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Guides to Executive Job Evaluation
Date: 1957
Creator: Donelson, John F.
Description: This study will endeavor to point out, discuss, and objectify the more fundamental considerations basic to any investigation of the subject. In conjunction with the above aims, this study will include a description of the problems found in evaluating managerial positions and some of the ways these problems have been met.
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Human Relations Case Problems in the Aircraft Industry in the North Texas Area
Date: January 1954
Creator: McCauley, Jerome Brooks
Description: The specific purpose of this investigation is to compile selected case problems for use in teaching human relations by the case method. This investigation will include those case situations that involve many of the factors that cause differences of opinion and friction between individuals or groups. The cases selected are limited to those that actually became the subject of a grievance in the aircraft industry of the Dallas-Fort Worth area of North Texas.
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The Impact of Non-monetary Performance Measures Upon Budgetary Decision Making in the Public Sector
Date: May 1984
Creator: Reed, Sarah Auman
Description: This study addresses in an exploratory fashion the following questions. 1. Would non-monetary performance measures grouped into a statement of public efforts and accomplishments significantly reduce the uncertainty of decision makers concerning past entity performance? 2. Would knowledge of such data alter their resultant budgetary decisions?
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The Impact of the Cost Schedule Control Systems Criteria on Electronics and Aerospace Contractors
Date: August 1970
Creator: Richardson, Gary Lowell
Description: The primary purpose of this study was to analyze the capability and inclination of the aerospace and electronics industry contractors to abide by the general provisions of the Cost/Schedule Control Systems Criteria (C/SCSC).
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Impact of the Policies of the National Government on the Organization of Business and Management Styles in India
Date: May 1972
Creator: Khan, Mohamed Afzal
Description: The purpose of this investigation is to explore the policies of the government of British India and of the independent Republic of India relative to their impact on organizational structure, management practices and styles, and management education in business organizations in India. The British, who were responsible for the growth of some of the organized industries in India, also gave the country, among other things, a modern educational system. They left India, however, with a limited industrial base. There was a serious shortage of professional managers to meet the demands of growing industry. Upon independence, the national government through its policies encouraged the development of business and industries and brought awareness among business managers of the importance of management education.
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An Income and Cost-of-Living Comparison for Selected Trades and Professions for the Period 1936-45
Date: June 1947
Creator: Kirksey, C. Darwin
Description: The purpose of this study is to show which incomes of the selected trades and professions have more nearly approached a parallel to the changing cost of living during the period January 1, 1936, to December 31, 1945.
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An Integrated Guidance Program for Small Secondary Schools in Texas
Date: 1947
Creator: Johnson, J. Roland
Description: Of the 1190 four-year high schools of Texas there are 941 with an enrollment of 250 or less. This group of schools is missing many opportunities to guide the youth they graduate into effective and wholesome living by means of an integrated guidance program. It is the purpose of this study to develop a program which, if incorporated into the curricula of these schools, should result in an integration of guidance into the many phases of the school's activities and increase the school's usefulness to the student.
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An Investigation into the Characteristics and Causes of Monthly and Yearly Price Fluctuations of Spot Cotton at New York, New York, During the Period, 1911-1953
Date: February 1954
Creator: Reynolds, Harry M.
Description: This study endeavors to give an insight into the causes and characteristics of price fluctuations of spot cotton at New York, N.Y., for the period 1911-1953, and to indicate whenever possible the factors which caused the price of cotton to rise or fall during selected periods.
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An Investigation of Preadolescent Children's Attitudes toward Television Commercials
Date: August 1973
Creator: Ferguson, Clara Potter
Description: The purpose of this research study is to provide commercial advertisers, television networks, and academicians valuable information regarding the existence, direction, and intensity of preadolescent children's attitudes toward television commercials.
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Investing and Hedging Techniques in the Convertible Bond Market
Date: June 1969
Creator: Vinson, Charles E. (Charles Eldred)
Description: This study was designed to yield three types of information: (1) The degree of perfection prevailing in the parimary and secondary convertible bond markets; (2) the profit potential of various investing and hedging techniques in the convertible bond market; and (3) a judgment on whether each technique can be classified as rational or irrational.
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Trustees Approve an Expanded Board
In a busy and often contentious five-hour meeting Friday afternoon at the Penn Stater Hotel, the Board of Trustees ended months of heated debate by adopting a proposal to expand the board's membership to 36 voting members. The board also voted to postpone action on a proposal to join a lawsuit against the NCAA—news that was tempered Saturday by the announcement that President Eric Barron will personally conduct a review of the Freeh Report.
The governance changes passed on a 16-9 vote, with the nine alumni-elected trustees voting against expanding the board. Under the approved proposal, the board will now include 38 trustees, 36 of whom will have voting rights. The new additions will include a student trustee, an academic trustee nominated by the Faculty Senate, and the immediate past president of the Alumni Association. In addition, there will be three at-large trustees elected by the board. All new trustees will begin their terms in July 2015.
Opponents of the board argued that a larger board would be too complex to function efficiently. Alumni trustee Al Lord '67 was representative of his fellow elected board members when he said, "I find it hard to believe that a 30 to 40 member board will be effective. That certainly has not been the case." The addition of the Alumni Association seat was particularly contentious for some, with Alice Pope '79, '83g, '86g among those arguing that the seat created a potential conflict of interest. Alumni trustee Anthony Lubrano '82 also argued the board should heed the request of state senators Jake Corman '93 and John Yudichak '93, '04g to hold off on reforming the board until the recently elected gubernatorial administration was in office.
The majority cited the board makeup of peer institutions, some of which have dozens more members than Penn State's, as proof that there was nothing inherently problematic in increasing the membership. Business and industry trustee Rick Dandrea '77 said, "I think our board functions well on a wide range of issues. We have disagreements on a very few important issues. On this issue, our board function is not what it should be because we have a majority and minority agenda. I don't think it has anything to do with size."
After the vote, board chair Keith Masser '73 called the expanded board "a more comprehensive reflection of the Penn State community."
Given the established voting lines on the board, it was the expected outcome from a long and increasingly tense afternoon session. Citing threats made toward some board members, the university increased security for the meeting; visitors passed through a metal detector, and as many as two dozen officers from the State College and Penn State police departments were visible in the conference room, in the hallway outside, and outside the hotel entrances. Masser opened the meeting with a reference to outbursts at the board's Oct. 28 special meeting, when three audience members were removed from the room, and reminded the standing-room crowd that "members of the public are here as observers, not as participants."
Some of those observers got their chance to participate at the public comment segment, and about half of the 10 listed speakers used their time to upbraid the appointed trustees involved in the dismissal of Joe Paterno and the acceptance of the Freeh Report. That session followed a proposal from Lubrano that Penn State join Sen. Corman's lawsuit against the NCAA. That proposal, inspired by the release of emails last week highlighting apparent conflicts in the NCAA's handling of sanctions in the wake of the Freeh Report, was voted down, 14-10, but not before alumni trustee Bob Jubelirer '59, '62g argued that "with all that's going on, to kick it down the road to January, I think we're making a terrible, terrible mistake." Gubernatorial appointee Kathleen Casey '88 countered that the board would be better served by having more time to consider the resolution and revisit it at the next scheduled meeting in January.
On Saturday, President Barron added an unexpected twist with the announcement that he would "conduct a thorough review of the Freeh Report and supporting materials produced during the course of the investigation." Barron's statement offered no timetable for the review, but noted that he "assured the board I would move with all deliberate speed."
Barron's scheduled address Friday focused on student engagement, a topic he addressed last week in an open forum with students at the Hintz Family Alumni Center. Barron highlighted the many reasons that more engaged students—those who study abroad, intern, take leadership roles, and have the opportunity for one-on-one engagement with faculty—have better GPAs and make stronger candidates for internships and jobs. His proposals for improving the environment for student engagement ranged from the creation of an engaged student medal to greater funding for international experiences. He noted, "Just going in and out of class is no way to go through this university."
Executive VP and Provost Nicholas Jones address trends in faculty makeup, particularly the decades-long rise in non-tenure-track faculty. While acknowledging concerns about about the decline in tenure-track professors, Jones highlighted a number of non-track instructors whose work has been honored for teaching and research awards.
University scholarship was also highlighted Friday, with presentations from Schreyer Honors College Dean Chris Brady, Eberly College of Science Dean Daniel Larson (highlighting the Millennium Scholars Program) and Susan Welch, dean of the College of the Liberal Arts. Welch focused on the Paterno Fellows program, and her presentation included clips from a 2009 video of Joe and Sue Paterno '62 explaining their inspiration for the program they endowed.
You can find information on additional items from Friday's agenda here.
Ryan Jones, senior editor
BOT Discusses Detailed Reform Proposals
The immediate result of Friday's meeting of the Board of Trustees' governance and long-range planning committee is easy to sum up: Needing more time to discuss the issues in board reform, the committee decided to use its regular September meeting to decide on a proposal to send to the full board, and a special October meeting will be called for the full board to vote on the proposal.
Explaining the rest of the meeting, however, isn't so simple.
The committee finally delved into the details of governance reform. For more than a year now, we've heard about the general issues the board intended to consider; on Friday, for the first time, the committee engaged in a substantial discussion of the issues.
That took a while: nearly four and a half hours.
It also took the existence of three proposals, which moved the discussion from hypotheticals and abstractions to concrete suggestions:
Proposal A, conceived by board chair Keith Masser '73 and Richard Dandrea '77, would shrink the board by three voting members—the three voting members of the governor's cabinet, the secretaries of agriculture, education, and conservation and natural resources—for a total of 27 voting members. The three secretaries, the governor, and the university president would remain as non-voting members. This proposal also eliminates three alumni-elected trustees and replaces them with a trustee from the Penn State Alumni Association, a student trustee, and an academic (i.e. faculty) trustee.
Proposal B, conceived by Anthony Lubrano '82, also eliminates the three cabinet secretaries for a total of 27 voting members. This plan has only one ex-officio non-voting member: the university president. Neither the governor nor members of his cabinet have any role. Lubrano said he intends for the plan to be a compromise. This proposal requires that one of the governor's appointments be a student and changes the way agricultural trustees are elected (by alumni of the College of Agricultural Sciences).
Proposal C, conceived by Barbara Doran '75, makes the biggest changes. It cuts the board to 18 voting members by eliminating as voting members the three cabinet secretaries, four gubernatorial trustees, all six business and industry trustees, all six agriculture trustees, and two alumni-elected trustees. It adds one student trustee, elected by the board, and eight at-large trustees appointed by the board. The university president and the state secretary of education remain as non-voting ex-officio members.
Those are the highlights—you can click here to see the 10-page matrix with all three proposals that the committee used as its basis for discussion, which was the most detailed the members have had about possible changes.
Everyone knows the big issues—the size of the board, the composition of the board, the way board members are chosen. Committee chair Keith Eckel used those issues as the framework for the meeting. What those discussions revealed were the more specific questions that must be resolved to come to a consensus on those bigger issues. I'm going to focus on some of those questions:
Why so many agricultural trustees, and how would shrinking the number reflect on the university's land-grant mission?
Penn State has more agricultural trustees than any university in the country: Cornell, a private land-grant university, has two of 64, and Purdue has one, elected by alumni of the agricultural college. Penn State's six ag trustees reflect the university's roots as the Farmers' High School and the Agricultural College of Pennsylvania (it became the Pennsylvania State College in 1874), and its land-grant mission. Doran pointed out, however, that only 3.6 of the student body is in the College of Agricultural Sciences.
"My real question," she said, "is why we have so many given the small percentage on campus. We are trustees of the university, not trustees of the state."
That's why Doran's plan eliminates ag trustees—and also business and industry trustees. She says the board needs to be able to address its needs and would be better able to do so by making at-large selections.
The governance committee includes four ag trustees—board chair Masser, committee chair Eckel, Carl Shaffer, and Betsy Huber. Shaffer pointed out that agriculture is Pennsylvania's No. 1 industry; Eckel called this issue "one that the chair is prejudiced on." Roger Egolf, a non-voting faculty member of the committee, noted Penn State's agricultural extension program, which has representatives in all 67 counties. The committee also noted the high proportion of research dollars pulled in by the college.
Lubrano said he saw a role for ag trustees but wondered how they fit proportionally into a reconstituted board. His proposal calls for ag trustees to be elected by alumni of the College of Agricultural Sciences, but Masser pointed out that he himself is an ag trustee who graduated from the College of Engineering. Egolf added that Lubrano's proposal would "cut out people employed in the ag industry but not from the ag college" and that "also, ag grads go on to other careers," so someone elected by college alumni may not be working in the field.
What's the real issue about the alumni trustees—their large number, or the fact that the most recently elected alumni trustees have been vocal in criticizing the board's previous decisions?
Dandrea started this discussion with a look at the benchmarking—of the 36 peer institutions the board identified, 33 have zero alumni-elected trustees. He noted the "highly unique situation we have at Penn State, where we have had this huge cadre of alumni trustee elected by alumni in contrast to all the other schools basically we decided were appropriate to consider."
Dandrea further noted that a small percentage of alumni vote in the election—between 2.5 percent and 5 percent, he said, with the higher percentage coming in the three years since the Sandusky scandal. But even those numbers have fallen in the past three years. The combination, he said, means that the board is unbalanced if it has nine alumni-elected trustees.
He called accusations that his position is an assault on alumni-elected trustees a "mischaracterization," explaining, "Nobody is proposing that we take the alumni-elected trustees from nine to zero, nine to one, or nine to two. It's taking the alumni-elected trustees from nine to the same number as the other major mechanisms for appointment or election to the board. That's fair. It's not draconian."
He pointed out that while Proposal A, which he helped to develop, cuts the number of alumni-elected trustees to six, same as the number of business and industry, gubernatorial, and agricultural trustees, it also requires that half of those three groups be composed of Penn State alumni. The proposal also allocates a seat to the Alumni Association.
That prompted a spirited dissent from Lubrano, who referred to a previous conversation between himself and Dandrea.
"I told you that having three children, I've done a fair amount of studying in the area of psychology. And one of the points driven home is that fair does not mean equal. So the notion that it's fair to me is preposterous. The largest group representing this university is alumni—over 600,000. … I must confess that when I saw this proposal, it struck me that the hue and cry against the alumni election the last few years is in part against PS4RS, that folks at least quietly within the board are talking about how the process had been co-opted, that we can't afford to have the kind of elections we've had the past three years. So this is really a control issue. If the alumni have nine, they can gain control of the board, and we're going to harm the university. I find that insulting, frankly. … My only interest is to leave this school better than I found it."
Lubrano, who had previously called the influence of Penn Staters for Responsible Stewardship "the elephant in the room," then returned to a recurring theme—that the alumni election is the most transparent part of the board selection process.
Dandrea responded: "It is that. It is a good process. That's why, even though only 2.5 to 5 percent or more than alumni participate in it, it's out of respect for the bona fides of the process that we say, that I say, we should nevertheless still have six alumni trustees. Because if you look at the data and consider the micro-minority of the alumni who take the time to vote—and no criticism; there were many years after I graduated when I didn't vote. Lots of people just don't vote; that's just a fact. When you take into account the micro-minority of alumni who vote, this proposal is reasonable."
Dandrea added that a seat for the Alumni Association would give alumni representatives seven seats on the board, more than any other group, but Lubrano and Doran spoke against that addition.
Doran said that when she mentioned benchmarking with respect to the ag trustees, other committee members mentioned the importance of agriculture beyond those numbers; she said that position was "very eloquently explained." And she said she was skeptical of benchmarking as a the motivation to reduce the number of alumni-elected trustees.
She described the perception as this: "Alumni trustees have marginalized themselves by violations of board confidentiality, violations of the standing orders, with being at odds with the majority. That's an absolutely false narrative."
A related discussion about the seat requested by the Alumni Association largely repeated the points from the discussion at the July meeting—that there is a conflict of interest because of the Alumni Association's relationship with the university.
Can the process for choosing business and industry trustees be made more public?
The business and industry trustees are chosen by the board itself, a process that some reformers have decried, but that the Faculty Senate report noted was a typical means of board selection. Dandrea suggested that the process works—he noted that the two newest business and industry trustees, Daniel Mead '75, '77g and Walter Rakowich '79, were unanimously approved by the selection committee, which included both a governor-appointed trustee and an alumni-elected trustee.
The committee discussed the procedure and logistics of the search with Eckel wondering whether the committee members could be made public and how important confidentiality was to those who may be nominated. (Mead, who's on the governance committee, said it was very important.) There seemed to be some confusion over whether the names of the committee were known to the rest of the board. The members are chosen by the chair.
"What we're saying is that I need to trust my colleagues on the board," Lubrano said. "That's what we're all striving to do, develop a level of trust. It would go a long way if we had some level of information."
And, finally, here are quick hits on the other discussion points:
—On board size, the committee discussed again having a small enough board to have all members be engaged, yet a large enough board to have members on all of the seven standing committees, which some consider an important part of the reforms that have already been implemented.
—There was widespread agreement that a board seat should be designated for a student, and that students should have input via a student selection committee.
—Dandrea said that he has "come full circle" on the idea of having a voting faculty member on the board and that any financial conflict can be managed by not having the faculty member vote, say, on the budget. Lubrano said he was still against this but noted that he was continuing to speak with "Professor Nichols"—that's professor emeritus John Nichols, who chaired the Faculty Senate's special committee on governance (which recommended two faculty trustees) and has extensively researched the role of governing boards.
—The need to find the right balance for emeritus trustees—taking advantage of their expertise, honoring them for their services, and making sure they don't have undue influence after their terms expire—was discussed again. Specifically, the committee discussed the usefulness of having emeritus trustees on committees as non-voting members.
—Doran's proposal got deeper into the details than the other two—on the matrix comparing the three proposals, three pages were devoted solely to items raised in her Proposal C. Among the ones that received the most attention: term limits, conflict of interest language, and delivering executive committee notes to the rest of the board within three days of a such a meeting. The last point generated significant discussion: Penn State lawyers said that many gatherings of the committee, such as a traditional Wednesday night dinner before Board of Trustees meeting, are simply informational and not technically meetings.
Lori Shontz, senior editor
Board of Trustees Report: Barron Addresses Affordability of College; Lord Wants Freeh Report 'Finished'
The Board of Trustees meeting began with what seemed, at times, like a graduate-level seminar in finance and statistics. President Eric Barron, addressing the board for the first time, dispensed with the usual presidential address highlighting various accomplishments of students and faculty and instead presented a 25-minute talk about the issues of access and affordability in higher education, complete with 22 pages of bar graphs, scatter charts, financial data, and bulleted lists of potential ways to make a Penn State education more affordable.
When I profiled Barron for our May/June issue, he told me he liked data. Click here for a PDF of his presentation today—you'll see he may have understated his love of data.
More than three hours later, the meeting ended with a surprise resolution introduced by newly elected alumni trustee Al Lord '67, who called for a roll call vote on "finishing" the Freeh report. Lord contends that the report is incomplete because Freeh did not talk to seven key people and because the truth of whether Penn State officials were aware of Jerry Sandusky's crimes is still unknown.
"I want the board to agree that we're not done. That's all," Lord said after the meeting. "It's very simple—that we're not finished. There are a lot of people that complain there's misinformation in the report. I don't know. I do know it's not finished."
Discussion was suspended because Penn State general counsel Stephen Dunham advised that it would need, for privacy reasons, to take place in executive session. Lord said the board had decided to have the discussion at its next meeting in September, and then the board briefly debated whether it needed to table the resolution to assure that the meeting did not end with a resolution on the floor. Although newly elected alumni trustee Robert Jubelirer '59, '62g said he believed the motion was tabled with the intent of killing it, board chair Keith Masser '73 Eng said it was merely a formality. The motion was tabled.
It's a lot to digest. So here are some of the details on both:
Barron's report: He identified six major areas of emphasis for the university: excellence, student engagement, economic development and student career success, diversity and demographics, access and affordability, and technology and curriculum delivery.
Barron spoke in intricate detail about what he called Penn State's "evolution into a tuition-driven university," and showed a chart that made clear how few state budget dollars Penn State gets in comparison with the other Big Ten universities. He broke down how students pay for college and provided a table that showed how family income affects graduation rates: For every additional $10,000 in family income, a student's chance of graduating rises 6 percent.
He discussed the rising level of debt college students face—66 percent of students graduate with some debt, and the average debt has grown from $20,000 to $35,429 in the past decade. Worse, Barron said, some students don't have enough money to finish, so they are saddled with debt but don't have a college degree. (This topic was fleshed out in a recent study by the Brookings Institutions, written about here by the New York Times.)
Barron said the university must focus on helping students to graduate in four years; an extra year of college, he said, is the "biggest tuition increase." Among the ideas he floated: emphasizing the summer semester, possibly through "online summers" with reduced tuition for students with financial need or a "cost-contained" summer on campus, once the university could determine the break-even point for expenses.
He also said that he'd like Penn State to raise money to cover the "unmet need" many students have in paying for college after loans, scholarships, and grants. He noted that those students work to make up the money, and that extra time on the job can cause difficulties in the classroom. He would like to find a way that students don't need to work more than 20 hours a week—he calculated that would cost the university $25 million for all in-state students at Penn State. He called it the Penn State Promise.
"Some of these things won't work," he said. "I'm talking a little bit out loud—let's get strategic, let's focus on these things."
Several of the trustees praised the report, and Barron indicated he would tackle the other five issues in upcoming meetings.
Lord's resolution: Generally, the way Penn State's board has worked is that resolutions come up through the committees. Lord introduced this resolution, however, to the full board.
He said the trustees haven't done anything with the Freeh report—except to fulfill the recommendations Freeh made and hand the report over to the NCAA, which in turn used the findings to impose sanctions. "By virtue of the fact that we didn't reject it, the board tells me that they didn't accept it," he said. "To me, the absence of a rejection is acceptance."
He said that "everyone has been sitting on their hands" waiting for the criminal trial of Graham Spanier, Gary Schultz '71, '75g, and Tim Curley '76, '78g. "I'm afraid that case is going to be dismissed," he said, "and it'll be 'Penn State got out of it because of a technicality.' I want the truth. I am hopeful of where it leads. I have very strong beliefs of where it will lead. But if any of those guys were guilty, then they belong in jail."
Lord said he would be happy to provide specifics of incomplete parts of Freeh's report, but he wanted to refresh his memory of the details before he did so. "I'm sort of brain dead after that mind-numbing conversation all afternoon," he said.
Freeh did not have subpoena power; in his report, he indicated that was why he did not speak to the primary figures in the Sandusky scandal, among them Schultz, Curley, Joe Paterno, and Mike McQueary '97. (Spanier did meet with Freeh's investigators.) Said Lord: "Louis Freeh would tell you that, Look, I couldn't talk to this guy because he's part of a criminal investigation. But you're talking about seven people, the seven key people who know what happened or as much as anybody knows about what happened—he never talked to anybody. I understand that some of them have claimed privilege because they're in a criminal case, but that means [Freeh is] not finished."
As if all that weren't enough, here are a few additional—shorter—items from the meeting:
—Masser ran unopposed for chair and will serve for another year. Kathleen Casey '88, a gubernatorial appointee, defeated Bill Oldsey '76, an alumni-elected trustee, for the vice chair position. As usual, vote totals were not announced.
—Casey's election as vice chair opened up an at-large position on the executive board, and the trustees voted to fill the spot with Ryan McCombie '70. He is the first of the alumni trustees elected post-Sandusky scandal to be appointed to the executive committee.
—The board granted emeritus trustee status to Samuel Hayes and Paul Suhey '79, with all nine alumni trustees abstaining. Anthony Lubrano '82 suggested again that emeritus trustee status be delayed until governance reform is enacted.
—The board approved a $4.6 billion budget for 2014-15 with a tuition increase of 2.99 percent for University Park and increases ranging from zero to 2.4 percent for other campuses.
Lori Shontz, senior editor
Getting into the Nitty-Gritty of Governance Reform
Some of what happened at Thursday's meeting of the Penn State trustees' governance and long-range planning committee—which began to get into the nitty-gritty of additional reforms—was predictable:
Veteran members of the board spoke in favor of keeping it the same size; newer members, elected by the alumni in the wake of the Sandusky scandal, insisted that a smaller board would be "more nimble" and "more engaged." Agricultural trustees didn't think cutting back the number of ag trustees was a good idea. Students said they need a permanent seat on the board, with the trustee being chosen by the students themselves, not the governor or the board itself.
But for the first time in public, the trustees went beyond the basics. Representatives from the Alumni Association, the faculty, and the students made their cases for permanent seats on the board. And among the issues the trustees considered Thursday were these:
How do the trustees define whether board members are "engaged"? Would having a faculty member—a university employee—on the board present an insurmountable conflict of interest? And how many board members should be alumni—not just trustees elected by the alumni, but alumni?
Additionally, Eric Barron, who is attending his first board meeting after taking over as Penn State's president on May 12, weighed in.
He was careful to say that he wasn't making recommendations and didn't want to choose who his boss would be (the Board of Trustees is responsible for selecting the president). Barron said only that he wanted to let the committee know of his experience, and that he was familiar, as Florida State's president, with having student and faculty representation on the board. He repeatedly used the word "voice" to describe what those trustees provided.
"If I got nervous about anything in this conversation, it wasn't the notion of numbers and placement," he said in the meeting. "It's the notion of representing someone. My view is that this has to be a group of people that are here for one purpose: to ensure the success of the institution, not representation."
As he spoke, governance consultant Holly Gregory and her assistant, Paige Montgomery, nodded their heads vigorously. Gregory had opened the discussion by saying, "Reaching agreement on these issues is difficult because it's not quite as clear [as other reforms the board has already enacted]. There are issues of both power and trust. The trust among members of this board is already under some degree of tension. We've spent a lot of time talking about it. I know some are frustrated that we haven't moved faster."
Barron elaborated on his experience with student and faculty trustees, saying that in addition to the voice they provide, he found that the chance for additional back-and-forth about the issues was important. "Lo and behold," he said, "a student will vote for a tuition increase because they participated in an in-depth discussion about the budget and understand what the university is up against, and they don't want to give up quality any more than anyone else. A faculty member will vote on benefit changes because they realize that between health insurance and benefits, it's going up at a clip of $25 million a year and that's unsustainable. So the voice is not just that, but an opportunity to give input and have it go in reverse."
As usual, there's no easy way to sum up what happened during the meeting, which lasted for 90 minutes and moved briskly. Even at that pace, the committee didn't discuss all of the reform items it had previously discussed in small groups that were closed to the public in May. Here are some highlights from today's meeting:
Alumni trustees: Alumni Association president Kay Salvino '69, in making the case for an Alumni Association seat on the board, highlighted the association's "mission of service" to its 174,379 members and 631,000 living alumni. "We have responsibility for serving the largest constituency of the university—substantially larger than students, faculty, and staff combined, and growing larger every year." She noted, as well, that Alumni Council, the association's governing board, includes alumni society presidents from each college and campus.
[In the interest of full disclosure: The Penn Stater magazine and this website are both published by the Alumni Association.]
In addition, Salvino said, the Alumni Association is "one of the largest cumulative donors" to Penn State with more than $15 million in gifts for scholarships, fellowships, programs, and facilities since 1988. And in the just-concluded capital campaign, Alumni Association members donated nearly $800 million, meaning "90 cents on the dollar of all alumni giving came from members of the Alumni Association."
She finished by showing the scope of the Alumni Association's programs, which involve students, showcase the university's academic prowess, and communicate with alums: "We touch and serve Penn State and our alumni in a way that no other organization can do, and we do it every day, in countless ways."
Trustee emeritus David Jones '54, for one, was skeptical. He said he had "great respect and admiration" for the Alumni Association, but pointed out that alumni already elect nine trustees and noted that "historically, in recent years, at least two-thirds of our trustees have been alumni." He called that proportion of trustees who are alumni "really full, if not too full."
He added: "I sometimes think we would benefit by having more outside voices on the board."
Alumni trustees Anthony Lubrano '82 and Barbara Doran '75 spoke up for the current system of elected alumni trustees; Doran called the alumni election "one of the most robust, transparent processes you can run."
Business and industry trustee Richard Dandrea '77 floated the idea of reducing the number of alumni-elected trustees, saying that election turnout is low and that so many of the other trustees are alumni that perhaps alumni are overrepresented on the board. Lubrano disagreed repeatedly, saying "no one" is more invested in the success of the university than alumni, but board chair Keith Masser '73, an ag trustee, agreed with Dandrea, saying that the business and industry trustees may be misnamed. He said he isn't aware that a non-alum has ever been named a business and industry trustee.
Faculty: John Nichols, professor emeritus of communications and chair of the Faculty Senate's special committee on university governance, which issued this report in 2013, made the case for a faculty representative on the board. He stressed two things: first, that his committee's report had been unanimously approved by the Faculty Senate, which is a particularly rare feat; and second, that he was proposing not a faculty trustee, but an "internal academic trustee." The distinction, he said, is "very important."
A "highly specialized institution like a university," Nichols said, needs trustees who have a "deep understanding" of its mission. Penn State's board has two members with a background in higher education: elected alumni trustee Alice Pope '79, '83g, '86g, a psychology professor at St. John's University, and Bill Oldsey '76, who has worked in academic publishing.
Additionally, he said, a university is "essentially a professional association, and professional institutions are best governed with considerable governance by the internal professionals that deliver the goods. … Not to have that happen is a serious disconnection between the core mission of the university and the governance of the university."
Jones said he had reservations about having employees on the board; ag trustee Betsy Huber noted that Pennsylvania law prohibits schoolteachers from serving on the school board in their own districts for just that reason. But Dandrea (who was chairing the meeting in Keith Eckel's absence) said having one faculty trustee out of 30 meant that any conflict of image could be managed.
Students: University Park Undergraduate Association president Anand Ganjam and vice president Emily MacDonald spoke on behalf of students, and they made largely the point that their predecessors have made in previous meetings: that students don't want to rely on the whim of the governor to have representation on the board and should have a representative who is chosen by students themselves. (For years, the governor has used one of his appointments to include a student on the board, but there's nothing saying he has to.) They also detailed the procedure by which they assure student input.
Lubrano said he was in favor of the governor continuing to appoint a student trustee, but Masser said Gov. Tom Corbett had agreed to give up one of his appointments and allow the board to choose a student.
The tension surrounding reform was evident earlier in the day at the outreach committee meeting, when alumni trustee Ted Brown '68 questioned Mike DiRaimo, the university's governmental affairs representative, about a letter DiRaimo had written to the Senate's state government committee asking that a bill sponsored by state Sen. John Yudichak, which would cut the board to 23 members, be tabled. Brown said he was upset that the letter indicated that the Board of Trustees did not support the bill because that is not, in fact, the case.
DiRaimo explained that he objected to the committee taking action on the bill for two reasons: because the bill would apply only to Penn State, and the university had been assured that would not be the case, and that the bill stipulates that only the General Assembly can make changes in the board's size and composition in the future. He said, "That I know to be against the interest, against the position, against the actions of the trustees." (The Senate committee did vote, unanimously, to approve the bill, which still needs to be considered by the full Senate.)
Brown wasn't satisfied: "You said the Board of Trustees is opposed to this bill. I don't remember any discussion to that, ever."
New alumni trustee Robert Jubelirer '59, '62g chimed in, suggesting that DiRaimo could have phrased his objections better—and more accurately. He said that Yudichak '93, '04g and co-sponsor Jake Corman '93 had previously agreed to hold the bill through May 2014 to see what progress the board made itself on reform and that the bill had been amended so to extend the time period to two years to allow the board to pursue reform itself.
"I think that's significant," Jubelirer said. "There's plenty of time if this board is intent on reforming."
He added that not only did the full board not discuss or vote on its position on the bill, but that he would not have opposed it had the board done so. Therefore, he said, the letter to the legislature was inaccurate. DiRaimo did not respond.
Here's what comes next in the process:
Dandrea said that any committee members interested in working on a formal proposal to vote on at the next committee meeting would work with university attorney Frank Guadagnino '78, who will "labor over" the draft. The committee will schedule an additional meeting within the next month to vote on recommendations to bring to the board. The idea is to have the board in position to vote on a proposal at its next meeting, Sept. 19 at University Park.
Lori Shontz, senior editor
The Penn Stater Daily—April 9, 2014
Consent decree challenged: Pennsylvania's Commonwealth Court may have opened the door to a challenge of the consent decree, the basis for the NCAA's sanctions against Penn State, in a ruling today in the NCAA's challenge to a bill written by state Sen. Jake Corman that would require the $60 million fine to be spent entirely on child-abuse programs in Pennsylvania. This Patriot-News story will give you the basics, and you can click here to read the decision yourself.
BOT election starts tomorrow: The election for three alumni seats on the Board of Trustees begins tomorrow, Thursday, April 10, and runs through 9 a.m. Thursday, May 8. Before you cast your ballot, learn about the 31 candidates with our Three Questions project.
A creative thank-you: Men's hockey coach Guy Gadowsky released this video to thank the team's alumni for their support. And, yeah, that's a cool gesture. But what will really keep you watching is Gadowsky showing off his juggling prowess. I couldn't look away. I'm off to work on my hand-eye coordination.
Lori Shontz, senior editor
The Penn Stater Daily — March 3, 2014
A kinder, gentler State Patty's Day: The combined efforts of the university, State College authorities, local businesses, and many student groups seem to be working, as the fallout from this year's State Patty's Day festivities was largely minimized. For the third year running, crime was down in the borough, with State College police saying it was "similar to a football weekend." As late-winter traditions go, it was nice to see the student-run Day of Service back for a fourth year.
Three for all: The women's basketball team on Saturday claimed its third straight Big Ten championship, beating Michigan 77-62. The Lady Lions' terrific senior class went out in style in its last regular-season home game, with Ariel Edwards, Talia East, Maggie Lucas, and Dara Taylor all posting double digits in the win.
And speaking of champs: The Penn State women edged Michigan over the weekend to claim the program's third Big Ten Indoor championship. And Shane Ryan, just a sophomore, set the Penn State and Big Ten record in the 100 freestyle to earn Swimmer of the Big Ten Championships. He's the first Nittany Lion so honored.
All aboard: Thirty-two alumni will vie for three open seats in this year's Board of Trustees election. Our Lori Shontz '91, '13g has the scoop, including details about the Alumni Association voting guide, which we'll publish within the next month.
Right said TED: The fourth annual TEDxPSU event was held Sunday at Schwab Auditorium. Onward State has the highlights.
Ryan Jones, senior editor
The Penn Stater Daily — Feb. 28, 2014
Get better soon, Sue: Thinking this morning of Sue Paterno '62, who was injured in a fall Thursday. A family spokesman says she's been hospitalized for observation and that her "attitude and resolve are great." Here's to SuePa being back on her feet soon.
That time of year again: Saturday is State Patty's Day, and there's been plenty of talk and activity leading up to the infamous annual event. The facts: many local landlords are banning parties on their properties, State College police are proactively discouraging large gatherings, and 34 of 35 downtown establishments that serve alcohol have agreed to stay dry for the day, with those businesses compensated by the university.
As for opinions, well, there is no shortage of those, including many who feel town and campus authorities are overreacting. More compelling, I'd argue, are these takes from Dennis Shea, associate dean in Health & Human Development, and an EMS worker who has worked the holiday as part of local ambulance crews. Both lay out just how ugly and dangerous State Patty's Day has been at its worst. Here's wishing everyone in town and on campus a fun, and safe, weekend.
Winning words: Congrats to Anna Orso on winning the 2014 Hearst Foundation sports writing award. A Penn State senior and Daily Collegian alumna currently writing for PennLive.com, Orso won for a story on college football recruiting published in the College of Communications' in-house publication. It's her second win in the national college journalism competition.
The stages are set: If you're near Philly or Pittsburgh next weekend, Penn State musical theatre students are headed your way. The Alumni Association is sponsoring a traveling showcase of current Penn State theatre standouts in King of Prussia on Friday, March 7, and in Pittsburgh on Saturday, March 8. Tickets are just $10 for Alumni Association members. Should be a fun night out.
Hot hoops: The Nittany Lions swept their season series with No. 22 Ohio State on Thursday, posting a 65-63 win over the visiting Buckeyes. It was a great atmosphere for Senior Night at the BJC. And speaking of great seniors, Lady Lion star Maggie Lucas has been named a semifinalist for the Naismith National Player of the Year award.
Ryan Jones, senior editor


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A Nerf gun cocking--very cool!
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A so called lossless format. It is the de facto standard for "high" quality audio storage that ensures the highest compatibility amongst different OSs (win, mac, linux). In addition virtually all DAWs and sound editing programs can handle well this format and use it as default.
If you're interested in the inner workings of this format have a look at the excellent wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wav
Haha! I can't believe that's a Nerf gun! Great sound, I used it in this project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNvjsz8ghpE Many thanks!
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I like cheese and I'm awesome, and there you have it. I'm more of a gamer then anything else but I'm also into Motocross, Kendo, Tennis and Paintballing. I didn't say anime cause if I wasn't I wouldn't be here, but I suppose by giving that explaination, I just counted out my 'didn't say'.
I like all kinds of anime, but I also hate alot. My prefences lean toward intellectual anime, high action/violent, genderbending and videogame based or videogame-like anime. I think the most important elements for me are the characters and style. Its usually what draws me into an anime to begin with. For example: Kino's Journey, Ergo Proxy and Karas I bought totally on a whim because I liked their dvd cases and each turned out to be amoung my favorite anime.
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Nice to see you in the forums! ^_^
I'll give ya balls props for admiting to liking the manga format of Pokemon Adventures... though I really can't say much because I happened to actually watch Pokemon back in the day when anime was scarce in my life. ;p
lol, anyway, thx for the comment the bio is still a slight work in progress but I know it's a bit much to read. not many people actually do finish it, and you are the first to admit to having stop midway then going back after getting "called" on it ;)
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Welcome to the site bro. An Orphen fan. =O Been ages since I saw that anime and played the game! Good 'ole PS2 early year memories right there haha.
Hey and welcome! Love the avatar! Make yourself at home!
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hexstatic 8 years
I'll do Peter Sarsgaard. Definitely!
smp7328 8 years
So I am going to change my answer, if that is allowed here, from Sean Connery. I just saw maroon 5 in concert, and I have to say that as close as I was to seeing Adam Levine on stage, I am gonna have to change my answer to him. Meeting him would be the best thing ever because DAYUM!!!!! he's a hottie!!!!! So, I would be TOTALLY starstruck by Adam Levine. And that is my (final) answer.
ishop2much 8 years
Oprah. I'd probably get scared if I saw MJ and all his plastic surgery.
Martini-Rossi 8 years
Brangelina for sure!
Martini-Rossi 8 years
Brangelina for sure!
ticamorena 8 years
The Pope- I'd have sooo many questions!...Or Nelson Mandela- I don't think I'd recover from seeing him! I'm not really phased by celebrities or entertainers- they have an occupation like the rest of us, and are images of an industry, but people who have a more subtle role in the lives of millions as a matter of faith or as a matter of personal conviction- they are really awe inspiring!
Hootie 8 years
Holly Hunter Harvey Keitel Al Pacino Morgan Freeman Just to name a few...
demeter 8 years
Jennifer Love Hewitt. She's my fave star. The options don't hold a candle to her!
KristinDaBomb 8 years
Reese Witherspoon haha. I just love her so much.
bellanatella 8 years
OH MAN,If I saw Michael Jackson, I wouldn't be starstruck I'd..I won't get into that. WHOA.
bellanatella 8 years
OH MAN, If I saw Michael Jackson, I wouldn't be starstruck I'd..I won't get into that. WHOA.
bellanatella 8 years
OH MAN, If I saw Michael Jackson, I wouldn't be starstruck I'd..I won't get into that. WHOA.
LadyP 8 years
I said other: I would love to meet Drew Barrymore, Reese Witherspoon, Victoria and David Beckham.
lovelybritty84 8 years
Gwen Stefani. I'd probably faint.
tiff58 8 years
Jack for me. Also, not listed, but probably Will Smith.
fleurfairy 8 years
Johnny Depp, of course. But I think my #1 would be Mikhail Baryshnikov because I've idolized him ever since I was 4 years old.
Beauty 8 years
Madonna for sure! I've met Oprah and have been around Madonna — but was too shy to say anything. She's not very tall but she has a VERY commanding presence.
californiagirlx7 8 years
Brad & Angelina, definitely. They are the most powerful celebrity couple in the world.
sugarsister 8 years
All of them because they're so famous and powerful they would probably just as soon squash me like a bug than look at me
pennylane1984 8 years
Hmmmm, hard to say. I'd have to say Matthew McConaughey(I probably spelled that wrong). Although then I'd just be star-struck and speechless. GORGEOUS!!! Eliza Dushku for sure, too. Well, because she's hot.
anniechacha 8 years
I don't think I get starstruck much but would definitely get excited to meet Julie Andrews. I've loved her since I was little and saw the Sound of Music for the first time. She's the epitome of class and style and I admire her for how she's lived her life.
CaterpillarGirl 8 years
K8, there is nothing of Danny Zucko left in travolta anymore.
lovelylei 8 years
its funny because I thought it wouldn't be such a big deal if I saw a famous person but I happened to be in New York last weekend for the first time and I saw Paul Giamatti! he turned out to be real nice and I got an awesome shot of him.
nicachica 8 years
of the people on this list, i'd be starstruck by Madonna simply because she seems so freakin unapproachable. But i'm a rock chick and if i ran into Robert Plant or Jimmy Page, i think i'd faint. No really, i'd faint!
nicachica 8 years
of the people on this list, i'd be starstruck by Madonna simply because she seems so freakin unapproachable.But i'm a rock chick and if i ran into Robert Plant or Jimmy Page, i think i'd faint. No really, i'd faint!


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Donald Trump went on the warpath Monday over accusations that his Trump University was a sham ŌĆö even as angry former students stepped forward, calling the ŌĆ£schoolŌĆØ a giant ripoff.
Trump blasted New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman as a ŌĆ£political hackŌĆØ for slapping the school with a $40 million fraud suit. Trump even suggested President Barack Obama might be behind the litigation. Schneiderman called TrumpŌĆÖs beef absurd.
Amid the accusations, the Daily News obtained a deposition that Trump gave last year in which he acknowledged that he didnŌĆÖt know some key operational details of the school, which promised easy riches through his real estate techniques.
ŌĆ£Which of your real estate secrets were taught as part of the mentorship?ŌĆØ Trump was asked in the deposition, taken in connection with a federal lawsuit filed by several former students against Trump U.
'They [President Barack Obama and New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman] meet on Thursday evening ... I get sued on Saturday at 1 o'clock. Think about it,' Donald Trump says is why he thinks the president was behind the fraud suit against Trump University.
ŌĆ£YouŌĆÖd have to ask Mr. Sexton. He has all that information,ŌĆØ Trump answered, referring to Michael Sexton, who was Trump UŌĆÖs president.
In the deposition, Trump also could not detail what students received in return for paying $1,500 in the schoolŌĆÖs apprenticeship program or what they got in the more expensive ŌĆ£Gold EliteŌĆØ program. Nor could he recall his ŌĆ£10 steps for closing any real estate deal.ŌĆØ
ŌĆ£ItŌĆÖs been a long time ago,ŌĆØ he said.
But he had plenty to say about the quality of Trump U.
Former Trump University students spoke out Monday. Said Kevin Scott, who's allegedly out $25,000: 'It turned out to be one of the biggest mistakes of my life.'
ŌĆ£I went to the Wharton School of Finance,ŌĆØ Trump said in the deposition, referring to the University of PennsylvaniaŌĆÖs business school. ŌĆ£I know a lot about education.ŌĆØ
Attending Trump U, he said, was ŌĆ£no different than going to Harvard.ŌĆØ
ŌĆ£They say go to Harvard, great school, blah, blah, blah, and I think this is ŌĆö except I think we have a higher approval rating than Harvard if you want to know the truth.ŌĆØ
In his lawsuit, Schneiderman said Trump U victimized as many as 5,000 people with a classic ŌĆ£bait and switchŌĆØ ŌĆö promising to make students rich and then enticing them to pay as much as $35,000 for seminars that were largely useless.
This marketing letter, filed as an exhibit with the state of New York's lawsuit against Trump University, highlights promises the school allegedly made to potential students.
Trump launched a furious counterattack of tweets and TV appearances blasting Schneiderman and suggesting that Obama ŌĆö who met the attorney general during a swing through upstate New York last week ŌĆö had a role in the lawsuit.
ŌĆ£They meet on Thursday evening. I get sued by this AG Schneiderman, I get sued on Saturday at 1 oŌĆÖclock. Think of it. What government agency in the history of this country has ever brought a suit on a Saturday?ŌĆØ Trump railed on ŌĆ£Fox and Friends.ŌĆØ
ŌĆ£Maybe itŌĆÖs a mini IRS [scandal],ŌĆØ Trump said on CNN. ŌĆ£I am a Republican, I have been a critic.ŌĆØ
Advertisments like this allegedly enticed students to sign up with Trump University.
In one tweet, Trump claimed he was the victim of ŌĆ£Thug Politics.ŌĆØ In another, he called Schneiderman ŌĆ£a total sleazebag!ŌĆØ
Schneiderman denied any collaboration with Obama and called TrumpŌĆÖs claims nonsense.
ŌĆ£Prosecutors are all used to persons who commit fraud making wild accusations when theyŌĆÖre caught,ŌĆØ he said on CNN. ŌĆ£This is just an effort to distract from the substance of the case.ŌĆØ
Former students spoke out Monday, saying Trump had it coming.
Donald Trump's tweets started coming fast and furious Monday afternoon.
ŌĆ£They touted this as, ŌĆśWe have this whole thing set up. We are the experts. We know what we are doing. You go with us, we are going to make things a lot easier,ŌĆÖŌĆØ said Kevin Scott, 44, of Westchester County, who claims heŌĆÖs out $25,000.
ŌĆ£It turned out to be one of the biggest mistakes of my life.ŌĆØ
TrumpŌĆÖs name ŌĆ£is synonymous with real estate,ŌĆØ Scott said.
ŌĆ£The thing they touted heavily was you bring us the deals, and weŌĆÖll get you the financing,ŌĆØ he said. ŌĆ£You can do this without your own money. And to this day, I still have no idea how this is possible.ŌĆØ
Gregory Ryan, who has sued Trump University separately in Suffolk County Supreme Court, said heŌĆÖs the victim of a $25,000 ŌĆ£ripoff.ŌĆØ
ŌĆ£WeŌĆÖve all seen Donald Trump on TV,ŌĆØ said Ryan, 59. ŌĆ£HeŌĆÖs well known so that gave me a degree of trust ŌĆ" I thought that something with his name on it could help me make money, that it could help me out. But when I got into it I found out that was not true at all. I got left holding the bag.ŌĆØ
The News has learned that the plaintiffs in a California lawsuit will be in court Friday, asking a judge for permission to amend their case to bring civil charges under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, known as RICO.
The government typically uses RICO to pursue criminal cases, but private parties can also file civil RICO suits when they believe they have been victimized by a conspiracy. If successful in a civil RICO case, plaintiffs can collect triple damages.
Trump tried to short-circuit the lawsuit earlier this year by countersuing the lead plaintiff, Tarla Makaeff, for defamation. His lawyers argued that Makaeff had recorded testimonials in praise of Trump U. But an appeals court dismissed TrumpŌĆÖs challenge.
In an op-ed for The News, Schneiderman said that some students were ŌĆ£houndedŌĆØ into giving favorable reviews of Trump U.


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This year, NC DNA Day Ambassadors will present four exciting modules.
In this module students learn the ins and outs of the human genome – what makes us each unique, how traits are inherited, and how Genome Wide Association Studies (GWAS) are helping to identify genes responsible for complex human diseases. Hands on activities include the Genetic Wheel (which shows how inherited traits make each of us incredibly unique) and a GWAS activity where students get to identify a genetic marker contributing to a human disease.
In this module, students will learn about the concept of 'personalized' medicine; how differences in our genes affect whether a drug treatment will be successful or have serious side effects, and how we can use this information to customize treatments for individual patients. Students will participate in a hands-on activity to further demonstrate how subtle genetic differences affect a patient's response to medication.
In the forensics module, students learn how DNA is analyzed by forensic scientists in order to link a DNA sample to a particular individual. To do this, forensic scientists use powerful molecular biology techniques such as PCR, restriction digests and gel electrophoresis. To learn more about DNA and how it is used by forensic scientists, students will isolate their own DNA from saliva! Using their new-found understanding of DNA and forensics techniques, students will help solve the case of the missing mascot. Whodunit?
Our immune system is designed to protect us from any potential pathogen that may invade our bodies. How can our bodies anticipate and defend us from pathogens? How do vaccines protect us from infection? Antibodies are proteins that can recognize viruses and bacteria and help the body to fight infection. Like all proteins, antibodies are encoded in the DNA of our cells. The B cells in our body can generate 100,000,000,000 different antibodies capable of recognizing any type of pathogen that might invade our body. If the human genome only consists of 30,000 genes, how can we get this many different antibodies? This module will address these questions and will familiarize students with the following concepts from the North Carolina Standards of Competency: the immune response, genetics, cell specialization, and communication among cells in an organism.


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In his address to the National Assembly in Paris, President Clinton reflected on the D-Day celebrations and looked ahead to the challenges the world faces today. "Our challenge now is to unite our people around the opportunities of peace as those who went before us united against the dangers of war," he said. The President indicated that the United States will remain a strong partner with European nations. To ensure this, the President said the United States is working to create a new spirit of American renewals, to reduce its budget deficits, to revive its economy, to expand trade, to make its streets safer from crime, to restore the pillars of American strength--work, family, and community, and to maintain its defense presence in Europe. President Clinton noted that the United States and the European nations must pursue a shared strategy to secure the peace and prosperity of a broader Europe. That strategy, he said, depends upon integrating the entire continent through three sets of bonds: security cooperation; market economics; and democracy. close
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A program on creative container gardening is set for Tuesday, April 22 - Earth Day - at the Montpelier Public Library, 301 S. Main St.
Participants will "discover new and exciting ways to reuse and re-purpose old items into creative garden containers," according to a press release. The event is co-sponsored by the library and Purdue Extension Blackford County.
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ds is 2 1/2 and ei assessment says receptive language is 8 months. he is nonverbal so expressive language is 5 months. but you throw him on his tablet and he goes to town like ones business! he is all over the charts.
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If you want to go to an overpriced salon with low quality nail polish, come here!! $85 for a regular pedi and a sloppy shellac french tip and I have lint heated on my nails bc of the brush she was using was old and ragged. She totally rushed on me and they lost a customer looking for a salon to go to every 2 weeks. It would have been so convenient because they're down the street from me. 'll take my business somewher... view moreLike this review?Yes|Flag Abuse
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This place is fantastic. I love the artwork they can do to my nails. The cobwebs for Halloween are fabulous! Ask for Kevin if you want a non-ticklish pedicure, Nancy for meticulous silks, Loan for a wicked leg massage, BB or Denny for all work and no talk,Like this review?Yes|Flag AbuseProvided by Citysearch
Ya, I like this spa because I feel relax when I come here and it is most trustable. My feet were very ruff before two or three months ago but now it's fine and gives a nice look like a miracle.Like this review?Yes|Flag Abuse
I have gone to places and spent $80 on a pedi that lasted 2 days before polish peeled off. At Jolie Nail Spa my polish lasted for 2 months! I am not kidding. I brought my husband in to get his feet taken care of and they gave him some special ointment for his foot fungus. Took it right away. They really are amazing gals and they have a lot of fun too! Smiles all around. Relaxing place with good company.Like this review?Yes|Flag Abuse
The thing I like most about this salon is that it does not reek of polish, so that way I can relax. They take care of me, by making sure I am happy and if there are any mistakes they fix it right away. I have moved to the other side of town and will still make the drive over.Like this review?Yes|Flag AbuseProvided by Citysearch
Maybe I got a bad pedicurist on a bad day. But she was utterly distracted the whole time, not looking at my feet, chatting with her coworkers left and right. As a result, at one point, she was using a brush on my feet -- not on the soles, but on the upper part with tender skin -- and since she wasn't looking, she scraped me. My skin was red and it actually stung a bit when I put the foot back into the water. At first... view moreLike this review?Yes|Flag AbuseProvided by Citysearch


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open Outcast is a total conversion mod for Crysis Wars that should become an unofficial successor of the Action-Adventure Outcast (by Appeal).
A summary of the state of the project and announcing the closed beta of our demo.
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A short summary what happened so far:
Now we are announcing the closed beta of this demo. More information about the application process can be found HERE.
After its release, there will be a new project page on IndieDB.
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I Welcome friendship more.
As a baseline, what i can offer is sincerity, honesty and a engaging heart. but other than these, it really depends on how far our friendship progress to determine how much i would commit.
I don't particularly have a hobby as i enjoy trying new stuff, but if i were to say, i enjoy spending time with people. at time i may take the lead... at times i follow the flow...
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One of the members is Sra. María. She is a determined and active woman who has worked hard to maintain unity in her group by organizing teambuilding and fundraising activities. María has a business in her home where she offers household goods to her many customers. Her husband works and helps with the business while all of her children attend school. They are a united and hardworking family.
María is requesting a loan to buy various products for her business such as sugar, flour, noodles, oil, charcoal, and other items.
Este comité se formó en el Barrio San Lorenzo de la Ciudad de Caaguazú son 17 mujeres que se reunieron con el fin de formar un grupo solidario en donde la responsabilidad es conjunta. Ellas son independientes en sus labores como: vendedoras de ropas,venta de zapatos, venta de comidas, modista, tienen despensa, venta de frutas y verduras, etc.
Una de las integrantes es la señora Maria, quien es una mujer luchadora y muy activa, trabaja mucho para mantener unido a su grupo, realizando actividades de integración y tambien para recaudar fondos.
Ella tiene un negocio en su casa donde ofrece articulos de usos del hogar, cuentan con buena cantidad de clientes.
Su marido trabaja y tambien la ayuda en su negocio y todos sus hijos se encuentran estudiando, es una familia muy unida y trabajadora.
Solicita el préstamo para la compra de articulos varios para su negocio como azucar, harina, fideos, aceites, carbón y otros.
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About Fundación ParaguayaFundación Paraguaya is a financially self-sustaining social enterprise that promotes entrepreneurship in urban and rural areas through microfinance, education programs, and more. Its focus on agriculture has helped many farmers boost their crop yields. And a number of other borrowers have taken out loans to start and grow social businesses that have helped deliver eyeglasses, medicines and other helpful services in their local communities.
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Implementation of the Lindahl Correspondence by a Single-Valued, Feasible, and Continuous Mechanism
This paper considers the problem of designing mechanisms whose Nash allocations coincide with the Lindahl allocations for public goods economies with more than one private good. Unlike previous mechanisms, the mechanism presented here has a single-valued, feasible, and continuous outcome function. Furthermore, when there are no public goods in economies, feasible and continuous implementation of the (constrained) Walrasian correspondence can be obtained as a corollary of the authors' first theorem. Copyright 1989 by The Review of Economic Studies Limited.
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Three random things that determine how successful you are!
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1) Your face...but not just how good looking you are. A mature looking face makes you look more competent.
2) Your name. If you have a name that is hard to pronounce, the odds of you getting the job, are shortened.Better first impression if they don't trip over your name.
3) How popular you were in high school. In one study, researchers had kids list the top three most popular kids in their class. then 35 years later, researchers checked back with everyone. The top 15% in popularity were making an average of 10% more than everyone else.
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On behalf of Harrogate Nova Cycling Club, I would like to welcome competitors and spectators to Ripley Castle Cyclocross. Following on from our successful first running in 2014, we approached 2015 with some degree of trepidation. A 'difficult second album' was very much our feeling as the event drew near.
Working closely with our kind sponsors and Ripley Castle, the organising team delivered another fantastic day of high quality, accessible cyclocross racing. In 2014, we catered for 360 competitors. In 2015 we welcomed some 523! Moreover we saw nearly a 100% increase in participation in our slightly more relaxed GoCross race which surely has to bode well for the sport.
Our course designer set about a minor redesign of our 2014 course which resulted in a great balance between providing challenging racing for committed riders, yet was still great fun for less experienced riders. 2016 will see some further fine tuning, which will probably see an really exciting change to the finish area layout and technical changes to pit arrangements.
2015, saw us make further steady progress by offering modest, but warm changing rooms. We also achieved live to web results from transponder timing…..even for the children's races. The new spectator hub around the finishing straight with a strong trade team presence worked well as well as our relationship with the Dave Rayner Fund.
For 2016 we seek to broaden the appeal of the slightly shorter adult Go-Cross race early in the day that typically enjoys easier course conditions over a shorter duration. For those who perhaps had one too many the night before, maybe building fitness, perhaps fancy having a lower key 'go' or maybe run a mountain bike, it's probably just the job.
Our biggest ambition is to build our women's race into the exciting one hundred strong stand alone race that we all know it should be. From day one we have offered equal prizes to both genders. Now is the time to make a stand alone race happen in front of our estimated 1000 spectators. I have given this aspiration the title 'RCCX100′ and will not settle for any compromise between this race and the Senior Men's race. One Hundred focused athletes on that starting grid….
New Years Day is a challenging day to run a major event on. Our event is organised on a 'not for profit basis' with the Organising Team running this event for the love of the sport.
Whilst the weather cannot be controlled, what is beyond doubt is that Ripley Castle is both a beautiful and spectator friendly venue that can be easily reached from anywhere in the North of England. We really look forward to seeing you on New Year's Day, be it to blow away that hangover, fine tune your race form, or simply have a go on whatever bike you bring.
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Well. Isn't this interesting.
As John R. Guardiano has noted below, Democrat Chris Coons and the liberal media have gotten the Constitution totally wrong.
But the question is: Out of ignorance -- or deliberateness? I vote for a combination of both.
In one of the more startling moments in the recent debate between Delaware Senate candidates Coons and Christine O'Donnell, the conservative Republican opposing the left-wing Democrat, is Coons' frightening ignorance of the U.S. Constitution.
You read that right.
In a sentiment that speaks volumes about the combination of ignorance and arrogance all too frequently coming out of Ivy League schoolings and American liberal elites, Coons said this in response to O'Donnell's discussion of the "overreaching arm of the federal government getting into the business of the local communities." The conservative O'Donnell said: "…our so called leaders in Washington no longer view the indispensable principles of our founding as truly that, indispensable."
To which Coons stunningly replied: "Ms. O'Donnell, one of those indispensable principles is the separation of church and state."
O'Donnell immediately replied: "Where in the Constitution is the separation of church and state?"
The transcript than indicates "laughter."
Laughter? If that is meant to mean O'Donnell was wrong, than we are in even worse shape than might be supposed.
There is no such thing in the Constitution as the "separation of church and state." Coons, who was also unable to name the five freedoms mentioned in the First Amendment (religion, speech, press, the right of peaceful assembly and to petition the Government) simply asserted a flat-out untruth. And the media…predictably…is trying to say O'Donnell was wrong!
This is one very, very big issue. The notion that Coons was wrong is bad enough. The audience not understanding the fundamental founding document that is the U.S. Constitution?
Downright scary -- and a glaring warning sign of just how far off-track the American left-wing and secularists have gotten this country.
Christine O'Donnell -- she the supposed unqualified candidate -- got this 100% correct.
And Coons -- the Ivy Leaguer -- got it wrong, and not just wrong but abysmally so.
In this one exchange Americans can see two of our big problems at work. Ignorance of the Constitution -- and arrogance from self-appointed elitists about a supposed intellectual superiority they quite laughably don't even come close to possessing.
And the third problem? The serious possibility that Coons in fact knows he's wrong, but has every intention of deliberately violating the Constitution in an effort to keep extending federal control over every last nook and cranny of American life.
No more local control of schools. No more churches deciding what they can preach. No more First Amendment protections for talk radio or the Internet.
This exchange between O'Donnell and Coons is not just won by O'Donnell -- as Guardiano says -- it is a vivid illustration of just how determined the left is to grab control of America in total violation of constitutional principles.
And that is no laughing matter.
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