[laughter] she said don't you worry, i want you to go down and audition at the university of illinois in champaign, which i did, and i played in front of paul roland. he says i'm taking you into this university, i got a full scholarship. it was because of my musical skills that i got in. [applause] david: you majored in violin? sheila: i majored in music. david: you expected to be a professional musician? sheila: i guess, i played in the chicago symphony. from there, i moved to the east coast and that's where i settled in this area and starting teaching at sidwell friends and put together one of the most magnificent middle school orchestras. i left sidwell in 1972, took that orchestra and bought a house on brandywine street where that orchestra grew to 110 students. that orchestra was so good we played at the old post office pavilion that was the trump hotel, now the waldorf hotel. the whole delegation came in and heard the orchestra and they went, oh, my god. we were invited to play at the largest cultural festival in the middle east. from that point on, we got invited back six or se

she says, i want you to go down and audition at the university of illinois in champaign, which i did, and i played in front of paul roland, who was also instrumental in bringing suzuki into the country. and he says, i am taking you into this university. i got a full scholarship. it was because of my musical skills that i got in there. [applause] david: so you went there and majored in violin? sheila: i majored in music. performance and music education. david: so you were doing well there. you were expected to be a professional musician? sheila: i guess, i played in the chicago civic symphony and the chicago symphony. and then from there, i moved to the east coast and that is where i settled, in this area, and started teaching at sidwell friends and put together one of the most magnificent middle school orchestras. that orchestra grew. i left sidwell in 1972, took that orchestra, and bought a house on brandywine street where that orchestra grew to 110 students. and that orchestra was so good, we played at the old post office pavilion, which was the trump hotel. now the waldorf. the who

sheila: university of illinois. in champaign. david: were you playing music on the side? la: no, i was in a very middle-class community. i didn't know about sat prep, i didn't know about a lot of things in preparation for college that upper-class white people had. so the problem was, is, they said, you've got to go and take an sat test, and i was like what is an sat test? i went one saturday and took it . i had the lowest sat scores you could imagine. and when i told my music teacher in high school, i said, i don't understand these scores. she said, oh my god, this is really bad. [laughter] and she said, but don't you worry. she says, i want you to go down and audition at the university of illinois in champaign, which i did, and i played in front of paula roland, who was also incidental in bringing other singers into the country. and he says, i taking you into am this university. i got a full scholarship. it was because of my musical skills that i got in there. [applause] david: so you went there and majored in violin? sheila: i majored in music. performance and music educ

was planning to be the host but you know so, forgive me so book came out in august through university of illinois press. it's an ethnographic look at the houston hip hop scene. i'm from houston, texas. so i went back there for about a year and did maybe ten more years of fieldwork down in houston working with hip hop artists. i conducted 30 oral histories with these artists, attended numerous shows, did a lot of archival work, produce this book. essentially, it focuses on the role of place, the development and maintenance of heritage, a hip hop heritage in houston, texas. so i use all ethnographic information and fieldwork to kind of take a look at how this local heritage was the product of african americans intimate vine or connection with place in their environment. so just a little bit about the philosophy kind of underpinning the book and why decided to do it. you know, it was the general feeling that the way we talk about hip hop culture does not always reflect a true nature of the culture. these common definitions are a bit limiting at times, so when we talk about hip hop. we often talk abo

jakarta, who studied his dissertation at the university of illinois, who studied in america, with whomador regularly dines, he received 24% of the votes, and also, which is very interesting, that this comrade, seemingly defending a liberal position, so to speak, has so to speak, a common position with the west regarding the conflict in ukraine, yes, it is very interesting that this comrade relies on whom, on the most radical islamic forces , you see, that is, there is a sort of pro-western figure, yes, who... seems to speak from these positions, receives support from the united states, while he relies largely on islamic parties and radical islamists, this is once again proves what i just want to say, that the americans here in indonesia are absolutely not concerned about radical islamists, who will be what political force, and the most important thing at the moment is to complicate the situation in indonesia, instead probov, who, while still the future minister of defense, met with nashovich shoigu, who... was up to 35 years old, after which the chairman of this court was subjected to

. - you did go on to attend university, the university of illinois. - i did, yes. - [margaret] on a scholarship playing the violin. - that's right. i auditioned for the top professor, paul rolland. he says, "you're so good, you're in, and we're going to get you a full scholarship." - during your freshman orientation, you were paired with an upperclassman by the name of robert johnson. - that's right. - you refer to him as bob. he is your first husband and your ex-husband. - yes. - you write about how even early on in your relationship, you began dating in college, you saw red flags. - everyone saw these red flags. and i should have paid attention to them because as we were dating and as we moved further into the relationship and then finally got married, i could really understand what they were talking about. he wouldn't let me go to my own graduation. it was all part of control. we moved to princeton, new jersey, where he then went on to the woodrow wilson school. i had to work to make sure that he got through, and i wanted to make sure that there weren't any bills. i was the one doing all thi

comrade like anist besvidan, former mayor of jakarta, who studied for his dissertation at the university of illinois america. which the american ambassador regularly dines with, he received 24% of the votes, and also, which is very interesting, that this comrade, seemingly defending liberal, so to speak, position , having, so to speak, a common position with the west regarding the conflict in ukraine, yes, it is very interesting that this comrade relies on someone, on the most radical islamic forces, you know, that is, he is coming, as it were, to a pro-western figure, yes, who is like would act from these positions, receive the support of the united states, while he relies... to a large extent on islamic parties and radical islamists, this once again proves what i just want to say that the americans here in indonesia the radical islamists do not care at all about who will be what political force, the most important thing for them at the moment is to complicate the situation in indonesia, instead of probov, who, as a future minister of defense, met with our sergei klazhevetovich shoigu, who spoke ab

us >> with the first pick in the wnba draft, the new york liberty sabrina unescu from the university of illinois reporter: she is using her success and the lesson she learned from her family to make an impact beyond the hard woord. she launched the si20 foundation to help build stronger communities. >> a lot of these kids don't have the opportunity to have organized basketball and understand what it takes to be able to be surrounded by a professional basketball player, able to ask questions. a lot of the time they're really so happy and they smile and are so thankful for the opportunity to play. hopefully they can fall in love with the sport like i did, and being able to do that is something i'm passionate about. >> what type of challenges have you seen today's youth facing when it comes to accessing the sport that you love? >> just access. and especially in some of the communities parents are working long hours, and being able to allow these children the opportunity to have supervision but also have structure and understanding what it takes to play with other kids. teamwork and communication is

i went to university of illinois-our champagne at a critical time. dn't understand the importance of its delay got there which was that there was a federal government program at the time. it was called nsf, national science foundation, basically the creation of the modern internet. then there was something of a national supercomputing program for the federal government funded 4 national computing supercomputers at universities. the government picked four colleges and basically dumped money on them to build incredible computer labs, computer complexes. these great supercomputers that cost like $20 million a pop you . supercomputers were so large, this was the early 1990's the computers were so physically large that you would build a building for the computer. the shell of the building got built and then the computer got lowered by crane into the central floor of the building. today the phone in your pocket is about 1000 times more awful than that but at that time, it was as large as a building. al gore famously got in trouble for living he invented the

university of tennessee, the university of kentucky, the university of alabama, the university of arizona, the university of florida, the university of missouri-columbia, the university of oklahoma, the center for american archaeology in illinois texas in austin, the milwaukee public museum, and so on. this is just a sample and enter the full list into the record. the point is this. we are not done. our work is not over. these are supposedly the liberal institutions that have no problem parroting whatever expression is in vogue and continue a colonial product against the repeated american people. return these remains and items to the native people they belong to a -- belonged to all along. some of the challenges when it comes to addressing past injustices in american history can seem so big as to be totally overwhelming. where do you start in this is not one of them. returning these items matters and the good news is it's immediately doable, but doable only if we collect live agree that getting this right is a necessary condition for justice to be restored. doing this alone will not right past wrongs or somehow erase a long and brutal history of injustice. of course it won't. native people still need money for water and electr

we are back this morning with ryan burge, political science professor at eastern illinois university and also the author of a book, the nones, where they came from, who they are and where they are going. who is a none? guest: a none is someone who on a survey, they say they have no religious affiliation. i categorize it as people who say they are atheist, agnostic or nothing in particular. that is what they check on the survey. in 1970 two, 5% of americans were nones. in 1991, it has risen -- it had only risen to 7%. from 1991 onward, the nones have continued to increase and increase. today, almost 30% of all american adults are nones. amongst generation z, people born in 1996 or later, it is over 40%. i argue it is the largest cultural shift we have seen in america over the last 50 years and it is having implications on every aspect of american society. host: what do these people believe in? guest: it really runs the gamut from they don't believe in anything spiritual to lots of them do believe in some type of spirituality. there are some atheists who don't believe in a soul or an afterlife, they don't be

politics with pastor and political scientist, ryan burge of eastern illinois university. >> american history tv, saturdays on c-span2, exploring the people and events that tell the american story. at 7:00 p.m. eastern, we continue with the series, free to choose. this episode titled from cradle-to-grave, government welfare programs. 8:00 p.m. eastern on lectures in american history, the second part of a lecture by history professor michael ron's on the 1925 trial about teaching evolution and its cultural significance to 1920's america. at 9:30 p.m. eastern, first ladies and civil rights, i look at the complicated history of american first lady and race relations from martha washington to michelle obama. hosted by the white house historical association. 10:30 p.m. eastern on historic campaign speeches, a look at a 1988 speech by vice president george h w bush in south carolina, followed by 2020 democratic provincial candidate joe biden's victory speech after the south carolina primary. explore the american story. watch american history tv, full schedule on your onlinend a program guid

tell us what you're you're learning >> hi, bianna, what we visited the campus of southern illinois university in edwardsville. officials, there remain committed to promoting dei values and say critics are distorting their goals we've got to figure out dei, how to do it the right way and not the wrong way. >> we need to stop sending six figure salaries to dei staff >> vei is coming to an end in the state of florida. >> universities across the us are facing intense scrutiny over efforts to promote diversity the city equity and inclusion. dei, for short, with critics blasting de, initiatives as unnecessary, harmful, discriminatory, even racist since 2023, more than 70 bills targeting de, in academia have been introduced in more than two dozen states becoming law in six states. even some former supporters of dei say contemporary di, is too focused on an oppressor oppressed us versus them framework. >> there are 3,200 marchers so than the values championed by civil rights activists like martin luther king junior. what do you want to see happen >> i want a dei that is emphasizing the protection, ri

special thanks to senator of illinois and prioritize energy research and development with the goal of becoming hydrogen with these important discussions and partner with our own university and provide pathways to build a sustainable energy state for our beautiful hawaii. a new university president 2024 will continue to rely on economic integration. [applause] finally our path forward. we never forget the day i was to our loved ones who change the lives of so many married. the people of maui have shown strength in the face of adversity but the days ahead will not be easy and they will continue to meet support and we will be there for them as long as it takes. over the past five about months shown the rest of the country and world the spirit of a local. we have come together and found shared values and common purpose to support maui and recover and heal the house people and make life and why more affordable our next generation given build future here at home. [applause] again, i want to express my deepest gratitude to the people of hawaii for your resilience and commitment to each other, it is an honor to serve as your governor. [applause] [applause]

university after a group of muslim and palestinian students filed a federal civil rights complaint alleging the school had failed to protect them from harassment and intimidation. in other education news, two students at northwestern university in illinois have been criminally charged after they published a mock version of the school's newspaper. the mock paper included a front page article accusing northwestern's administration of being complicit in the genocide of palestinians. the intercept reports that the students, who are both black, are being charged under a little known statute written to prevent the ku klux klan from distributing recruitment materials in newspapers. the students face up to a year in prison and a $2500 fine. in election news, nikki haley lost the non-binding republican presidential primary in nevada tuesday even though donald trump was not on the ballot. over 60% of republican primary voters in nevada selected a box that said "none of these candidates." about 30% of voters picked haley, the former south carolina governor who served as trump's u.n. ambassador. on thursday, republicans in nevada will also hold a caucus. trump is competing in the caucus but haley is not. meanwhile, joe biden easily won the nevada p

it's also the 16th anniversary of the northern illinois university shooting, which is a shooting that the five people were killed 21 wounded. we have so many devastating mass shootings in america that people forget these shootings. they actually get memory hold we have 74 days in this country with multiple mass shooting anniversaries. i can't think of any other country where that is true. and sadly, valentine's day, there were five now five mass shootings valentine's day in the last hundred years. >> i want to get back to what you said about missouri and their gun laws. you've wrote that they'd the most permissive gun laws. gun access laws in the nation that they actually rolled the back in what officials believed would prevent incidents like this by having those other people there who who had access to god's, their rationale of course this is part of the republican party platform. now, their rationale is, let's make it as easy as possible for people to get guns. so people are armed when these things happen, we see how quickly they happen. we see that police are on scene. it's not nec

aid to ukraine and is reported brian birch east illinois university studied religious trends talks about the political impact ofarter of adults in the united states are religiously unaffiliated. see spans "washington journal" join in the conversation at 7:00 a.m. eastern thursday morning on c-span, this is been out a free mobile app or online at c-span.org. on thursday morning president by the congressional leaders will speak at the 2024 national prayer breakfast live for you and's capitol at 8:00 a.m. eastern on the cspan2 com cspanw free mobile video app and online@c-span.org. ♪ c-span is your unfiltered view of government trade funded by the selfish and companies and more including cox. but friends don't have to be when you're connected you're not alone report c-span as a public service with other television providers give you a front row seat to democracy. ♪ sunday on cspan2 q&a cspan2 ua entrepreneur ai pioneer sebastian on his work in silicon valley the future of artificial intelligence. with a different lens. i believe the most interesting things have not been invented yet. i believe the last 150 years h

and israel and then a political scientist at east illinois university that studies political trends talks about recent >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. we are funded by these television companies and more, including comcast. >> you think this is just a community center? it's way more than that. >> comcast is partnering the thousand community centers to create wi-fi enabled listings so students from low income families can get the tools they need to be ready for anything. comcast supports c-span as a public service, along with these other televisionroviders. giving you a front row seat to decracy. >> former president donald trump spoke with reporters afr meeting with the head of the internatiol brotherhood of teamsters. mr. trump said he thought he had a good shot getting the union'official endorsement ahead of the 2020 four presidential election. the union had previously endorsed president biden in 2020 and hillary clinton in 2016. mr. o'brien told reporters the union has a long way to go before making a decision. mr. trump: just had a productive meeting with the teamsters. over the years i have employed thousands and tho

of the armed services intelligence committee discusses the drone attack on u.s. forces in jordan, immigration and border security, u.s. aid to uai israel. a political scientist at east illinois university studies religious trends. talks with the political impact of polling showing more than a quarter of adults in the united states art religiously unaffiliated. see spans "washington journal" joint in the conversation light at 7:00 a.m. eastern thursday morning from c-span, c-span now the free mobile app or online at c-span.org. >> next testimony fbi director christopher bray director general and other top cyber officials they talk about threats from china and national security for the house select committee on u.s. china competition morning chinese hackers a plan to attack critical u.s. infrastructure with the goal of supplanting the u.s. is the world's leading superpower. the director of the cyber security infrastructure agency claimed china is preparing for opportunities to incite societal

host: ryan burge, professor at eastern university illinois and author of the book, "the nones: where they came from, who they are and where they are going." professor and pastor burge, we appreciate the concert -- the conversation. we will take you up to the house. they are dabbling in early. live coverage here on c-span. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's room, washington, d.c., february 1, 2024. i hereby appoint the honorable brandon williams to act as speaker pro tempore on this day, signed mike johnson, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, dr. michael kramer, new life church, osceola, indiana. the chaplain: ho holy heavenly father, creator and sustainer of the universe, you have given the greatest nation in the world to care for as stewards of your people, your resources, and your land. forgive us of your short comings. you have assembled these specific representatives here today to fulfill ain

>>> court controversy in illinois a judge removed from the bench plus the exclusive reaction from the victim >>> meet the queens of the ice making history at howard university >>> and llego my eggoy eggo hi there, i'm frances rivera michigan's voters have spoken. nbc news projects that donald trump has won the republican primary. the former president has won every contest so far in his quest to secure the nomination but challenger nikki haley is vowing to stay in the race and nbc news projects joe biden has won the democratic primary winning over 80% of the vote but more than so10% of the democratic votes were cast for uncommitted. >> reporter: the current and former presidents are the projected winners in the michigan primary former president trump celebrating a decisive victory over nikki haley he called in to a michigan watch party. >> i just want to thank everybody. you've been so incredible. the numbers are far greater than we anticipated >> reporter: haley vows she's not giving up, already campaigning in the super tuesday state of colorado. >> all i'm asking is that you join me in this. and if you do, my promise to you is our best days are yet to come

whole new alternate universe of facts and that may be big in politics today, but it's still frankly, just >> a reporter asked you if you wanted to say sorry to the people of illinoisd sorry for what? do you still feel that way? >> very much so i've done a lot wrong criminal, none. >> you and your defenders argue that the persecution, prosecution of you is about the criminalization of politics. in other words, there is horse trading that goes on in politics. >> you do >> me this favor. i'll do you this favor and that's all you were doing and that it's legal. but they made it out to be illegal. >> first of all, it's not illegal. you can argue whether we should improve our laws. that's a valid thing. i would think there's otter wound to improve the fundraising laws but that's not illegal at all and it's a common practice. now, ultimately, after i've been in prison for four years, the appellate court reverses that big lie of the sale of the senate seat. and they said it's routine political log rolling and look, that's partially true. the court did vacate the conviction related to obama's senate seat, but they never said he did nothing wrong. the court said there was a

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in illinois, prosecutors have dropped criminal charges against two northwestern university students who published a mock school newspaper accusing northwestern of being complicit in the genocide of palestinians. the reversal comes after the parent company of the daily northwestern faced condemnation and threats to boycott the paper. in labor news, the afl-cio has joined other unions in calling for a ceasefire in gaza. the afl-cio is the largest federation of labor unions in the u.s., representing some 12.5 million people. the special counsel investigating president biden's handling of classified documents after his vice presidency has declined to charge biden despite finding the president "willfully retained and disclosed classified materials." in his report, special counsel robert hur said a jury would be sympathetic to biden and would view him as a "well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory." hur made several other references to biden's memory, which he called "significantly limited." biden later responded to questions about hur's comments. pres. biden: my memory is fine. look at what i have done since i have become president. none of you

a political scientist at east illinois university studies religious trends. talks with the political impact of polling showing more than a quarter of adults in the united states art religiously unaffiliated. see spans "washington journal" joint in the conversation light at 7:00 a.m. eastern thursday morning from c-span, c-span now the free mobile app or online at c-span.org. >> next testimony fbi director christopher bray director general and other top cyber officials they talk about threats from china and national security for the house select committee on u.s. china competition morning chinese hackers a plan to attack critical u.s. infrastructure with the goal of supplanting the u.s. is the world's leading superpower. the director of the cyber security infrastructure agency claimed china is preparing for opportunities to incite societal panic and chaos. [background noises] exit selectivity it will come to order. this is a short hearing we've never had this combination of witnesses. a collection of expertise to help us make sense of what the chinese, and his party's doing in cyberspace and i

tatiana is currently studying at dominican university in river forest, my home state of illinois. she is the leader of the chicagoland community as president of the organization of latin american students. what is her goal? a ph.d. in psychiatry so she can work as a trauma therapist helping families and children. she wants to continue giving back to the communities in need and helping provide lifesaving resources to others, resources she wished her family had received when they came to the united states. she's currently protected from de deportation thanks to the daca program, daca stands for deferred action for childhood arrivals. the daca program was an outgrowth of the dream act. when we couldn't pass the dream act on the floor of the senate, former senator barack obama, from illinois, as president of the united states, was importuned to consider doing it by executive action. i wrote a letter, the first letter, to president obama, cosigned by richard luger, the late republican senator from indiana, asking barack obama to consider executive action to protect young people like ta