. >> jeremy was a professor of the university of wisconsin and recently moved down here to the university of texas. >> i'm teaching a course on the last century what have we learned from the war and reconstruction and nation building activities and also a course on strategy and global policy. how to use religious to make an organization? today and next year i will be teaching the american history survey which i loved having freshman exposing them to this kind of material. estimates on an american history where do you start? >> i tend to break the course around the time of the civil war, but i would love to do your covering of both paths of american history. there's so many issues and all the issues are older again. we are dealing with the crisis of american foreign activity in the 18th century and they, are there today. >> also the author mike henry kissinger and the american century and the foreign relations since 1898. why in that book to start with 1898. it marks a moment when the united states really announces this dolph on the page. but a lot of powers, major international that is a

. >> jeremy suri was a former professor of history at the university of wisconsin and he's just recently moved down here to the university of texas. what are you teaching down here? >> i'm teaching a course on the international history of the last century, what have we learned from the wars and reconstruction and nation-building activities. and i'm also teaching a course on strategy and global policy. how do you strategize to run an organization or make policy in a global world today. next year i'll be teaching the american history survey, which i love. i love having freshman and exposing them to this material it's so much fun. >> on an american survey history course, where do you start? >> i start at 1865 we time to break the course around the time of the civil war. but i would love to do a year-long course covering both american history. i think there's so many issues there and all the issues that are old are new again. we're dealing with the debt crisis and we're dealing with questions of foreign activity. they're there in the eighteenth century and they are here today. >> he wrote he

nonetheless, they've done a study on this guy, carol, the university of wisconsin out of milwaukee, a professor says he has, quote, an innate ability to jump. obviously. he has keen spatial awareness, where he is in space and just the insanity to even try this. that's what the scientists say why this guy has a gift to jump over cars. obviously style points as well, doing a somersault in midair? >> absolutely. that's insane. >> your friday morning video. >> we enjoyed that. thank you, rob. >> okay, carol. >>> thanks to an old buddy, conan o'brien is the occupy wall street protester's turn. here's your punch line. >> look at these kids. you guys are married? where did you register? >> tell me, sir, what is your cause besides protesting the high price of scooby snacks? what happens if the police come in here, it's going to be a serious blood bath or even worse for you, a regular bath. you see, because you're filthy. >> this is perfect. he is in deep contemplative state. he won't have any idea that i'm pooping on him. heraldo rivera, fox news. you should hurry back from lunch so you can c

after that, i enrolled at the doctoral program in buddhist studies at the university of wisconsin in madison. after graduating -- i'm sorry. i received a full ride scholarship, grant to go back to finish my dissertation, which i d for a while, i taught japanese at the university of hawaii. then i landed a job as a translator with the federal government and made my way back to san jose. not sure when it was, to work as a minister at the san jose buddhist church on jackson street. then i went back to harvard for a year as a post doc. upon returning, i believe it was 1987, i joined the faculty of the buddhist studies and i left there, i'm not sure when, and then i've been at the gtu ever since. >>> and that's -- so the bay area's home really, and you live in fremont, is that right? >> yes, i do. >>> and we're going to talk about some of the relationship, particularly within asian cultures and the idea of aging and some particulars there. so not that you're getting older out there as you watch us, but we thought it would be good for those people you know who do get older to talk to the do

after more than a year of e mails and phone conversations, amy,ling and i met at the university of wisconsin in madison. it was sometime during the mid 1980. calcutta was very hot, said amy. i wondered how our conversation about asian american literature veered to calcutta? calcutta was very hot but i got my first doll there. we spent some time in calcutta when we fled to the united states. the doll didn't look like me blond hair and blue ice bought from calcutta. she comforted me when i remember the sounds of the japanese bombs that forced us to leave our home. did you have a dog? an indian doll to comfort you when you were a child? i told amy about my doll named champy and my oldest paternal uncle who resembled chinese ancestors. my uncle was an astounding musician played the violin and k helo. i would pick up shanty's head and place her ears on the door because her ears were smaller than my ears. i wanted her to listen carefully to the wonderful sound. i may have know in the way children know but my uncle's music would disappear from my life far too soon. he died when he was 40 years old.

one is alexis' brown and native of algona when in the senior at the university of wisconsin and she will pursue a master's degree and language and literature and the other is an anthropologist graduate of northwestern university cerus merge sick in she lives and works in cairo egypt where she teaches at a school and is eager to pursue middle eastern language what are the economic conditions, what are the kind of mechanism that influence the way society functions and i'm in an incredibly privileged position right now in cairo because i'm able to see it from the ground and see that my new show of the day to day. >> the minutia of the day to day. >> of rhodes scholarship covers all expenses for two or three- year academic program. cracking down on drivers who missed his handicap parking stickers. the patrol the soldier's field parking lot today for people who shouldn't have handicapped placards. one of many parking stands plants throughout illinois. will the congressional super committee created to reach a debt and a deal ends in failure? why there is pessimism over their progress in washin

s will be good enough and the university of wisconsin system is actually going to issue free identifications that will meet the wisconsin government accountability board standards so so based on going to a lot of people who don't know about the new rules and they voted before actually they're just going to show up low income voters in urban areas where not only do they now have to have an idea in order to vote department of motor vehicles in these areas are being closed down at the same time and in other places employees have been fired from the department of motor vehicles for telling their their fellow employees that they have to issue free i.d.'s and so in the in the half literally half minute we have left is this going to be a factor in this election this disenfranchise oh i think it won't be a factor in the recall drive because they're going to get enough signatures you know if you at the current pace it's going it it will definitely be a factor in the election i mean it's. going to cost you know that whoever the democratic candidate ends up being a couple of tenths of a percent in an e

named rhodes scholar this year alexa's brown is a native of elgon glenn and a senior at the university of wisconsints to pursue a master's degree in english language and literature the other candidate is sarah smierciak and northwestern graduate she is an aspiring anthropologist who lives in cairo egypt where she teaches in a makeshift school and is eager to pursue middle eastern studies of students will begin their studies at oxford university in england next october >>coming up on wgn news next the mother of the so-called loan wolf terror suspect apologizes to new york city on her son's behalf members of the bipartisan congressional super committee the mother of a man accused of plotting terror attacks on american soil is apologizing for a son. 27 year-old jose pimintell was arraigned yesterday in new york on terrorism charges he was arrested saturday in a manhattan apartment as he was allegedly getting ready to build his first pipe bomb police say that his targets included returning iraq war veterans postal facilities and police stations in new york and new jersey >>he was motivated by his own r

dunn is a thriving first year law couldn't now, but seven years ago as a freshman at the university of wisconsin two male classmates after a night of hard partying. >> i just shut down. it took me two days to even cry after it happened, to realize that i had lost something, that something had been taken from me. >> it took dunn nearly two years to report her attack. >> when you finally decided to report the attack, what happened? >> i went to the dean of students at my university. at first, they were very helpful, they were very sympathetic, but the more it went through the process, i the more i realized they were truly not on my side. they blamed me and they wanted the problem to go away. >> in a statement to cbs news, the university of wisconsin said, in part, we encourage reporting. we publicize the number of reports we receive each year. it is our ultimate goal to create a safe and respectful campus community, free from sexual and dating violence. >> college campuses are not the ivory tower that they're believed to be. >> victims advocate alison case says frequently there is what is called a

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. >> reporter: a revolt by students at the university of wisconsin. as the protest continues to grow across the country. >> the mass of people need a lot more power in our society. 99% aren't getting the power. 1% are. >> reporter: right now, thousands of oakland and other cities are 100% in. jay gray, nbc news. >>> you are taking a live look, i want to show you a national airport as we gear up for the end of the month and thanksgiving holiday travel. fewer travelers are expected to fly from last year. planes will be full. they are reducing flights to offset the costs. >>> millions bought tickets for last night's power ball game. only one lucky person matched all six numbers correctly. the winning ticket, 245 million bucks sold in connecticut. it's the biggest payout for the state and the 12th biggest ever. someone in maryland matched five of the numbers. in january, it will be restructured to make it easier to win. ticket prices will jump from $1 to $2. >> good thing they got the power back on to print out that ticket. >> one person. >>> snooki's feud

. >> a volt by students at the university of wisconsin. the protests continue to grow across the country. >> the mass of people need a lot more power in our society. 99% aren't getting the power. 1% are. >> reporter: right now, thousands in oakland and other cities are 100% in. jay gray, nbc news. >>> supporters of the occupy wall street were not happy about the violence in oakland. they are in northwest d.c. joined by the national nurses united. the group is pushing for a tax on stocks and bonds called the financial transaction tax. it's being discussed at the g-20 summit in france this week. it could raise billions of dollars for health care. opponents say it will raise costs for investors driving economic growth. >>> if you sit behind a desk all day, you could be increasing your risk for cancer. researchers in canada studies 100,000 people. the longer people spent sitting the greater their risk of dying early. cancer cases are related to prolonged sitting and physical inactivity. routine exercise lowers a person's risk for cancer. they

i was a student at the university of wisconsin. adlai stevenson had come to madison to give a speech about the civil war roundtable. afterward he was scheduled to appear with the governor at the old park hotel. we had a large crop of democrats gather. they were over one hour late and the crowd was very restive. finally, adlai stevenson was ushered up to the front of the room. he said, sorry we were so late. there were a lot of questions that the civil war roundtable. i have to get the governor over to bed. he has a long day tomorrow. , will give one of my typically short speeches. adlai stevenson but it can in and said, i will give one of my typically long ones. he said, you do it and i will leave without you. adlai stevenson go ahead, see who the crowd follows. i think adlai stevenson it shows adlai stevenson was on his feet and how clever he could be in making the audience feel good about it. he was my hero. >> a lot of talk this evening about the fact that adlai stevenson was the architect of the later great society. would you a

i was a student at the university of wisconsin.on had come to madison to give a speech about the civil war roundtable. afterward he was scheduled to appear with the governor at the old park hotel. we had a large crop of democrats gather. they were over one hour late and the crowd was very restive. finally, adlai stevenson was ushered up to the front of the room. he said, sorry we were so late. there were a lot of questions that the civil war roundtable. i have to get the governor over to the mansion and get him to bed. he has a long day tomorrow. i will give one of my typically short speeches. adlai stevenson butted in and said, i will give one of my typically long ones. he said, you do it and i will leave without you. adlai stevenson said go ahead, see who the crowd follows. the crowd erupted in laughter. i think adlai stevenson -- it shows adlai stevenson was on his feet and how clever he could be in making the audience feel good about it. he was my hero. >> a lot of talk this evening about the fact that adlai stevenson was the a

a professor at the university of wisconsin madison won a court challenge to make the documents publicthe nixon library is also releasing thousands of pages of other watergate-era documents, including 45 minutes of recordings made by nixon. >>> and the fayetteville observer says the former air force radio announcer whose high energy imagination inspired "good morning, vietnam" is going to be at the celebrations this weekend. 73-year-old avery cronhower, let's remember veterans day. you know, talk about unsealing indictments, what you were telling me about what happened at penn state. >> oh, yeah. >> your reading it. it's shocking on so many counts. just an absolute failure by all adults in that program to stand up and protect the youngest and the most helpless. >> and strange scenes in pennsylvania state college last night. >> yeah. >> groups of students in the streets flipping over news vans. >> yes. >> i was hoping to get to that in news and we never did. >> i would suggest that none of the students read what i have in my hand right here, which is the grand jury report. if they read

working class and the rise of mass upper-middle-class city holds a phd is the theology from university of wisconsin in welcoming ruy texeira. [applause] >> thanks. i guess i'll come up here for a little bit, but i'll probably start roaming around what we get to the numbers. the title of the title slide there tells the story of what the papers about peer demographics versus economics for the 2012 election. on the one hand and say that the economy writ large is the biggest factor in favor of the gop candidate, whoever that might be. bad economy in comments are likely to be the case with obama and that's the biggest thing the republicans have going. on the other hand, demographic shifts in this country as i documented over the years that document again in this new paper are very much in favor of the democrats. it will help obama in the 2012 election. so essentially you argue a showdown of demographics versus economics and the paper discusses that in a number of different ways. first we look at the national picture to see how that equation might work out at national level and that we actually look the

i was a student at the university of wisconsin. had come to madison to give a speech about the civil war roundtable. afterward he was scheduled to appear with the governor at the old park hotel. we had a large crop of democrats gather. they were over one hour late and the crowd was very restive. finally, adlai stevenson was ushered up to the front of the room. he said, sorry we were so late. there were a lot of questions that the civil war roundtable. i have to get the governor over to bed. -- over to the mansion and get him to bed. he has a long day tomorrow. i will give one of my typically short speeches. adlai stevenson butted in and said, i will give one of my typically long ones. he said, you do it and i will leave without you. adlai stevenson said go ahead, see who the crowd follows. the crowd erupted in laughter. i think adlai stevenson -- it shows adlai stevenson was on his feet and how clever he could be in making the audience feel good about it. he was my hero. >> a lot of talk this evening about the fact that adlai steve

university students. interestingly, the wisconsin law says that you can bring a photo i.d. issued by a university but it has to have a date ofhave a signature on it. currently, not a single university or college in wisconsin offers an i.d. that would fit that criteria. >> as mention that had in your piece, and here as well. many of these changes, all of them backed by republicans. what has been the counter or what are republicans saying about this effort or this strategy from the obama folks? >> reporter: they say it's unprecedented for a president's re-election campaign to try to go after laws that were enacted by state legislatures, duly signed into law by governors, and they don't believe, they say that, look, these things were not designed the suppress democratic votes or any votes. they were designed to combat fraud. and to just streamline the election process. they say these very long early voting periods have been too onerous on county electors. they expectly don't like the week before election day. that saturday and sunday right before election day to have early voting. a lot of these laws shut down early voting on t

and he holds a phd from the university of madison, wisconsin. please join me in welcoming him. >> thanks. i guess i will go up here for just a little bit but i will probably start roming roaming around. the title slide tells the story of what the papeser about. demographics versus economics. on the one hand the state of the economy writ large is the biggest factor in favor of the g.o.p. candidate whoever that might be. bad economys hurt incumbent candidates, that's the biggest thing the republicans have going for them. on the other hand, the demographic shifts in the country as i documented over the years, and as we document again in this new paper, are very much in favor of the democrats and will help obama in the election. so you could argue we have a showdown in this particular election of demographics versus economics. in this paper, discusses that in a number of different ways. first, we look at the national picture to see how those equations might work out in the national level. then we look at 12 target states that the parties are going t

wisconsin. the packers taking on the vikings. in the first quarter, no score, until this happens. randall cobb, the rookie out of the universityng it 80 yards of pay dirt. ends it off with a nice little jumper. it was like a soft "j." let's look at it once more. cobb through the gut. and returned it for the house call. his first punt return of the season. packers up early, 7-0. next minnesota possession, vikes down 7-0. ponder drops back. oh. that was clay matthews. ponder was stripped off his feet. they would be forced to punt. next packers possession, in the shotgun. rodgers and jennings, going together like peas and carrots. touchdown. second quarter, minnesota down 17. a little trickery. ponder looking and finding tramon williams. that's good, right? no. not so good because williams -- he plays for the green and yellow. green bay would take over at the 23. third quarter, rodgers, quick to jordy nelson. breaks a tackle. and the rest is history. take another look. nelson with a nice stiff-arm. breaks free. scores. rodgers 250 passing yards, 4 touchdowns. packers win easily, 45. 7. >>> that will do it for your espn news updat

wisconsin. just east of the epicenter saint gregory university where 25-foot tall tower on a historic building collapsedforcing officials to cancel classes. the quakes also rattled books off library shelves. emptied cabinets and sent a chimney crashing from one home right through a living room. >> it was a long one. it just went on and on and on. i kept thinking is it going to be over? >> shepard: parts of a highway reportedly buckled despite the damage officials report only two people hurt and those only minor injuries. i'm shepard smith. this is "the fox report." it's the bottom of the hour, time for the top of the news. and michael jackson's former doctor con ram murray is now facing up to four years in prison for killing the pop star. a jury convicted dr. murray of involuntary manslaughter agreeing with prosecutors that he gave jackson a deadly dose of the powerful sedative propofol. [cheers] >> shepard: noisy celebrations greeted the verdict outside los angeles courthouse. the late singer's family smiling as they left the place. sister la toya telling reporters michael was looking over us. dr. murr

of wisconsin avenue northwest in georgetown. back to you. >> thank you jackie. >>> three american families grateful on word their sons will be released in egypt. georgetown university student derrick sweeney is one of three american students. we have the latest. >> reporter: a judge ordered the release of three americans held since monday in an egyptian prison. according to egyptian state television, they were allegedly accused of being involved in throwing hydrobombs against security forces. the judge said there's not enough evidence and have been released. this is on the backdrop of continued protest in cairo. the military council which rules egypt says elections will go ahead as planned on monday despite the protest calling on the military to hand over power as quickly as possible. human rights organizations say the death toll went up to 38 people killed in the clashes. for the time being, a truce remains to be in place between the security forces and the protesters. back to you. >> that georgetown student is from jefferson city, missouri. he told the georgetown voice that delays with the paperwork could keep them in egypt until sunday. the georgetown president

harder for students to vote sure well in wisconsin very few institutions universities and colleges comply with what the law required which was to have a certain amount of information where you're from things like that your birthday and so originally they were going to require the universities to reassure the i.d.'s which would have cost the university is like seven hundred thousand dollars or something like that so they're allowing to. universities to put stickers which will cost them money but a little bit of last however when a student goes to the polls they still have to prove on top of having that id they still have to prove that they go to the college it's not very clear exactly what they need to bring perhaps there are no registrar lists where you get there. yeah anything to prove that they are actually students but those are for a select few students if you go to a technical college in wisconsin originally you weren't allowed to have an id a student use your student i.d. they just made those people second class citizens your id does not count so they would have to go to there it is there and there are cost to that or is there a whole imagine the

of controversy in wisconsin of course. larry sabato, director of center for politics at the university of virginia. good morning, larry.to see you as always. >> good morning, martha. martha: let's dig in here. let's take a look in terms of these ballot issues and these referendums? what stands out to you? what should we be watching? >> i think everybody across the country is watching issue two in ohio which is the limits on collective bargaining law. that's because of course governor kasich, governor john kasich of ohio came into office with a mandate to get that done. he got it done. it's been challenged through a referendum. if it is turned back as the polls suggest it will be, it will strengthen labor, which in turn may strengthen president obama next year. let's remember, there is a year to go. a lot of time for memories to fade. but this will charge up and enthuse labor in the key state of ohio which almost always goes with the winner. martha: that's one of the biggest issues when it comes to union relationships with all these state budgets. let's move onto the presidential candidates here. this one i thought was

of wisconsin. there have been no monies provided for the universities, none of which have this kind of i.d. to do it. and it would be a terrible burden on our elderly population who may want to vote absentee and have to provide a copy of a photo i.d. for all those who have xerox machines in your homes, you will be able to vote. i thank you for this special order. ms. fudge: both my friend, congresswoman moore and my friend congressman holt have basically put into context that any time you have to jump over a hurdle or pay to get something to vote, it is a poll tax. i would like to yield to someone from my home state who is an advocate for voting rights and she knows the issues because we are facing them in ohio, the gentlelady from ohio, congresswoman betty sutton. ms. sutton: i thank you for your leadership. you have been tremendous in this fight and it's a fight that unfortunately we didn't ask for but we must fight on behalf of the american people. there is nothing more important, there is nothing more american than the right to vote. you know, at a time when governmental officials from

wisconsin. >>> good to have you with us tonight, folks. people across the country want to know why this happened. a peaceful student protest at the university of california at davis was broken up friday like this. [ screaming ] >> students were sprayed with pepper spray at pointblank range by campus police. 11 students were treated for injuries related to the spraying. two were hospitalized. some students say that they were sprayed directly in their mouths when they tried to cover their faces. others were coughing up blood and one reported nerve damage in his wrist. most people are directing their outrage at this man, lieutenant john pike of the uc davis police department. one student says pike told him, move or we will shoot you, before loading with the pepper spray in their faces. his actions were caught on tape by dozens of onlookers. >> shame on you! shame on you! shame on you! shame on you! >> i want your name. i want his name. pike! pike! j. pike. >> in response, lieutenant pike has been placed on administrative leave. so has another officer who also sprayed protesters. the police department has declined to identify that officer. today,

university dealing with accusations of child sex abuse now. an assistant basketball coach facing molestation allegations. >> reporter: newt gingrich is flying high now, but can it last? i'm doug luzader and we'll have the latest. >>> wisconsinday morning. it's november 18th, 2011. we're glad you're along with us this morning. good morning, i'm steve chenevey. >> i'm alison seymour. good news, it's friday. bad news, it's 35 degrees. >> it is

wisconsin, paul, an independent. caller: good morning. host: good morning, paul. caller: i am concerned about paying for 40% of the cost of their tuition. if it's a state university, u.s. taxpayers pay for these people. this is outrageous. guest: most international students coming here pay their own way. they pay tuition and room and board and other fees. when a u.s. institution gives a student a fellowship, it is because we don't have enough people in america who are going to be able to teach the science and math labs. so students from other countries are important to teach our own students. host: how much does the government pay? guest: less than 0.6%. those are typical researchers. host: 0.6%. can you give us a dollar figure? do we know? guest: i don't have that figure. host: a democrat from los angeles. shannon. caller: i'm opposite from the caller. i was fortunate enough to travel around the world with the military. it would be better if they would go to schools in the middle east now at this point in time. thank you. guest: about 35% of students this year did study in the middle east. there were in egypt and other countries that we did have to evacuate them

wisconsin, paul, an independent. caller: i am concerned about paying for 40% of the cost of their tuition. if it's a state university, u.s. taxpayers pay for these people. this is outrageous. guest: most international students coming here pay their own way. they pay tuition and room and board and other fees. when a u.s. institution gives a student a fellowship, it is because we don't have enough people in america who are going to be able to teach the science and math labs. so students from other countries are important to teach our own students. host: how much does the government pay? guest: less than 0.6%. those are typical researchers. host: 0.6%. can you give us a dollar figure/ ? guest: i don't have that figure. host: a democrat from los angeles. caller: i'm opposite from the caller. i was fortunate enough to travel around the world with the military. it would be better if they would go to schools in the middle east now at this point in time. guest: about 35% of students this year did study in the middle east. there were in egypt and other countries that we did have to evacuate them from. they wanted to go back

wisconsin. >> caller: good morning. >> host: good morning, paul. >> caller: what i'm concerned about is the u.s. taxpayer paying for at least 40% of the cost of their tuition. if their state university, they are in the state system, u.s. tax payers pay for these people. this is a courageous. >> host: allan goodman come to complete. >> guest: most international students pay their wage, the petition to the state universities and they have the room and board and others. when the u.s. institution gives a a student from another country fellowship, teaching fellowship, it's because we don't have enough people in america who are going to be able to teach the science and math labs and so students from other countries are important to our own state institutions and able to teacher were own students. >> host: how much does the federal government -- >> guest: less than .6% and those are typically fulbright scholars, teachers and researchers. .6%. >> host: can you give a dollar figure on the .6%? less than 100,000? dewey no? >> guest: i wouldn't have that figure right at our fingertips. >> host: shannon, democrat los angeles. go ahead. >> caller: i'm opposite of the other caller. i think it inc