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Optoma EP728 DLP projector
Manufacturer: Optoma Part number: EP728
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Great projector in daylight and at night
by Tom Torpedo on October 30, 2008
Pros: small, bright lumens, clear, sharp movie even with S-video connection, although it does have a dvi connection
Cons: manual on CD - no paper manual.
Summary: I just tried out this EP728 in a multi-purpose hall which holds about 120 persons and has lots of windows. I closed a few of the blinds but left plenty ...
Summary: I just tried out this EP728 in a multi-purpose hall which holds about 120 persons and has lots of windows. I closed a few of the blinds but left plenty of ambient light in the room to see how bright the movie would be. The picture was great on default settings both in sharpness and brilliance. I was very pleased with the ease of plugging this unit into a DVD home theater system using a S-video connection. I was thinking of getting a DVI - HDMI connector, but decided after viewing the movie that it wasn't necessary. A great machine at a reasonable price. I was able to get it when a sale was going on for $800.00.
Light Weight and Mobile but powerfull DLP Projector
by hendra777 on March 20, 2008
Pros: Colour very vivid and detail very sharp, allready included DVI
Cons: The power cable included is too short, the cap material using rubber looks cheap.
Summary: I teach photography Workshop so I need the higher resolution Projector , and I still comparing whether i buy LCD Projector or DLP Projector. I love the vivid colour of the ...
Summary: I teach photography Workshop so I need the higher resolution Projector , and I still comparing whether i buy LCD Projector or DLP Projector. I love the vivid colour of the LCD but also I am impressed with the sharpnes resolution of DLP. So it's hard for me to choose.
I allready try other brand Benq come first to my choice. then Epson, Toshiba. Infocus, Acer but none of them satisfy my need, but when i try the EP 727 almost satisfy me, but when I compare with the EP 728, it is so much difference, the detail and the colour nearly perfect.
So after think heavily, I decide to go on EP 728 although i have to pay more arround 200 US$. And now I don't regret my decission.
- Manufacturer: Optoma
- Part number: EP728
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- Projector type DLP projector - High Definition 720p
- Built-in components Speaker
- Dimensions (WxDxH) 10.2 in x 7.4 in x 2.8 in
- Weight 4.4 lbs
- Features High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection System (HDCP) ,
Eco-Mode technology
- Image Brightness 2600 ANSI lumens
- Image Contrast Ratio 2200:1
- Image Size 27.6 in - 303 in
- Projection Distance 4 ft - 39 ft
- Throw Ratio 1.95 - 2.15:1
- Uniformity 85 %
- Resolution XGA - 1024 x 768 (native) / 1400 x 1050 (resized)
- Native Aspect Ratio 4:3
- Color Support 16.7 million colors
- Max Sync Rate (V x H) 85 Hz x 100 KHz
Lens / Optical
- Lens Aperture F/2.41-2.55
- Zoom Type Manual
- Zoom Factor 1.1x
- Keystone Correction Direction Vertical
- Vertical Keystone Correction -18 / +18
Video Input
- Analog Video Format M-NTSC,
- Analog Video Signal RGB,
Composite video,
Component video
- Digital Video Standard Digital Visual Interface (DVI)
- Video Modes 1080i,
Video Input Device
- Type None
- Type speaker(s) - Integrated
- Sound Output Mode Mono
- Output Power / Channel 1 Watt
- Speaker(s) 1 x Mixed channel
Expansion / Connectivity
- Expansion Slot(s) None
- Interfaces 1 x VGA output - 15 pin HD D-Sub (HD-15),
1 x Serial RS-232 - 3 pin mini-DIN ( Management ),
1 x USB - 4 pin USB Type B,
1 x Audio line-in - Mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm,
1 x Composite video input - RCA ( With adapter ),
1 x DVI-I - 29 pin combined DVI,
1 x S-video input - 4 pin mini-DIN,
1 x VGA / component video input - 15 pin HD D-Sub (HD-15)
- Lamp Life Cycle 3000 hour(s) / 4000 hour(s) (economic mode)
- Power Device Power supply - Internal
- Voltage Required AC 120/230 V ( 50/60 Hz )
- Power Consumption Operational 280 Watt
- Max operating temperature 104 °F
- Min operating temperature 41 °F
- Operating humidity range 0 - 80%
- Sound emission 33 dB
Included accessories
- Projector accessories Carrying case,
Lens cover,
Wireless remote control
- Cables 1 x VGA cable - 6 ft,
1 x USB cable - 6 ft,
1 x S-Video - composite adapter
- DLP/LCD technology statement Instead of having glass panels (LCD) through which light is passed, the DLP chip's surface is made up of thousands of tiny mirrors each representing a single pixel.
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- Compliant Standards RoHS
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Last night Robby Fowler tweeted asking that question. His reasoning was that Cardiff though they play in an English league is a Welsh FA team so they are not eligible for Europa. He said back in the day that is what he had been told.
Is he correct are we in Europa league win or lose or is he mistaken? I am still holding out for a top 4 finish so I still hope we make Champions league but either one will do.
Can anyone shed some light on this thanks

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Dan Henderson may be 43, may be on a three fight losing streak, and may have been knocked out for the first time in his career, but he has no plans of retiring. He spoke to Fox Sports' Heidi Androl last night after the fights and had this to say:
"You know, I just got caught; I got caught with a nice little uppercut. I felt like I was still aware of what was going on. I know that he threw a head kick and I was definitely dazed for sure, but I would have liked to, maybe, fight out of it a little bit. But, you know, the ref's there to protect us, so I can't complain too much."
"I think it was a shot that took me down there; it makes me off balance I guess."
"You know, I don't know. I'd have to sit down and look at it a little bit, but I'm definitely not done. I got caught tonight. I was ready to go for this fight and I just got caught, that happens. I guess after sixteen years it's bound to happen."
"I guess my last three fights haven't gone my way, so I'm a little farther from that belt, that title shot that I had. So, you know, I'm just going to continue to get back in there and win fights. This one, definitely, I got caught and got finished. And the last two could have easily went my way and didn't, so, you know, just had some unfortunate luck the last three fights. But, my body feels good and able to continue. Honestly, I haven't felt this good in a while. It's just a bad night tonight."
Apparently, on his way to the hospital last night (for what I'm assuming was routine post concussion screening) Henderson spoke to Dana White and made clear his desire to stay with the UFC. Dana White spoke to the press about his conversation with Henderson:
"Dan Henderson, when he was going to the hospital he said, 'I want to stay with the UFC.' I said, 'Let's talk in a couple weeks.'
White has made a point of telling several former fighters that it was time to hang 'em up, but he doesn't quite have that kind of leverage with Henderson right now. As a free agent, if White doesn't think Henderson should be fighting anymore his only option is to let him walk to another promotion. For his part Henderson seems fairly adamant about his desire not only to keep fighting, but to keep fighting in the UFC and work his way to a title shot.
Even on the receiving end of the first KO in his historic career, Henderson still has enough promotional juice to be a valuable asset and a fighter that I don't think Zuffa would like to see leave the fold just yet. If he's serious about his desire to stay with the UFC I expect it won't be long before we see him back in the octagon.
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- Dana White: No reason Vitor Belfort shouldn't be able to use TRT in Nevada or anywhere else
- New article on brain injuries in mixed martial arts features frightening study data and stories from fighters
- Nick Diaz is not coming out of retirement
- Anthony Pettis injured, but still expected to fight Josh Thomson at UFC on Fox 9
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GPA- Is it Worth the Struggle?
Blog Feed - Tue, 07/08/2014 - 11:20am
Recently, I attended an award ceremony for seniors graduating from the language department with honors. The opening speech was delivered by the very charismatic German professor Sebastian Heiduschke discussing an article he had read enumerating the reasons why GPA doesn't really matter to employers. You can imagine that this was a little bit of a controversial topic, since every student receiving an award had at least a 3.8 GPA, and had worked hard to make it that way. But as Heiduschke took us on a journey through the facts, it became clear that GPA truly does matter.
Let's start off where he did, taking a look at the things that employers might look at rather than GPA:
- Knowing how you learn— understanding how you learn is an integral factor in success in education and work environments
- Applying theory to real-life situations— we have spent a lot of time getting a degree, we need to know how to use it too
- Time management— balancing a work schedule with a healthy social life, as well as all the individual parts of your work life
- Relevant Professional Experience— internships you have held, volunteer work in the field, and jobs that can relate to your professional life
- Portfolio Work— don't tell me that all of the work you have done in school is for nothing, you can take all those big projects that you were so proud of and put them into a portfolio
- The ability to give and receive feedback— a lot of times employers will want to know that you can give input into a situation just as well as you can receive input and reform your projects
- Presentation Skills— not all jobs require this, but being able to present yourself well as well as present in front of others will help you in the interview process at the very least
- Writing Skills— and just general communications skills are important if you are going to be working with/for anybody
- Your Network— the people that will really get you the job are the people that can attest to your qualities as a worker and person, building healthy relationships with people will come in handy
- GPA— finally the employers will look at your GPA as a factor in your prospects as an employee
Heiduschke went on to point out that all of these skills are taught through language classes at OSU, whether they are taken to be a Baccalaureate Core requirement, a minor, or if you are a fully-fledged language major, you will pick up all of these skills in language classes. It just goes to show that language can be a key in our education even if it is not the focal point of our studies.
But, if employers are so interested in all of these before our GPA, why should we even care? Well, the fact of the matter is that all of these points will reflect on your GPA and so if you have a good one, you should flaunt it. But that doesn't mean that you are out of luck if your grade point is sub-par, you will just have to work hard to get that foot in the door. Remember that it is your job to make yourself look good on your resume, so if you are lacking in one of these ten categories, it's not the end of the world— just highlight the other categories and be confident in portraying what will make you unique to employers.
We spend a lot of time trying to develop skills that we lack in, but at the end of the day: "If you've got it, flaunt it." We don't get jobs by telling an employer which skills and attributes we don't have, or what we are working on. We get the job by showing them just how good we are at what we do best.
~Thank you to Sebastian Heiduschke for inspiring this topic, and providing a large amount of input for the post.~
by Richard Thomas, Career Assistant
Personal Branding
Blog Feed - Thu, 06/12/2014 - 3:39pm
Take your career to new heights, know your strengths, and be known for being amazing at something!Zack Sperow, our stylin' Career Assistant
Branding is all about the promise you give to your customer. It tells people what they can expect from you. But in a personal branding point of view; your brand should be what people think of you when you leave the room.
So here is your assignment. First ask 15-30 people that are friends, family, and people who you may have just met within the past few weeks, what are 3-5 words that describe you (The GOOD AND THE BAD). By getting a diverse group of people you will have diverse results and see the changes in responses from someone who knows you more than 10 years to someone who knows you you less than 2 weeks.
Next compile all your responses, draw together conclusions, and find word families. When I did mine I was surprised to see that many people used words like outspoken, honest, or opinionated. It made me wonder is that the lasting impression I want to have on people when I leave the room is that I am opinionated; Is that something I want to change about myself? After some critical thought I decided that I am outspoken and I should own it. I am honest when others aren't but my goal should always be for the common good. I mean HONESTLY, I am probably always the person who will stop a stranger and say that their shirt is inside-out or that they have spinach in their teeth.
After I made some conclusions I developed my personal brand which is exuberant, ambitious, entrepreneur, outspoken, and connected. I will use these words as my guiding force for my interaction with people and over my social media.
Take it to the next level by putting these branding words on your own business cards and using these words to sell yourself into a career.This a perfect opportunity to show people that you care about yourself and you are always looking for ways of self-improvement. I think most employers would agree that they rather hire the person that is always looking for ways to improve rather than the stay at home nobody.
Go BEAVS
posted by Zack Sperow, Career Assistant
Taking Advantage of Summer
Blog Feed - Mon, 06/09/2014 - 1:07pm
Summer break is definitely one of the things I'll miss the most when I graduate. It's three glorious months of relaxation and sunshine. That being said, it's also the perfect time to get things done before school starts up again and you're really busy and stressed out again. Here are some ideas of ways to keep busy this summer, separate from doing summer classes or working.Deirdre Newton, wonderful Career Assistant!
1. Update your resume so that next time you need it you won't have to do nearly as much work! Career Services will be open all summer for career counseling appointments, so make an appointment to come in for resume and cover letter help!
2. Look into professional memberships relevant to your career. Buying memberships while you're still a student is often significantly cheaper and a great resume builder. You can also get access to a lot of great resources, including job listings that you wouldn't otherwise be able to access.
3. Go to a music festival or concert. So, this actually isn't career development related. But honestly, when is a better time to do this than over the summer! There are a ton of festivals and concerts happening over the summer, taking advantage of the hordes of college students with time to spare. Treat yourself and enjoy being young and carefree.
4. Get letters of recommendation if you foresee yourself needing them soon. Whether you're applying for graduate school in the next year or trying to get a scholarship, summer is a good time to contact professors for letters of recommendation. They're also most likely a bit less busy than during the normal school year, so it's advantageous on both ends.
5. Learn a new skill or pursue new knowledge. Whether it's relevant to your career or not, summer is a great time to learn new skills, read books, and catch up on TEDtalks. You could try learning a language, an instrument, a computer program, a programming language…the possibilities are endless. Maybe you've always wanted to do photography on the side – go for it!
What plans do you have for the summer? We'd love to know!
posted by Deirdre Newton, Career Assistant
Differences Between College Life and "Real" Life
Blog Feed - Thu, 05/29/2014 - 3:46pm
Whether you are just starting college, getting close to graduation, or a recent graduate, there are some things you should know about this so-called "real world". Many people will tell you that your college years are the best years of your life. For some people, this may be true, but to be honest it is just a very distinct phase in your life. Personally, when I was in college, all I wanted to do was get out. But then once the novelty of my last free summer wore off, I just wanted back inside. In truth, there are both pros and cons to having a full-time "grown-up" job. Either way you want to look at it, you can't stay a student forever.
Pro: Depending on what kind of work you are doing, generally your weekends are finally what they were intended to be. A time to rest, catch up on some household chores, and best of all…have fun! There is no longer that nagging sensation that you should be doing homework or the guilt that comes with procrastination. When I first graduated, I spend most of my weekends hiking, shopping, and decorating.
Con: You no longer have extended vacations three times a year. In spite of the wonder of free weekends, there is a downside. The days of month long winter vacations, three month long summer vacations, and Spring Break are long gone. Now you are subject to whatever system is in place for vacation time. When you are first-starting out, it is unlikely that you will have any. That means your winter holiday celebration turns into a three day weekend, rushing to visit family and then rushing to come back.
Pro: You earn a decent wage! No longer do you have to live tiny pay-check to tiny pay-check. Or, in some people's case, credit card bill to credit card bill while racking up student loans. You can actually afford things like new shoes when your old ones wear out, as opposed to duck taping them together. Don't get me wrong, you might not be making a huge salary when you graduate, but at least you will probably be making enough to not feel guilty about treating yourself every now and then.
Con: Your amount of bills rise. Suddenly you are expected to own professional clothing and a reliable car to get you to and from work. In addition, bills that perhaps your parents were willing to cover during your college years, are suddenly now your responsibility. This means health insurance, car insurance, cell phone bill, cable, etc.
Pro: Being an adult means people take you seriously. There is not anyone micro-managing your every move. When you say you are sick, people believe you. When you want to use your vacation time, no one questions it. If you are five minutes late, people assume that you have a good excuse.
Con: People expect you to act like an adult. This means that you really do have to have a legitimate reason to miss work. You can't take extra vacation time. People rely on you to get things done on time. Sometimes this might mean working weekends or late nights. And finally, you cannot do things other than work, at work (candycrush, facebook, etc.).
Overall, being an adult can be pretty awesome. But there are some adjustments that you have to make when transitioning out of college. Not being able to be with your family over winter holidays can be a real bummer. But your boss is not like a professor. If you miss work, you could be fired for breaking your contract and consequently face unemployment. Thus, it is best to start thinking about how you can prepare for these reality checks as soon as possible.
How To Get Better At Wasting Time: Study Breaks 101
Blog Feed - Fri, 05/16/2014 - 2:54pm
Adriana Aguilar, our fantastic Career Assistant
As week 10 draws near (cue melodramatic music), the library gets dangerously close to reaching capacity, our eating habits shift from an occasional veggie to eating taco bell for dinner at 1 AM every night, Dixon becomes nonexistent along with sleep and our stress levels reach heights that parallel Simba's when the stampede of wildebeests come careening for him. Before the all night cramming commences I thought it would be wise to revisit the idea of taking a study break to de-stress. In no way am I debunking the importance of a study break, because lets be real, you are some sort of superhuman if you have the ability to study for 8 hours straight without taking a breather. What I'm suggesting is that we rethink what is done during this precious time we set aside to reset our psyches.
More often than not study breaks consist of scrolling down our Instagram feed for "five minutes" which translates into going your celeb crush's Instagram pics while we envision ourselves as their spouse for the next hour. Now, this may be a study break you're perfectly OK with and every once in a while the occasional imagination of what it would be like to be Mrs. Efron is necessary. That being said, I've realized recently is that there are far better ways to spend a study break that may allow us to de- stress while we also take a break from finals studying. For instance, we all have a gazillion things on our weekly to-do lists, in which case very rarely do all of the tasks on our lists all get done. I bet you can guess where this is going. So, if you're studying at home and can no longer rehearse the circulation of blood through the chambers of the heart, or whatever it may be, instead of giving in to the black hole we call Facebook, or better yet, Pintrest, try knocking out a quick task on your to-do list. Some ideas may include…
- Putting a load of laundry in, or better yet, folding that already done load of laundry
- Cleaning out the inside of your car
- Cooking up those veggies before they go bad
- Finally taking off that chipped nail polish that's been lingering for weeks
- Changing that hallway light that went out months ago
- Cleaning your room
- Weeding your front yard as you soak up some vitamin D the natural way
- Unloading the dishwasher
- Preparing library snacks and dinners for finals week
These are just a few ideas, but I think you get my drift. In the end doing tasks that require little to no brainpower instead of lifelessly feeding into Facebook is a win-win for you. Your brain gets a break from cramming while you free up some time in the future by doing a task or two you would have had to do later. And honestly, it feels better. It feels better to transform your jungle of a yard overgrown with dandelions (into something that resembles an actual yard) than it does to browse your Facebook timeline to find out that your friends in California are already on summer break… It feels better to know that you have dinners prepped for finals week than it does to tweet "sleep is for the weak." In addition, when you take a study break in the wee hours of the night, getting up and doing something will most likely have a greater affect in waking you up and recharging your battery than sitting and staring at a computer screen would.
We have a tendency to procrastinate in ways that are essentially dead ends and instead we could be using that same time to procrastinate in ways that are beneficial to other areas of our lives. Imagine that, there is such a thing as positive procrastination, so long as it doesn't end up fully distracting you from your studying altogether. As a rule of thumb, your study break should take no longer than an hour max. That being said, these things may seem mundane, but one of the biggest struggles college students have is managing their time which is arguably one of, if not, the biggest contributor to stress. There is so much on our plates, one too many things we're trying to juggle, but if we simply change the way we "waste time" by habitually taking study breaks that incorporate brainless tasks, I think it's possible to be less stressed and more satisfied people as a result. So here's to cleaner rooms, shiny cars, library snacks and clean socks (for once)! Let's show week 10 what we're made of!
posted by Adriana Aguilar
How to: Ask for a Letter of Recommendation
Blog Feed - Fri, 05/09/2014 - 10:57am
Whitney, our fabulous Career Assistant
Step 1: Write a list of possible recommenders – generally those requesting only want 2-3 letters of recommendation. However having a list of at least 5 will provide you with alternatives, especially if you know you are going to need tailored letters of recommendation in the future.
Step 2: Rank your best choices – list the possible recommenders that would be most helpful to not-so-helpful, based on the position you are applying for.
Step 3: Know all the details – write a note-to-self of when the letter of recommendation is due and what you wish to be included. It is important to give the writer at least a month's in advance notice of when you want the letter to be due. Also, before contacting the recommenders create a portfolio that includes 1) your resume 2) examples of work that you have done 3) a summary of yourself and 4) information on the position you are applying for. The recommender will be appreciative and more willing to write you a letter if you do this!
Step 4: Contact your top recommenders – politely ask if he/she would be willing to write you a letter of recommendation. If they are unsure or cannot make the commitment, use an alternative recommender.
Step 5: Follow through – send out your portfolio to your references and remind them of the due date. If you know your reference will be mailing your letter for you, make sure you provide them with a pre-addressed and pre-stamped envelope as a polite courtesy.
Step 6: Thank them – thank your reference personally and present them with a small gift for helping you achieve your potential job. Also, keep them updated on your successes, whether that is at your job or outside of the workforce. You will create a good image of yourself and also strengthen your network!
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posted by Whitney Cordes, Career Assistant
Dear Moms: Now We're Listening
Blog Feed - Fri, 05/02/2014 - 3:31pm
It's Moms Weekend at Oregon State University! Here come the moms!
In honor of all moms and this weekend of festivities, I've compiled a list of ten phrases that are class
ic Mom Wisdoms (I use the term loosely), along with how actually listening to them may be beneficial for you in your education and career. If you disagree, let me know. And add your own—what did Mom (or Dad, or Other Parent) say to you?
"Stand up straight."
This one time, I was in middle school. For YEARS. At least three years. And I hated middle school, but not for the reasons you'd think. I loved school and had friends and played sports and all of those theoretically healthy things. However, middle school was when my brain suddenly decided that every time I was in a conversation with someone who wasn't a close friend, or when I had to talk in front of a class, it was a good moment to send all the blood in my body RUSHING to my face. It sometimes took an hour to recover my original pallor from the rush. And it sucked. Because I felt and believed, in those conversations, that I was confident and smart and had opinions. My face, though, said loudly "I'm super embarrassed!!! And maybe even incompetent! Or lying!"
The point is, non-verbal communication is exceedingly important, especially when your non-verbals don't match what you're saying. Some body language is not in our control, but a lot of it is. Stand up straight and connect the confidence of your body to the confidence of your words.
"Life's not fair."
Sometimes, I hate that this is true. However, it can be to your advantage to believe this: if life isn't fair, that it will sometimes be unfair in your favor. If you're not looking for ways to "screen yourself out" of opportunities that may otherwise seem out of reach (you know the thoughts: "I'm not good enough for this" "I can't do this" "Everyone else is better qualified"), you may grasp a lucky chance rather than let it slip away. So perhaps this can be your mantra: Life's not fair, and I'm so glad!
"Money doesn't grow on trees."
Uggh, yes. Thanks, Mom. I'm aware that it doesn't grow on trees. However, I am going to behave as though it does, by spending my unsubsidized loan money as if it's regular money, and using credit cards for new shoes (again), and forgetting, for years at a time, to actually use my savings account . . .
Get comfortable living within your means and thinking about your future self realistically and you'll end up far better off in your options for education, career, and lifestyle flexibility. Need some help talking education finances on campus? Connect with these fine folks.
"Clean your room!"
Organized people experience less stress and are more productive. Or, so I've heard. (Shout out to my mom for trying to get me to clean my room for somewhere around 18 years. A little tip from someone who knows: if you resist cleaning your room until you're 30, your mom might just come in and do it for you around the holidays!)
But in all seriousness: organization and being able to utilize a structured and simple system to keep track of your goals, obligations, tasks and activities is essential to being effective in any job—whether you are delivering pizza or running an international corporation. Starting with getting your clothes off the floor at home is good practice.
"I'm going to count to three: one . . . . two . . . three . . ."
In this case the decision-making process is usually deciding between two choices you don't really want to do as a kid: clear your dishes or lose a privilege, for example. However, it's still a choice and needs you to make a decision. Decision-making is one of the top skills employers look for in potential employees. Being able to understand information and draw reasonable conclusions in a timely manner will allow efficiency in your work as well as inspire confidence in your clients and employer. It's also an important skill in relationships, sports, crises, providing leadership, grocery shopping, being a good traveler . . . .
"Always wear clean underwear in case you get into a car accident."
No. Always wear clean underwear. Period. You don't need reasons for why.
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Risk-taking is important. So is planning ahead and assessing your strategy without going along another person's path without thinking. I hear this in my office all the time: "What should I do with this degree? Should I take Job A or Job B? What is everyone else doing with this degree?". I think these are useful questions. I also think that they are completely missing the point of being a person. As soon as "should" is added to a statement or question, it implies that there is a proper way of doing something. As if the people who've already gone that direction have created a "one direction". If jumping off the bridge means you land in a (safe) world full of interests and activities and people that are awesome for you, then, by all means, jump! If not, it's time to reassess and trust that that particular bridge may not be the one for you.
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A lot of our choices in life are driven by core values and needs that were developed very early on in life. Being mindful of those and it will be difficult to take opportunities that aren't a good fit for you. Need some help defining your values? Look here.
Also, this is important because of the unconditional positive regard (translation: love) that babies tend to get from moms. That love is an important rock for you as an adult and professional because you won't get validation, recognition and encouragement for simply being an appropriate human being from many people around you. Hang on to t
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Sometimes you have to play the game and follow directions, whether you agree with the reasoning or not. I truly believe that those who become the most successful, in however you define success, are not only hard-working and committed to their goals, but who are open to following and leading. Get away from being defined with words like "entitled" and "lazy" by meeting expectations without complaint. Show up, keep your eyes and ears open, and do what you're told. The ability to do all three will help you build relationships and a positive reputation with whomever you work for and with.
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Oh my goodness, I hope you were, or near one, like on a farm. Because then you'll know all of the most important things about surviving in the work you do:
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7. Get up early. Go to bed early.
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9. With every season comes change. Get used to it and learn how to adapt.
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The Benefits of Working at a Startup
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There we all are, browsing through job postings, looking for that little nugget of gold that will match ME specifically, a place that I will be happy and valued. There it is, a job title that is exactly what I want to do, and so I click on it. It's a startup company… great. Less pay, and more responsibility than in a bigger corporation, no guarantee of a job five years from now? Eek! Next.
But why shouldn't we all consider those startup companies? Don't they have a lot to offer? Startups offer Culture, Opportunity, and Responsibility; whereas many of the corporate companies that might approach you will offer higher pay, benefits, and stability. Haven't you ever wanted to be part of something big though? Something new that you can make your own? What if your startup takes off and their product is huge? Keep in mind, Facebook is only 10 years old right now, and there are still market niches that need to be claimed, so are the benefits of working at a startup worth taking a small gamble, and accepting a little less pay?
Let's talk about culture. Working at a startup you will probably be in a small group of individuals that were all hired for a different set of skills that they possess. This means that every conversation that takes place in the office will be something that might not have ever occurred before… a new mixture of different people that are thrown together will unknown results, and you have a chance to shape that culture too. In such a small environment you can make jokes, and enjoy the company of everybody in the office, not just sit in a cubicle or tackle projects with the other new hires in your corporate position. Go out and start traditions with your quirky new coworkers! Not to mention the laid back atmosphere. Want to wear jeans to work? No problem. Do you want to cut that down to shorts and sandals in the summer? Sure! As long as you are getting your work done, there's no reason you should have to worry about it in your startup job.
But even better than the culture is your opportunities and versatility that is offered by startups. You might find yourself being pulled into projects that you never expected to end up in. You can really show your stuff and take on as much responsibility as you want— volunteer to run your companies blog— show how you have a talent for designing websites or brochures. Take ownership of all those skills and talents that you have accumulated over the years, and the next thing you know you will be renown in your little community for what you can do. And as soon as the company starts to grow, you might end up in charge of some people, or a whole department, all because you were able to demonstrate your skills, and received those opportunities. To be realistic, you can't find any opportunities like that in a big corporate company.
Even if the startup doesn't work out, you have just earned yourself 6 months, or maybe a year worth of good experience to put down on your resume, and that made you that much more desirable and valuable to the next company that takes a look at you. You are still young, so take some adventure with you in your life.
by Richard Thomas, Career Assistant
What Not to Wear at the Career Fair
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Planning on attending the Spring Career Fair? Have you thought about what you are going to wear? If you are still wondering what to wear, look no further for your sound advice from a wise wardrobe sage. It is actually VERY important that you take some time to think about what to wear at the Career Fair. Although we have been told since childhood that one's character is more important than one's appearance, this is not an excuse to wear your everyday outfit to job search. In this competitive world, you need every advantage you can get. So as the saying goes "dress for success"; especially if you are actively seeking a job or internship. At the Career Fair you might meet someone who actually wants to interview you. Dressing appropriately demonstrates a serious commitment to landing a job. It shows that you took the time to do your homework and look nice. It also demonstrates that you are a professional, well-put together person, who knows how to dress appropriately. Dressing appropriately is not something that an employer wants to teach you. They expect you to know that already.
At this point, you might be asking yourself "But how do I know what is appropriate to wear?" First I shall give you my top five list of what NOT to wear.
- Yoga Pants, Yoga Pants, Yoga Pants! Maybe if I say it three times, they will disappear. Ladies, I understand what a genius invention yoga pants are. I wear my yoga pants whenever I can justify it. But you know where I don't wear them? Work. School. Giving a presentation. And JOB SEARCHING. Although they are the most comfy-fantastic leg wear on the planet, they are not appropriate for a professional situation. This rule also applies to tights, leggings, and any other form of legwear which is basically just a second layer of skin. Also, pairing such outfits with long shirts, still not professional.
- Jeans. Again one of the most amazing clothing items known to the human race. But unfortunately not considered professional. No matter how dark the wash.
- Tennis Shoes/ sneakers. Guys, this one is for you. Even if you get every other part of your outfit right, your brightly colored sneakers stick out from your black slacks like a bull in a china shop. You can easily find a cheap pair of nice dress shoes at your local Payless Shoe Store. Make the investment, you will not regret it.
- Athletic wear. I know I already thoroughly covered yoga pants and tennis shoes, but basically all forms of athletic wear should not be worn in a professional setting. Including (but not limited to): Sweatpants, athletic shorts, t-shirts, etc.
- Any item which includes the following words: Top, spaghetti, mini, low-cut, v-neck, etc. Part of being professional is knowing that no matter how cute something is, it isn't always appropriate. Just ask your grandmother. Your shirts should have collars and your bottoms should at least hit your fingertips at the hemline.
Did I mention yoga pants? But in all seriousness, these rules will help you grow in your journey towards becoming a professional. Now, you might be wondering what you should wear. I am not going to spend a whole lot of time in this area because I am afraid that my suggestions will be misconstrued without proper examples. For example: If I say "skirts" you might interpret this as "mini-skirt". In case you were wondering, that is not what I meant. So instead, I will leave you with this tip: Go to a professional place of business and look at what they are wearing, for example a bank. I know that there will be some silly bank teller that will break my rules, but you should be able to identify who is dressed correctly and who is not. The people who dress correctly will look competent, professional, and let's face it, powerful. You might also look to a cool older sibling or friends who is in a professional position for advice. The best way to learn what to wear is to observe others who have experience.
What will you be wearing to Spring Career Fair?
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Student / Alum Spotlight
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Ready to get inspired for your job, internship, or career search? Career Services will spotlight an OSU student that has inspired us when it comes to their career development. Check out their success stories—besides inspiration, they also show that academic major does not have to restrict your goals and that there are many ways to define success.
Want to nominate an OSU student or alum for the Student/Alum Spotlight series? Or do you want to share your own success? Then please fill out this quick form and Career Services will contact the person nominated.
Major: Mathematics and Economics, minor in Actuarial Science
Year in School: Senior
While a student at OSU, what have you done so far to gain experience?
I joined the OSU women's lacrosse team when I was a freshman and volunteered to be an officer my sophomore year. Since then I was elected president and have been so for the last year. This has taught me how to be a team player and leader. I recently just finished my evaluation and assessment internship at KidSpirit. My job was to input progress report data into an Excel database. I am continuing to work for KidSpirit during my senior year in the field of finance and special projects.
What are your career plans?
Being a math major, I want to get a job in mathematics as soon as I graduate. I am interested in becoming an actuarialist so I will continue studies in that specific field.
What advice do you have for others who are preparing for their job or internship search?
Start early! Write your first rough draft of your resume as soon as possible but not later than your sophomore year and continue to work on it through your time at college. Meet with career services just to talk through what you want to do doing your time in college and what you are interested in as a career.
Did Career Services and/or anybody else assist you with your career development and preparing you for an internship or job? If so, how?
Yes, very much so. Just simply sitting there and listening to them explain where you want to go in life and giving you options on how to get there was a great help. It is also important for someone to continue to ask you why you want to proceed with one goal because your mind might change throughout each year in college on where you want to be after graduation. Also, they have resume writing help, mock interviews, job fair information, and general data on prospective employers.


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Knowledge of history is a tool for democracy. It contains great lessons, both positive and negative, on how best to proceed in making a just and democratic society. It provides standards, models, values, and examples of resistance to deploy against those who would subjugate, manipulate, and insult the populace. It bequeaths rich legacies of sense of change, alternative, and agency, antidotes to the "shit happens" fatalism that
modern masters of power seeks to spread among the people. Current authoritarian structures of power and inequality, history reminds us, are not fixed in stone or reflective of the inexorable laws of the universe. They are contingent and transient things, the products of forces, events, political alignments, and choices that can be reversed, countered, or otherwise transformed by creative, democratic and collective human intervention. At the same time, history is full of facts, standards, values, models, and principles that embarrass contemporary authorities, bosses, and other supposed "elites."
The Revolutionary Past Vs. The Totalitarian Present
Take, for example, the Declaration of Independence, whose 227th birthday America just celebrated, the United States Constitution, and the vision of America's Founding Fathers. The Declaration "introduced," as Howard Zinn has noted, "the idea of democracy into modern government." It did this by granting "the people" the right to "alter or abolish" a government that becomes "destructive" of their shared and equal rights to "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" and proclaiming the belief that governments
"derive their just powers from the consent of the governed" (1).
Building on
that revolutionary ideal, the United States Constitution required the
federal government, representing "We the People of the United States," to
work to "establish justice," "promote the general welfare," "provide for the
common defense," and "secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our
posterity." It also, of course, codified charter liberties and principles -
freedom of speech, separation of church and state, freedom from illegal
search and seizure, the right to a jury trial, etc. – that are justly
cherished and honored at home and abroad.
It's pretty hard to square these principles, pledges, and ideals with the
readily observable actions and strategies of the current White House and its
allies within and beyond government. These actions and strategies include
the cynical manipulation of public opinion to:
* advance massive tax-cuts for the super-wealthy (in what is already
the industrial world's most unequal and wealth-top-heavy society).
* starve social programs and services and even homeland security
while feeding a military machine and an imperial campaign that increases the
likelihood of future terrorist attacks on Americans and transfers billions
of dollars to the already outrageously wealthy "defense" corporations.
* rollback domestic civil liberties and civil rights (e.g., Patriot
Acts I and II and the White House assault on affirmative action).
* fight illegal, unnecessary, and dangerous wars cynically sold to
the populace on thoroughly false premises (the blatantly manufactured
pseudo-threat posed by Iraq), resulting in lucrative new contracts and
awards to gigantic corporate multinationals like Bechtel, Chevron, and
Haliburton, all with strong and intimate personal, institutional and
financial linkages to the current CEO-dominated White House and its
plutocratic allies in government.
Contrary to the 1776 ideal of governance on the basis of popular consent,
the recent US war on Iraq was launched on the basis of sheer deception. The
masters of American policy and opinion manufactured the consent they needed
to conduct their terrible operation by inventing imaginary threats: Iraq's
supposed "weapons of mass destruction," "suicidal" leadership, and link to
Islamic terror networks.
The consequences of all this for the "general welfare" include dramatic
increases in inequality, economic insecurity, poverty, crime, depression,
domestic violence, substance abuse and general chaos among a rising and
significant share of the nation's population. That population includes a
remarkable 2 million Americans who spend their days and nights behind bars
in the "world's leading democracy," which curiously happens to be the
world's leading incarceration state. There is a growing fiscal crisis of
state and local government – not great enough, however, to close down the
prisons – and rising violence and incivility in American life, reinforced by
the White House's legitimation of brute force as the "solution" to social
and political problems abroad.
Accurately sensing that they lack the financial resources to meaningfully
shape policy and opinion in a corporate-plutocratic political and
ideological system, America's fragmented, exhausted, terrorized,
commercially carpet-bombed, and relentlessly privatized population turns
away from politics and public affairs to a remarkable degree. It is in
danger of becoming an ex-citizenry, taking the risk once and all out of
democracy and permitting the policymakers and their super-wealthy patrons
and allies to rule with animalistic impunity. Its tendency towards public
retreat and disinterest is fed by an objectively totalitarian
corporate-state media, which banalizes deception, and mass manufactures
despair and idiocy. That media subjects the populace to a unremitting
onslaught of commercial and falsely "popular"-cultural messages advancing
the authoritarian notion that the only solutions to social and political
problems are found in the private sphere and the realm of commodity
The Founders in the Left Opposition
We can be quite sure that the chief father of the Declaration of
Independence (Jefferson) and the leading father of the Constitution (Madison
) would join the left opposition to all of this if they were alive today. It
is quite remarkable, in fact, to note the significant extent to which the
current crisis of American democracy was envisaged and warned against by
leading founders Jefferson and Madison. Listen, for example to Madison's
almost eerie observation and warning that "the fetters imposed on liberty at
home have ever been forged out of the weapons provided for defense against
real, pretended, or imaginary dangers from abroad" (2). Consider also
Madison's statement that "a popular government without popular information
or the means to acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or to a tragedy,
or perhaps to both" (3). Or Jefferson's comment to Edward Carrington from
Paris: "if once the people become inattentive to the public affairs, you and
I and Congress and Assemblies and Judges shall all become wolves" (4),
pillaging with public purse with selfish impunity.
We might also note the Founders' widely shared sense that a society of
employers and employees could never function in a way consistent with
principles of popular government. "Free men," they were sure, largely on the
basis of the nation's founding republican ideology, did not rent themselves
out to others except on a distinctly temporary basis. Permanent wage- and
salary-dependents, they felt, could never provide the basis for an
intelligent, engaged, or free citizenry. This was an idea that stayed with
many Americans well into the 19th century and beyond. It richly informed the
development of the early labor movement and the core founding ideology of
the anti-slavery Republican Party (5). It holds no small relevance today,
when the predominantly wage and salary-dependent working-age population of
the US is so badly overworked that it lacks the time to engage meaningfully
in democratic self-activity.
As Noam Chomsky has reminded us more than once, Jefferson warned quite
explicitly and stridently against what he called the "insidious power" of
the "banking institutions and money incorporations." If these selfish
interests of concentrated private power were not curbed, Jefferson knew
quite well, they would become "a form of absolutism that would destroy the
promise of the democratic revolution." Jefferson shared with Aristotle the
belief that "widespread poverty and concentrated wealth cannot exist side by
side in a democracy."
Observing the class- and wealth-polarizing rise of early industrial
capitalism, Jefferson in his later years made a portentous distinction
between "aristocrats" and "democrats" within the American republic.
Jefferson's "aristocrats," were "those who fear and distrust the people, and
wish to draw all powers from them into the hands of the higher classes." The
"democrats," were those who "identify with the people, have confidence in
them, cherish and consider them as honest and safe." Jefferson's
"aristocrats," Chomsky notes, "were the advocates of the rising capitalist
state," which "Jefferson observed with rising dismay, recognizing the
obvious contradiction between democracy and capitalism – or more accurately,
really-existing capitalism, linked closely to state power." The emergent
class distinctions and organized capitalist power he witnessed in the early
19th century reminded Jefferson of the "rotten" aristocracy-dominated Old
World he toured and chronicled with disdain in the 1780s (6).
Even Madison, who advocated a government that would "protect the minority of
the opulent against the majority," came to recognize and worry quite early
and seriously about the capitalist takeover of policy and opinion. Already,
by the 1790s, he was denouncing the "daring depravity of the times" as "the
rising class of business people become 'the tools and tyrants' of
government, overwhelming it with their force and benefiting from its gifts."
When Madison "saw that the minority of the opulent are not nice gentlemanly
aristocrats or Enlightenment philosophers who are going to make sure
everyone is healthy and happy," Chomsky wryly observes, "he was outraged and
infuriated," concerned for the fate of the republic (7).
It's true that the nation's Founders thought "the people who own the country
should run it," as John Jay used to say. But none of them, not even the
aggressively state-capitalist Hamilton, though that those people should run
the country into the ground by turning "popular government" into an
accounts-receivable machine for private profit and a mechanism for deepening
the chasm between the rich and the rest of the population. This is because
the Founders were pre-capitalist, imbued with an aristocratic spirit of
noblesse oblige – a sense of their duty to maintain the stability and
integrity of the broader societal whole, albeit in a way that sustained
their own already remarkable but for them sufficient wealth and privilege.
There was for them more to life and society than the endless pursuit of
individual wealth and advantage. At the same time, they were also
participants in an age of democratic revolution, acutely conscious of the
need to mobilize popular energies, albeit carefully, without antagonizing
the masses into revolution of truly radical variety (8). This is why they
stand as a rebuke to what passes for modern statecraft and freedom in the
US, dedicated to selfish corporate-cronysim, naked capitalist self-interest,
shameless pecuniary advantage, and the relentless manipulation and
de-mobilization of the populace.
A Curious Panel of Experts
How disturbing, then, to witness the sorry performance of four American
"historians" assembled on July 4th by the Public Broadcasting System's
prime-time news hour to discuss what America's Founders "would think of us
as a people and some of the contemporary things that are happening to us as
a country?" It's a good question, for reasons just discussed, full of
significance for justice and democracy at home and abroad. Unfortunately,
the assembled historians dropped the founders' ball in a narrow prime-time
discussion that omitted all the rich tension between America's original
revolutionary ideals and present corporate-plutocratic reality (9).
According to panelist Walter Isaacson, Ben Franklin would have approved of
the Supreme Court's recent affirmative action decision (a monument to
Franklin-esque "common-sense" in Isaacson's view). Franklin would also,
Isaacson feels, like "the notion that America stands for tolerance and
religious tolerance," and hate "the divisiveness and partisanship you see
today." We are left to wonder how a founder who hated "divisiveness" was
able to embrace a revolutionary independence movement that inevitably led to
significant violence within the colonies. Isaacson, by way, is the former
head of CNN, and happens to have written a book in his spare time about Ben
Franklin. He's not an historian, but he plays one on tv.
According to a second PBS expert, Joseph Ellis of Mt. Holyoke College, an
actual historian, Jefferson "would say we have to begin this new Iraq
republic with the principle of separation of church and state" (the Shiite
majority of "liberated" Iraq may want to debate that point). Jefferson can
be cited against the recent Supreme Court decision, Ellis added, since "the
Declaration does root rights in individuals and very little to say about
government powers to redistribute those rights." At the same time, the
Declaration contains a "mandate towards equality" that would support the
decision. Actually, the Declaration does not distinguish between the rights
of individuals and the rights of a people and the Supreme Court decision
unfortunately upheld affirmative action in the name of "diversity," not
equality. Mainly, Ellis begged off the question regarding Jefferson,
claiming that we'd have to "brief him on the last 180 years of American
history and so it's tough to know what he'd say." Actually, though, the
Declaration's author wrote quite clearly about the subversion of the
Revolution by related tendencies of wealth concentration and incorporation
that he observed in his own day and which hold central relevance to
contemporary American history.
A third panelist, UCLA historian Joyce Appleby, avoided the nature of
American society altogether by focusing on external developments. "I think
the founders would be impressed by the fact that democracy is spreading in
the world," said Appleby, claiming that "there are 112 democracies in the
world today. I think," Appleby concluded, "that would be extremely
gratifying because they would feel that their revolution had been the
beginning of an entirely new future for humankind." But many if not most of
these 112 nations (a count generated by the right-wing think-tank "Freedom
House") are democracies in name only. The real term for the prevailing
political system in many of them is "polyarchy," a US-favored "system in
which a small group actually rules and mass participation in decision making
is confined to leadership choice carefully managed by competing elites. The
polyarchic concept of democracy," notes sociologist William I. Robinson, "is
an effective arrangement for legitimating and sustaining inequalities within
and between nations (deepening in a global economy) far more effectively
than authoritarian solutions" (10). Under the watered down system of
"democracy" promoted by the US, Chomsky notes, the big decisions belong to
"leading sectors of the business community and related elites." The "public
are to be only 'spectators of action,' not 'participants' …They are
permitted to ratify the decisions of their betters and to lend their support
to one or another of them, but not to interfere with matters – like public
policy – that are none of their business. If segments of the public depart
from their apathy and begin to organize and enter the public arena, that's
not democracy. Rather it's a crisis of democracy in proper technical usage,
a threat that has to be overcome in one or another way: in El Salvador, by
death squads – at home by more subtle and indirect means" (11). When
elections are considered incompatible with US interests, as in Vietnam
during the 1950s, Chile in the 1970s, or Iraq today, to give just three of
many possible examples, Uncle Sam is sure to prefer dictatorship to
To make matters worse, the spread of democracy throughout the world state
system is deeply qualified by American militarism and the related spread of
the world capitalist economic system, which operates on profoundly
anti-democratic grounds. This latter expansion "was never," Edward S. Herman
has noted, "a democratic choice by the peoples of the world." It is, Herman
observes, "business driven, by business strategies and tactics, for business
ends." Top on the list of the relevant "business ends" is the weakening of
popular sovereignty. Capital seeks through globalization to evade, subvert,
and preclude popular and governmental regulation and to roll back labor
power. Whatever the intentions, "there is a global pool of capital that
floats around from country to country every day. It amounts," as the chief
economist at a leading global securities firm told Chicago Tribune reporter
William Neikirk in 1997, "to a national daily referendum on government
policies. It will discipline even the biggest countries and force them in a
conservative direction" (12).
We heard nothing about what Jefferson or Madison or Franklin would think of
contemporary America from PBS's fourth historical "expert" – Richard
Brookhiser. No great loss there: Brookhiser is a senior editor at the
far-right National Review, and therefore incapable of acknowledging the core
conflicts between capitalism and democracy that worried Jefferson.
Too bad PBS viewers didn't get to hear from the prolific radical-democratic
historian Howard Zinn. Who better to interest the television audience than
Zinn, a very popular lecturer whose People's History of the United States
recently sold its millionth copy and who has written a marvelous collection
of essays (Declarations of Independence: Cross-Examining American Ideology
[New York, NY: HarperPerennial, 1990)] linking Jefferson's vision to a
critical analysis of contemporary US society? Since PBS felt the need to
include panel space for historically inclined non-historians, moreover, it
should also have sought out Chomsky, who happens to be the world's leading
intellectual and has written at length on the founders' vision and on
contemporary US policy and society.
In Zinn and/or Chomsky's hands, the founders' historical football would not
have been so egregiously dropped. It would have been caught and carried into
the end zone, scoring a touchdown for American democracy and "public" media.
But then, that is exactly why they weren't invited. Let's be honest about
America's not-so "public" broadcasting network, which views a retired
executive from the corporate media and an ideologue from the National Review
as better sources on the founders' vision of contemporary America than
Howard Zinn. Their pathetic July 4th panel is just another reminder that PBS
is captive to the same concentrated private interests that rule American
society in ways that Jefferson and Madison worried about and warned against.
Paul Street ( [email protected]
an urban social policy researcher in Chicago, Illinois.
1. Howard Zinn, Declarations of Independence: Cross-Examining American
Ideology (New York, NY: Harper Collins, 1990), p. 296.
2. James Madison, "Political Reflections," February 23, 1799, quoted in John
Samples, "James Madison's Vision of Liberty," CATO Policy Report
(March/April, 2001), p. 12, available online at
3. Quoted in Robert W. McChesney, Corporate Media and the Threat to
Democracy (New York, NY, 1997), p. 6.
4. Richard Hofstader, The American Political Tradition and the Men Who Made
It (New York, NY: Vintage, 1967, reprint of 1948 edition), p.33.
5. Hofstader, Ibid, pp. 16-20, 39-40, 131-136; Eric Foner, Free Soil. Free
Labor, Free Men: The Ideology of the Republican Party Before the Civil War
(New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1970); David Montgomery, Citizen
Worker (Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press, 1993); Norman Ware, The
Industrial Worker, 1840-1860 (Chicago: Ivan Dee, 1990, repring of 1924
edition); Paul Krausse, The Battle for Homestead, 1880-1892 (Pittsburgh,
1992); Noam Chomsky, Power and Prospects: Reflections on Human Nature and
the Social Order (Boston, MA: South End Press, 1996), pp. 85-89.
6. Chomsky, Power and Prospects, pp. 72, 87, 8-89; Hofstader, Ibid., p. 27.
7. Chomsky, Power and Prospects, pp. 118-119; Noam Chomsky, Class Warfare
(Moarne, Maine: Common Courage, 1996), pp. 123-124.
8. Chomsky, Class Warfare, 123-124; Zinn, A People's History, pp.73-74.
9. The full discussion is transcribed and available online. See "The
Founders' Vision," Online NewsHour (July 4, 2003), available online at
jan-juneo3/ founders_7-04.html.
10. William T. Robinson, Promoting Polyarchy – Globalization, US
Intervention and Hegemony, Cambridge University Press, 1996), p. 385.
11. Chomsky, What Uncle Sam Really Wants (Berkely, CA: Odonian Press, 1992).
12. Herman and the global securities economist are quoted in Street,
"Capitalism and Democracy 'Don't Mix Very Well': Reflections on
Globalization," Z Magazine (February 2000): 20-24.


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