all of the things that make california such a great place to be and such a great economic engine for the country, all pivot off of the higher education system that we have. >> the president has come up...
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have announced the creation of the largest map yet of the invisible material that helps make up the universe's known as dark matter. jeffrey brown explores some of the very cosmic questions around this story. >> brown: that's worth saying again: we can't see it, but we can, apparently, map it. what's called "dark matter" is, in fact, everywhere, and it's believed to play a crucial role in forming and holding together galaxies with its gravitational pull. in findings announced monday, researchers used a "dark energy camera" and a large telescope in northern chile to create this color-coded map, showing a small piece of the visible sky. orange and red areas represent denser concentrations of dark matter. blue areas are less dense. sean carroll joins me to tell us about it. he's a cosmologist and theoretical physicist at the "california institute of technology." thanks so much for joining us and helping us here. can we start with a basic question: what is dark mattered? >> sure. dark matter is some kind of particle, just like ordinary matter. you andry made of atoms. there's some other kind of
have announced the creation of the largest map yet of the invisible material that helps make up the universe's known as dark matter. jeffrey brown explores some of the very cosmic questions around this story. >> brown: that's worth saying again: we can't see it, but we can, apparently, map it. what's called "dark matter" is, in fact, everywhere, and it's believed to play a crucial role in forming and holding together galaxies with its gravitational pull. in findings announced...
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the university of virginia has a small chapter in its story. for three days in march, 1865, the city of charlottesville at the university were occupied by union forces. uva law professor john miner wrote in his diary that he feared general sheridan's men would destroy the university. his fears were not unfounded. only a month later, union troops did indeed burn the university of alabama whose campus was designed on the model of thomas jefferson's academic village. fortunately, this university had a measure of protection that alabama would not have. the uva administrators had long attempted to distance the university from the civil war conflict even seeking exemptions for military service for uva students. when the union troops arrived on march 3, local officials surrendered the town and university leaders including faculty chair socrates molfin request a protection for the university using a bed sheet as a flag of truce. union soldiers set fire to the charlottesville manufacturing company which had produced confederate uniforms and they destroye
the university of virginia has a small chapter in its story. for three days in march, 1865, the city of charlottesville at the university were occupied by union forces. uva law professor john miner wrote in his diary that he feared general sheridan's men would destroy the university. his fears were not unfounded. only a month later, union troops did indeed burn the university of alabama whose campus was designed on the model of thomas jefferson's academic village. fortunately, this university...
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they carried out a dawn attack on the university college. around the time muslim students say their prayers at the mosque and that's where they began the attack they are said to have fired in this community before proceeding on the dormitories where other students were fast asleep. and now this is one of the biggest institutions in that part of the country. teachers students, and also the workers of the university come from all parts of kenya and this might be the reason why those who attacked chose given the hallmark of the attacks have been happening in the area where people of a certain faith or from different backgrounds were being targeted for killing. now, the latest we are hearing from the police is that they have managed to push back the other tackers to one of the dormitories where they are said to be holding hostages. the military has been called n the police are also there and they have cordoned off the whole university compound and are not allowing anybody to enter or leave. >> mohamed, has there been a claim of responsibility as
they carried out a dawn attack on the university college. around the time muslim students say their prayers at the mosque and that's where they began the attack they are said to have fired in this community before proceeding on the dormitories where other students were fast asleep. and now this is one of the biggest institutions in that part of the country. teachers students, and also the workers of the university come from all parts of kenya and this might be the reason why those who attacked...
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a photograph of one core section of the universe. each speck of light in this picture, except one, represents an entire galaxy like our own milky way. wow. the hubble has helped us visualize the vastness of the universe. and helps us understand where we fit into this big picture. harry smith, nbc news, new york. >>> that will do it for us on this wednesday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching. and goodnight. >>> that breaking news on the peninsula. want to give you a live look at san carlos from our nbc chopper. investigators say a 66-year-old shot a 33-year-old family member numerous times. good evening, everyone. i'm jessica aguirre. >> and i'm raj mathai. we'll tell you exactly where this is happening. this is a usually very quiet neighborhood. this is a home on crestview drive near mellanby drive. this is up on the hill in san carlos not far from 280. our nbc chopper showing you now we're still not sure on the relationship between these two people but we do know they are related. the 33-year-ol
a photograph of one core section of the universe. each speck of light in this picture, except one, represents an entire galaxy like our own milky way. wow. the hubble has helped us visualize the vastness of the universe. and helps us understand where we fit into this big picture. harry smith, nbc news, new york. >>> that will do it for us on this wednesday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching. and goodnight. >>> that breaking news on the...
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at this time police not dover police are directing all calls to the university. they cannot tell us if the people shot were students, they can't say for sure if there was one person involved in the shooting or more shooters that they are looking for. a lot of questions that need to be answered in dover. that's where we're live today annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." >> thanks, annie. >>> hundreds turned out at a north philadelphia catholic church to pray for ryan gillyard. many attended the mass behind the high school. the linebacker and running back was on the practice field for a conditioning workout when i collapsed in front of his teammates. his coaches could not revive the team. ryan was rushed to the temple yumpt hospital where he was pronounced -- university hospital where he was pronounced dead. his father sailed he had no preexisting medical conditions and was playing football since third grade. >>> new at noon, philadelphia police say charges have been filed against a person after a horrifying hit-and-run. 29-year-old precious richard coleman is b
at this time police not dover police are directing all calls to the university. they cannot tell us if the people shot were students, they can't say for sure if there was one person involved in the shooting or more shooters that they are looking for. a lot of questions that need to be answered in dover. that's where we're live today annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." >> thanks, annie. >>> hundreds turned out at a north philadelphia catholic church to pray for ryan...
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he said you know said bill friday i was just talking to a young woman who's here at the university who seems to know some things which are very disturbing and i told her well i can't do too much to help but why don't you go over and talk to the folks in the south building, that is to say the administration. the it was mary willingham. i did not think a great deal about that at the time except i figured bill friday were telling me it must have some substance. but i was already worried that so many of us were about the indications without much proof. i also is a sort of member from the faculty would go from time to time to the meeting of the faculty council because among other things it's a way to find out what is at the heart of the academic enterprise is thinking as well as the administration. there i discovered one thing that was going on was if your name is jeff smith and you got up and said prophetic things about sports you might as well have been a media pariah because you were and the one thing i can tell you about what jeff spoke was people turn their heads not to listen but to s
he said you know said bill friday i was just talking to a young woman who's here at the university who seems to know some things which are very disturbing and i told her well i can't do too much to help but why don't you go over and talk to the folks in the south building, that is to say the administration. the it was mary willingham. i did not think a great deal about that at the time except i figured bill friday were telling me it must have some substance. but i was already worried that so...
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give us an update on what you now know is happening inside the university. i know it's still a very fluid situation. >>reporter: after a very heavy fire fight this afternoon which reached a climax during the end of the afternoon, after that fighting stopped. we've since spoken to some on the phone inside the university compound so eyewitnesses, they say at the moment people are still a bit concerned and worried about going into the buildings and most of the fighting and most of the dead hostages are because they think there may still be one assailant in there. the loud explosions heard this afternoon may have been one or possibly two of the assailants wearing suicide vests and blowing up and they believe the remaining assailants in the building could also be wearing suicide vests. so they're trying to tread very carefully carefully. >> a lot of people criticizing the security at the university. i think there were just two police guards there. >>reporter: two security guards. that's right. two armed guards. they were both killed by the attackers as soon as the
give us an update on what you now know is happening inside the university. i know it's still a very fluid situation. >>reporter: after a very heavy fire fight this afternoon which reached a climax during the end of the afternoon, after that fighting stopped. we've since spoken to some on the phone inside the university compound so eyewitnesses, they say at the moment people are still a bit concerned and worried about going into the buildings and most of the fighting and most of the dead...
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university president released a statement, saying the safety of this student, paramount to the university, as they work with police to try to catch the person who opened fire on campus last night and possibly the same person who fired at that university housing complex just around the corner. live in dover, jesse gary nbc 10 news. >>> coming up new on 10:04, and new from overnight, police are investigating a deadly shooting in west philadelphia. nbc 10 on north preston street where someone opened fire around 1:00 a.m. a 23-year-old man was hit in the head, neck and arm. he was pronounced dead at a local hospital. so far, police have not made any arrests. >>> in burlington county crews are looking for the cause of a house fire in mt. holly. a viewer captured this video. you could see the smokey scene. flames hit the home along church street just before midnight. firefighters got the blaze under control a few hours later. they called for a demolition crew to board up the house because of safety concerns. no one was hurt. >>> we just got these photos of a forest fire on blue mountain. that's
university president released a statement, saying the safety of this student, paramount to the university, as they work with police to try to catch the person who opened fire on campus last night and possibly the same person who fired at that university housing complex just around the corner. live in dover, jesse gary nbc 10 news. >>> coming up new on 10:04, and new from overnight, police are investigating a deadly shooting in west philadelphia. nbc 10 on north preston street where...
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janet napolitano, now president of the university of california joining us today. thank you, and good to see you again. >> thank you. >> up next, we're "on the money", quick and healthy is the name of the game when it comes to fast food. really? a canadian franchise is turning old model on its head thanks to health conscious millennials. later, imagine trading in your car as often as you do your smartphone, how one automaker is racing to keep with the speed of technology. as we go to break, a look at how the stock market ended t >> matthew corrin started his franchise, freshee ten years ago at the tender age of 23. his chain focuses on serving fresh locally sourced food and growing by leaps and bounds, there are 160 freshiis and a lot more to come. what does the growth signal for the fast food competitors. thanks for being with us today. >> thank you for having me. >> a couple of things, fast food, you don't consider yours fast food per se. i mentioned mcdonald's but you're going after subway, aren't you? >> we're going after anybody trying to serve food. stomach sh
janet napolitano, now president of the university of california joining us today. thank you, and good to see you again. >> thank you. >> up next, we're "on the money", quick and healthy is the name of the game when it comes to fast food. really? a canadian franchise is turning old model on its head thanks to health conscious millennials. later, imagine trading in your car as often as you do your smartphone, how one automaker is racing to keep with the speed of technology....
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. >> also ahead on the program: in kenya, students call for increased security at universities, in the wake of the garissa massacre last week. >> turkish president visits iran after a meeting with a top saudi official. >> the humanitarian situation in yemen continuing to get worse despite the arrival of international aid staff. 74 children have been killed in yemen in the past 12 days. houthi rebels be holds out against the saudi-led bombing campaign there. the international committee of the red cross has landed a plane with staff in sanna but another carrying medical supplies is held back. russia and china are calling for a pause in the fighting to allow humanitarian aid. foreign ministers from both countries have met in moscow. the pakistani prime minister is calling on iran to get involved in a debate on security in yemen. pakistan's parliament debating whether to join the military campaign against the houthis after a request from saudi arabia. this is the aftermath of shelling in the area in aden. houthi rebels targeted, but many civilians lost their homes. the u.n. estimates 100,0
. >> also ahead on the program: in kenya, students call for increased security at universities, in the wake of the garissa massacre last week. >> turkish president visits iran after a meeting with a top saudi official. >> the humanitarian situation in yemen continuing to get worse despite the arrival of international aid staff. 74 children have been killed in yemen in the past 12 days. houthi rebels be holds out against the saudi-led bombing campaign there. the international...
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it really is. >> reporter: the university is offering grief counsellors tomorrow. live here in fredericksburg virginia i'm shomari stone. back to you, chris. >> thanks. this is just coming into the newsroom. prince george county police are on the scene of a fatal accident in temple hills and we know a pedestrian has been killed. an brinkley road has been shut down in both directions. a man was hit and killed and police say the driver did stay there on the scene. >>> new at 11:00, a year-long investigation led police right to a local graffiti artist. jordan mcconaughey is accused of vandalizing metro rail cars and now he's facing felony charges. police say back in february mcconaughey spray painted two cars at the west falls church rail yard causing well over $5,000 in damage. now he already accepted a plea deal last year for spray painting metro cars at shady grove and glenmont. >>> a local karate teacher is facing child porn charges, and now he may be on the run overseas. pearl have been investigating him since last year and earlier this month they came to his home
it really is. >> reporter: the university is offering grief counsellors tomorrow. live here in fredericksburg virginia i'm shomari stone. back to you, chris. >> thanks. this is just coming into the newsroom. prince george county police are on the scene of a fatal accident in temple hills and we know a pedestrian has been killed. an brinkley road has been shut down in both directions. a man was hit and killed and police say the driver did stay there on the scene. >>> new at...
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al jazeera and also coming up, coming up, 147 killed many more injured after al-shabab storms the universitypus in kenya. an important gain for houthis in yemen as they seize the presidential palace in aiden. and restrictions across california as the government orders a 25% cut in water use. ♪ well at least iran and six world powers reach what they say is an understanding which they hope will lead to a comprehensive nuclear agreement within three months, as part of the future deal the nuclear enrichment will be to one side only and iran agreed to reduce its low enriched uraniam stockpile from 10,000 kilos to 300 and 95% cut and centrefuge from 19,000 to 6,000 and the u.n. and u.s. will gradually lift nuclear-related sanctions after inspections by the international atomic agency and an aim for a new deal to be concluded by june the 30th and that will include a u.n. security council endorsement. let's hear from james where the talks took place. >> reporter: after round the clock make or break negotiations, these world leaders were celebrating what they hope will be a historic moment. the eu hi
al jazeera and also coming up, coming up, 147 killed many more injured after al-shabab storms the universitypus in kenya. an important gain for houthis in yemen as they seize the presidential palace in aiden. and restrictions across california as the government orders a 25% cut in water use. ♪ well at least iran and six world powers reach what they say is an understanding which they hope will lead to a comprehensive nuclear agreement within three months, as part of the future deal the nuclear...