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R-55, if the voters had approved it, would have upheld a law authorizing public charter schools. Since the law was rejected, public charter schools are not allowed in the state. The schools that would have been allowed would have had conditions on their operation including that they would have to be operated by qualified nonprofit corporations, under contracts with local education boards, and they would have been allocated certain public funds.
The law challenged by R-55 was called Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 2295 (ESSHB 2295). It was passed in the 2004 session of the state legislature on its final passage: Senate: Yeas, 27; Nays, 22; Absent, 0; Excused, 0. House: Yeas, 51; Nays, 46; Absent, 0; Excused, 1. [1]
A "yes" vote was a vote to uphold ESSHB 2295, the public charter school law. A "no" vote was a vote to reject public charter schools.
R-55 had the distinction that Rosa Parks became involved, endorsing a "yes" vote.
Election results
|Referendum 55, Charter Schools
|Total votes
|Voter turnout
Supporters of a "yes" vote on R-55, to uphold public charter schools, as listed in the official Voter's Guide included:
- Dave Quall, Democrat, State Representative, teacher, Chair, House Education Committee
- Stephen Johnson, Republican, State Senator, Chair, Senate Education Committee
- David Shaw, past Pasco Superintendent and State Accountability Commission Chair
- Dr. Sam Smith, former President, Washington State University
- Raul Yzaguirre, President, National Council of La Raza
- Rosa Parks, Mother of the Modern American Civil Rights Movement.
Arguments in favor
Arguments made in the official Voter's Guide by R-55's supporters included:
- 30% of Washington public school students drop out.
- More than 50% of African-American, Latino and Native-American children drop out.
- Charter schools will help solve the drop-out problem, and other problems with Washington's public school system.
- Charter schools, because they "reduce bureaucracy and empower teachers and principals to innovate", will help solve these problems.
- To be accredited as a public charter school under this measure, "Qualified nonprofits run charter public schools under detailed, 5-year performance contracts. Like other public schools, charters employ state-certified teachers and cannot discriminate in admissions. Unlike other public schools, charters must pass independent performance audits."
- "Charters actually generate more money for public education by tapping millions in federal and charitable dollars available only to charters."
In rebuttal to the arguments put forward by their opposition, supporters closed with this impassioned rhetoric:
- "Progress"? Washington's 30% dropout rate is higher than most and not getting better. Children trapped in failing schools need alternatives, now. Children slipping through the cracks need alternatives, now. R-55 doesn't take money from public schools, it takes children out of failing schools. Failing schools waste taxpayers' money. Dropouts waste taxpayers' money. Approve R-55 and improve our public schools through more parental involvement, choices, innovation, accountability, independent performance audits, and less bureaucracy, without raising taxes.[1]
Campaign finance
Supporters of R-55 spent $3,945,029 making their case to Washington voters.[2]
The top 5 donors to "Approve Referendum 55" were:
- John Walton: $1,020,000
- Bill Gates: $1,000,000
- Donald G. Fisher: $965,388
- Eli Broad: $200,000
- Reed Hastings: $190,255
Opponents of R-55 as listed in the official Voter's Guide were:
- Catherine Ahl, Education Chair, League of Women Voters of Washington
- Tracey Eide, State Senator, Democrat, 30th District
- Mary E. Bass, President, Seattle School Board
- Idalia Apodaca, high school ESL teacher
- Christie Perkins, parent, Washington State Special Education Coalition
- Jim Kowalkowski, Superintendent, Pomeroy Schools; Director, Rural Education Center.
Arguments against
Arguments made in the official Voter's Guide by opponents of public charter schools were:
- If there are public charter schools, it will hurt the public school system.
- The improvement Washington voters hope to see in the public schools won't happen.
- "Charter schools will drain more than $100 million from public schools in the coming years and diminish our ability to continue improving all schools."
- "Charter schools are run by private boards, not publicly-elected local school boards."
In rebuttal to the reasons put forward by supporters of R-55, opponents said:
- ":All children in Washington deserve a quality education, but charter schools don't deliver. That's why Washington voters have rejected charter schools twice. The New York Times recently reported, 'Federal data show children in charter schools perform worse on math and reading tests than their counterparts in regular schools.' Washington voters already approved initiatives for smaller class sizes and a quality educator in every classroom. The State must fulfill this commitment first. Reject Referendum 55."[1]
Campaign finance
"Protect Our Public Schools" spent $1,338,204 to defeat R-55.[3]
The two largest donors to the campaign were:
- Washington Education Association: $654,856
- National Education Association: $500,000[3]
Similar initiatives
Before R-55 was defeated, Washington voters had previously defeated measures to allow school choice:
- Washington Charter Schools Act, Initiative 729 (2000)
- Washington Charter Schools, Initiative 177 (1996)
Path to the ballot
See also
External links
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Washington Secretary of State - Online Voters' Guide: Measures
- ↑ Follow the Money for R-55
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Donors to "No on R-55"


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Residents and pastors of Havelock area churches came together Thursday night to pray for the nation and community.
The Havelock-Cherry Point Ministerial Association held its National Day of Prayer service at First United Methodist Church in Havelock.
"We are here to pray for our nation," said the Rev. Kenny McCoy of Lighthouse Assembly of God. "Scripture tells us to pray for our leaders who have authority over us, and that's what we're doing."
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The Rev. Steve Epperson, of Cherry Point Baptist Church, gave God thanks for the state in which we live.
"We have a great state, and we thank you for its beauty and natural resources," he said. "We have great hospitals and schools. … For all of these things, we give you thanks."
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The Rev. Donnell Smith of New Life Christian Fellowship, prayed for families.
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Just more than a week after a Havelock firefighter went into a burning home to rescue a 2-year-old child, the Rev. Jim Daub, of St. Paul Lutheran Church and the emergency services chaplain for city police and fire, said a special prayer for firefighters and police officers as well as those in the military and military families.
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Vol. 22 , No. 06
Koizumi Legacy, Abe Challenges, and U.S.-Japan Relations
LUNCH 11:45 a.m., LECTURE 12:15 p.m.
Prime Minister Jun'ichiro Koizumi will undoubtedly go into the admittedly small pantheon of great Japanese postwar leaders. He transformed his own ruling party and Japanese politics, taking advantage of new capabilities to centralize power and enhance the prime minister's role in domestic and foreign policy. In foreign policy, he strengthened the U.S.-Japan alliance, and began a process of making Japan into a more "normal" nation with conventional military power even with the context of Japan's "peace constitution." However, he alienated Japan's neighbors by actions that revived memories of Japan's brutal behavior in the Pacific War. Washington and the Bush administration have welcomed Japan's Koizumi's actions and Japan's new role in the alliance and have high expectations for Koizumi's successor, Shinzo Abe. And yet, the new patterns set in motion by Koizumi also have potentially troublesome and even dangerous implications for U.S.-Japan relations and the Northeast East Asian region. In his talk, Ellis Krauss will explore both sides of Koizumi's ambiguous legacy, Abe's challenges and likely response, and what these may mean for the U.S. and the region.
Ellis S. Krauss is a professor at the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California, San Diego. He received his Ph.D. from Stanford University. Krauss is the author of many books and articles on Japanese politics and U.S.-Japan relations, his most recent book being Beyond Bilateralism: U.S.-Japan Relations in the New Asia Pacific (Stanford University Press, 2004), co-edited with T.J. Pempel. His 2000 book on Japan's public service broadcasting company, NHK, and politics Broadcasting Politics in Japan (Cornell University Press) has recently been translated into Japanese and reviewed positively in many of Japan's major newspapers. Ellis Krauss' lecture is sponsored by The Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies.
Defying Genocide in Rwanda
LUNCH 11:45 a.m., Lecture 12:15 p.m.
Much of what the world remembers about the Rwandan genocide are grim tales of betrayal, of neighbors killing neighbors and the slaughter of innocents. But there are other stories of people who resisted the urge to kill and who risked their lives to save the lives of others.
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In 1990 Carl Wilkens and his family moved to Kigali, Rwanda where Carl took up duties as the director of the Adventist Deveopment and Relief Agency (ADRA). His work involved specific projects to improve the quality of life for the people in what then was a beautiful and peaceful country. When political upheaval and a program of genocide engulfed the country in the spring of 1994, within three months, from April 7 to July 4, between 800,000 and one million Tutsis are estimated to have died, with countless others left widowed, physically wounded, or psychologically scarred. Wilkens was the only American who chose to stay in the country to help save lives and render assistance in whatever way he could. In describing that day and watching the cars and trucks rolling by, he says, "This sadness just came over me . . . . If people in Rwanda ever needed help, now was the time. And everybody's leaving."
Wilkens' courage and life-saving interventions, including conversations with Rwanda's Prime Minister, have been the topic of numerous interviews and articles. African Rights recently honored Carl Wilkens as a "true humanitarian," and one of nineteen persons whose courage in rescuing people during the genocide in Rwanda in 1994 is presented in the book Rwanda: Tribute to Courage (2002).
Carl Wilkens is currently pastor of the Milo Adventist Academy Church in Southern Oregon and his visit to CMC is sponsored by the Gould Center for Humanistic Studies as part of its seminar series Human Rights: Order/Disorder taught by visiting professor in religious studies, Jerry Fowler.
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Charles E. Bates is President and a Senior Partner of Bates White. He is the firm's senior adviser, leading the direction and development of economic analysis in large complex litigation engagements and working closely with clients to formulate case strategy. Dr. Bates has extensive experience in econometric modeling and economic analysis and specializes in the application of statistics and computer modeling to economic and financial issues.
Bates led the firm's team in In re Vitamins Antitrust Litigation (1999), the largest U.S. price-fixing case in history. He is also a prominent adviser and legal expert in product liability matters, leading the development of highly sophisticated, customized analytical tools that estimate future asbestos liability from personal injury and property damage lawsuits.
Prior to founding Bates White, he served as a Vice President of A.T. Kearney. Previously, he was the Partner in Charge of the Economic Analysis group at KPMG. Charles Bates began his career on the faculty of Johns Hopkins University's Department of Economics, where he taught courses in advanced statistical economic analysis and trade theory.
Lizard Brains and the Stock Market: An Evolutionary Synthesis of Rational and Behavioral Finance
One of the most influential ideas of modern financial economics is the Efficient Markets Hypothesis, the notion that market prices incorporate information rationally and instantaneously. However, the emerging discipline of behavioral economics and finance has challenged this hypothesis, arguing that markets are not rational, but reflect cognitive limitations and biases in decision-making, including fear and greed. Recent research in the cognitive neurosciences suggests that these two perspectives are opposite sides of the same coin. In his lecture, Andrew W. Lo will review the evidence for and against market efficiency and describe a new framework capable of reconciling rational and behavioral finance by applying the principles of evolution - competition, adaptation, and natural selection - to financial interactions.
Lo is the Harris & Harris Group Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management and the Director of MIT's Laboratory for Financial Engineering. He earned his Ph.D. from Harvard University and has served on the finance faculty at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School and MIT's Sloan School of Management. Professor Lo's research interests range from the empirical validation and implementation of financial asset pricing models to, most recently, evolutionary and neurobiological models of individual risk preferences and financial markets.
Andrew Lo has published numerous articles in finance and economics journals, and is a co-author of The Econometrics of Financial Markets (1997) and A Non-Random Walk Down Wall Street (1999). He is currently an associate editor of the Financial Analysts Journal, the Journal of Portfolio Management, the Journal of Computational Finance, and the Review of Economics and Statistics. He is a former governor of the Boston Stock Exchange, and currently a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, a member of the NASD's Economic Advisory Board, and founder and chief scientific officer of AlphaSimplex Group, LLC, a quantitative investment management company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Andrew Lo's visit to CMC is sponsored by the Financial Economics Institute.
We Wear The Mask: A Performance Reading of the Poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar
Mitch Capel is a storyteller, recording artist, poet, actor, and author who has been bringing stories to life and delighting audiences mostly throughout the United States with his warmth, wit, and compelling storytelling style since 1985. He is considered "the national interpreter" of poet laureate Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906). He has done "voice overs" for Dunbar on film and has memorized over 70% of Paul Laurence Dunbars' work.
Using narratives from historical research, as well as the essays and poetic genius of Paul Laurence Dunbar, Capel unveils the true depth of the soul and life of this remarkable poet laureate from Dayton, Ohio. Realize the struggle for existence, understand the courage, grasp the compassion, know why "the caged bird sings" and why "with torn and bleeding hearts, we smile." Capel's performance is billed as being as close as it gets to visiting with one of the greatest poets of any century.
He has received numerous awards for Artist of The Year from many national organizations, as well as various accolades from state and local government agencies recognizing his work with youth. He is the co-founder of The National African-American Storytellers' Retreat, and has been featured twice at The National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, Tenn. He is the official emcee at two National "Liars' Contests" and has been featured on National and International Public Radio.
Capel has produced four award-winning storytelling cassettes, three compact discs and has published a motivational children's book entitled The Jealous Farmer (2000). He recently collaborated and performed on a series of DVD's: "Jump Back, Honey Jump Back", "In Days Gone By", "Stories For Grown Folks" and "The Kings and Queens of Storytelling". His recent stage credits include "To Kill A Mockingbird" and "Driving Miss Daisy".
Mitch Capel's performance at the Athenaeum is made possible through the generosity of CMC alumunus Sam Reece '74.
La Nueva California: Latinos in the Golden State
David Hayes-Bautista is internationally recognized for his research on the culture and health of Latinos. Dr. Hayes-Bautista is professor of medicine at UCLA and is the founder and director of the UCLA Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture.
He is also the director of the UCLA/Drew Center of Excellence for Minority Medical Education, which is dedicated to increasing the number of minority physicians in clinical and academic careers. In addition, Dr. Hayes-Bautista is the faculty advisor for the UCLA/Drew chapter of the Latino Medical Student Association, the pre-medical group Chicanos/Latinos for Community Medicine, and he is a senior advisor to the California Latino Medical Association.
To date Dr. Hayes-Bautista has produced over 90 publications, including books, monographs, peer-reviewed articles, and editorials. His work has appeared in a variety of medical journals including Family Medicine, the American Journal of Public Health, Family Practice, Academic Medicine and Salud Publica de Mexico.
During his career, Dr. Hayes-Bautista has received more than 70 commendations for his work including the City of Los Angeles Mayor's Award, the March of Dimes Viva Los Ninos Award, the Lifetime Achievement in Health Sciences Eagle Award, and the Surgeon General's Hispanic/Latino Health Initiative Certificate. He came to UCLA from University of California Berkeley School of Public Health to head the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center in 1986. He joined the faculty of the UCLA School of Medicine in 1987. Dr. Hayes-Bautista, a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, earned his masters and his doctorate degrees in medical sociology from the University of California, San Francisco.
Russia and East Asia
As one of those in charge of formulating the main principles and goals of a new Russian policy in the Asia-Pacific region after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Dr. Panov will analyze and explain the problems and achievements of this policy as well as Russia's changing relations with East Asian countries and regional organizations. He will also elaborate on the complex issues in the Asia-Pacific area as a whole and on the state of relations between and among East Asian states.
Panov was the deputy foreign minister of Russia in charge of the Russian policy in the Asia-Pacific region from 1994–1996. He was Ambassador to the Republic of Korea (1992–1994), to Japan (1996–2003), and to the Kingdom of Norway (2004–2006). His foreign service career also included assignment to the Permanent Mission of the USSR to the United Nations (1977–1981).
Alexander Panov, born in 1944, graduated from Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1968, received his Ph.D. 1973, and was assistant professor at this Institute (1971–1977). For his diplomatic service he received the Order of Merit award and several other medals. He is currently the Rector of the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
Dr. Panov is author of several books, including Postwar Reforms in Japan (1978); Japanese Foreign Service (1988); From Distrust to Trust: Inside the Northern Territories Talks with Japan (in Japanese, 1992); After Thunder Storm Clear: Russian-Japanese Relations from 1996 to 2003 (in Japanese, 2004); Russia and Japan: Relations in the End of XX Century—Beginning XXI Century (2007). He is also author of more than 30 articles on the problems of the Asia-Pacific region.
The Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies is pleased to host Dr. Panov's visit to CMC as a Freeman Foundation Visiting Professor in Asian Affairs.
Ovid's Metamorphoses and the History of Art
"In a broad sense," writes art historian Paul Barolsky, "all art, even abstract or decorative art, is in some measure representational, and as such is an illusion or at least allusive, even when its meaning is elusive. The word 'illusion' is rooted in the word ludere, 'to play,' reminding us that all art, no matter how serious, is a form of play…" Such playfulness, such whimsy endows Barolsky's own discourses on art history. In the very titles of his books Michelangelo's Nose: A Myth and Its Maker (1997), Why Mona Lisa Smiles and Other Tales by Vasari (1991), Infinite Jest: Wit and Humor in Italian Renaissance Art (1978), and The Faun in the Garden: Michelangelo and the Poetic Origins of Italian Renaissance Art (1994), Barolsky promises merriment — and delivers that and ever so much more in language as bright, pellucid, and refreshing as the waters of a tropical (or pre-industrial Venetian) lagoon. With the vividness and motivity of a master storyteller, Professor Barolsky invites his readers — not only professional colleagues, but also a broader audience of non-specialists — to tag along on his intellectually picaresque journeys. But make no mistake: though the narrative in his many books and essays sometimes seems as footloose as it is (blessedly) footnote-less, Barolsky knows the terrain of classical and Renaissance art and literature as intimately and entirely as Virgil knew Mount Purgatory's.
The Commonwealth Professor at the University of Virginia's McIntire Department of Art, Paul Barolsky is the Ricardo J. Quinones Distinguished Lecturer for Academic Year 2006-07. Established in honor of the founding director of the Family of Benjamin Z. Gould Center for Humanistic Studies, the Quinones Lectureship brings to the CMC campus some of the world's preeminent intellectuals, writers, and public figures. Among Barolsky's other honors and awards are the Phi Beta Prize for his book Walter Pater's Renaissance (1987); appointments as Resident Scholar at the American Academy in Rome and the Getty Research Institute; and a Guggenheim Fellowship.
Professor Barolsky's Athenaeum presentation will include a slide show of works of art that illustrate Ovidian themes. The lecture is free and open to all.
Twenty-first Century Slavery: Living Proof
In 1986, when he was only seven, Francis Bok watched the Sudanese militia storm his village in southern Sudan. While the men of his village were slaughtered, Bok found himself strapped to a donkey and taken to the North, where for ten years he lived as a slave to a man named Giemma Abdullah. Though still a child, Bok was expected to tend to the family's vast herds of livestock. For ten years he was forced to endure daily threats and beatings, sleep with the cattle, and eat rotten food. Finally, at 17, he summoned the courage to escape, running for miles to the neighboring town of Matari.
Still, Francis Bok would continue to encounter several obstacles to his freedom. In Matari he was enslaved by the very police officers to whom he reported his abuse. Later, in the nation's capital of Khartoum, he was arrested and imprisoned by security forces for speaking openly among the city's refugee camps about his years of slavery. Bok was finally released in 1999 and granted UN Refugee Status the same year.
In 2000 Bok became the first escaped slave to testify before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations in Washington, D.C. in hearings that were broadcast live on C-SPAN; he met with former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright later that day. Mr. Bok was invited to return to the White House in 2002 for the signing of the Sudan Peace Act, following which he spoke with President Bush.
Bok joined the American Anti-Slavery Group as an associate in 2000. Since then, he has spoken to academic and religious communities across the country. Most notably, he headed a panel on slavery at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. He has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, and Essence Magazine, in addition to several radio and television shows.
Francis Bok's campus appearance is jointly sponsored by the Center for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights and the Athenaeum.
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Women and Heart Disease: An Under Appreciated Threat
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Though she took her major in Mathematics at Pomona College in 1971, Dr. Julie Buring is coming to CMC this time around. Currently, she divides her time between serving as professor of medicine, ambulatory care and prevention at Harvard University Medical School and acting as deputy director of Brigham and Woman's Hospital in Boston.
Thus far, the primary focus of Dr. Buring's research has been on the epidemiology of chronic diseases, particularly cardiovascular disease and cancer, and especially among women. At present, she is primarily involved in four ongoing large-scale randomized clinical trials. The first is the Women's Health Study, a primary prevention trial evaluating the balance of benefits and risks of low dose aspirin and vitamin E on cardiovascular disease and cancer among 40,000 female health professionals. The second is the Women's Antioxidant Cardiovascular Study, a secondary prevention trial evaluating the roles of vitamin E, vitamin C, beta-carotene, and folic acid/B6/B12 among 8,000 women with a prior history of heart disease. The third is the Physicians' Health Study II, evaluating vitamin E, vitamin C, beta-carotene, and a multivitamin among 15,000 male physicians. Finally, she leads the Brigham and Women's Hospital Vanguard Center of the Women's Health Initiative, evaluating the roles of low-fat diet, postmenopausal hormones, and calcium/vitamin D supplementation among over 70,000 women nationwide.
Dr. Buring's visit to CMC is sponsored by the Reed Institute of Applied Statistics. She will present two lectures at the Athenaeum, the first at 12:15 p.m. and the second at 6:45 p.m..
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Howard Gardner is the Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is also an adjunct professor of psychology at Harvard and Senior Director of Harvard Project Zero. Gardner developed the well-known theory of Multiple Intelligences, which broadens the assessment of intelligence beyond standard psychometric methods to consider linguistic, musical, emotional, logical-mathematical, spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, and personal forms of intelligence.
Among his many publications are Multiple Intelligences: Theory in Practice (1993), Leading Minds: An Anatomy of Leadership (1996), and Good Work: When Excellence and Ethics Meet (2001).
Gardner received the MacArthur Prize Fellowship in 1981, and in 2005 Foreign Policy and Prospect magazines selected him as one of the hundred most influential public intellectuals.
Howard Gardner will provide the keynote address for the 17th annual Kravis-de Roulet Conference, The Early Seeds of Leadership: Growing our Next Generation of Leaders. This year's conference brings together recognized scholars and practitioners who will discuss the important contributions of early leadership to one's life in leadership. Speakers will highlight research uncovering the early contribution of genetics through life-shaping experiences in college.
War by Other Means: Fighting the War on Terrorism
Accusations of imperial ambitions have flooded the political landscape as President George W. Bush has used his executive powers to wage war. But is Congressional anxiety warranted? Or is a stronger executive branch characteristic of an America at war and symbolic of how the Constitution intended presidential power to be employed? John Yoo argues that while Congress must act to guide our counterterror policy, it should avoid micromanaging the executive branch, particularly in war, where flexibility of action is paramount.
Yoo is a professor of law at the University of California at Berkeley (Boalt Hall School of Law) and a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. He served as general counsel of the Senate Judiciary Committee; as a law clerk to Justice Clarence Thomas and Judge Laurence H. Silberman; and, from 2001 to 2003, as a deputy assistant attorney general in the Office of Legal Counsel of the U.S. Department of Justice.
Yoo has recently published two books on war powers and terrorism. In The Powers of War and Peace (2005) he argues for a capacious understanding of presidential war powers through a recovery of the views of the founders on foreign affairs power, supplemented with arguments based on constitutional text, structure, and history. Yoo has been called the key legal architect of the Bush administration's response to 9/11. War By Other Means: An Insider's Account of the War on Terror (2006) offers an insider's account of the contexts, facts, and personalities behind the war on terror.
John Yoo's lecture at the Athenaeum is sponsored by the Salvatori Center for the Study of Individual Freedom in the Modern World.
The Next Phase of Globalization
Thomas L. Friedman, a world-renowned author and journalist, joined The New York Times in 1981 as a financial reporter specializing in OPEC and oil related news and later served as the chief diplomatic, chief White House, and international economics correspondents. A three-time Pulitzer Prize winner, he has traveled widely reporting the Middle East conflict, the end of the cold war, U.S. domestic politics and foreign policy, international economics, and the worldwide impact of the terrorist threat. His foreign affairs column, which appears twice a week in The New York Times, is syndicated to seven hundred other newspapers worldwide.
Friedman is the author of From Beirut to Jerusalem (FSG, 1989), which won both the National Book Award and the Overseas Press Club Award in 1989 and was on The New York Times bestseller list for nearly twelve months. Friedman also wrote The Lexus and the Olive Tree (FSG, 1999), one of the best selling business books in 1999, and the winner of the 2000 Overseas Press Club Award for best nonfiction book on foreign policy. It is now available in twenty languages. His last book, Longitudes and Attitudes: Exploring the World After September 11, issued by FSG in 2002, consists of columns Friedman published about September 11 as well as a diary of his private experiences and reflections during his reporting on the post-September world as he traveled from Afghanistan to Israel to Europe to Indonesia to Saudi Arabia. In 2005, The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century (2005) was given the first Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award, and Friedman was named one of America's Best Leaders by U.S. News & World Report.
Friedman graduated summa cum laude from Brandeis University with a degree in Mediterranean studies and received a master's degree in modern Middle East studies from Oxford and has served as a visiting professor at Harvard University.
Thomas Friedman's visit is sponsored by the Res Publica Society of Claremont McKenna College.
Something in the Air: Radio, Rock, and the Revolution That Shaped a Generation
"When television became the next big thing in broadcast entertainment, everyone figured video would kill the radio star and radio, period. But radio came roaring back with a whole new concept. The war was over, the baby boom was on, the country was in clover, and a bold new beat was giving the syrupy songs of yesteryear a run for their money. Add transistors, 45 rpm records, and a young man named Elvis to the mix, and the result was the perfect storm that rocked, rolled, and reinvented radio."
In his Athenaeum presentation, author Marc Fisher will cover the main themes of his book, with special emphasis on radio's role in breaking the color line in American popular culture, as well as the key pioneer in that moment, Los Angeles deejay Hunter Hancock.
Marc Fisher, whose column appears in The Washington Post three times each week, reports and writes about local, national, and personal issues. He also writes "The Listener," a column about radio, music, and culture that appears in the Post's Sunday Arts section. His blog, "Raw Fisher," and his online chat program, "Potomac Confidential," appear on washingtonpost.com. He also appears daily on Washington Post Radio. Prior to launching the column, Fisher was the paper's Special Reports Editor, responsible for generating and editing features, breaking news and other long-form stories from all staffs for Page One. He also wrote a column in the Post's Sunday Magazine.
In addition to Something in the Air: Radio, Rock, and the Revolution That Shaped a Generation (2007), Fisher is author of After the Wall: Germany, the Germans and the Burdens of History, published by Simon and Schuster in 1995. The book grew out of Fisher's four years as Bonn and Berlin bureau chief of The Post, beginning with the dramatic events of autumn 1989. He has taught journalism at Princeton University, served as journalist-in-residence at the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies at Johns Hopkins University, and been a visiting scholar at the George Washington University's School of Media and Public Affairs.
Winner of numerous journalism awards, Princeton University graduate Fisher worked at the Miami Herald from 1981 to 1986, when he moved to The Post. He covered the D.C. school system, was on the staff of the Sunday magazine, and served as Assistant City Editor before joining the Foreigh Desk in early 1989. After returing from Germany in 1994, Fisher was a writer in the Style section, covering politics, culture, and beliefs.
Dangerous Nation: America's Place in the World From Its Earliest Days to the Dawn of the 20th Century
Robert Kagan, author of the national and international bestseller Of Paradise and Power: America and Europe in the New World Order (2003), has earned the reputation as an indispensable voice for those that seek to understand American foreign policy and the dynamics of power in the post-Cold War world.
Kagan's last book redefined how we understand European-American relations and became famous for the observation, "Americans are from Mars and Europeans are from Venus." Now in his new book, Dangerous Nation: America's Place in the World From Its Earliest Days to the Dawn of the 20th Century (2006), he redefines how we understand America and America's foreign policy traditions.
In Dangerous Nation, he strips away the myth of American isolationism and reveals a more complicated reality: that Americans have been increasing their global power and influence steadily for the past four centuries.
Currently based in Brussels, Belgium, Kagan is a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Transatlantic Fellow at the German Marshall Fund. He writes a monthly column in the Washington Post, is a syndicated columnist with The New York Times Syndicate, and is a contributing editor to the Weekly Standard and the New Republic. Kagan served in the U.S. State Department as a deputy for policy in the Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, and was a member of the policy planning staff as principal speechwriter to the U.S. secretary of state.
Robert Kagan's visit to CMC is jointly sponsored by the Salvatori Center for the Study of Individual Freedom in the Modern World and the Athenaeum.
Why Don't We Have More Women in Science? Was Larry Summers Right?
In a speech at the NBER Conference on Diversifying the Science and Engineering Workforce in 2005, then President of Harvard University, Larry Summers, suggested that the inequality between men and women in science and mathematics might be linked to biological differences between the sexes. In her lecture, Professor Diane Halpern will address Summers' comments and the controversial issue of why there appears to be a deficit of women in science, engineering, and mathematics fields.
Halpern is currently chair of a committee formed on behalf of the Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences that has been asked to draft a best-practices guide. This report will outline current problems facing girls and women in science and mathematics education and careers in fields commonly known as STEM — science, technology, engineering, and mathematics - as well as offer solutions that address those challenges based on research evidence.
Halpern's research and publications include studies in gender differences in cognitive abilities. In December 2005, she discussed biopsychosocial contributions to cognitive performance during a public convocation in Washington, D.C., that was hosted by the National Academies of Science Committee on Women in Academic Science and Engineering to explore the impact of sex and gender on recruiting, hiring, promotion, and retention of academic science and engineering faculty.
Professor Halpern is a professor of psychology at CMC, director of The Berger Institute for Work, Family, and Children, and past president of the American Psychological Association. Halpern received her bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and earned post-graduate degrees from Temple University and the University of Cincinnati. Along with Susan Murphy, associate professor of psychology and associate director of the Kravis Leadership Institute, she edited From Work-Family Balance to Work-Family Interaction: Changing the Metaphor, in 2005. Halpern's other books include Thought and Knowledge: An Introduction to Critical Thinking (1995), Applying the Science of Learning to the University and Beyond: New Directions for Teaching and Learning (2003), and Sex Differences in Cognitive Abilities (1986). Her numerous honors include the Western Psychological Association's Outstanding Teaching Award in 2002; an honorary doctorate from Mount St. Mary's College in 2004, and the Distinguished Alumni Award from the McMicken College of Arts & Sciences, University of Cincinnati.
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Pianist/vocalist Clay Whittington will present "Hymnprov" at 3 p.m. Sunday at Westminster United Methodist Church.
His performance is the fifth event in Grainger Hill Performing Arts Center's Second Sunday Series. The program will be performed with no intermission. Light refreshments will follow in the church's fellowship hall.
"Hymnprov is an improvisational piano concert based on the melodies of popular hymns," said Whittington, an actor, singer, songwriter and entertainer living in Wilmington. "The concert includes many of your favorite hymns performed in jazz, blues and rock piano — completely unrehearsed.
"Hymns you may recognize include 'Amazing Grace,' 'It Is Well With My Soul,' 'Faith of Our Fathers' and many more."
Whittington has performed throughout the United States for piano bars, theaters and amphitheaters and is currently touring his original show, "Hymnprov." He recently released his debut solo album, "Hymnprov," based on the show.
As a stage performer, Whittington has been seen nationally in such shows as "Jesus Christ Superstar," "Clue," "TEXAS," "Disney's High School Musical On Stage" and "Nunsense!" Clay also has worked on the creative side of theater with the debut of his original score for "Cinderella: A Tale Retold" in 2008.
A "magician on the keyboard," when he steps on stage, audiences expect nothing short of excitement and amazement. He also plays the guitar, mandolin, trombone, and ukulele. When not performing, Whittington is director of music at Westminster United Methodist Church in Kinston.
In film and television, his credits include: "Sleepy Hollow," 20th Century Fox Television, Wilmington (Season 1, Episode 5).
He is a member of The Fellowship of United Methodists in Music and Worship Arts, American Choral Directors Association and St. John's Lodge No. 4 A. F. & A. M.; Grainger Hill Performing Arts Center board member and web master; an Eagle Scout and a registered volunteer at the Caswell Developmental Center.
Tickets are $10 and are available by calling, (252) 560-8515, (252) 521-4513; at the Community Council for the Arts or by visiting Grainger Hill's Web site, www.ghpac.com.
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CHARLOTTE – In the nine-year history of the Charlotte Bobcats, the lack of a consistent low-post scorer has been a persistent weakness of the NBA franchise.
On Wednesday, the franchise thinks it solved that in the short-term – and perhaps the long-term – with the signing of the 6-foot-10 Al Jefferson.
Rod Higgins, the Bobcats president of basketball operations, summed up the team's commitment – a reported three years for $40.5 million – very simply.
"Normally those guys aren't available," Higgins said of low-post scorers. "So we're fortunate to have him."
So are Bobcats fans, who have long suffered without a low-post scorer – or much hope for the future of a franchise that has made one postseason appearance in its history.
Does this mean Charlotte becomes a fashionable pick to unseat Miami as league champion?
Even the most optimistic Bobcats fan wouldn't go that far.
But just as Cam Newton re-energized the NFL Carolina Panthers' fan base two seasons ago after the forgettable 2-14 season in 2010, Jefferson, a new coaching staff and a new direction appear set to do the same for the Bobcats.
Think about this:
Just two years removed from a historically-bad 7-59 season, Charlotte's projected starting lineup for the 2013-14 season-opener could be Kemba Walker and Gerald Henderson at guards, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist and Cody Zeller at forwards and Jefferson at center with Ramon Sessions, Jeffery Taylor, Josh McRoberts and Bismack Biyombo as top reserves.
If you think that makes new head coach Steve Clifford happy, imagine what fans who have suffered through the worst two-year stretch in the entire NBA think?
Certainly much of the optimism gained by Jefferson's signing is relative to the low expectations that many in the area have had for the organization.
But there also seems to be signs the franchise has an actual plan for improvement.
Long gone, it would appear, are the days of simply putting out a product – any product – and hope that you'll get lucky come NBA draft lottery time.
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Wednesday's under-the-radar transaction was the official release of veteran forward Tyrus Thomas. Thomas, acquired at the trade deadline in 2010 when the Bobcats were in the process of making their lone playoff appearance, never lived up to the five-year, $40 million contract he was given in the summer of 2010 and will be let go with two years left on it to expire.
Was that decision financially painful for owner Michael Jordan?
At an $18.08 million cost, there's no doubting that it was.
Of course, it also shows that Jordan's Bobcats are willing to admit a mistake – even if it's quite costly.
Coupled with Jefferson's addition and the high hopes that a deal will soon be struck with free agent Henderson, it also shows the franchise is moving forward in hopes of winning games – as well as winning back a fan base that's grown quite skeptical over the years.
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Peeling back the layers of deception, Pendergast realizes that the conspiracy is deeper, goes back generations, and is more monstrous than he could have ever imagined - and everything he's believed, everything he's trusted, everything he's understood... may be a horrific lie.
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The second of the three Prendergast books, Cold Vengeance is a powerfully written thriller. It does not rely on technology or gimmicks but on good old fashion thrill, suspense and plot twists. In continuation from the first, Pendergast is still trying to find out who killed his wife, or was she killed. In this installment you'll find out – I'm not telling. All of the twists and turns are very much worth it. The authors leave enough major issues open that you can't wait to read the final installment. Yet, Preston and Child still provide enough closure to satisfy. The work has plot, depth, villainy, conflict and it is hard to put down.
This book reintroduces an old friend, Corrie Swanson, from a previous thriller -- Still Life with Crows. That novel was weak, Corrie being the only bright spot. It was good to see her back in this novel. This is the second trilogy of the Pendergast series. The first was excellent and the second trilogy is better than the first. I suggest you read the series. Don't read this without first reading Fever Dream or it will not make sense as this novel does not stand on its own.
"Are you kidding me"
I've been an audible member for about 11 years and I can't remember the last time (if ever) I wrote a review. I felt I had to this time because of my disappointment in this book. I have enjoyed the Pendergast series very much - but to write a book that doesn't resolve anything and leaves you with a huge cliff hanger at the end (for the next 8-12 months until the next book is published) seems ridiculous to me. Although the story is developing well, quite exciting with some clever twists and passes quickly, it creates more questions and really resolves none. If you haven't purchased this yet - wait for the next one to be released and as Cristina mentions in her review wait for the reviews to see if the next story resolves anything - then listen to both together. Cliff hangers are ok but at least resolve a story line and let the cliff hanger tease you with the next story....... Come on Messrs Preston and Child - what were you thinking?????? Mr Auberjonois does his usual masterful performance.
I love the outdoors and the warm weather!! And I never leave home with out my I-Nano. It should be surgically placed into my ear. I live and breath for books.
"A Must Read!!!"
What a cliff hanger. If your a Pendergast fan, you will Love this book. I could not put it down.
"There should be a law against half-books like this"
If you think this is the conclusion to the authors' LAST unfinished story, don't be fooled. This is even more unfinished than the last one. In essence, absolutely nothing gets resolved, nothing really 'happens.' The reader is strung along and left with the same exact questions as before (well, there is one "surprise" but, amidst everything else that does NOT happen, it does not even merit raising an eyebrow). I have been a fan of Prston/Child for a long time. They ALMOST lost me with the hanging ending last time. They DEFINITELY lost me this time. When they come out with the next 'installment,' I will be sure NOT to buy it until I read someone else's review saying that the whole Helen-death-mystery has come to the end it should have come to in the last book. Shoot, I might not even buy it then!
"I'd have bought the next one anyway"
I hate an ending where nothing is resolved. This should have been titled "Part 1". Better than the last 2 Pendergast stories. Frustrated that I will now have to wait probably 8 months to read the rest of this story.
"Great Addition to Pendergast Series."
I agree with the review by Skip. Great subplots, action and Pendergast mystery but everything was left hanging. Come on guys, we'll keep buying the books but at least throw us a bone and close out one subplot in a 368 page / 12 hour audio book.
"Helen story line getting better"
A very good continuation of the Helen story line, A fairly well paced story , good set up for continuation. well Narrated and a very good read.
"Good enough story, but. . ."
I was rolling along enjoying this book perfectly happily, until the rather abrupt end. I mean, really, it's one thing to end a weekly television serial drama in that manner, but I just didn't appreciate it at the end of a full-length book. One expects better from books. And then, of course, once a book has disappointed in any way, it colors the whole experience, and I start wondering if I really thought it was that good to begin with. I can't honestly say that it was.
"Very exciting, but read in order!"
After hearing from the other reviewers that this installment resolved nothing and left a big cliff-hanger,.. I decided to wait until right before the next installment was available before listening to this one. I'm glad I did!
We're led on a long, wild chase through forest, bog and city throughout this installment. I was shocked that Pendergast failed so many times during this arc.. I'm just not use to him failing! But, it did make him a bit more human. Even if he is the most inconsiderate man to his friends! Generous, yes, inconsiderate, absolutely!! I felt really sorry for D'Agosta .. and was so proud of him and his loyalty to the friendship, in spite of Pendergast!
My emotions keep taking a thrill-ride in the ups and downs of this series. But once again.. once I started the book, I couldn't put it down until it was done.
Make sure you read this arc in order!
Yes, I'd recommend this book!
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When Sparrow came to the iPhone, it came with its own set of issues like a lack of push notifications. Nonetheless, its user interface, perfect Gmail integration, and wonderful feature set still make it the absolute best email client for your iPhone.
Platform: iPhone
Price: $3
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- Swipe to access just about anything, from settings to power features to your other inboxes.
- Navigate through email threads (conversations) by pulling up and down on the current message, or tap the thread view button to get an overview of everything.
- Unified inbox shows all your email accounts in one place.
- Quick, comprehensive search.
- Mark everything as read.
- Integrates with social media and your address book to add pictures of your contacts to each message.
- Integrates fully with Gmail, making it the best way to use Gmail on your iPhone.
Where It Excels
Sparrow's most amazing feature is its user interface. The app is just a pleasure to interact with. It provides so many options for accessing the myriad features of Gmail that it's amazing they managed to fit them all. They even managed to make it look nice and simple to use. You swipe across a message in your message list to reveal special features. You swipe behind your email to access your settings. Sparrow essentially walks you through the message composition process so you can concentrate on writing an email rather than figuring out where and how to enter all the necessary information. It's just a pleasure to use, and it provides all the Gmail features lacking in other email clients on iOS.
Where It Falls Short
Sparrow doesn't offer push notifications. They can be enabled with a jailbreak hack, but since Google purchased Sparrow there will be no updates bringing them officially. Sparrow also only supports Gmail on the iPhone, so if you use any other service you're out of luck. Normally we wouldn't highlight an email app that only supports one provider, but because Gmail is so ubiquitous and Sparrow is so much better than every other option on the iPhone, it's hard to say it's anything but the best.
The Competition
Mail (Free), Apple's built-in option, was our previous top pick and still the best option for most non-Gmail users. The new features in iOS 6 (like your VIP list, the ability to archive or delete messages, and paste pictures/video into messages) improve the app significantly. While it's still not as good as Sparrow, it integrates with iOS better than anything else because only Apple can do that. It's also fairly feature-rich now and works with pretty much any email account you can throw at it.
eMailGanizer is really the only true competition on the iPhone, offering a full-fledged IMAP client with some very compelling features. I wanted this to be the best email app on the iPhone, and for some it may be, but it's designed for a fairly specific purpose. If you use IMAP and like to organize your messages in lots and lots of folders, you're the person eMailGanizer was designed for. It keeps many more messages on your iPhone than Mail.app, and it also keeps data about those messages. It does this so it can quickly suggest which folder it thinks particular messages belong in. This way you can quickly file everything. While it's very good at organization, it is lacking a bunch of features that Mail.app has, such as a unified inbox and support for POP3 accounts. Nonetheless, if eMailGanizer sounds interesting to you, you should check it out—it's free. You can pay $5 for the pro version, but from what I can tell it only removes ads.
iGmail is only for Gmail, but if that's your mail service of choice you might want to check it out. It's basically the Gmail webapp combined with some iPhone interface elements and push notifications. It's not stellar, but it handles a few things the webapp can't and won't cost you anything. It's tough to justify a download when you can just use Sparrow, however.
Lifehacker's App Directory is a new and growing directory of recommendations for the best applications and tools in a number of given categories.


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LOS ANGELES – A former U.S. Olympic team coach who guided American gymnastics to some of its most iconic and triumphant moments could face a lifetime ban from the sport after three women have come forward to accuse him of having sex with young gymnasts in the 1980s.
Don Peters coached the groundbreaking U.S. women's team to a record eight medals at the 1984 Olympic Games and built SCATS, a Huntington Beach gymnastics club, into an international powerhouse with a string of Olympians and national champions.
It was during that same decade that Peters had sex with three teenage gymnasts, three women have told The Orange County Register.
Doe Yamashiro, a former U.S. national team member who trained with Peters at SCATS in the 1980s, told the Register that Peters repeatedly fondled her, beginning when she was 16, and had sexual intercourse with her when she was 17.
A second former SCATS gymnast told the Register that Peters had sexual intercourse with her when she was 18. The woman said she had earlier been sexually abused by her father, abuse that Peters was aware of, she said. The woman has asked not to be identified in this story but has signed a sworn declaration attesting to the truth of her story, as has Yamashiro.
Linda McNamara, a former assistant director at SCATS who shared an office with Peters, has also told the Register that Peters confessed to her in the early 1990s to having sex with Yamashiro, the second former SCATS gymnast and a third teenage gymnast.
The women's allegations are echoed by family members and other gymnasts close to them. The women said they are coming forward now to expose the sport's exploitive culture and USA Gymnastics' failure to pursue sexual abuse more aggressively.
Yamashiro and McNamara told the Register that they have reported these allegations to USA Gymnastics, the sport's national governing body, and that the federation is conducting an investigation of Peters.
Yamashiro said she has been interviewed by a USA Gymnastics investigator. The second gymnast said she still has not been contacted by USA Gymnastics nearly 11 months after McNamara provided her name to USAG officials.
USA Gymnastics President Steve Penny said he could neither confirm nor deny that Peters is under investigation by USA Gymnastics, citing the organization's policy. But in a Nov. 19 email to McNamara, a copy of which was obtained by the Register, Penny confirmed that Peters' case was "under review."
"I don't have anything to say about any of that," Peters said when contacted by the Register.
An attorney for Peters, Kevin O'Connell, acknowledged that the coach is under investigation but said the matter is private.
"Doe Yamashiro is not a victim of repressed memory and never wanted this matter to become public," O'Connell said in an email. "The other incidents you have alleged are wrong. (The Register's) knowledge of the allegations and conduct of USA Gymnastics is an invasion of Mr. Peters' privacy."
Since receiving that email in June, The Register has repeatedly contacted O'Connell and asked for a more specific response to the allegations against Peters. O'Connell has not responded to those requests.
Team USA's success at the 1984 Olympic Games firmly established the American women as a global superpower in the Olympics' marquee women's sport. American women have won 23 Olympic medals since the 1984 Games, including the last two individual all-around titles. Those triumphs have helped USA Gymnastics grow into a worldwide brand, attracting corporate sponsors like Visa, AT&T, Hilton, adidas and NBC.
But the sport's success has come at a steep price, some former Olympic and World Championship team members said. Female gymnasts peak in their teens. The average age of the U.S. squad that won the team silver medal at the 2008 Olympics was 17.5. The U.S. team that won the 2003 World Championships team gold medal had an average age of 16.
To achieve such a high level of performance at such a young age, many girls are already training as much as 30 to 40 hours a week while still in grade school, leaving them socially isolated and emotionally dependent on their coaches.
"There is a special relationship between a coach and an athlete, particularly in an individual event sport like gymnastics, swimming, tennis," said Charol Shakeshaft, a professor at Virginia Commonwealth. "The coach is very important to the success of the athlete, and there are no other places to find that support, or at least that's what the athlete believes, usually because the coach has taught the athlete that message: 'Without me, you wouldn't be able to do this.'


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Life has been good to the Far West Farm team over the last few weeks. On top of some sunny warm weather and a lot of km's to ski, there has been some great local racing to be head. Two back to back podium sweeps in the Skogsloppet and Tahoe Rim Tour on the men's side and Farmer Holly running away with the victories both races for the women.
Here is Holly, myself, Gus, and Wyatt enjoying some sun and chili post-Skogsloppet.
Coming up are some exciting races with a group of Farmers heading to the Boulder Mountain Tour this weekend. Then Beth and I will head to Aspen the following weekend for some high altitude Supertour action.
Other notable news: If you have been looking at the top results in Eastern College racing you may recognize some familiar names. A bunch of the collegiate skiers who trained with Far West last summer have been posting some impressive results, a testament to the program, coaches and nordic community here.
Far West Senior Team updates and thoughts on racing and training throughout the year as well as technique ideas (and videos!) and equipment and race-preparation info they hope you'll find helpful.
Spencer is a born and raised Mainer and a recent graduate from Bowdoin College. After experiencing summer skiing and real mexican food during the first year of the Far West College Summer Residency Program in 2011, he had little choice but to come back and race for Far West!
Hi. I live in Reno, NV and just completed my masters degree in hydrology at the UNR graduate school. I competed in three NCAA skiing championships for Colby College from 2008 to 2011, where I majored in geology. Originally from Boise, Idaho, I'm pumped to be skiing and racing in the Sierras. I like mountain biking, running, eating salmon, walking on my hands, dumpster-diving, and playing guitar.
My full name is Gustavo, though I go by Gus. I was a member of the UNR NCAA Ski Team from 2008-2010 and a founder of the UNR Winter Sports Club. I have been a Far West Farm Team member for 2 seasons so far and am looking forward to my third year. I'm working my way toward being a ski coach and english teacher, while still trying to be as fast as I can be. I love mountains and canyons and rivers. My favorite place to be outside of skiing is in the Grand Canyon, though I don't get to go there as much as I'd like. I've started a collaborative project called #summitsunday this year. Check it out and join the movement at summitsunday.blogspot.com
hey everybody! I am a recent Bates College graduate originally from the lovely state of Vermont. I enjoy snow, sunshine, and lounging….all great reasons to move to Tahoe. I'm stoked to be out here and ready to rip it up this winter!
2004 Graduate of Sugar Bowl Academy. Raced in 6 Junior National Championships (7 X All-American). 2003 represented the US Ski Team in the J1 Scandinavian Cup race series in Sweden. Spent the 2000 & 2004 summer's training and racing at the Snow Farm in New Zealand. 2009 Graduate of Northern Michigan University. 2010 season competed as Senior member of Team Far West switching my focus from cross-country skiing racing to biathlon! During the 2011 season I focused only on biathlon, competing in 18 races with some respectable results. Currently, I'm racing for Auburn Ski Club and Far West Farm Team, focusing on the NorAm Biathlon race series attempting to qualify for the USBA team.
Hi Everyone! I hail from midcoast Maine and graduated from Williams College in 2012 with a degree in Sociology. I'm so excited to return to Truckee for my second year on the elite team and to continue coaching at Truckee High School and Auburn Ski Club. Last season, I had the opportunity to compete for the first time at US Nationals and the American Birkebeiner and I'm looking forward to continuing to improve this season on the national circuit. I am also excited to race locally in the Tahoe area and compete once again for the Fischer Cup. Think Snow!
Head Coach Far West Nordic Senior "Farm Team". UNR Winter Sports Club director. August Teague was head coach of University of Nevada XC ski team for six seasons. Teague helped UNR to top 10 finishes in three of his first four years in Reno, including ninth-place showings in 2005 and 2008 and a 10th-place effort in 2007. In May of 2007, Teague was named to the Cross Country Coaches Committee at the United States Ski Association (USSA) Congress in Park City, Utah. Prior to coming to Nevada in 2004, Teague spent one season as the head Nordic coach at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Wash. Teague lettered four years as a member of the University of Denver cross country skiing team. He helped the Pioneers to three NCAA championships from 2000-2002.
Co-Head Coach Far West Nordic Senior "Farm Team". Ben is currently the Head XC Skiing Coach for Far West Nordic as well as Head Coach for Auburn Ski Club. Ben grew up skiing in Montana and Idaho and was a member of the College of Idaho XC Ski Team. Ben's strengths as a coach are his ability to keep athletes motivated and excited about training and competing. Coaching/Athletic Highlights Head Coach Far West Nordic Junior, Seniors, and Master Programs Head Coach Auburn Ski Club Juniors and Masters Programs Member of College of Idaho Ski Team US Ski Team Junior Scandinavian Trip Coach
Martin has been a Nordic coach for a range of programs from NCAA champion Dartmouth College to working with 1-2-3 Ski! at Auburn Ski Club. Martin grew up racing in the Far West division in high school, competing on three junior national teams. This is his 6th season as a Nordic coach, having coached for Auburn Ski Club, Dartmouth College, Bates College, Far West, and, currently, Sugar Bowl Academy. As a coach he has worked with Far West junior programs the past 5 summers as well as coached for Far West at 3 junior nationals, 3 nationals, and various other camps and competitions. He is also the founder/creator and head coach of the Collegiate Summer Residency Program. He has been Nordic skiing his whole life and raced competitively from 8th grade through senior year of college, serving as captain of his college team for his senior season.
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