six million detroit university and the coast a seven hundred thousand dollars in the state university there are dozens of other universities around the country receive similar donations from these billionaire brothers and just like with florida state university all of these charitable donations come with strings attached. you're talking more about these strains and what they mean for america's higher education system is lee farm reporter and blogger extraordinary think progress lee welcome back to tom thanks for having me at florida state charles koch can pick and choose professors with his donation what other perks of these guys have with other universities or decision making powers well it's different for almost every university i've seen you know at brown university i don't think they have the same power to pick and choose professors ah but they give these big chunks of money and they target that money towards research projects that they like for example around a underwrote study argues that they deregulation how much the poor and if we wanted to help the poor we should regulate ba

we're the universe right here. this table is the universe. you are what the big bang is doing right there in your chair right now. we are all part testify. >> the big bang is continuing? >> yes, it goes on and on. you can think of it that way, yes. >> you have proof of that? that's a term logical issue whether or not we want to call it the big bang. we are direct descendants of the big bang and the universe is evolving and changing ever since then and it will continue to do that. the way the universe is now is not the way it was a few billion years ago and a few billion years before that it was quite different. >> so when you're teaching this in class as you do, your first objective is to remove the idea of statics. this is not a static situation. >> absoluteliy. it's a living situation and the universe itself is living because it's expanding. >> and changing. >> and changing. thus we have volcanoes and eruptions and techatologyic plates and so forth. >> on earth. >> the earth is a living planet. it's in a living universe. a universe is const

realm has been called universe which means that you have many universes, multiple universes which we call them multiverse. >> sounds like a brand of cereal to me. [laughter] multicereal. >> you have a food thing going on here, don't you? is. [laughter] >> so tell me, i, i understand that physicses is a science, experimental science. >> yes. >> so where does this come in? sounds more like a religion to me. i mean, there's this universe and another universe, i mean, how do we learn about these other universes? >> yes. so how can you gain confidence in an idea that speaks of realms that we can't see, that we can't touch, we can't visit, we can't observe directly? so let me give you the answer in two parts. one is in some versions of the multiverse, and i should emphasize there's not one proposal for how there might be one universe, in some there can be subtle questions between the universes that might allow us to have some experimental window onto them. but hold that to the side for the moment. let's think about the ones where you couldn't visit them. well, why do we think about these t

that we couldn't have been put it could be a universal upon universe in pot datapoint universe that is inflationary. but what is nice is the idea that it underwent the rapid swelling early on, that has been subjected to interesting observations. if it went through the rapid swelling early on, here's what would happen. quantum jitters or fluctuations and the young universe would be stretched out by the rapid flow and smeared out across the sky. if i had a little balloon and wrote to a little message on the surface you could not see it but if i blow air into the balloon as it stretches my message is smeared out over the surface and you can see your -- see it. that is like a message with the jitters has space underground the rapid expansion the message is spread out as tiny temperature differences in the heat left over called the microwave background radiation. we have mentioned that he leftover and the way the temperature varies from point to point* is exactly in line with a mathematical calculation. that is a very convincing piece of evidence to take the theory quite seriously. >> ho

well it's different for almost every university i've seen you know and brown university i don't think they have the same power to pick and choose professors but they give these big chunks of my and they target that money towards research projects that they like for example around they under wrote a study argues that bank deregulation helps the poor and if we want to help the poor we should regulate banks the same time a brown university that money goes to find right wing thinkers like amity share host her to come to campus and argue. have to yarza new deal actually made a great depression works if you go to other universities like it's some folks university in massachusetts they find professors very closely to tour around the country and argue that sweat shops are a good day and the minimum wage hurts the poor so it's not you know why i'm single focused work each grant every grants or university is different and unique but as a sum total they push this larger supply side. kind of theology and create a larger intellectual framework lee universities have been begging for money for years

what's the main stuff in the universe? we think there is a good thans this machine will allow us to produce the stuff in the laboratory. there are also many experiments going on trying to detect the dark matter deep underground for example where it's shielded from cosmic rays. you think it's possible that if the dark matter is invisible, that there is anything corresponding to a human being, which might be out there, and also invisible? >> no the thing about -- >> as we understand rationalitiet and brain and the sell lawyer constructs and molecular constructs the body, there ising in -- cellular -- >> we are made of star dust. you have to understand that dark matter is simple. even dark energy may be simple. they represent 95% of the universe but they don't have nearly the complexity that atoms can have. and we are made of the most complicated atoms. which are as joel said, star dust in a sense that they were cooked in the middle of stars and then burst out when the stars died. so all of the really interesting complexity i

we are 100 university and the servants, one hubbard university and class of 2011.this is your time to name and claim your leadership role in the 21st century america. committed to excellence, the quality and high expectations. but also, stand today on the great shoulders of the former graduates of harvard university. you stand on the shoulders of kenneth clark and john jacobs and vernon jordan. [applause] you stand on the shoulders of cathy hughes and edward brooks. you stand on the shoulders of judge robert carter, meir david and shirley franklin. you stand on the shoulders of the attorney general pamela harris and douglas wilder. you stand on the shoulders of the ambassador andrew young, general benjamin davis, laurie, toni morrison, and yes, michele miller. you stand on the shoulders of all of the mothers and fathers and grandmothers who are here today who have gone before us and who struggle and sweat and who bled and year-end, who sacrificed and borrowed and scolded and nurtured, who tolerated each and every one of you. you stand on all of their shoulders toda

in afghanistan with congressman dennis kucinich and then are the koch brothers infiltrating the university system we'll tell you how they're working with one college to make sure the professors who teach their economic philosophy are working with their children and well as if that's the end of academic freedom all these stories on our course are wednesday dose of happy hour on tonight's show but first let's move on to our top story. is the u.s. congress about to declare war on the world that's what many experts and groups like the a.c.l.u. are saying as congress firms up its fiscal two thousand and twelve defense built one measure republicans are trying to slip it is an update of the authorization for the use of military force or the aid you have that it was passed three days after the attacks on september eleventh and gave the president authorization to use all necessary and appropriate force against those involved in the nine eleven attacks the problem is ten years later after the killing of osama bin laden the world is running out. perpetrators directly involved with nine eleven so what

>> hello from san jose state university. welcome to this edition of equal time. i'm your host journalism professor bob. with the economic down turn and the jobs forecast some people are by passing college and doing it successfully. gene walker first looks at some success stories without traditional college. >> many of us grew up believing that the pursuit of happiness without a college diploma. is a degree really the only key that opens the door? darcy green is a community relations representative for a major health care provider. >> every single day i have gone to work i can remember not being able to be there. i have had a job that has allowed me to explore my passion for service and government and allowed me to use my mind and intelligence. >> her work place is full of awards. where did green earn her college degree? she'll let you know later. according to the bureau of labor statistics 7 out of 10 jobs that will see the most growth over the next decade will not require a college degree. berkeley based career coach says t

bringing the rotc back to stanford university. all coming up next. captioning by vitac, underwritten by fireman's fund >> belva: good evening, i'm belva davis and welcome to "this week in northern california." joining me now on our news panel are troy wolfe ton, personal technology columnist for "san jose americay news." bob egelko, legal reporter, san francisco chronicle, and carla march new which i, also with san francisco chronicle. the senior leadership is assembling, these guys should be happy but the state where it is, what are the many concerns that will be discussed? >> yeah, democrats meeting this week in sacramento. you're right, belva, they have a lot to be happy about. they have every statewide office. they have a voter advantage of more than 2 million in california. i mean, this is a party that should be celebrating a lot, except this hangup for their governor, harry brown, he needs just a handful of republican votes to get him those budget proposals in front of voters to california and it has not happened. i think this weekend we'll see

major university across the country are gob sided ten to one liberal to conservative where where is the outrage that you know middle eastern studies departments across this country are funded by saudi princes who impose their ideological litmus test there and take israel agenda where is this out religious happening george georgetown university is funded by prince tell all the world but part of saudi arabia has a say in who it is that is i don't think that they're preaching pro israel activism at georgetown middle eastern studies or this is this is living seriously just liberal institutions and just give money to university knowing that they're liberal in that their money is going to further their cause they don't have to you know maybe science is liberal maybe at you know maybe higher learning is that it doesn't want to get it they don't have to get money i think they should know how to do it there should be transparent i think he was basically with you actually if you would just allow was that was it his god and then he'll have one of his solutions his way to solve the academic unb

part of the problem with the university being downtown is we're right in the middle of the universityy. i'm not sure if it involved any students. >> this is a joint investigation between the san jose state university police and city of san jose police. one of the reasons why san jose police are involved is because they have a lot of experience and extease in this area. -- expertise in this area. a lot of students we spoke with said they weren't notified in what you might call a timely fashion. a lot of people said they found out from facebook or their friends about what happened here and not the university. again, we're supposed to be speaking with a san jose university spokesperson this hour, scheduled to be here just don't know when. reporting live in san jose, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> 8:02. overnight a fire tore through an abandoned building in concord. this was the scene on willow pass road just hours ago. firefighters say flames why in- - flames were intense and winds were strong. they were forced to attack the fire from inside. the building was a former bar an lun -

university of jordan. b.a., university of jordan, m.a. islam historic. hardford seminary m.a. karattive religions and muslim-christian relations. council on economic relations, washington, d.c. director of public relations. two years. national naval medical center, washington, muslim chaplain, three years and currently, georgetown university. muslim chaplain. one year and currently. yahya hendi. >> yahya hendi, imam, you are a muslim theologian, is that correct? >> i think so. >> how many years did you spend studying muslim theology? >> i would say about 15 years. >> how does the koran depict jesus? >> well, jesus is looked at as a prophet, as a messenger of god. there are 15 chapters in the koran out of 114 that talk about jesus christ. the total verse he is that mention christ in different ways are 93. he's seen as the born baby of mary, virgin birth. >> virgin birth. >> yes. >> in the desert? >> he was born in palestine. >> near a palm tree in a desert? >> yes, yes, indeed, near a palm tree in palestine. >> does islam accept the notion of jesus assess dense into god? >> wel

>>rob: were out here on the quad at campus at san jose state university while were waiting at the university official to shed light on what occurred here. she spoke earlier today and told us they're investigating this as an apparent murder- suicide. were hoping they will be out here in a little while and give us some more information. particularly the identities of the three victims. we know this much, this occurred at the northeast section corner of campus about 8:30 p.m. last night. the parking crashes between santa clara and san fernand go. neighbors said they heard as many as 10 shots rang out. paramedics later said they found three victims. two victims in a car and the third person elsewhere in the parking grosz. that person was transported to a hospital and later died. we're not sure of the people are students, were not sure the genders. there was a text message alert send across campus. they announced it over the p a system what was going on they're treating this as an isolated incident, and no time or any other students in danger. about 1030 they 03 open the parking grosz. were waiti

when the best foreign universities recognise degrees awarded by our best universities douche i think that this is a more effective and positive way for us to be able to provide the best young scientists from around the world to russia and the our best young scientists to work in the leading world centers without any problems with the. people are according to one rating our top university of glasgow state university seventy four so in a world to what extent is it objective or accurate the reason. any rating is subjective and any rating is open to manipulation you can use our university heads are offended by the placing when i tell them not to pay much attention to what priorities are different from the police there are many comparative criteria we should use those most important for us and to base our reforms on the origins we set ourselves or she came in and one of them for example every rating considers a citation edict of scientists working in a university and that's in my opinion this is significant where scientists are not always enthusiastic about publishing in english the new v

according to one rating they are talking diversity of moscow state universities seventy four percent of world to what extent is it objective or accurate the reason. any rating is subjective and any rating is open to manipulation you can use our university heads are offended by the placing but i tell them not to pay much attention to your priorities are different from the police there are many comparative criterion we should choose those most important for us and that's base our reforms on how are things we set ourselves are seeking another member example every rating considers a citation he thinks of scientists working in a university in my opinion this is significant where scientists are not always enthusiastic about publishing in english the new version when i explain the simple facts of the country's image when your best scientific work was read and cited around the world looking up professors are paid by the state fair responsibility to enhance its aristide's through academic endeavor there is also an index of graduate success we always lose out in this respect because we simply

who is your are directed towards the koch brothers or florida state university why the koch brothers. because they're there saying we will give you money but only if you will treat trained kids the way that we want them trained so tom excuse me what spot to understand what the problem with that is the problem is that before the state once it's just it's outrageously inappropriate it's what is plenty of public interest this is the bottom line problem the main problem is that the koch brothers are conservative and so god forbid conservatives may try and daniel i think you have a point to your original point you're absolutely right that me my my big argument here is without this you never should have said yes will take your money strings i would rather have zero interest and they make those very sure that or try to hide that you have the right to spread observing f.s.w. and i'm sorry if i can't get outraged when university faculties are less ideologically diverse than george bush's cabinet you know look he's having to free market professors on the faculty he can't he's had his money he s

the simple answer for the university of michigan about what we're best at is that we are the university of explorers. if you look up the definition of explorers, it is someone who travels into unfamiliar or unknown regions, especially for organized scientific purposes. i believe that is what brought us here. there's no place in the world that can match the university of michigan. it is the spirit of exploration that brought us here. we need to start promoting our size as the power of what we still continue to be the best in individual departments and the great student experience. let's be proud of our size. let's be the best. in terms of individuals alike to now speak to the graduates about what that means to you and the opportunities you have. you are explorers. when you have been exploring at the university of michigan, it was straightforward. your mission was to graduate. you have achieved that fabulous gold today. the next thing is that you need a mission for the future. what is the mission for your life? there is no right or wrong answer. there is no specific time when you need to

kinds of colleges and universities in the united states. wes layin is a liberal arts school. we have a certain kind of curriculum that appeals to certain kinds of students. my oldest son went to a community college before he figured out what he was going to do in the next two years and that was a great experience for him and he need and it worked well for him and he found a way to navigate through that. i am all in favor of the diversity of the american education system but i am skeptical about this language of a bubble. i think buyer beware. there are a lot of schools out there that aren't transparent about what they do, who have bad graduation rates. but i don't think it's in our interest as a democracy to say in advance who should go to college or what kind of job requires you to have an education that is both about culture, citizenship, and a skill level. >> brown: peter teal, respond to that? >> i don't think it's all about the finances and the money. but when are you asking people to take on a quarter million in debt for a four-year c

it is the san jose state university north garage. it happened on the fifth floor up at the top there. the homicides took place around 8:30 last night. the this morning a contractor was up on the fifth floor cleaning up the hazardous body fluids that spilled during the shooting. they will take the lead role because again the city police have the technology and exexperience necessary. san jose police will play a large role. around 8:30 last night several witnesses heard several shots from the fifth floor of the parking garage. when they arrived on the scene they found three people on the ground. two people pronounced dead at the scene one died later at the hospital. we did speak to a university spokesperson last night following the shooting and they are already telling us that this shooting doesn't go beyond here. in other words they believe that these people were targeted. >> we do believe that it wasn't random at all. it wasn't a drive-by shooting. it wasn't gang related. it was very contained. >> now following the shooting of course

the simple answer for the university of michigan is we are the university of explorers.on of explore, it is someone who travels into unfamiliar or on notes regions, especially for organized scientific purposes. i believe that is what drew us here. there is no place in the world that can match the university of michigan. it is that spirit of exploration that brought us here. we need to start promoting our size and braqueadth. we continue to be the best in individual departments and that great student experience. let's be proud of our size and be the best. now, in terms of individuals, i would like to speak to the graduates about what that means to you and the opportunities that you have. you are explorers. when you have been exploring at the university of michigan, it was straightforward. your mission was to graduate. you have achieved that idealist goal today. the next thing is you need a mission for the future. and explored the same mission. what is the mission for your life? the thing of that is that there is no right or wrong answer. there is no specific time you need

>> reporter: i'm terry mcsweeney live at san jose university. a shooting last night at campus garage. all three people are dead. details coming up in a live report. >> reporter: live in alameda where teachers will be sending out their message trying to protest cuts to state education as more layoffs are headed to the bay area. >> remember those marine layer clouds that we talked about yesterday. there they are. most of us is going to miss the sunrise but some will see the sun set. temperatures will drop 10 degrees and more chances of rain into next week. >>> an accident in altamont pass has been cleared. still light at the bay bridge toll plaza with no delays. >> eric: thanks for waking up and joining us. >> kristen: i'm kristen sze. let's begin with the latest on a campus shooting that left three people dead at san jose state university. terry mcsweeney joins us from the parking garage where it happened. >> reporter: look at the scene you would not know anything happened out here. police are gone, cleanup crews are gone. shooting took place on

not able to get into preschool, but it is not universal. a way to assess that, whether it is the right policy, we can apply a universal child care program across all of our different populations based on their income. but the scale might be more effective in making sure that low-income families do not fall on the waiting list with programs that are universally applied. >> i agree. i think that the questions you are raising are particularly important, especially during the economic downturn that we have right now. i think that a conversation around how many slots we have available for high as need families, and the other part of this, the quality of those slots. i think we're the psa initiative came in -- i think that where the psa initiative came in initially, i know that some commissioners have different opinions on this, but it was not to expand and increase slots. it was built upon available and existing slot. i would love to engage in a conversation about how we more effectively use funding for child care throughout the city so that we

angelo will attend prairie view university. the other will attend the texas southern. >> congratulations, wonderful. >> good evening, ladies and gentlemen. yesterday, we had a reception for our scholarship and educational grant award winners. they're going to a variety of schools from city college, 7 cisco state, davis, seattle, and university of california berkeley. you already met maria. she scored twice in the scholarship lottery. would also have brendan from washington high school. joanne from washington high school. [reading names] [applause] president mendoza: i am going to take the liberty to a knowledge three people that he acknowledged he the mayor's principle of the year award. they are still here with the court schools and all of our administrators. she is not here? >> may 16 was the revisory council's last meeting. when talk about our summer plans, the graduating seniors, and we discussed what worked well. and also improvements for the next school year. and they are somewhere in this crowd. [applause] >> stand up so

the third person is a suspect in the shooting. >> university police first got word of this about 8:30 this evening. they have blocked access to the garage at 10th and san fernando. >> the shooting happened on the fifth floor of the structure. dozens of people have gathered at the scene. a campus spokesperson says they are not sure at this time if the victims are students. the spokesperson says the shooting does not appear to be random. >> we have crews gathering information at the scene. we will binge you live updates as developments occur. stay with us at this shooting tragedy at san jose state university. >>> a berkeley man is calling for an investigation into his wife's mysterious death tonight. >> she died in thailand where she worked for a berkeley travel company. she was fit and healthy which makes her sudden death hard to understand. >> lisa amin gulezian talked with her husband tonight and is live in berkeley for us. lisa in. >> carolyn, the victim used to call berkeley home, and in the fall she left for thailand. that's where she died and still no one knows how. >> i'm trying

students were determined to defend the university and by any means possible. it is such worrying after learning that a crowd was heading in here about getting the hoses we intended to use them as a last resort they came here. the fact is that high school children as well as university students come here to study. and not day april the seventh many believe that another so-called color revolution was unfolding in downtown kitchener several former soviet republics had already shared the same fate everybody expected pro western politicians to come to power on the back of protests against communist president vladimir voronin but the following morning everything fell into place and emerged victorious this is sort of. if that evening which of the somebody had results. in the crowd why and for whose sake they had come there still below and what they knew about the outcome of the election. the story i'm certain that ninety nine percent could not have answered those questions even if they didn't meet you and you. do nothing but our discussion today will focus on what ca

meanwhile preparations for widespread unrest were underway around commissioner a slavonic university only russian language institution of higher learning was the source of greatest concern it was feared the crowds might go on the rampage there and midday a large amount of nationalists had gathered in front of the university students were determined to defend the university and by any means possible thanks for the opposite. we did start worrying after learning that a crowd was heading in about getting the hoses up as we intended to use them as a last resort they came again the fact is that high school children as well as university students come here to study. and not say a pull the seventh many believe that another so-called color revolution was unfolding in downtown kitchener several former soviet republics had already shared the same fate everybody expected pro western politicians to come to power on the back of protests against communist president vladimir voronin but the following morning everything fell into place and emerged victorious this is sort of. if that hazing vision wit

but what's the financial return to investing in a university for something like this. well choose for one thing coke what makes the coke political machine unique is that they don't just invest in politicians that's what any corporation does what coke does is invest in. different outlets and different organizations that mold society be fun organizations that market their concerns ideas to the elderly to students they have a young professional program in d.c. that's huge that employs literally half of people i know in the conservative movement have at one point worked for them or been employed by a coke fellowship and universities are a prime place where can start were coke can advance their extreme ideology this is an issue i wrote about last year at west virginia university they find an entire economics department similar to only do it at florida state and some of these professors one professor named russell so will he wrote an entire book arguing against regulation in particular he said that my regulations as a coal mine regulations actually hurt workers by increasing

. >>> we begin with tragedy at san jose state university. three people are dead inside a shooting inside a parking garage. kraig debro is there. >> reporter: we just went up to the fifth floor where this all happened. parking garage 5a on the north garage. this is where the student services center is located. we were up there a second ago. there was a cleaning crew up there making sure to get up all the bodily fluid i guess you could say. campus is tweeting they will have counselors on hand if you need them today. this will be open at 6:00 as per scheduled. >> we do believe it wasn't random at all. it wasn't a drive-by shooting. it wasn't gang related. it was very contained. >> reporter: campus university spokesperson will not say why they believe that but we can address that in a minute. it all started around 8:30 last night. according to witnesses and the calls that came into 911 several shots were fired at the fifth floor. they saw three people on the ground. two died a the the scene. one died at the hospital. i did call the coroners offi