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As usual, comedian Jon Stewart explained reality on a fake news show better than most "real" news outlets. On the August 16 broadcast of Comedy Central's Daily Show, Stewart imagined a world where peanut butter was treated with "huge amounts of hydrochloric acid to dissolve any potential dragon bones." Sure, people die from the acid--but the dragon bone problem is solved once and for all.
That absurd metaphor was used to illustrate the wave of "voter ID" laws in states like Pennsylvania--where, as Stewart put it, the possible disenfranchisement of over 700,000 legal Pennsylvania voters is "the price you pay to prevent something that doesn't happen."
Indeed, the Daily Show segment made the one point that any competent news report should make: The epidemic of voter impersonation fraud the laws are supposedly designed to counter doesn't exist. But most coverage treats this key fact as a footnote at best.
The literature on the subject points to one conclusion: Fraudulent voting is so rare as to be basically nonexistent (News21, 8/21/12; Brennan Center, 11/07). Even the state of Pennsylvania, in court to defend its ID law, admitted that the legislation exists to correct a problem it has not encountered (Talking Points Memo, 7/24/12).
So what do media say on the crucial question of fact? Like many other political disputes, reality is presented as though it were a partisan disagreement. "Democratic groups," reported the New York Times (4/30/12), "say they are part of a partisan, Republican effort to dampen the turnout of voters." On the other hand, "Advocates of the new laws, which have been passed in about 30 states since the last presidential election, say they are necessary to prevent voter fraud." Given that choice, most fair-minded readers would see that Democrats want to protect their ability to win, while Republicans want to stop the abuse of the electoral system.
That framing is typical in the Times' news section; an August 16 article by Ethan Bronner portrayed the dispute in Pennsylvania as one between critics of the law, who see it as a "Republican attempt to suppress participation" of Democratic voters, and backers of the law who claim to be "seeking to preserve the integrity of the electoral process."
The Washington Post (12/13/11) likewise explained, "liberal and civil rights groups" say the laws are "an attempt to depress minority voter turnout," while proponents "say they are needed to combat voter fraud." In USA Today (8/20/12), readers were told that "backers of the law say it is necessary to prevent voter fraud"; a subhead (2/20/12) put it succinctly: "Advocates Say They Stop Fraud; Critics See Discrimination."
Television coverage of the fight over voter participation has been remarkably sparse, considering the stakes. Only a handful of reports have aired on any of the broadcast networks. NBC's Pete Williams (3/13/12) explained that Republicans "say requiring a picture ID cuts down on fraud." Later, the Democrats "say the laws discourage turnout among minority, poor, elderly and disabled voters." The report included a soundbite from Attorney General Eric Holder, who noted that "there is no proof that our elections are marred by in-person voter fraud."
Making the blindingly obvious point that Holder raised would seem like a minimal requirement for a news report on vote fraud. It's difficult to imagine many other scenarios where the problem lawmakers say they are attempting to solve is assumed to be real--despite plenty of research on the subject that documents that there is no such problem.
But that fact is either missing from news accounts, included as a partisan claim or consigned to the last paragraphs. The New York Times story (8/16/12) on the Pennsylvania judge's decision to let the law stand mentioned, in the third to last paragraph, "the goal of ending fraud, which has been rare." A month earlier (7/20/12), the Times mentioned, at the end of a piece, that one Republican state senator found the law '"unnecessary given how uncommon in person voter fraud has been."
The most prominent exception in the corporate media might be CBS Evening News reporter Elaine Quijano, who actually went to the trouble of determining how many cases of reported fraud there have been. In an August 15 report, Quijano explained:
We looked at those 10 states which recently passed photo ID laws and found fewer than 70 voter fraud convictions in the past decade among 40 million registered voters.
And a few weeks earlier (7/28/12), Quijano noted that "in the past five years, Kansas has prosecuted only a handful of voter fraud cases; in Pennsylvania, none."
That clarity is rare. In fact, some media accounts seem to go out of their way to obscure this reality. In the Washington Post (12/13/11), reporter Jerry Markon wrote:
When it comes to voting fraud, some conservatives have long argued that it is a serious problem, although others say the number of such cases is relatively low. Studies of the issue have reached different conclusions on the extent of the problem.
Where are these differing studies? Markon explained in an email (FAIR Blog 12/13/11) that he was referring to a 2006 study by the U.S. Electoral Assistance Commission. But that report is fairly well-known in the field because its muddled final version was at odds with its own original draft, which had concluded that "there is widespread but not unanimous agreement that there is little polling-place fraud." In fact, one of the authors of the original report wrote an op-ed in Markon's own paper (8/30/07) decrying the Bush administration's politicization of her work.
The Post article's approach was unusual; most news accounts seem completely uninterested in the question of how much fraud actually exists. Better, instead, to not bring up the issue--at least in the news section.
Indeed, the facts about the paucity of voter fraud are treated as though they are a matter of opinion, relegated to editorial and op-ed pages. The New York Times (e.g., 10/10/11) has written several strong pieces about the issue; USA Today (3/20/12) pointed out:
You'd think there was a raging epidemic of fraud around the country to justify all this diligent effort. But if there is, it's awfully hard to detect.
The paper went on to state: "In fact, what's really going on is a fight for partisan advantage." But that "fact" doesn't seem to enter into the news accounts of the issue--in their paper or most others.
The flipside of preventing a nonexistent problem is the creation of a real problem: Denying legitimate voters the opportunity to participate in an election. The Brennan Center for Justice (10/3/11) estimated that the "new laws could make it significantly harder for more than 5 million eligible voters to cast ballots in 2012." It's beyond dispute that these laws will do far more to prevent legal voting than they will to prevent illegitimate participation in the voting process. Media that pretend to care about the integrity of the vote might want to give that some attention.


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Drew Gilpin Faust and the Incredible Shrinking Harvard
Suddenly, unthinkably, the World's Richest University finds itself forced to reconsider what it can afford to be. (Losing $11 billion will do that.) But if its president has a master plan for leading the school out of its financial crisis—other than letting Larry Summers take the blame—she's keeping it to herself.
For her first commencement address as president of Harvard University, just a year ago this month, Drew Gilpin Faust spoke in defense of money. The school's endowment, swollen by years of double-digit returns, had grown to almost $37 billion. As a result, Faust explained to her audience, it had become "something of a target, publicly both envied and maligned." Politicians like GOP Senator Charles Grassley were proclaiming that Harvard had so much money, it had a moral obligation to spend down its endowment—then the largest in the world by the comfortable margin of $15 billion or so.
Yet Harvard was not as well-off as it might seem, Faust said. True, the endowment was big. But it supported a growing institution of great public import. Harvard had 20,000 students and 16,000 employees. It contained "a huge and very costly research enterprise," satellite campuses around the globe, and "libraries and museums that house priceless collections of books, manuscripts, artworks, cultural artifacts, and scientific specimens." Paying for it all required staggering sums: To meet its $3 billion annual budget, the university relied on $1.4 billion a year in endowment payouts. Take away that easy cash, and Harvard would be—to paraphrase—up a creek.
If the endowment weren't so enormous, Faust concluded, the university would face a choice: Seek more money from alumni and the federal government, or "do less—less research, less teaching, at a lesser level of quality."
Nobody, of course, really expected that to happen. But today that is exactly the choice Harvard confronts.
Last November 10, with the economy and the Dow in free-fall, Faust e-mailed a worried letter to the university community. "Harvard is not invulnerable…," she wrote. "We need to be prepared to absorb unprecedented endowment losses." Just how bad was it? Faust couldn't say: Most of Harvard's endowment was tied up in illiquid investments whose values were fluctuating (i.e., plunging) daily. But Moody's, the financial ratings firm, was predicting a 30 percent decline for university endowments for the fiscal year that ends this month. In a subsequent letter, Faust went further, warning that a drop so precipitous seemed probable.
Such a plunge would claw the endowment back by more than $11 billion. Subtract the endowment's $1.4 billion contribution to the university's operating costs for this year—a contribution paid for in previous years by endowment returns, but which this time would represent a withdrawal—and Harvard would be left with $24.4 billion. As the old saying has it, "A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money." Especially since, up until recently, the university's expenses had grown as fast as its account balance. Over the past decade, Harvard spent money—on new construction, planning for a multibillion campus in Allston, land purchases, a major expansion of the professoriate, new financial aid programs, and general bureaucracy creep—as if the good times would never end. Combined with the shrunken endowment, that profligacy has Harvard facing ongoing deficits and needing to make budget cuts of hundreds of millions of dollars.
While the failed presidency of Lawrence Summers generated more headlines, this quiet crisis is actually a greater threat to Harvard. The university has been so rich for so long that most of its denizens can't remember a time when money was a concern. While Harvard officials are doing their public-face best to downplay the problem, the numbers don't lie, and this economic crunch will leave the school a profoundly changed place. Harvard will have to become smaller and academically more modest, and as it does it will chafe at having grand plans without the resources to fund them. For the first time in decades, it will worry about merely paying its bills. The university will have to decide: If it is no longer so rich that it doesn't have to make choices, what does it really value? What are its priorities? It won't be a comfortable debate.
"We are in trouble," says one Crimson professor. In the aftermath of deep and damaging cuts, "there is a real chance that Harvard will no longer be considered the best there is."
As many around campus are saying these days, this isn't what Drew Faust signed up for. But then, no one at Harvard anticipated its current state of affairs. Ever since taking over from the outsize Summers, Faust has been a figure of modest ambitions and subdued presence. To lead Harvard through this transition, she will have to grow in stature. Whether she can is an urgent—and open—question.
When the university's seven-member governing board, the Harvard Corporation, announced that it had selected Drew Faust as president in February 2007, Harvard's new leader seemed to be stepping down a straightforward path. Foremost on the agenda was healing a university grown fractious during the five-year Summers era. For this, Faust (who at 60 was significantly older than her three immediate predecessors, Summers, Neil Rudenstine, and Derek Bok) was well qualified. Though little known around the university's professional schools, Faust, dean of the Radcliffe Institute and a Civil War scholar, was popular and respected within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), Harvard's most powerful internal constituency and one that generally loathed the outgoing president. Faust was also boosted by the manifest differences between them. She was, for starters, female, not an insignificant consideration after Summers's infamous remarks about women. While Summers was an intellectual powerhouse, he was also bullying and impatient; Faust was quietly accomplished, conciliatory, a listener. Summers had come from Washington, Faust from Radcliffe Yard. Summers loved national media attention. Faust had never much sought press of any kind.
All of which was exactly what the Harvard Corporation wanted. Led
by former Corning CEO Jamie Houghton, the board did not want a star, someone who would "shake up" the campus, as its members had once said of Summers. Instead, Harvard would elevate Faust. As Peter Gomes, chaplain of Harvard's Memorial Church and a sociologist of Harvard culture, once told me, "A great Harvard president is made by doing the ordinary job of president extraordinarily well."
At the start, Faust needed some remaking. Having operated sotto voce for decades (before becoming Radcliffe dean, she was a professor and administrator at her graduate alma mater, the University of Pennsylvania), she was still not quite ready for prime time. Her persona was understated, her public voice undeveloped. While running a discreet campaign for the job, according to one FAS administrator, Faust seemed to experiment with a more commanding mien, trying to play the part of president-in-waiting. "She went from being very friendly and accessible to incredibly imperious"—this person describes an encounter in which the potential president acted as if the two didn't know each other, which they did—"back to something in the middle." Says a professor who knows and likes Faust, "Being president is not a natural fit for her. She has to work at it."
In March 2007, I traveled to Toronto to hear the president-elect address some alumni at that city's elegant Fairmont Royal York hotel, her first public speech to the Crimson faithful. (The Canadians were thought to be a safe debut, like a Broadway show opening in New Haven.) Gathered in a long banquet hall, the crowd welcomed her warmly. But Faust was uncharismatic and unimpressive, efficiently flipping the pages of her typed remarks as the enthusiasm drained from the crowd. Still, it was early, and she was sending a signal: This president would not think she had all the answers. This president would listen. This president would stay on message. Even if her message would prove to be, essentially, that she had no message at all.
Some months later, Faust showed she was getting a feel for her new role. In July 2007, she hosted a well-attended ice cream social in Harvard Yard, a welcoming party thrown by, rather than for, the incoming president. "People lined up to shake her hand," says a Harvard employee who was there. "It showed that she was of the people, not riding in a limo, not jetting off to Davos," both things Summers had done.
Faust's policy agenda, which she would roll out during her first year as president, was modest. She gave talks—reasonable, earnest, thoughtful talks—about Harvard's undergraduate education (could be better), arts programs (ditto), and eco-friendliness (likewise). In a Morning Prayers talk at Memorial Church, Faust extolled "the wonders of biodiversity" and argued for "the preservation of the world—its glaciers, its forests, its waterways." And she sought to restore Harvard's battered sense of community, launching the Common Spaces Initiative to find ways to make the physical campus more communal. There wasn't anything groundbreaking in Faust's vision—the word itself is generous—but nor was there anything controversial, and that was, at the time, sufficient.
Many Harvard professors like Faust simply because she is not her predecessor. (It's difficult to overstate how vivid the memory of Summers remains for the Harvard arts and sciences faculty. Partly this is because, as President Obama's economic guru, he is often in the news. But mostly it's because the Summers-related wounds left lasting scars.) Yet despite this reservoir of goodwill, she remains supremely careful, intent on preserving her political capital. Faust has strong relationships with some of Summers's closest aides, including Harvard Corporation secretary Marc Goodheart and policy adviser Clayton Spencer, and her inner circle is "very cautious, constantly thinking about communications, about what message they want out there," according to the FAS administrator. Aided by the 2008 publication of Faust's impressive book on the Civil War, This Republic of Suffering, they have tried to cultivate her image as an intellectual leader. Some of her intimates were particularly disappointed that the tome did not win a National Book Award, for which it had been nominated. The prize would have drawn attention to Harvard's prowess in scholarship, rather than its finances or its celebrity. That's the kind of publicity Drew Faust's Harvard wants.
That kind—and little else. Faust's advisers don't want her in the press when there is scant good news to promote and much bad news by which she could be defined. The more she distances herself from the financial crisis, the more it can be laid at Summers's feet. Though Faust met with the editorial boards of both the Boston Globe and the New York Times early in her presidency, "they don't want to be in the Times and Globe right now," says the FAS source.
Nor do they want to appear in this magazine. Faust declined requests for an interview and would not permit university officials to speak about her or about Harvard's finances. Because Faust wasn't cooperating, few of the dozens of people I contacted spoke on the record (there is nothing to gain by talking to the press when the boss doesn't want you to, especially with steep budget cuts ongoing). It's clear, though, that there's a growing desire on campus to see Faust do more than duck controversy, and start taking a more assertive stance.
Photo courtesy of The Harvard Crimson and photographer David I. Fulton-Howard
Guiding a university through this recession would challenge any president, and some of Harvard's competing institutions—Yale, Princeton, Stanford, MIT—also find themselves under financial duress. But the situation at Harvard is worse and the consequences will be more dire.
One reason is the growth in university spending, most notably in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. The last time the endowment stood at $25 billion, in 2005, the FAS budget was $812 million. Now it's $1.2 billion—a particular problem because FAS depends on the endowment to provide more than half its annual budget. During the past decade, FAS embarked on a giddy hiring binge—according to Harvard Magazine, the number of FAS professors has increased by 126, a 22 percent jump—and a building spree including some $800 million in science labs alone.
Those labs were funded by taking on new debt, which has doubled from $538 million to $1.1. billion since 2005, a now-regrettable change of course for Harvard. In the past, the university would first find a donor, then erect a building, but its confidence in the endowment's ability to beat the market made taking on debt seem safe. Servicing that debt now costs FAS about $85 million a year.
Then, of course, there was the hugely ambitious plan, driven largely by Summers, to develop a second campus across the Charles, in Allston. The land purchases and the planning cost millions and millions; the actual construction of the 350 acres of new housing, laboratories, museums, parks, and athletic facilities would cost billions and billions. Just the projected maintenance for the first building under construction, a $1 billion new home for the Harvard Stem Cell Institute, has been said to be $100 million a year. This February, Faust announced that the university would finish the basement, then stop work on the project. She has said the halt is temporary, but few are convinced. Allston residents worry that their neighborhood will be left with a massive hole in the ground.
Some of the scientists who had been looking forward to working in shiny new labs are also upset, muttering about leaving Harvard for greener pastures—not a threat that the university has heard much in recent years. But the fact is, the investment strategy that was to have paid for Harvard's kudzulike growth was unsustainable.
The roots of Harvard's fiscal crisis go all the way back to 1990, when money manager Jack Meyer left the Rockefeller Foundation and assumed the reins at the Harvard Management Company (HMC). Breaking with the traditionally conservative approach, Meyer was in the forefront of university portfolio managers who integrated complicated financial instruments into endowment investments. He reduced the amount of stocks and bonds in Harvard's portfolio to less than 30 percent and diversified into illiquid assets such as commodities, real estate, timber, hedge funds, and private equity. He also ventured into financial tools such as derivatives and emerging market debt that carried more risk than stocks and bonds but promised much larger returns. "There's not much plain vanilla in our portfolio," Meyer told BusinessWeek in late 2004.
When Meyer came to Harvard, the endowment stood at $4.7 billion. When he left 15 years later, that number was $22.6 billion. From 1995 to 2005, the endowment averaged a nearly 16 percent annual return, beating the benchmark for peer universities by more than 50 percent. During that run, Harvard's financial success became a source of fascination for the nation's business press, generating countless articles with titles such as "How to Invest Like Harvard." Harvard may or may not have been the world's best university—there were nagging questions about the commitment to teaching and the coherence of the undergraduate curriculum. But those concerns were always eclipsed by the fact that Harvard was the world's richest university. The wealth glossed over its imperfections like fresh paint on an old house.
Meyer left in 2005 amid controversy over the multimillion-dollar bonuses paid to some of his money managers. Rumors also swirled that he had clashed with Larry Summers over control of HMC. It's hard to know: Neither man is talking. Still, there is no question that Summers took a much more active role in Harvard's money management than his predecessors.
After Meyer stepped down, he was replaced by Mohamed El-Erian, a managing director at the bond giant Pimco, who lasted just under two years in the post. He was followed by Jane Mendillo, who had been managing Wellesley College's endowment, and whose assumption of the job last July would become the very definition of bad timing.
The turnover may have hurt, because last fall's stock market meltdown seemed to catch HMC asleep at the wheel. As of June 30, 2008, the Harvard endowment was 105 percent invested: HMC had borrowed above the endowment's value in order to make additional bets. With the vast majority of its money tied up in holdings from which it could not easily be extracted, the university was ill prepared when the tanking Dow spurred anxious counterparties to call in their chits. Those margin calls forced Harvard to put up collateral—cash that it did not have. And it couldn't unload its illiquid investments to come up with that money, because their value had fallen so precipitously that no one had any idea what they were really worth.
Further squeezing Harvard was a transaction Summers had pushed it into in 2004, when he successfully argued that the university should engage in a multibillion-dollar interest rate swap with Goldman Sachs and other large banks. Under the terms of the deal, Harvard would pay Goldman a long-term fixed rate while Goldman paid Harvard the Federal Reserve rate. The main goal was to lock in a low rate for future debt, and if the Fed had raised rates, Harvard would have made hundreds of millions. But when the Fed slashed rates to historic lows to try to goose stalled credit markets, the deal turned equally sour for Harvard: By last November, the value of the swaps had fallen to negative $570 million. The university found itself needing to post more collateral to guarantee those swaps, and would ultimately buy its way out of them at an undisclosed cost.
HMC "took the university right to the edge of the abyss," one alumnus, a financier who is privy to details of the university's balance sheet, told me. I asked what he meant. "Meaning, you're out of cash.
"That," he added, "is the definition of insolvency."
And so last fall HMC had no choice but to sell some $2 billion worth of stock into a plunging market. Harvard also raised an additional $2.5 billion by selling bonds on which—again because of the awful timing—it will pay interest at a significantly greater rate than identically rated corporate debt. As Bloomberg News has reported, the terms of Harvard's bond sale mean that its interest costs will mushroom to as much as $550 million over three decades. In February, HMC, suddenly not looking so smart anymore, started laying off about a quarter of its staff.
On campus, there has been widespread denial about the severity of this crisis, a deep reluctance to admit that the endowment losses are going to have profound long-term ramifications. And many Harvardians still don't know or understand exactly what happened, because the people who do know don't want to talk about it. Some of Faust's closest advisers actually opposed her initial letter to the Harvard community last November regarding the endowment plunge, essentially saying they could tough it out until the year-end financial report, by which time the markets might have risen.
Though the stock market hemorrhaging appears to be over, Harvard isn't out of trouble. According to the university's 2008 financial report, in the next 10 years it must pay various private investors some $11 billion in capital commitments. Where will that money come from if, as seems likely, endowment growth over
those years is minimal or nonexistent, and alumni's own strained budgets limit their generosity?
"If you can't afford to lose the money"—and a university that depends on its endowment to defray operating costs can't—"don't play the game," says one Harvard grad, an investor who was once involved in the university's finances.
"You had very smart people [at HMC] who never had a real answer to the question 'What would happen if this doesn't work out your way? What if what the black box is predicting doesn't occur?'
"The answer would always be 'That's impossible,' or 'You don't understand.'
"The arrogance," says this alum, "was palpable."
To get a sense of how Faust is selling the changes Harvard must undergo, I crashed an April question-and-answer session she gave at Dudley House, the grad student center in Harvard Yard. About 50 students, mostly doctoral candidates, had turned out. Faust arrived promptly, but most of the people in the room didn't notice; she does not compel attention. A tall, angular woman, Faust can look stern when she is not smiling, and despite her southern roots (she's from Virginia) she projects a Puritan austerity. She was wearing dark slacks, a black blouse, and a gray jacket. A publicity shot of Faust while Radcliffe dean showed her decked out in funky, oversize hoop earrings. Now she was uniformed in discreet gold hoops, a gold necklace, and gold wire-rimmed glasses.
She began by speaking for a few minutes without notes, indulging in the kind of boilerplate into which university presidents too often lapse and on which Faust too often relies. "You represent the future of higher education," she told the students. "I am depending on all of you to keep the flame of commitment alive…."
Barack Obama could pull this off, but Faust is not Barack Obama. She is adept at communicating small truths, but her sweeping statements tend to feel forced. Things picked up when she told the graduate students, "I'm not allowed to say that I favor one school or another, but a lot of my heart is with you." For about an hour, they asked Faust questions, mostly about the scholarly life. Perhaps because she felt at home among this group, Faust's answers were, for her, unusually personal, touching upon an awkward theme: At virtually every point in her career, she has been promoted not only because of her merits, which are considerable, but also because of gender. While her gender has helped her get ahead, it has also left her, fairly or not, hampered by the perception that she is a beneficiary of affirmative action.
Faust told the students how, after earning her Ph.D. in American studies at UPenn, she was hired there as a lecturer and, ultimately, a tenured professor of history. "To be quite honest," Faust said, "the department thought, We're going to have to hire a woman—better to hire a woman we know and trust than to hire a strange and unknown one.
"This [pattern] happened over and over," Faust said. As she went on to become Penn's first female department head and win appointments to committees dealing with everything from tenure recommendations to athletic policy, "people were looking for women to do administrative jobs, and I seemed to be more or less sane." She was the woman university officials turned to when they needed a woman. It was the same at Harvard, where President Rudenstine convinced her to become Radcliffe dean in 2001. "Harvard was slightly retrograde, so I had to come here and do a lot of that over," she said.
Her honesty was self-effacing and likable—but as one graduate student who's known Faust for years told me afterward, Faust has been dispensing bits and pieces of this autobiography since before she became president. It's getting old, this student said. Where was the Faust who could command respect as she confronted Harvard's economic woes?
Drew Faust would love to spend her tenure teaching graduate students, promoting the arts and the environment, ribbon-cutting at new dance and theater spaces—an NPR presidency, you might say. Which is why the current economic crisis seems so deeply ironic: Just as Harvard prepared to refocus on its core mission of teaching and scholarship, led by a passionate champion of those pursuits, the one thing no one ever expected to get in the way is suddenly making that harder.
Faust has groused to associates that she is not happy about the amount of time she must now devote to financial matters. Even though she is said to have delegated most of the economic oversight to executive vice president for finance Ed Forst, she has been meeting with deans and department heads to discuss their new budgets, instructing them to plan for 15 percent cuts. And however diligently she ducks the media, she is inevitably the public face of the university's hardships. Sometimes, it seems as if she's straining to change the subject. Recently Faust sent a mass e-mail to alums in praise of some students who spent their spring break volunteering, not usually the type of thing meriting a presidential missive. "It's been tough on her," says one
colleague. "She's been beaten up a lot."
This spring Harvard offered early retirement to some 500 FAS staffers. Only about 150 accepted, which means the university will likely have to fire people—probably in the summer, to minimize bad press and potential commencement protests. A campus group calling itself the Student Labor Action Movement (S.L.A.M.) has taken to parodying a pro-environment slogan Faust has been pushing: The president's "Green is the new Crimson" has become "Greed is the new Crimson." In April members of S.L.A.M. loudly interrupted Faust's lunch in a house dining hall and presented her with a T-shirt bearing their mantra. She's not unsympathetic to such passions; as an undergraduate herself at Bryn Mawr, Faust traveled to Alabama on a civil rights protest. But it was the latest sign that her honeymoon is over.
Increasingly, money dominates the Harvard conversation. On April 14, FAS dean Mike Smith, a Faust appointee, held an open meeting in a packed Sanders auditorium. Sitting on a stool and occasionally tapping on a laptop, he delivered alarming news: Despite efforts to close the budget gap, FAS was facing an ongoing annual $220 million deficit. And by the 2011 fiscal year, the university would be cutting FAS's annual infusion of endowment cash by $125 million.
There were no more inefficiencies, Smith said, no loose dollars here and there. "It is extremely important for us to think deeply about how we not only resize our activities…[but] to really start thinking about reshaping these activities."
The "reshaping" is already more dramatic than the word suggests. The career services office is talking about closing for a month in the summer; other offices are expected to take similar furloughs. The library system, its budget pared by 31 percent, is cutting back on hours and book purchases, and the Quad Library is closing altogether. The college's "January term," part of a much-ballyhooed new curriculum, is now dead. Harvard has already halted the hiring of junior faculty and announced an early retirement program for tenured professors, and for the first time ever is considering laying off tenured professors. Funds for housemasters are being slashed by one-fourth, and even the hot breakfasts the houses served on weekdays are out. Meanwhile, idled cranes bow over the pit in Allston, as if in mourning.
"The grumbling" of faculty discontent "is growing louder, no longer whispered but said in front of strangers," one professor e-mailed me. The faculty worries that the low-key style that was once seen as a welcome change is actually a sign that Faust was unprepared for the job and is now in over her head.
"Everybody says they like her," this professor wrote, "but she doesn't know anything."
[sidebar]In the midst of its economic pain lies an opportunity for Harvard. It can reconsider itself, restate its core values. It can conduct the kind of soul-searching that should have been sparked by Larry Summers—intentionally or not—but was lost in the mad rush to oust him.
"If Harvard is honest," says one high-powered alum active in university affairs, "we'll say, 'We want a sustainable, long-term, top-notch university. And we can't be all things to all people. What we can do is excel, and that means we have to live within our means.'"
Drew Faust just might be an ideal president to steer that university, a president comfortable with humility, one whose professional ambitions have always been tempered by intractable circumstance. A chastened Harvard could be well led by a woman who has never allowed herself to indulge in illusions of grandeur. But first, she will have to provide that clear leadership.
At Dudley House that day, one of the graduate students asked Faust a question about the impact of budget cuts. He prefaced it by thanking her, saying, "We all know you didn't sign up for this."
Her face carefully expressionless, Faust didn't acknowledge the sentiment. Nor, particularly, did she answer the question.
Richard Bradley is editor in chief of Worth and the author of Harvard Rules: The Struggle for the Soul of the World's Most Powerful University.
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Diesel fuel: why aren't there more diesels?
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Diesel engines generally have far higher gas mileage than equivalent gasoline engines. They also tend to last longer, which can make them cheaper in the long, long run. Busses and trucks tend to have diesels because of their massive torque and economy; however, American taxis and fleet cars do not, partly because very few cars are available with diesels.
The U.S. government subsidizes ethanol despite that fuel's terrible economics and impact on the environment as a whole (ethanol takes a great deal of energy to produce). However, biologically created biodiesel can be better for the environment than standard gasoline, and can be a greater boon to farmers, since it is much less energy-intensive to create. It also does not require modifications to diesel engines, as far as research can tell.
So what stands in the way of diesels?
First, in terms of the environment, diesel emissions have a high percentage of particulates per gallon burned - particulates suspected to be carcinogenic. However, we have not seen any research that considers the impact per mile driven and compares it with the impact of gasoline engines. If one vehicle has, say, 1% noxious emissions in its exhaust, and another has 1.5%, which is better for the environment? Clearly the one with 1.5%, if it gets double the gas mileage - but the U.S. government doesn't see it that way. Everything works by proportion, so that a thrifty Toyota Corolla is judged by the same proportion standards as the gas-hog Cadillac - and the even-bigger-hog heavy-duty Yukon gets a break!
In terms of sales, many people are reluctant to pony up the extra thousand (or three thousand) for a diesel, partly because gasoline is relatively cheap, and partly because most people do not keep their cars nearly as long as European drivers do. (In Europe, diesels are very popular, but cars are kept for a long, long time due to their relatively high cost - taxes are one factor, and small markets are another).
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Just as there is a fleet average mileage law, there is a (less publicized) fleet average emissions law. Why do you think VW sells those turbo diesels like hotcakes, then "runs out" in the middle of the year? They have used up their quota.
Here in California, it is even worse. There is a strict quota on the number of 1 ton diesels the Big 3 can bring into the state each month. Do you think Dodge is going to cut back on high profit Ram diesels so it can sell diesels in Caravans? Nope.
I know today there was a blurb on the Allpar.com "news" page about raising the CAFE mileage. It had a predictably slanted comment that it would be easy to raise the CAFE mileage if only the feds would force the Big Bad 3 to sell more diesels. Sorry, that isn't the way it works in the real world. Yes, diesels get higher mileage, but the emissions laws are the enemy of CAFE.
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It's not just California. Other states like New York, Massachusetts and Maine also limit diesels. And the EPA is not friendly to them either. The new Freightliner Sprinter, which is only offered with a diesel, cannot be registered in those states for at least another year.
In Europe, it's different. The huge difference between diesel and gasoline prices make diesels the engine of choice for lots of people. In Germany, most police cars are powered by 4- or 5-cylinder diesels with automatic transmissions. That includes those sleek silver-and-green Mercedes E-Class cruisers in use in DC's home state of Baden-Wuerttemberg. The Chrysler Voyager minivan built in Austria has had a diesel option for years and I believe they account for a large percentage of sales. The diesels in development for the Neon and PT Cruiser are destined for the European market.
It's interesting that last year, when gas prices were so high in the midwest, Detroit (which does not have the California restrictions) became one of VWoA's best markets for diesel cars. Area dealers couldn't keep them is stock.
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Bacon and egg pasta is a fun and quick dish to make and will please the taste buds of your whole family. For a healthy upgrade, this recipe includes green peas and frisée. The bitter frisée naturally pairs well with the salty bacon and eggs.
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Calories | 545 |
Total Fat | 16g |
Saturated Fat | 6g |
Cholesterol | 224mg |
Sodium | 630mg |
Total Carbohydrate | 76g |
Dietary Fiber | 10g |
Sugars | -- |
Protein | 23g |
Calcium | -- |
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Serves: 4
Yields: 4 main-dish servings
Total Time: 30 min
Prep Time: 20 min
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- 4 slice(s) bacon, chopped
- 3 clove(s) garlic, very finely chopped
- 1/4 teaspoon(s) crushed red pepper
- 1/2 cup(s) frozen peas
- Salt
- Pepper
- 12 ounce(s) linguine or spaghetti
- 4 large eggs
- 1 medium bunch frisée, cut into 1-inch pieces
- 2 green onions, light and dark green parts only, thinly sliced
- Heat large covered saucepot of salted water to boiling on high. In 12-inch nonstick skillet on medium, cook bacon 8 to 9 minutes or until browned and crisp, stirring occasionally. With slotted spoon, transfer bacon to paper-towel-lined plate to drain; set bacon aside.
- Discard all but 2 tablespoons bacon fat from skillet. To same skillet on medium, add garlic and red pepper. Cook 30 seconds or until garlic is golden, stirring frequently. Remove from heat and add peas, stirring to coat and warm through. Transfer mixture to large bowl. Season with 1/4 teaspoon salt and stir well to blend. Set aside.
- Cook pasta in boiling water as label directs. Meanwhile, wipe out same skillet with paper towel and heat on medium-low. Without breaking yolks, carefully add eggs to hot skillet and cook 5 to 6 minutes or until whites are set but yolks are still runny. Sprinkle eggs with 1/8 teaspoon salt and 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper.
- Reserve 1/4 cup pasta cooking water. Drain pasta and add to bowl with pea mixture, along with frisée, reserved bacon, and pasta water. Toss to combine. Divide among 4 shallow serving bowls. Top each with 1 egg and garnish with green onions.
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Ferrari technical director Aldo Costa has revealed that he is pleased with the progress of the Italian teams Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS), despite several reliability issues interrupting their scheduled programme during this weeks Bahrain test.
Over the past three days, the Ferrari has covered more than 300 laps of the Sakhir circuit. But a problem with the system's cooling element marred Kimi Raikkonens Tuesday running, while gearbox and electrical troubles limited Felipe Massas time in the car on Wednesday.
There might be some problems ahead, like the ones we've had over the past two days with the completely new components of the KERS, or with experiments, like the ones we had on the gearbox, explained Costa on Ferraris official website. (But) as far as the KERS is concerned I have to say that we're quite satisfied with what we've seen so far, although there's still lots of work to do.
With just one more day of testing in Bahrain left, Costa is already refocusing his attentions towards next months two Spanish sessions, and is particularly looking forward to supervising a more comprehensive evaluation of the F60s aerodynamics.
We used a standard configuration for the aerodynamics here in Bahrain, with just some minor updates," he added. "The complete one we'll see at the next tests in Jerez and Barcelona, where we will conclude our preparation for the Australian Grand Prix."
Once the Sakhir test is over on Thursday evening, Ferrari will return to their Maranello base in Italy to analyse the data they have gleaned, ahead of their return to the test track at Jerez in March.


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* Options Northwest Kansas Domestic and Sexual Violence Services support groups in Hays are for people in or who have been in abusive relationships. Call for time and location, (785) 625-3055 or (800) 794-4624.
* Need help with addiction? Call (800) 556-8885.
* Meal Site reservations for seniors age 60 or older must be made the day before eating at the Meal Site. For reservations or cancellations, call (785) 628-6644 between 9 a.m. and noon.
* Hays Rotary Club, noon, Pam's Bakery Shop and Catering Heritage Room. Guest: Charlotte Linser, executive director of Options: Domestic and Sexual Violence Services.
* TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) No. 416, Hays, weigh-ins, 11:30 a.m. to noon. Meeting, noon, Via Christi Village basement, assisted living front entrance, 2225 Canterbury. Call (785) 656-2570 for more information. Everyone is welcome.
* Weight Watchers meeting, 6:30 p.m., Frontier meeting room, 203 W. 41st. Weigh-ins, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
* PEO Chapter BQ meeting, 7 p.m., Sophisticates. Hostess is Sonci Lasley. Mary Casey and Betty Calvert serving as co-hostesses. Karen Gutierrez, EC, will show "What's New at Sophisticates" for the program.
* Diabetic support group meeting, 6 p.m. at Link Inc., 2401 E. 13th. Public is welcome. Refreshments will be served.
* Hays Lions Club meeting, noon, Pam's Bakery Shop and Catering, 230 E. Eighth.
* TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) No. 818 meeting, 6 p.m., Trinity Lutheran Church basement, 2703 Fort.
* Open-door Alanon family meeting, 8 p.m., 410 Oak.
* Hays Recreation Commission board meeting, 7:15 a.m., Hays Recreation Center, 1105 Canterbury.
* Support for caregivers coffee break, 10 to 11:30 a.m., Center for Health Improvement. For those who are caring for a loved one who is ill or disabled.
* Hays Optimist Club meeting, noon, Golden Corral, 383 Mopar Drive.
* Kiwanis Club of Hays meeting, noon, Pam's Bakery Shop and Catering Heritage Room, 230 E. Eighth. For more, visit www.hayskiwanis.org.
* Open-door Alanon family meeting, noon, 410 Oak.
* Narcotics Anonymous, 8 p.m., 410 Oak. Phone: (785) 625-9860, Josh at (785) 625-0991 or Mary at (785) 432-2428.
* Solid Sound Ladies barbershop quartet practice, 6:30 p.m., Trinity Lutheran Church, 2700 Fort.
* AA Chapter No. 115, non-smoking meeting, 5:30 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, 2900 Hall.
* New Beginnings open-door Alanon meeting, 7:30 p.m., Trinity Lutheran Church, 2703 Fort.
* Hays High Plains barbershop chorus and quartets meeting, 7:30 p.m., Trinity Lutheran Church basement.
* Sunrise Rotary Club of Hays meeting, 7 a.m., Victor E. Tiger Lounge, Gross Memorial Coliseum at Fort Hays State University. Meal is not provided, but attendees can bring breakfast.
* Resource Family Support Group for adoptive or foster parents, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., North Oak Community Church, 3000 Oak. For more information, call Mindy Eck at (785) 726-4039.
* Narcotics Anonymous, 10 p.m., 410 Oak. For more information, call (785) 625-9860, Josh at (785) 625-0991 or Mary at (785) 432-2428.


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The evening included caroling on the Conch Train, cookies and a surprise visit from Santa & Mrs. Claus, complete with an early holiday gift for all the children.
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Joshua inspires his teachers to run with us
6 March 2012
Joshua, the inspirational schoolboy who fronts our Run With Us campaign alongside Jessica Ennis, now has his teachers in training for the SIG Insulations Sheffield Half Marathon.
Joshua, 14, was diagnosed with cerebral palsy aged 18 months. He has been treated ever since at The Children's Hospital and has undergone many operations and procedures.
Despite this, at the age of ten he took part in the Great Yorkshire Run with his twin brother Samuel and he now runs for the Hallamshire Harriers.
Joshua's latest achievement is to encourage eight of his teachers to join Team Theo and run the Sheffield Half Marathon on 27 May.
Peter Walton, Head of PE at Birley Community College, said: "When Josh asked me if I'd run the Sheffield Half Marathon I immediately said yes.
"Josh is an inspiration to both the teachers and his fellow pupils here and I'm amazed at what he's capable of, so of course we wanted to support him and the hospital.
"He has only ever missed two lessons of PE despite his condition and he is always up for whatever sport we are playing."
The teachers, whose subjects include PE, Design and Technology, IT and French are hoping to raise at least £1000 and will be organising a non-uniform day at the school to help achieve their target.
"We're a mixed bunch," said Peter, "Some of us have run marathons before, but this will be PE teacher Tara Madeley's first ever half marathon. Paul Richards, who teaches IT, is the one to beat as he ran last year's half marathon in just under one hour and 40 minutes."
Joshua's mum Michaela said: "Joshua is an inspiration to everyone he meets, nothing defeats him."
Supporters from across the region are now raring to run for the charity after Joshua and Jessica launched our Run With Us campaign a few weeks ago.
The Adventure Film Festival at the Showroom Cinema this weekend will also be supporting the campaign.
Sheffield Adventure Film Festival Director Matt Heason said: "We're delighted to support the Run with Us campaign. The Children's Hospital Charity is a great cause and the Sheffield Adventure Film Festival is all about inspiring people to get out there and have a go.
"There's a cracking line up of running films and speakers at this year's festival including a lecture by English marathon record holder Charlie Spedding."
Whether you're an experienced runner or a complete beginner, when you run with us we'll support you all the way.
There are races happening all over the country throughout the year – please make 2012 your year to make a difference and run with us.
For information about the Sheffield Adventure Film Festival, visit: www.shaff.co.uk
The SIG Insulations Sheffield Half Marathon and 3k Fun Run will take place on Sunday 27 May 2012 at Don Valley Stadium at the new start time of 9:00am. For more information visit www.sheffieldmarathon.com
Left to right - Keith Cronin (PE), Paul Richards (IT), Mark Burdett (DT), Kim Page (DT), Luke Chapman (Science), Joshua Draycott, Pete Walton (PE), Tara Madeley (PE), Bev Chadburn (Science Technician).
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Nico Rosberg has been appointed as Williams's second official test driver for the 2005 season. The 19-year-old will undertake his first testing duties next Tuesday at Silverstone.
Rosberg, son of Formula One world champion, Keke, who won his title with Williams in 1982, first sat behind the wheel of a Formula One car on December 3, 2002 in Barcelona, an opportunity awarded by Williams engine partners BMW in recognition of his achievements in the German Formula BMW ADAC Championship, during which Rosberg won an impressive nine of 20 races.
At 17 years of age, Rosberg was the youngest driver ever to take part in a Formula One test. His performance in Barcelona earned him two further runs with the team, first in Jerez in December 2003 and again in January 2004 in Barcelona.
Working alongside Antonio Pizzonia, the German will play a key role in the ongoing development of the Williams FW27, assisting the team in the 2005 championship. In addition to his Formula One responsibilities, Rosberg will also be contesting the new GP2 Series with the ART Grand Prix Team in 2005.
"I'm really happy that I've been offered this opportunity,said a delighted Rosberg. I'm now looking forward to helping the team and I'm sure I'll be able to do a good job. Formula One testing will also help me in GP2 as I will be in a position to learn so much more about the technical processes and about how the sport works at the highest level. Hopefully this will help me progress as a driver as well."
"We are delighted to have another talented Rosberg in the team," added team principal Frank Williams.
While Rosberg will regularly be on the track as an official test driver, reigning European Touring Car Champion, Andy Priaulx, will also be carrying out certain duties for Williams this season.
Following a successful test with the team in January this year, an invitation extended by BMW in recognition of his efforts in winning the 2004 European Touring Car Championship, the British driver will be conducting driving duties at additional testing sessions and marketing days, including an appearance at the BMW Power Festival at Rockingham at the end of May.
On his new role, Priaulx commented: "I'm really pleased that my relationship with the BMW WilliamsF1 Team is developing, and I hope that my single-seater experience, combined with my working methods, will make a positive contribution to the team's testing programme."
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Phthisis bulbi sounds pretty darn scary, and even scarier because there isn't any treatment. Also, I can't believe that so many different things can cause it: an eye injury, infection, cancer or radiation. That's a lot of things that can cause ocular atrophy!
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Oakhurst Cooperative Preschool is now accepting resumes from qualified candidates for Summer Camp Administrator, Lead Teachers, and Assistant Teachers. Our summer camp at OCP for three- to six-year-olds is child-led, play-based, and nature-based. Activities are designed to stimulate a child's imagination and development with an emphasis on integrating nature, all while having fun.
Paid training, planning, and orientation days will be required prior to the start of camp. Employees are also expected to provide CPR and First Aid certifications or complete appropriate training. Background and reference checks are mandatory.
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The Summer Camp Administrator oversees the day-to-day operations of the building, the classes, and a staff composed of four Lead Teachers and four Teaching Assistants. On-site hours are 8:30 AM-2:00 PM, Monday-Friday. Candidates for the Administrator position must demonstrate enthusiastic, caring personalities and high levels of energy. Pay for the Camp Administrator is $18-20/hour depending on experience.
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With Christmas approaching, our thoughts are increasingly turning to a number of issues surrounding the festive period. Local high streets are becoming busier as many of us start the process of Christmas shopping. But selecting the right gifts is clearly only one part of the process. It's also important to concentrate on domestic issues.
With family members coming to visit, many of us are keen to ensure that our homes are in the perfect condition. That means making sure that they are at their very best.
Although we may think about the excitement of putting up the Christmas tree and the shimmering of the decorations, preparations will often begin considerably earlier.
We'll want to create the right impression for visitors. That means having a home that is clean and feels welcoming. So how can we set about achieving this?
Get rid of the clutter!
Having a house full of guests and visitors can suddenly make things feel different. That spacious home that we share with our family members can soon begin to feel crowded. Rather than offering a welcoming space, it can seem cluttered.
That's probably not the atmosphere that you're seeking to create. Fortunately, you can do something about it.
Take a look around your home, one room at a time. Think about the items that you have in each room and consider whether you really need them. Try to be as objective as possible. You may well discover that there are plenty of items that could be discarded or temporarily removed.
Many of us tend to hoard items, ornaments and pieces of furniture. We often keep them because we feel that we should to, rather than because they are really necessary. Removing all of this clutter can be incredibly liberating.
But there's a practical purpose here too. You're creating more space for visitors to your home. You'll be ensuring that they won't, for instance, have to struggle to put a wine glass down on your coffee table because that table is so cluttered with ornaments and accessories. As a result, you'll have made your home more welcoming.
Cleaning your home
If you've removed all of that clutter then you're well on your way to preparing your home for Christmas. After tidying, it's time to think about cleaning.
Many of us lead busy working lives, meaning that we don't get to clean as much as we'd like. Now is a great opportunity to carry out a deep clean.
The fact that you will soon have a house full of guests gives you the perfect excuse to have everything looking at its best. That extends to all elements of the home.
Don't forget your carpets and upholstery. These can make a massive difference to how your home appears, but they are easily overlooked.
There are a number of options available to you when it comes to getting carpets cleaned and you might want to look at using a good quality carpet cleaner. This will produce a really good finish, ensuring that your home looks fit for royalty!
If you're not intending on using a carpet cleaner then you will certainly want to use a standard vacuum cleaner to make certain that your carpets are clean and ready to be seen by guests.
The finishing touches
If your home is clean and tidy then you'll feel much happier when guests do start to arrive. You'll be in position to entertain them and to have an enjoyable time this Christmas.
All that will remain will be the fun elements of the preparations. So it's time to think about making the mince pies and putting up the Christmas decorations!
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Race and Social Inequality
August 13, 2003 // 12:00am
Brazil Institute
There are striking similarities between race relations in the United States and Brazil. Recently there has been a great deal of attention paid to this subject in both countries, and it deserves to be studied and analyzed from all perspectives.
The New Agenda for Change in Mexico
July 31, 2003 // 3:00pm — 4:00pm
Latin American Program
A Director's Forum with His Excellency Jorge Castañeda, Former Secretary of Foreign Relations of Mexico and the Global Distinguished Professor at New York University
A Celebration of the Life of Carlos Soza
July 24, 2003 // 12:00am
Environmental Change and Security Program
ECSP and the Izaak Walton League of America co-sponsor a reception to celebrate the life of Guatemalan conservation leader Carlos Soza, who died of liver cancer on May 28, 2003.
Cross-Border Dialogues between the United States and Mexico
June 17, 2003 // 9:00am — 12:00pm
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Celebrating the publication of the book:Cross-Border Dialogues: U.S.-Mexico Social Movement NetworkingEdited by David Brooks and Jonathan Fox(La Jolla: Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, 2003)
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May 23, 2003 // 2:00pm — 5:00pm
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On May 23, 2003 the Woodrow Wilson Center Mexico Institute, University of California, Berkeley APEC Study Center, and the Mexican Center for Economic Teaching and Research (CIDE) co-sponsored a seminar at the Wilson Center on the Politics of Trade in Mexico and the United States, with generous funding from US Mexus Riverside. Four speakers and a commentator—Gary Huffbauer from the Institute for International Economics; Antonio Ortíz Mena from CIDE; Jeff Faux from the Economic Policy Institute; Isabel Studer from FLACSO; and Vinod Aggarwal from the University of California, Berkeley—addressed different aspects of trade policymaking in the two countries and pointed to possible scenarios for the future.
Responding to Crises in the Hemisphere
May 20, 2003 // 12:00am
Latin American Program
Discussion of political crises in Latin America and their threat to democratic governance. Participants sought ways to identify points of crisis and then to suggest precise research that would enable the philanthropic and policy communities to respond to crises that arise in the hemisphere in appropriate and effective ways.
New Parameters of Partnerships in U.S.-Mexico Relations
May 09, 2003 // 9:00am — 2:00pm
Mexico Institute
Progress and Prospects: 75 Days of Lula
March 19, 2003 // 11:00am — 1:00pm
Brazil Institute
Alexandre Barros, President of Early Warning, a Brasília based political risk management firm and of Fórum Empresarial Brasil discusses the first days of the new Brazilain President
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January 20, 2003 // 11:00pm
Latin American Program
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1 lb ground beef
1/4 cup chopped onions
2-3 cloves fresh minced garlic (optional)
2 (14 1/2 ounce) cans ready-cut tomatoes
1 (3 ounce) can diced green chilies
1 cup sliced fresh mushrooms
2 2/3 cups canned pinto beans , drained
1 tablespoon chili powder
1 teaspoon cumin
8 corn tortillas , cut into 1 inch strips
2-3 cups cheddar cheese , shredded
1 cup sour cream
Set oven to 350 degrees.
Grease a 13 x 9″ baking dish OR a casserole dish.
In a skillet, saute ground beef with onion and garlic (if using), until meat is no longer pink; drain any fat.
Add in tomatoes, chopped chilies, mushrooms, Pinto beans, chili powder and cumin, mix slightly; simmer, uncovered for 10 minutes.
In a baking dish, arrange a single layer of tortilla strips.
Pour 1/4 cup of the tomato mixture, and 1/3 of the cheese over the tortillas strips.
Set aside a little of the cheese for the top Repeat layers.
Bake for 30 minutes.
Before serving, spread a layer of sour cream over the top of casserole, and sprinkle with any remaining reserved cheese.


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This post is part of The Cat Quilt-Along, click here to see more posts. A complete pdf version of the pattern is available in my shop.
The Cat Quilt: Approved by actual cats.
Now that you have your 25 cat blocks, it's time to put them all together! You can find the complete materials list and cutting instructions for the background fabric here.
Make the Quilt Top
All seams are sewn with a 1/4" seam allowance and pressed open.
- Arrange the cat blocks in 5 rows of 5.
- Sew the 5 blocks in each row together, sewing a vertical sashing piece between each block and beginning and ending with a block.
- Sew the 5 rows together, sewing a horizontal sashing piece between each row and beginning and ending with a row.
- Sew the vertical border pieces to the left and right sides of the quilt.
- Sew the horizontal border pieces to the top and bottom of the quilt.
Finish the Quilt
A small quilt like this is a great place to practice straight line quilting with a walking foot!
I used my walking foot to quilt a grid pattern of diagonal lines, each about 1/2" apart. If you want to do this, I recommend using a water-soluble marker to mark the first line of stitching near the center of the quilt. After quilting along the marked line, you can simply use the edge of your walking foot as a guide to echo the first line of quilting all the way out to the edges of the quilt.
Keep in mind that walking feet come in a variety of widths and using the edge of your foot as a guide might not result in a perfect 1/2" grid. However, I think it's the easiest way to get a consistent grid. It doesn't matter if it's not a perfect 1/2". Nobody is going to measure!
Finish all of the quilting going in one direction before repeating the process to quilt diagonal lines in the opposite direction.
Bind your quilt as desired.
And, that's it! I hope you had fun quilting along! Remember to keep using #catventquiltalong on Instagram.


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