and in universities, it's particularly hard to make change in any case. so the crisis was unusually helpful to her, and i think she took good advantage of it. >> susie: she did so in a big way. faust pushed through an unprecedented change in harvard's governing board. she decided that more members with key expertise would better meet harvard's needs in the 21st century. so she doubled the number of trustees, something none of her 27 predecessors ever dared to try. >> if you think about the fact that the corporation was organized in 1650, the oldest corporation in america, when the university was about a hundred students in cambridge. today, it's a $3.7 billion organization with literally tens of thousands of students. the idea that the same six- person corporation could manage and fulfill a fiduciary obligation to that larger institution makes no sense. >> susie: another big change, larry summers' billion dollar science mecca had to stop. faust decided harvard could no longer afford it and halted construction. >> it was a very hard decision. it was a hard

, and what you do during that time, the university -- most universities claim that three things matter. what matters is your publication record, your teaching record, and your service to the universities, so serving on a variety of committees. they call this the three legged stool of academia. this coincides with other things going on in your life. people pointed out this is sort of between 30 and 40 say when women are wanting to have children, start families and do other things, this is when the most intensive part of your career is going on when it's an all or nothing. at the end of that clock, a committee usually basically of your own department members looks at that, at your record and says up or down. c-span: your fellow professors are doing that? >> guest: exactly. most of them in your own discipline, not another professor from another department who does not know you. it's the people you've been with every day for the last seven or eight years will be sitting in secret judgment of you to decide whether or not you get to stay or leave. c-span: secret judgment? >> guest: absolutel

university boulevard is closed as you go down from the beltway on the westbound side of university boulevard. traffic moving up to the beltway is open. inbound headed down from the beltway, it is still closed. you have to detour at piney branch road because of the closure of university boulevard. outbound is open headed towards the beltway. at university boulevard we usually see it the beltway moving slowly. we have a little volume, but no delay from college park to silver spring. on the outer loop at route 7, an accident is now off the road. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 28 degrees in bethesda. >> coming up, we look back on the stars we lost in 2011. you are watching "good morning washington." >> a 17-year-old left-handed by the bullet of a gang member. how he survived. and mark wahlberg survived the streets. next anderson. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >>> all week we are looking back debts, the biggest headlines from the past year. today we remember those we lost in 2011. >> although we said goodbye to many people, here is a small group that impacted t

a horrible accident here on university boulevard. we expect university to be closed down for hours so we want to let folks know early this morning will you want to avoid this area. let me show you the scene behind me. there is actually a vehicle about three or four feet up on that wall. that is where the vehicle ended after this accident. we're learning at this point there were three female adults in the car at the time of that accident. two victims have died. one has been transported to a local hospital. we were talking to captain from the montgomery county police department. he said the vehicle was possibly coming from a d.c. club. the vehicle wound up on that wall, unclear at this point if alcohol or other factors were a factor in this accident. we actually had the opportunity to speak with the uncle of one of the accident victims in the car. his name is karl morris and he says his niece was 19-year-old tamara johnson. >> she called and said tam ara is in an accident and i should come out. she don't know if she's breathing. i don'

the second best if you take university. where we did have some overnight construction that has picked up. everything is open. you can see the cones. still good from college park to silver spring. an accident was reported on the after loop after springfield but it looks like a low impact on 95 northbound to springfield. >>> a metro bus driver is lucky to be alive after a truck slammed into her boss pinning her inside. the truck driver did not survive the crash along rock go pike. ben eisler is at the scene. >> when you see the shape of this bus is t is remarkable. 11 people were injured and one man dead. >> the worst thing i have seen. >> a pickup truck going southbound crossed the median and collided with a metro bus. this is that bus after the accident. >> it is sad because people died. >> the bus driver is alert and undergoing tests at a local hospital. the accident trapped inside. >> she was pinned. >> the driver of the truck was not lucky. 11 others suffered injuries. >> all patients had a non-life- threatening injuries

they further claim that when they went to university officials, the university did nothing to investigate and to protect them. >> around april mr. bright abo called me into his office, told me he wanted to speak with me with some work. he then started touching me and saying inappropriate things to me. >> i felt a certain way about it when i went into the university and now upon coming out, it's a completely different light. reporter: the women took their complaints to the metropolitan police department and bright abu has been charged with misdemeanor sexual assault, placed on 60 days probation. meanwhile, howard university says that as soon as they were made aware of these allegations they took action. in fact, university officials claim they also went to the metropolitan police department and that bright-abu was fired. nonetheless, these students have filed a civil complaint yesterday against howard university. reporting live, i'm stacey cohang, back to you. >>> meanwhile meanwhile, the first lawsuit has been filed in connection to the penn state sex abuse scandal. a 29-year-old man clai

, -- that is accelerating the universe. finding out about this will allow them to dig the next step into the unknown. >> -- will allow them to take the next step into the unknown. >> i ever this explained as like walking into a world of paparazzi. >> if i were going to try to walk across times square, i could probably slipped across very easily, but if it was lady gaga on the way to the mtv studios, which are nearby here, she would create such a ruckus that she probably could not take many steps before she was surrounded by such a crowd that she could not move. >> so lady gaga is higgs boson. >> she is like mass. i am free as a foton, but she is a pretty massive individual in this sense. -- i am free as a photon. >> thank you very much for joining me from new york. and in other news from around the world, the russian president dmitry medvedev has said the new parliament chosen in the election earlier this month will have its first session on december 21. that is despite allegations of fraud. in a meeting with leaders, medve

universities never changed my mind, and i've never been on one, on a university campus in which i wasver in the ascendancy. but, so i think the universities have kind of lost. but where bill triumphed was in society, was in america, was in sophisticated rem ms -- realms of american life and of the world life. i mean, bill's views weren't original, but his views on economics are now held whether people admit it or not by people around the world. bill's views on foreign policy are held around the world. bill's views in general are the views of adult america. liberalism today is dead. you'll find out in 2012 if you don't know now. liberalism is dead. conservativism is in the ascendancy, it was in the ascendancy in 2008 when we outnumbered the liberals 40 to 20%, 40 president to 20 president -- 40% to 20%, and now we've got the independents and the moderates on our side. so i think in this an odd and funny way men can -- won the competition for men's souls, but bill won the competition for his point of view for conservativism, and i think, i thank bill buckley for that, and i thank you al

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

professor, a university like florida a & m. they say they have the no hazing policy, clearly, it's an open secret this is happening. how much does a school, do they know about what's going on? how much do they care about actually stopping it? >> i won't say how much they care about it. but let's cut to the chase. everybody at that school from the band director to the students to the administrators all the way to the president, they know that this is a practice that goes on in these bands. it also goes on in black greek letter organizations which the bands are mimicking. they're very clear on that. when they say they don't know about it, they're either lying or they should be fired for negligence. this is going on throughout the south of hbcu. it's going on predominantly white universities clearly the policies do not work. you are having people injured around the country. you're having people killed. and so what the bands, what other organizations, are really saying to these schools and administrators is this the way we do thing

wade down at prairie u university.g beaten to death or drowned or folks are suffering brain damage, comatose, all of these things. if people want to disagree with me, that's fine. if they want to disagree with my argument. but they can't give me my argument. and the point is this. i never said that hazing does not occur in white greek organizations. i never said that white greeks should not be suspended or disbanded. i'm simply saying that the manifestation of it is very different in black greek groups. but anderson, you have to understand this. these are groups that are very difficult to have an honest and reasonable conversation with. you have folk who are affiliated with famu and with this band who will simultaneously say, we really grieve for robert champion and his family, and then pivot and say, well, he shouldn't have consented to this and the band can't go away. when did these organizations become so sacred that we can't have conversations about banning them from our campuses? >> so why is this different, thoug

making some changes here at the university? things can you tell us? some tangible things? >> there have been people incarcerated as a result of hazing. so, i mean, there is a stiff law. there are legal consequences for anyone engaged in hazing. we have adopted policies, procedures. but what i think -- >> reporter: nothing seems to be working. >> the other thing is that, when you look at the number of cases that we have had on our campus and you look at cases on other campuses, there is not a rampant kind of behavior. >> reporter: do you believe you bear personally any responsibility for what has happened to any of these students here? >> personal responsibility? i have done everything in accordance to the law here in the state of florida. >> reporter: about three hours after that interview we received this document from the florida department of law enforcement which says during the course of their investigation, they uncovered possible fraud and/or misconduct by employees here at the university. the document reads, "the depart

below us we can see the whole of the public campus of berkeley the university of california berkeley and we're standing at a boundary where that campus meets the private and military part of the research machine this is a big research machine one side of it has public the other side is private corporate and military so that in closing of the knowledge that used to be public and becomes private or becomes corporate or becomes militarized secret that enclosure of knowledge is something that i consider to be very damaging for the movement of science and the movement of knowledge so it is a very strong battle that is happening here and in other places in the world to try and protect that they versity of knowledge that diversity of culture. the latest development in this battle has been the arrival here on this campus of b.p. british petroleum. who would like to be called beyond petroleum b.p. came here offering five hundred million dollars five hundred million dollars which is much more than anybody had ever offered the university supposedly for research. administrators for the universit

university.rick scott made the recommendation today. many were asking whether amounds and other university officials either missed or overlooked warning signs of hazing, brutal beatings that have landed several students in the hospital over the years. less than three weeks later, drum major robert champion was beaten to death. his killing focused attention on hazing at the marching band at a&m and other historically black colleges and universities where marching bands are often the main attraction on game day. the ban of these historically colleges and universities is king. beating victim bria hunter sat down with a reporter from her hometown the atlanta tv station wxia. her mother was with her, and as you'll hear, didn't let bria say much. >> the first day, everybody was -- well, not everybody, but some -- a good few people got hit. >> um, you need to stop. >> okay. i'm not comfortable. >> he told me that last -- >> you need to ask no more questions. she needs to go back to school. i'm not going

the university broadcast that an armed robbery has secured it -- has occurred in the late university union. five minutes later, a robbery reported. take shelter. stand by for updates. 10:47, suspect may be in liberal arts building. followed by armed robbery at a university union. shelter in place. more information to follow. at 10:49, suspect in custody, resume normal activity. >> you would never think it would happen on campus. >> students who showed up at the bank after the robbery were shocked by the news that someone could be so brazen. >> they have a good system of telling us what's going on in the area. usually you only hear about things happening outside the university. for it to be in the university is crazy. >> while police have a suspect in custody, they have not charged this person yet. they tell us that at this point in the investigation, this person has no affiliation with the university. we hope to find out more information sometime tomorrow. >> the former goodwill employee charged with robbing area stores at gunpoint will remain in jail after he was denied bail. to dis

universe. i think we've done got a great injustice by squeezing god into the volume of a body the spin of a lifetime, giving him a male identity and putting him somewhere in an ethnic background and saying this dog is the creator of the universe. god is much more of some -- awesome. [applause] >> so when you ask what is good about spirituality there are two levels to answer the question. loveless spirituality in general, and i think it's very important in people's lives to be spiritual and you are a scientist it is very importantly hope people realize being a scientist doesn't mean that you are not a spiritual person. the other level of the question is deepak's storage will be coming in by a player his spirituality as it relates to the human condition free yourself from your past, treating other people to respect and he's got me meditating. i like to meditate. i think it's very good for you. i recommend it and i also agree deepak that i think that spirituality, being a spiritual person and bein

all five are filing suit against george bright-abu and howard university. >> at least three universityyees or officials and nothing was done. >> we have someone on campus that's literally a predator, we have to stop it. >> reporter: the

, they cannot explain the creation of the universe. the universe and the laws of physics are two separate things. i don't think thomas aquinas was talking about that. >> we can also ask ourselves what we gain by saying okay that's god, that's fine. >> it gets us into humility and reverence. it gets us -- >> you quote einstein. >> there are things that einstein says in his book. >> he was a physicist, right? >> he was a physicist. he was humbled and reverence of the rationality of the universe and first of all, you can't measure reference in units of mass and energy and secondly if it's a rational universe that is comfortable to us it could have rational thought. but here's another objection i have to the science method that does not acknowledge consciousness. you know, leonard says that science is based on the loop loop theory, experimentation and observation. where does the experiment designed in consciousness? where his observation made? in consciousness. we have no scientific explanation for consciousness. right there, you are knowi

>> a first cause of the universe? >> of the laws of anything. >> in the grand design stephen hawking and i explicitly said that where the laws came from and if you want to call that god, we have no objection to that. [laughter] and not that it matters if you do. >> no, but that's -- [inaudible conversations] law of physics. i mean, isn't thomas aquinas, aristotle, first cause, first mover -- >> that's different from saying god -- >> that is not saying god can move the ouija board -- >> that's not quite the same thing as saying that physics cannot explain the creation of the universe. that's talking -- the universe and the laws of physics are two separate things, and i don't think thomas aquinas was talking about the laws of physics because -- >> no. he wasn't talking about the laws of physics. >> but we can also ask ourselves, okay, that's god, that's fine. what does that get us? >> do you know what it gets us? it gets us into humility and -- >> you quote einstein. >> yeah. one of the things i've said -- >> and he was

yondz, the president of florida a&m university.ernor scott made the suggestion to the chairman of trustees. many are asking whether ammons or other officials missed or overlooked warning signs of hazing, brutal beatings that have landed several students in the hospital over the years. last month, one member of the school's marching band was badly beaten. less than three weeks later, drum major robert champion was reportedly hazed to death during a ritual on the bus. this brought the spotlights to universities where marching bands are the highlight of game day. the bands of these historically black colleges and universities is king. beating victim bria hunter sat down with a reporter from atlanta tv station wxia. her mother was with her and, as you'll hear, didn't let bria say much. >> the first day, everybody -- well, not everybody, but some -- a good few people got hit. >> um, we need to stop. >> okay. >> i'm uncomfortable. >> he told me that last -- >> you ain't answering none of those questions in terms of him. >> okay. >> she h

the university has not responded. and a former band member who sued and settled with the university describes how he was hit with a wooden paddle. >> after the paddling stopped, it was actually physical blows, face slapping. eating strange things. >> reporter: the university fired its longtime band director. julian white acknowledges there was a pattern of hazing but says he reported it to proper authorities. >> in all cases where i suspect there's hazing involved i take immediate action. >> reporter: with their son laid to rest, champion's parents plan to sue the university. >> no one wants to be standing in our shoes. no one wants to hear on a phone call that your son collapsed and died. >> reporter: the school's president vows to eliminate hazing at the campus. a pledge that may have come too late for one student. thanh truong, nbc news, atlanta. >>> there is more ahead. when we come back, we'll tell you about the rocks that had them lined up today here at rock center. >>> we're back now with new developments about

it's difficult at public universities and this is why i said not only do we need college and universityators but also need elected officials to get involved in producing new laws that are going to speak to this because of right of association laws so i don't think that it is something that is beyond the pale. i understand i'm the minority in making that argument, certainly not making any friends from famu or band members or black greek organizations and i don't care. what are we going to do to preserve the lives of our students and universities throughout the country? that's more important than the preservation of a greek system or a band, and i really do wonder with folks who pivot and argue for these organizations and processes, what would they do and what would they say and how would they feel if they got a phone call at 3:00 in the morning saying that their son or their daughter had been beat on it death in one of these organizations? i think the argument would be very different. >> it's fascinating, prover ricky jones i appreciate you being on again, thank you. >> thank you. >>> br

should the university -- cot university have done more?he case, not having seen all the facts for this case, but i know that there has been a program in place at that university like most universities to do some extensive training and education for students who are interested in joining the fraternities or sororities and well as the band and they have done training at florida a&m in terms of educating the students in terms of that. i think there is a lot of second-guessing what do we do. i've been having conversations with people how do we go forward, ramp up not only education, but in terms of the sanctions. i'm a proponent of maybe states need to get rid of hazing laws as whole and start treating everybody as assault, battery, manslaughter to give it a little bit more substance for people to say this is a serious crime and it is not just oh, boys being boys, horsing around that kind of thing. so maybe we need to look at the laws differently. >> i'm sorry, we've clearly run out of time but you also mentioned, as well, that this is -- you

very, very emotional scene here on university boulevard.o send it back to you in the studio, monica. >> thank you so much for that information, jessica. and if you can see behind jessica on the westbound side of university boulevard, all lanes were reopened about 40 minutes ago. on the eastbound side, lanes remain blocked here in silver spring inside the beltway. choose your alternate route. one suggestion for you is wayne avenue to the sligo creek parkway. of course, you can use colesville road instead. if you're traveling on the beltway, there no issues passing university boulevard on the inner and outer loops of the beltway. here's what it looks like if you're planning to head on to 66. no problems to report coming in from gainesville and centreville right over to the beltway. we're looking good as well. now on the beltway, there had been a crash on the outer loop near the dulles toll road. virginia state police were on the scene of that. traffic is doing well across the american legion bridge and into virginia. coming up in my next repo

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level you know that was funded by universities or federal funds that they are patent free.i mean is that the scientists have suggested well it could be. the way i. i look at it is the problem originated in the law this law was the beginning of this corporate takeover and we could address this problem by revoking that law so i don't think that would be a bad idea however that's not the only possibility there are already pockets of researchers i'm happy to report who have adopted new models that were whose intention was not to maximize profits companies will make profits but they won't make the profit save been seen over the past forty years the idea is to maximize health and so there are various models some out of yale some out of the gates foundation in which the goal is to maximize health for example bill gates has worked with other charities to subsidize pharmaceutical companies say we guarantee you a certain amount of profit if you develop a badly needed drug a drug against sleeping sickness a drug against malaria so on and these actually have had some limited success al

right now, university boulevard is closed in both directions.ve a crew on the scene and will bring you a live update in just the next hour. >>> paul tecone is accused of selling massive amounts of pain killers without a medical license. the indictment alleges that under hits direction, more than 800,000 oxycontin pills were prescribed in one year, including more than 12,000 pills to a single customer. the indictment says pecone kept selling the drugs after he learned of numerous overdoses. his lawyer says our client asserts his independence to the allegations in this case and is looking forward to his day in court. >>> prosecutors believe the man dubbed the serial butt slasher is now in peru. he's accused of attacking nine women since february. police believe timmons fled to his native peru earlier this morning. so far, there have been no reports of slashings in that country. it's not clooer how or if police will be able to get him back to the u.s. >>> police say a pair of garage fires just blocks from each other were the work of four teenagers.