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More than 100 years ago, Southwestern was established to offer a comprehensive legal education to qualified aspiring lawyers from all walks of life, and was one of the first law schools in the country to encourage the enrollment of women and minorities. Today, Southwestern maintains a commitment to its rich legacy of multiculturalism and access, and is one of the most diverse law schools in the United States.
A Diverse Community
To meet the diverse needs of the law school's 1000+ students, Southwestern is the only law school to offer four J.D. programs of study that differ in scheduling and instructional approach. There is a strong sense of community among the students who come from virtually every state and a dozen foreign countries, and represent over 250 undergraduate institutions. About two thirds have prior work experience or have already completed advanced degrees in a wide variety of disciplines from accounting to urban planning.
Women represent more than half the student population, while minorities make up over 37 percent, and students report fluency in 38 foreign languages. The average age in the entering class is 26, with a range from 21 to over 50. In recent years, Southwestern has had the highest representation of African American students and second highest of Latino/Hispanic students of any California law school. Faculty also reflect Southwestern's commitment to diversity; more than a third are women, over 20 percent are minorities, and several members identify as LGBT.
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From the beginning, Southwestern alumni quickly became trailblazers in the profession and the greater community. The law school's first graduate in 1915 was Betty Trier Berry, the first woman in the U.S. to serve as public defender. Other Southwestern alumni went on to become California's first female African-American judge and first Native American judge, the first Latina trial court judge and the first female African-American appellate justice in the nation, and the first Chinese-American in the continental United States to serve as a federal judge.
Among Southwestern's many prominent minority alumni are the Hon. Arleigh Maddox Woods, Presiding Justice, California Court of Appeal (ret.); Hon. Ronald S.W. Lew, Senior Judge of the United States District Court; Hon. Otis Wright, Judge of the United States District Court; the Hon. Frances Munoz, Judge of the Superior Court of California, Orange County (ret.); the late Hon. Tom Bradley, Mayor of Los Angeles for 20 years; the late Hon. Julian C. Dixon, Member, United States Congress; Hon. Matthew Fong, former Treasurer of California; Hon. Denise Moreno Ducheny, Member, California State Senate; Richard Orosco, former Director of the IRS, Los Angeles district; and Hon. Ricardo Torres, former Presiding Judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court.
Diversity Awards
Southwestern has received recognition for its emphasis on diversity, most recently the 2014 State Bar of California Organizational Diversity Award - and was the first law school to receive this honor in the award's 13-year history. In 2012, Southwestern was one of the only law schools among the 48 U.S. colleges and universities to be recognized for "demonstrating an outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion" by INSIGHT Into Diversity in its first Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Awards. Southwestern was once again one of just two law schools on the list in 2014 among the other 82 academic institutions. Southwestern was also listed as 15th on the National Jurist's "Honor Roll" of the most diverse law schools in the country, based on percentage of faculty and students in minority categories.
The law school was presented with the LEXIS-NEXIS Law School Racial and Ethnic Diversity Award by the California Minority Counsel, which cited Southwestern's "long history of encouraging diversity, its comprehensive efforts in admissions, financial aid, academic support and placement, support of its diverse student organizations, and its community outreach programs." Southwestern received the Myra Bradwell Award (the first law school to be so honored) by the Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles, for "promoting and advancing women lawyers and issues important to women." Hispanic Business magazine has also recognized Southwestern as one of the "top law schools for Hispanic students" for several years running; the Mexican-American Bar Foundation presented Southwestern with an award for its commitment to diversity. Southwestern is also a member of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU).
Office of the Dean of Students and Diversity Affairs
The Dean of Students and Diversity Affairs coordinates the development and implementation of initiatives to increase the admission, retention, and graduation of students of color, and students from other underrepresented groups, and also works with a variety of departments to foster a campus environment that recognizes, celebrates, and values diversity. The office offers one-on-one counseling and support for students, oversees the Dean's Fellows Program that provides course-specific peer counseling, and conducts diversity student orientation workshops, among other programs. The office also sponsors outreach efforts to local undergraduate and community college students as well as high schools. Crucial input is provided by the Dean's Black Advisory Council composed of prominent minority alumni and faculty.
Law Student Organizations
The wide spectrum of student groups on campus has included the Arab Law Students Association, Armenian Law Students Association, Asian-Pacific-American Law Students Association, Black Law Students Association, Christian Legal Society, Hunter Latter Day Saints Law Student Association, International Student Association, Iranian Law Students Association, Irish Law Students Association, Islamic Law Society, Jewish Law Students Association, Latino Law Students Association, Middle Eastern Law Students Association, Native American Law Students Association, OUTLaw, Southwestern Parents Attending Law School, and the Women's Law Association.
These groups provide a supportive academic and social atmosphere to foster personal development and to facilitate transition into the legal profession. They sponsor workshops, tutorials, mentoring programs, study groups, volunteer opportunities, community outreach, cultural and social events, alumni networking receptions, and hundreds of speaker presentations to meet diverse student interests.
Scholarship Programs
Southwestern offers scholarships and financial aid programs to assist students from all backgrounds and financial need. The Wildman/Schumacher Scholarship Program provides up to full tuition renewable awards for entering students with exceptional leadership qualities and academic potential. Students from traditionally underrepresented groups are also encouraged to apply for other scholarships with specific criteria established by the donors, such as:
- Scholarships awarded to minority students (e.g., Bernard Burch Memorial Scholarship Fund, the Hon. Nate Holden Scholarship Fund)
- Scholarships awarded to women law students (e.g., Nancy H. Newman Memorial Scholarship Fund, Esther Harris Scholarship Endowment Fund, Molly Dilman Zimring Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund)
- Scholarships awarded to students of particular ethnicities (e.g., Sarah Kim Scholarship Fund for Korean-American students; Eileen Camillo Cochran/The California Women Lawyers Association Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund for women law students of Italian-American descent; Dino Hirsch Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund for Hispanic law students; Justice Arleigh M. Woods Scholarship Endowment Fund for African-American students; and Robert and Gloria Devitch Scholarship Fund for Mexican-American students)
- Scholarships awarded to gay, lesbian, and bisexual law students (e.g., the Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Law Students Association Scholarship Fund, the Greener/McAllister Public Interest Grant)
Additionally, Southwestern assists students with applications for outside scholarships, such as the MALDEF Scholarship Program sponsored by the Mexican-American Legal Defense and Education Fund, the Mexican American Bar Foundation scholarships, the Los Angeles County Bar Association Minority Scholarship Fund, the Beverly Hills Bar Association Foundation Scholarship Fund for minority law students, the Japanese American Bar Association Education Foundation, and the Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association Scholarship, among others. As one example, $75,000 in scholarships was awarded to outstanding law students of Latino heritage at the 16th Annual Scholarship and Awards Gala of the Mexican American Bar Foundation, and of the 15 students chosen, a record eight scholarships were awarded to Southwestern students.
Admissions Initiatives
As part of the recruiting calendar of events, Southwestern sends representatives to graduate school fairs and other activities around the country geared toward traditionally underrepresented students. Special attention is given to Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and HACU member institutions. The Admissions Office also encourages diverse groups of prospective students to visit Southwestern through a series of Open House programs and works with the Dean of Students and Diversity Affairs as well as officers of minority student organizations including the Black Law Students Association, the Latino Law Students Association, and the Asian-Pacific-American Law Students Association in coordinating myriad outreach programs and on-campus events.
In the review of applications, the Admissions Committee critically considers each candidates' significant work experience, upward trends in UGPA, the strength of the personal statement, letters of recommendation, overcoming a disadvantaged background and other life experience factors which would demonstrate the ability and motivation to succeed in law school.
Participation in Pipeline Initiatives
Southwestern is involved in various Pipeline initiatives in California and beyond to encourage youth from underrepresented communities to pursue careers in the law. These include the Legal Education Action Program (LEAP) with the Hispanic National Bar Association's Legal Education Fund, the Southern California Legal Diversity Pipeline Coalition, the Los Angeles County Bar Association Diversity Summit, Wingspread and the California State Bar efforts to ensure that those at each level within the pipeline are being sufficiently identified, trained and mentored. The law school has also developed Pipeline programs in partnership with the Los Angeles Public Defender's Office, Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) and the Constitutional Rights Foundation, among other entities.
Outreach to Local Public Schools
Over the years, student groups, faculty and administrators at Southwestern have created programs and activities to encourage local inner city primary, secondary, and community college students to pursue higher education in general and to consider law school.
Southwestern regularly hosts students and faculty from Dorsey High School and Los Angeles City College as well as middle schools. As part of the program, co-sponsored by the Student Bar Association and groups such as the Latino and Black Law Students Associations, law students present a mock trial demonstration or client negotiation problem in the law school's Julian C. Dixon Courtroom, followed by discussions about higher education and opportunities in the legal profession. Southwestern students also serve as counselors in the Teen Court Program.
One of the most rewarding ways Southwestern students have become involved in the community is through the law school's 20+ year association with Hoover Elementary School. The outreach efforts at Hoover are designed to help local disadvantaged youngsters gain a better understanding of the legal system, as well as develop a sense of responsibility and desire to continue their education. Law students conduct ADR exercises at the Hoover campus, and mock trial and criminal law discussions at the law school for fifth graders from this local school that has the largest minority student population in the region. Southwestern students also connect with Hoover children and families beyond just law-related programs. For example, the Latino Law Students Association sponsors annual food, clothing and holiday toy drives, the latter of which provides the 1,000+ students at Hoover with the only holiday gift many of them will receive.


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Valentine's Day is on the way and I thought I'd start early with the DIYs this year, so here's the first, in the form of a felt heart garland. This is super easy to make – you pretty much just need felt and a sewing machine – and it looks lovely and festive hung up around the place. Here's how it's done.
You'll need:
Two 20cm x 20cm pieces of felt, in alternative colours
Paper or card
Marker pen
Sewing machine fitted with white cotton
Make three different sized hearts out of paper – the easiest way to do this is to fold the paper in half and draw on three half hearts of varying sizes, before cutting them out.
Place the heart on top of the felt, draw around it with a marker pen and cut it out. Cut out three hearts of each different size in both colours, so that you end up with 18 hearts.
Line up your hearts on a table, mixing up the sizes and colours as you go. Before you start sewing, leave a few inches of cotton loose so that you can hang the garland. You then need to feed each heart into the sewing machine, so that the stitching sits about a third way down each heart. Please be careful not to get your fingers in there!
Keep going with each heart until you've used each one and then leave a few more inches of cotton at the end, once all of your hearts have been sewn, just to ensure more hanging room.
Hang it wherever you choose – I used a spot which previously held a Christmas garland, so that the hooks were already in place – that way I just created two hoops of cotton at each end of the garland to hook on.
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We asked for your memories of Tony Bennett leading up to his appearance Thursday night at the Clearwater Jazz Holiday. And, boy, did you respond. • We received e-mails and letters from residents from throughout North Pinellas that shed a little light on why the jazz and pop music legend is endeared by so many.
Tony Bennett and I met at Junior High School #141 in Astoria, N.Y., at age 13. We danced, and he sang at St. Francis of Assissi Church dances.
Later, when I got married, he sang at my wedding because we knew one another and he also was a singing waiter at the Pheasant Club, the place of my reception. His cousin, Rose Giordano, was my maid of honor! I followed his career for many years but I doubt that he will remember me.
Jean (Lanno) Powers, Palm Harbor
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It was the early 1950s; I was a student at Kelvyn Park High School in Chicago, the co-editor of my school newspaper and a member of Val Lauder's Keen Teen Press Club. Val was a reporter for the Chicago Daily News and had formed her "club" so teens from all over the city could meet and interview visiting celebrities, then print the results in their respective high school publications.
That year, we averaged about one or two interviews per month. I have a scrapbook of newspaper clippings and photographs of the famous and nearly famous. But the one that stands out the most is Tony Bennett, who wasn't much older than his adoring fans. In my Daily News photo, there he is … forever young, forever seated at a small upright piano with Yours Truly peeking over his shoulder surrounded by 20-plus of my "closest friends".
And shoved under the brittle plastic sleeve of my old scrapbook is a square corner from a once-white handkerchief. Printed in navy blue script are the words, "Borrowed from Tony Bennett".
Nancy Torum, Palm Harbor
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In the late 1940s, I was attending high school in St. Louis. As a Mother's Day treat, eight of my friends and I took our mothers out for dinner. After dinner, we went to a local hotel because Tony Bennett was appearing there and all of us were "in love" with him (including the moms).
During his performance, he noticed us and came over to our table and talked to us, then sang a song just for us. What a thrill! I will always remember him for making a special night even more so for both moms and daughters.
Dorothy Gilliam, Clearwater
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On Jan. 30, 1983, I was at the Super Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., between the Redskins and Dolphins. I was living in Arlington, Va., temporarily at the time. At halftime, I went to a stand for a refreshment.
All of a sudden I looked up and saw Tony Bennett and two of his bodyguards walking by, heading out of the stadium. I instinctively called out, "Hi Tony!" He immediately came over, shook my hand and said, "Hi! How are you?"
We had a beverage and talked for almost 30 minutes about football, Redskins, John Riggins, where I was from (St. Louis), and other small talk, etc. His bodyguards were flabbergasted. Who is this guy?
Then he shook my hand and said goodbye. I didn't see him again until a few months ago at Ruth Eckerd Hall, where my wife, Dorothy, and I attended a great and memorable performance. I will never forget that chance meeting of Tony Bennett at Super Bowl 1983.
Ray Gilliam, Clearwater
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It was the winter of 1968, and I was in "spy school," military lingo for Fort Holabird, the Baltimore installation where the Army trained its military intelligence officers.
The Army had been given some tickets to a concert at the Baltimore Civic Center, and I was one of the lucky lottery recipients for what would be the welcome relief from the stress of preparing for an overseas, wartime assignment. The concert's warmup was a rising young comedian named Woody Allen, who would be followed by "Mr. Bennett" and then Judy Garland.
Allen thoroughly loosened up the crowd of approximately 15,000, and Mr. Bennett was Tony Bennett … except that his set seemed to last much longer than expected. More than once, he conferred with the orchestra director about what song he could do next, obviously going off the prepared set to cover for a back-stage problem.
When he finally left the stage, Ms. Garland staggered out and mouthed some off-key, slurred lyrics. As the crowd's jeers and boos began to drown her out, she plopped down in the middle of the stage floor and announced, "I'm not drunk … I've got food poisoning." The crowd protests grew louder, and it was Tony Bennett to rescue.
He strolled back on stage, helped Ms. Garland to her feet and allowed her to lean on him as the pair left the stage. With the crowd becoming more raucous and loud, he returned and announced he would replace the "ill" headliner. He did another set, and I don't think he ever repeated a song unless he did another rendition of his trademark salute to San Francisco as his final number of both sets.
In the next few days, the Baltimore papers carried negative reviews of Ms. Garland, along with stories and letters about people demanding their money back. Even had my tickets not been gratis, I would never have asked for a refund.
Besides seeing two entertainment icons and a future icon on the same stage that night, I had gotten an education … about the dignity, class and compassion of Tony Bennett.
Ron Stuart, Palm Harbor
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It was the night before Thanksgiving 1989, and my husband and I had gone to New York to see our son, Gary, play with Illinois Jacquet's big band for the eighth anniversary celebration of the Blue Note. Included was turkey dinner, champagne, cake and anniversary T-shirt.
A flier said "with Very Special Guests (TBA!!)" Gary had heard rumors of all sorts of famous people dropping in to perform. Indeed they were all special — Kenny Burrell, Jimmy Scott, Milt Jackson, Jon Faddis — and they each went up and did a few numbers. But sitting at the table next to us was Tony Bennett, eating his turkey dinner, when Jacquet called him up. No warmup, in the middle of eating a heavy meal, he went to the stage, called out a tune and key and took off! It was truly magic.
Eleanor Vosbein, Dunedin
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I grew up in a town called Elmont, N.Y. When I was in junior high school, back in the late '50s and early '60s, one of my best friends was a girl named Ann Benedetto. She is Mr. Bennett's niece. He used to come to visit his brother and his family, and he was always very nice to the neighborhood kids and would give out autographed pictures and autographs to all who asked.
Unfortunately, Ann and her family moved away while we were still young and we lost touch. She, Sandy Turner and I always had fun, especially if there were a bunch of kids who wanted to play punch ball.
I passed Mr. Bennett in the hall of a hotel when he was appearing in Atlantic City many years ago and I wanted to ask him about his niece Ann, but didn't have the nerve to approach him. I was always sorry that I let that opportunity pass me by.
When I heard about your request for memories I thought I would still try to include mine.
Sheila Cohon Shapiro , Oldsmar
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Hi Tony,
Do you remember when you and Alexander LePage started out as singing waiters at the Red Door Cafe in NYC? I entered the service and you went on to stardom. Keep up the good work.
Al and Lori LePage, Palm Harbor
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Back in 1967-68, I lived I Glasgow, Scotland, and Tony Bennett and Buddy Rich were appearing at the Alhambra Theater in Waterloo Street. (It's not there now) Anyway, I used to work in a pub called the "Burns Howff" on West Regent Street. I tried to do a promotion, and get Tony and Buddy to come to the pub for a drink. I went down to the theater to speak to them, but the stage door attendant wouldn't let me see them.
So I went back to the pub and got a bottle of good quality Scotch and brought it back to the theater and asked the attendant to give the bottle to Tony and Buddy and thought no more about it.
The next day, Tony was being interviewed by the Evening Citizen newspaper. In the interview to my surprise, he mentions "that some Irish guy" living in Glasgow, Scotland, gave him a present of a bottle of Scotch, and he didn't even leave his name or the name of the pub, because he and Buddy would have loved to enjoy the hospitality and a few drinks at the pub.
I believe their concert was a huge success. One of my great memories of working in the "pub trade" in Scotland. I feel I have come in a big circle, because I now own a pub in Palm Harbor called Mixers Bar & Grill, and Tony Bennett is playing in Clearwater. Small world!
Tony Valente, Palm Harbor
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The year was 1953. I was a first-year student at West Virginia University when a group of us heard that THE Tony Bennett of Blue Velvet fame was appearing at Twin Coaches nightclub in Pittsburgh.
What an exciting adventure it was to see him in person ... he entered down the aisle where we were seated wearing a stunning blue velvet jacket with a big smile and friendly demeanor. When he stopped, gave me a kiss on the cheek and an autographed picture, it became a lasting memory for an 18-year-old fan.
Earlier this year, my adult daughter attended his show at Ruth Eckerd Hall. She now understands why I have appreciated his music for over 55 years.
Keep the hits coming, Tony —You are the greatest!
Shirley P. Lewis
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In the 1960s, I worked in Indianapolis. I do not remember the date, but my friend Tony asked me out to dinner after work on a certain day. As we were driving to a "nice restaurant,'' I realized he was driving to a place where Tony Bennett was opening that night.
We walked in, and there was Mr. Bennett, starting to eat his evening meal. My friend gave him his business card, and he said, "I'm a Tony, too.'' He spoke to the maitre d', and we were given the best seat in the place.
After Tony had sung some of his famous songs, he told us that he had introduced a new song in two days ago, I Left My Heart in San Francisco. The audience was stunned! Then, it erupted. We clapped and men whistled, and Tony just grinned. He then sang two of his familiar ballads. Then, he asked if he could sing San Francisco again. You could hear a pin drop.
I am 83 years old. My father was born in Sicily in 1892. He had a glorious singing voice.
Elizabeth Ramsey
Palm Harbor
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About 10 years ago, a friend had two extra fourth-row tickets for Tony Bennett at Ruth Eckerd Hall and invited my wife and I to go. Since I am more of a rock and roll fanatic, my friend was surprised when I enthusiastically accepted the invitation.
As an avid concertgoer since the '70s, and a concert promoter in the 1980s and early '90s, I have seen many live shows. This show ranked among the most memorable.
What stays in my mind is Tony's genuine passion for music — he had an enthusiastic and sincere smile on his face the whole evening. He looked so comfortable and happy on the stage. Toward the end of the show, he put the microphone down and without any musical accompaniment or amplification, he just sang. It was beautiful.
Rick Amorose
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A few years ago, my wife, Patricia, and I were celebrating Valentine's Day with a romantic dinner at Armani's in Tampa.
We were seated at a beautiful candlelit table overlooking the waterfront and a golden sunset.
Moments later, we were reading the oversized menu when I sensed we were not alone at the table. I put the menu aside and Tony Bennett was standing at our table.
Always the gentlemen he smiled and said, "I didn't want to interrupt. I just wanted to say thanks for bringing me back to town. We love playing at Ruth Eckerd."
In a world of disposable celebrities and a society where the word legend is used far too liberally, it's nice to know that true renaissance artists still exist and Tony is at the top of that list.
Last year, Tony celebrated his unprecedented 25th appearance at Ruth Eckerd Hall and this year we have the honor of presenting Tony and all the other stellar headliners at this year's Clearwater Jazz Holiday for the community to savor and enjoy.
Bobbi Rossi
Director of Entertainment/Ruth Eckerd Hall
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Back in early 1961 or 1962, I was attending school in San Francisco, and at the time had an opportunity to see Tony Bennett, performing at the SF Opera House.
To put it mildly, and in my opinion, he literally "brought down the house"! At the end of his performance, naturally he was given many curtain calls, and each time would come back to sing another number. As he was leaving the stage after one of these curtain calls, he took a real good "header" — probably tripping on something. Didn't phase him one bit — got up and came back and sang his famous hit — I Left My Heart in San Francisco.
Still think he's one of the world's greatest entertainers.
Bernhardt L. Satryb
Tarpon Springs
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The first time I saw Tony Bennett was in 1942 at the Sanitary Fish Market (a restaurant) in Morehead City, N.C.
Also performing with him were the Clooney sisters, Betty and Rosemary.
The audience was mostly Marines and their wives from the New River/Camp Lejeune, N.C., areas.
Helen W. Kelly
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Dear Tony,
I can remember my dad disagreeing very much with a couple of his buddies. They were trying to convince him Frank Sinatra was a better singer than you. I loved my dad, an Iowa farmer. He had each one of his four boys take piano lessons, loved to sing and dance and loved to listen to you. What I'm about to tell you is part of the magic of life.
My name is David Cahalan. I'm the son of that Iowa farm guy. I've been singing since I was 4. It has given me a lifetime of shared wonder. Hitching my way out west in my youth, I struggled like everyone finding jobs here and there. After a few years, I landed a great job singing backup vocals for the Carpenters both live and on recordings. These were truly great times, but ended way too abruptly.
Moving back to the Midwest to help my family, I found myself singing lots of jingles, meeting my wife, starting a family and not liking the cold. We moved to Clearwater 20 years ago and Clearwater Beach allowed me to be a big part of my girls' lives. Living a dream singing and playing on the beach while watching my girls dance in the sand. My girls left home a few years back and I had no clue how hard that would be. My girls suggested I go record my own music.
A few nights later, my wife surprised me and got tickets to see you at Ruth Eckerd Hall. I was so anxious having never seen you and yet feeling both pride and sadness, wishing my dad to be there. The concert, the man, his amazing smooth command of the stage, it was all there. Then you did something that I wasn't ready for, you set the microphone down on the floor of the stage and stood there singing a song a cappella, with no mic. I was so moved as a vocalist. I can't tell you what song you sang. All I can remember is at that very moment, I knew I had to record my songs. I was so teared up trying not to cry in a theater so quiet you could hear a pin drop. The last two years I have spent recording my first original solo album, with one song that I performed in a Jim Carrey movie due out February 2009, and a dedication album, my way of saying thanks, to the Carpenters.
I can't thank you enough nor will you ever have a clue what that moment meant to me. Thanks for the strength and courage you help me find, to be willing to put myself out there. Your seriously amazing! Would love the chance to sing a song with you sometime.
All my love,
David Cahalan
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I was first aware of this fine singer, when he appeared at a club in the Flatlands of Brooklyn, N.Y. One of the numbers I recall him singing was When the Saints Come Marching In.
After that, we played the jukebox, and we discoverd his beautiful rendition of Because of You, which made him quite successful.
Later, I was in Pennsylvania where he gave a wonderful performance. He even personally signed his "lovely" recording. I treasure it (I am 81 years old). So, I remember the old days.
When he turned 80, he came out with a wonderful duet CD, which I purchased together with the DVD of this absolutely good performance. His appearance at Ruth Eckerd Hall this year was absolutely wonderful. His voice is still strong and his feelings when he sings make me tremble. He is the best. I hope he goes on forever.
P.S. We love Tony!
Connie Fioravanti
Tarpon Springs
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In the 1950s, Tony Bennett took time out to visit and entertain the workers at Columbia Records in Bridgeport, Conn. They pressed the vinyl records that were popular in that era.
My brother-in-law, who was like a father to me, was elated when he told this 12-year-old kid about Tony's visit.
Bless you Tony
Tom Baird
Palm Harbor
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Never seen Tony Bennett in person, but my husband and I fell in love listening to his rendition of Because of You back in the '50s; now married 55 years, he's still our favorite and it's still our song. He's the best! Thanks for the opportunity to say so.
Mary English


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The choice between rights and underwritten equity offerings: Evidence from Chinese stock markets
We study the choice and valuation effects of alternative flotation methods using a sample of Chinese firms that must meet the return on equity (ROE) thresholds set by the government to raise equity capital. The ROE requirement, although changed over time, seems to play an important role on the valuation and performance of seasoned equity offerings. The analysis of 219 rights and 75 underwritten offerings between 2000 and 2004 shows that Chinese firms that are not qualified for the flotation method with a higher ROE requirement suffer the most at announcement and experience significantly lower buy-and-hold abnormal returns than those that are qualified. Our results suggest that the freedom to choose their preferred flotation method may be valuable to firms that meet the higher ROE requirement. Finally, our probit models identify several determinants of the choice of flotation methods.
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Rally New Zealand pre-event press conference with Sebastien Loeb, Petter Solberg, Thierry Neuville and Dani Sordo.
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Sebastien, back in New Zealand and leading the Championship. It is a long way to travel from Europe, but every driver seems to love these stages; obviously well worth the trip to get here...
Sebastien Loeb:
For sure. The stages are incredible, they are wide, fast with some camber and a smooth surface. The only thing to do is to push hard. So for sure on the driving side it is a great event.
We see some new stages this year, your thoughts?
Sebastien Loeb:
It's similar to other years. There are some fast stages, and like I said, they are quite wide. One is really difficult, with a lot of camber, fast and long at 28 kilometres. So that will be quite demanding.
What condition are the stages in?
Sebastien Loeb:
It was raining during recce. Even when it was sunny it was raining here! The stages were really good because even if it's wet it's not muddy, the roads stay drivable. Like this morning in the shakedown it was really wet and still the conditions were okay. So it should be good.
At this point in the season with a 30 point lead over your team-mate is it necessary to go out there and push for the win?
Sebastien Loeb:
It is not imperative but for sure when you can fight for the win you will try to do it, so I will see. For sure it will be a complicated rally with the weather and a lot of different things like tyre choice, so we will see. I will try to do my best. I think it's quite important to have a good feeling with the car and then we will see.
Where do you believe will be the optimum place on the road tomorrow?
Sebastien Loeb:
I don't know. I will let the Ford guys choose and I will choose the best one after!
Where do you think the best position will be on the road tomorrow?
Petter Solberg:
I will let the Citroen guy in front of me choose first and I will choose after him! We will see, it depends on the weather and many other things but it shouldn't be so difficult.
We have not seen a Ford win since Sweden, how much does the team need to get back to winning ways in terms of both Championships?
Petter Solberg:
Well we are pushing and a little bit excited, we want to win, like in Greece but I went a half percent too much and that was it. But if you are 10 seconds behind you have to try. Okay many people say you should have stayed safe in second and others say I did the right thing. Yes I was pushing for a win, for sure, but we are going to try here and start much harder. I am very excited and there are difficult stages and the starting position can be quite interesting. I am looking forward to it.
What will be the approach from you here in New Zealand?
Petter Solberg:
The roads are so nice anyway so we will be taking it a little bit careful in some places but will be attacking in others.
What happens within the team if you get the better result here this weekend and it leans more towards you in the Drivers' Championship?
Petter Solberg:
I don't think about that at all. The only thing I'm thinking about is trying to win. Okay we are after a lot of points and I lost a lot in Greece, but if you are going to have a chance to win a Championship you have to win rallies. So I'm driving hard for victories and look forward to a win.
Is morale good in the team at the moment, because the pace of the car is there?
Petter Solberg:
It's a really good feeling. Okay everybody was down after Greece, I can understand that. But between the drivers, mechanics and engineers everybody is really positive. So we have a lot of fun but we need the victory for sure.
Thierry, this is your first time in New Zealand, what are your thoughts so far? Are you suffering with jet lag?
Thierry Neuville:
The jet lag is not so easy, I feel it in the night. For the recce everything went well. I could see the beautiful stages. We already enjoyed the recce so okay I think we are well prepared and we can enjoy this rally.
Do you feel these stages will suit you?
Thierry Neuville:
Let's see. The shakedown and qualification went well and I feel a lot of confidence but not too much. I try to drive fast and we need to adapt our driving style a little. I am sure we will do a few changes to the car so let's see tomorrow.
It's been your first season as a WRC driver. How do you think you have progressed?
Thierry Neuville:
Some things are quite good. The speed is not so bad but okay I think we have a lot to improve and the feeling with the car is not as it should be, but okay some things are good and sometimes we push too hard and make some small mistakes and sometimes some big mistakes. We try to do better.
What are your hopes in terms of results here?
Thierry Neuville:
We got a fifth place in Argentina and sixth place in Greece so it would be nice to get a fourth place as least here in New Zealand.
Dani, we see you return to the Prodrive MINI for this event, we saw you in Argentina with Ford just a couple of months ago. Is it good to be back with the team?
Dani Sordo:
It's very nice to be back in the MINI. I like the performance of this car. The kilometres in Argentina are important for the future.
Talk to us about your plans for this weekend because we saw great pace from you in Portugal in the MINI. What is the plan for New Zealand?
Dani Sordo:
The plan is like everybody to push as hard as possible and try to be in front if it is possible and fighting for winning the stages and being as high as possible in the classification.
Do you think a podium is possible here?
Dani Sordo:
Why not, anything is possible. We are here for fighting and to do our best.
Talk to us about the pre-event test. How did that go and are you happy with the set-up?
Dani Sordo:
To be honest we did not change very much because we did not have many choices. The car is good. I have a good feeling with the car. I only tried a little with tyres but nothing very different but the car is overall very good.
Everyone seems to love the event. How much to you rate this rally in terms of the WRC calendar?
Dani Sordo:
I think everyone really loves it here because it is very fast and special roads with the camber. You do the pace notes and do the recce slowly but after when you are really really fast in the car it is difficult but at the same time very exciting. In some places you can lose a lot of time and you don't understand because you don't keep as good a speed in the corners. It is difficult but I think you have to have good pace notes and have a lot of confidence in the car.


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DURHAM, N.C.--- The Atlantic Coast Conference can't be displeased with how its annual baseball tournament has played out so far, as the matchup between local rivals North Carolina and N.C. State Saturday night has a direct bearing on the tournament's outcome and therefore is on a lot of people's minds this Memorial Day weekend.
A sellout crowd will pack into the Durham Bulls Athletic Park this evening for a showdown of Southpaws between N.C. State's sophomore ace, Carlos Rodon, and UNC's crafty junior veteran Hobbs Johnson.
To the winner lies a spot in Sunday's ACC Tournament championship against Virginia Tech.
"It should be fun. I hear there's a big crowd expected. It should be exciting. I know our players will look forward to it, and I'm sure they (NCSU) will be too," said UNC head coach Mike Fox.
"Obviously we have a lot on the line to get to the championship game, so it will be another great, fun game to be a part of."
Speaking just minutes after the Diamond Heels had taken down Clemson in a marathon 14 inning affair, Coach Fox was quick to point out that it wasn't 'tomorrow's game.'
The battle with the Tigers had stretched on past midnight, making it a same-day situation for Carolina.
"The game is today," Fox said, drawing laughs from the media. "Right now we're all exhausted, so we've got to fill our tanks."
NCSU had the advantage of resting up Friday evening after their 7-1 win earlier in the day over Miami, and they've also got a big advantage in arguably the nation's top pitcher in Rodon, who enters Saturday's contest with an 8-2 record, 137 strikeouts against just 38 walks in 91 innings and a win earlier this season over the Tar Heels over in Raleigh.
"He's a phenomenal pitcher. It's a big-time game. It's kind of fun to face a good pitcher. There's going to be a lot of people there. I'm looking forward to it," said third baseman Colin Moran.
The fact that UNC has seen Rodon this season, as well as last season, may give them some familiarity on what to expect, but that only goes so far against a guy with such a strong assortment of pitches, along with great control and solid command of his fastball and offspeed deliveries.
Rodon has a 3.86 ERA, so it is possible to hit him, but he's also capable of blowing through a lineup with seemingly little effort when he's on top of his game.
"Momentum is still just pitch to pitch. As soon as Rodon gets out there and throws the first pitch 94 or 95 in twilight, the momentum will go back and forth," said Fox. "It will be just a great experience, a great environment."
"The more familiar you are with the pitcher the easier it gets, but with him (Rodon) it's not much easier," added Moran.
Saturday night's game is a sellout, which means that more than 10,000 fans will pack into the Durham Athletic Park and many will even choose to stand and watch the game.
It remains to be seen if it surpasses the DBAP ballpark record of 11,674, set during a Durham Bulls game a couple years back, but there's definitely the potential to surpass the mark of 10,229 fans that packed into Greensboro's NewBridge Bank Park last May to watch these same two teams meet up in this same event.
A year ago UNC didn't have nearly as much to play for as NCSU, as the Wolfpack were trying to play into Sunday's championship while the Diamond Heels had been eliminated from championship competition.
But the Diamond Heels played their hearts out, standing strong behind pitching and fine defense to play NCSU to a scoreless stalemate through nine innings before finally breaking through in the 12th inning for four runs in a 4-0 triumph.
Truth be told, that game wasn't much different than UNC's win over Clemson on Friday, aside of the fact that more runs were scored.
Given the large number of fans on hand in that game in Greensboro last year---and the opponent---the UNC players readily admit that the ACC Tournament win over the Wolfpack was one of the more exciting environments of their college careers, at least so far.
"Yeah, I think so (last year's NCSU ACC Tournament game was the biggest environment I've seen outside of Omaha)," said Holberton. "Maybe a few Super Regional games my freshman year, but that was pretty big, especially against them with all those fans, and to do on that big stage. It was fun."
"Yeah, that (the NCSU win in 2012) was definitely the biggest game I've been a part of," added Moran, who hasn't yet played in Omaha at the College World Series. "It was an extra inning game, just like this, so it was nice to get a 'W'.
While on paper the Wolfpack have the advantage with their ace Rodon on the hill, along with the fact that NCSU has been designated the 'home' team, UNC isn't exactly throwing chicken feed out there, as Johnson comes in 4-0 with a 2.18 ERA in 13 starts as Carolina's usual Sunday starter.
UNC also has a refreshed group of relievers on call in case they're needed.
Although the Tar Heels relied heavily on freshman Reilly Hovis in Friday's victory, a few other arms in the UNC bullpen were saved in the likelihood they'd be needed Saturday.
"We didn't use Trent Thornton (against Clemson)," said Coach Fox. "There were some thoughts about that in terms of the games (coming up). We didn't use him (Thornton). We didn't use Chris Munnelly. "We didn't throw Chris McCue as many pitches as we may have."
"From a pitching standpoint I think we're in pretty good shape, and it's sort of scripted out like we wanted considering it went five extra innings (on Friday night)."
While some have questioned the validity of a round-robin setup for a conference baseball tournament, Coach Fox stressed some of the positives of such a format, and reiterated that any game this time of year is a big game, no matter the opponent or the circumstances.
"I personally like this format, because you get all three of your starters a start, and you get a day off. So I think most of the coaches probably like this format," he said.
"Anybody that watched this game (against Clemson) and stayed here for five hours, I don't think anybody thought once the game started that it doesn't matter. From my standpoint, it mattered because this was a great game to be a part of."
When UNC and N.C. State match up in any athletic endeavor it draws some attention, but this is different.
For the second straight year, the Diamond Heels and Wolfpack are coming together in a matchup that is helping re-invent the ACC Baseball Tournament into an attention-grabbing spectacle bigger than it's ever been in its history.
Passions run so deep in this series that it's no surprise there's going to be a sellout crowd in Durham Saturday night, and nothing short of the annual men's basketball and football games come close to measuring up.
When you add in the stakes of the game, that it's now essentially an single-elimination ACC Tournament semifinal and one of these teams will play for the ACC title Sunday and one won't, there's a entirely higher level of anticipation and excitement for this renewal of one of the South's great collegiate rivalries.


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Washington, D.C., February 26, 2001 ? Qwest Communications International Inc. (NYSE: Q), the broadband Internet communications company, has achieved ?significant and sustainable? service improvements and has moved quickly toward re-entering the long distance business in 14 Western states, Qwest Chairman and CEO Joseph P. Nacchio today told the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners.
Nacchio delivered a keynote address this morning to the winter conference of NARUC in Washington, D.C. NARUC is the nation?s largest organization of state regulatory officials.
At an investor conference later in the morning, Nacchio is scheduled to say Qwest sales of high technology, Internet-based services in January were strong, keeping the company on track to meet its 2001 target of $21.3 to $21.7 billion for revenue and between $8.5 to $8.7 billion for earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA). Qwest also expects revenue for the first quarter of 2001 to grow 11.5 percent to 12.5 percent over the pro forma normalized revenue of the first quarter of 2000.
At the NARUC conference, Nacchio said Qwest has made service improvement its top priority since acquiring U S WEST eight months ago.
?We have made significant and sustainable progress improving service in key areas for all customers in every state?the best results in six years,? Nacchio said. Among other notable improvements, over the last year Qwest has reduced by more than half the number of orders for new telephone lines that are not installed on time. Qwest also has reduced customer complaints to public utility commissions by 15 percent.
Nacchio said that re-entering the long-distance market in its 14 state local service area was the company?s second principal priority. Qwest must demonstrate to state and federal regulators that its local service area is open to competition before Qwest will receive approval to offer long-distance services in its local service area. Nacchio said that Qwest is moving quickly toward re-entering the long distance business because it had taken major steps to open up its local service area network to competition and because the company was working effectively with state regulators in the region to demonstrate that the market is competitive.
Nacchio referred to several major steps that had opened the market to competition. He said Qwest had entered into major wholesale agreements with McLeodUSA and Eschelon Telecom, Inc., two of the largest independent competitors for communications services in Qwest?s local service area. Qwest also has signed the industry?s first permanent line sharing agreements so competitors may provide high-speed data connections over Qwest phone lines, even to customers who buy their local phone service from Qwest.
Nacchio also pointed to markedly improved working relationships with state public utility commissions in its local service area. Qwest has dropped almost 40 lawsuits against commissions that were pending when it acquired U.S. West. Last week Qwest completed workshops with 12 commissions and other communications companies on 10 of the 14 checklist items required for long-distance approval by the Federal Communications Commission. Qwest is also participating in a unique multi-state test of its operating support systems with 13 commissions and in a separate test of these systems with the 14th commission.
Qwest intends to file its first application with the FCC this summer to re-enter the long-distance business in one of the states in its local service area and to file applications for other states later this year and early next year. After the first application is approved, the multi-state testing process is expected to allow Qwest to accelerate the FCC?s approval of the applications for the remaining states.
At the NARUC conference, Nacchio also stressed competition and technology as key drivers for success in the telecommunications industry. He said that regulation should foster investments in new technology and facilities and should not support businesses that simply exploit the unequal application or effect of regulations or rely upon below-cost rates or subsidies.
?We like competition,? Nacchio declared. ? We open our own markets and break into others.? He said Qwest supports open markets and the same regulations for everyone.
?Qwest is a clinical study of how, in open markets, good things can happen to you if you follow technology, which we did, and if you?re unimpeded by regulation, which we were,? Nacchio added in describing how Qwest has grown since June 1997 when it became a public company.
At the investor conference here later in the morning, Nacchio is expected to say that Qwest is succeeding as others are struggling because it has a diverse portfolio of services and focuses on the growth segments of the communications industry. The conference was sponsored by Janney Montgomery Scott.
Qwest reported January sales were strong for such services as Web hosting in Qwest CyberCenters; Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) services for high-speed Internet access; Direct Internet Access (DIA), which gives businesses direct high-speed access to Qwest?s global broadband fiber-optic network; application services provided by Qwest Cyber.Solutions; and optical network services to wholesale firms. Traditional data services and access line growth in January were on plan, as was growth in wholesale services in the local service area.
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Qwest Communications International Inc. (NYSE: Q) is a leader in reliable, scalable and secure broadband Internet-based data, voice and image communications for businesses and consumers. The Qwest Macro Capacity® Fiber Network, designed with the newest optical networking equipment for speed and efficiency, spans more than 104,000 miles globally. For more information, please visit the Qwest web site at www.qwest.com.
This release may contain projections and other forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. These statements may differ materially from actual future events or results. Readers are referred to the documents filed by Qwest with the Securities and Exchange Commission, specifically the most recent reports which identify important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, including potential fluctuations in quarterly results, volatility of Qwest's stock price, intense competition in the communications services market, changes in demand for Qwest's products and services, dependence on new product development and acceleration of the deployment of advanced new services, such as broadband data, wireless and video services, which could require substantial expenditure of financial and other resources in excess of contemplated levels, higher than anticipated employee levels, capital expenditures and operating expenses, rapid and significant changes in technology and markets, adverse changes in the regulatory or legislative environment affecting Qwest's business and delays in Qwest's ability to provide interLATA services within its 14-state local service territory, failure to maintain rights of way, and failure to achieve the projected synergies and financial results expected to result from the acquisition of U S WEST timely or at all and difficulties in combining the operations of Qwest and U S WEST. This release may include analysts' estimates and other information prepared by third parties for which Qwest assumes no responsibility. Qwest undertakes no obligation to review or confirm analysts' expectations or estimates or to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
The Qwest logo is a registered trademark of, and CyberCenter is a service mark of, Qwest Communications International Inc. in the U.S. and certain other countries.
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About the MA-R-BR Lutron Maestro Companion Dimmer – Brown
Add a little light to your life! The Lutron MA-R is the perfect way to light up your home to any brightness you need. This companion dimmer works together with a separate standalone dimmer and acts as a second control panel for the lighting in a room. Have a room with two entrances? The Lutron MA-R gives you the power to dim the lights from either side. Don't hurt your eyes with a harsh light transition. Adjusting the lighting in a room will save you headaches and put you in a better mood.
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B.A.P celebrated the 300th day since their debut. In celebration, the boys took to Twitter to thank their fans.
Jongup tweeted first, writing, "300 days! Thank you! We'll eat it well! Heh". Youngjae retweeted the photo of the Outback Steakhouse to-go food sent in from their fans and added, "I ate it well, too! Heh. Thank you for taking care of us~! ㅠㅜ". Himchan also retweeted the photo and wrote, "I also ate it well!"
Himchan then tweeted, "I'm late, but congratulations for 300 days and thank you. BABYs, congratulations on reaching 300 days, hehe. Let's keep going forward together from now on".
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Baby Otis must be really excited for his birthday! Olivia Wilde shared an adorable, and very rare, photo of her 11-month-old son via Instagram on Wednesday, April 1.
"My kind of party," Wilde, 31, captioned the snapshot. Getting silly on April Fools' Day, the makeup-free mom mimicked Otis' funny expression.
The blonde tot was cute as a button (but, of course!) in a gray sweatshirt and "Red Airplane Clouds" bottoms by Doodlepants. The Meadowland actress, meanwhile, wore a blue cable knit cardigan as she crouched on all fours so she was face-to-face with him.
Wilde and fiancé Jason Sudeikis, 39, welcomed Otis in April 2014. In February, the O.C. alum shared some of Otis' milestones during an appearance on the Today show.
"He's about to walk. He's teetering and I just don't want him to do it while I'm at work," she said, adding: "He's so smart and just plays his piano all day long. He's really musical so we're trying to encourage that."


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The Latino Research Center at the University of Nevada, Reno serves as a nexus between the Latino community and the university. Its mission is to foster research, student achievement, faculty collaboration, advocacy, and outreach in a manner that best meets the educational needs and goals of the State of Nevada and best honors the intellectual and cultural capital of the Latino presence in our state.
One of the biggest challenges for our community today is the creation of a place and an atmosphere in which to carry our discussions and positive exchanges on controversial issues affecting Latinos in the United States. The Center has contributed to the positive exchange of ideas by providing opportunities for discussion, and at the same time giving the Latino community the opportunity to express their ideas and concerns.
Among the research projects conducted by the Center, the publication of the Border-Lines Journal has become an enormous tool allowing those concerns and those voices to be heard. The research that is being provided will help educators, the business community, labor leaders, and policy makers in dealing with issues related to Latinos in Nevada and the rest of the country.
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After taking credit for single-handedly snatching America from the jaws of economic disaster, the President settled right in to repeating the same old lines with the same old intonation that by now is sounding a bit trite.
First, the President assails the "controversial law in Arizona." Some would take issue with the President's description of the law as "controversial" in light of the overwhelming support for the measure in Arizona and the nation at large. According to national public opinion polls, twice as many Americans see the new Arizona anti-immigration law as "about right" than consider it as "going too far." That broad support is a far cry from the opposition expressed by a similar majority of Americans to Obamacare, a law the President in the same speech called the key to protecting "prosperity of our nation."
That's Obamathematics for you. If sixty percent of the population supports a bill, it is called "controversial." On the other hand, if forty percent of Americans oppose a bill, it is dubbed the bulwark of freedom and prosperity.
As has become the custom of President's flogging their own policies, President Obama related an ostensibly inspirational tale of an everyday American who made good despite the odds against success. In this case, there were two stories: one about an immigrant who started a small business and now employs over 100 people, and another about a young Mexican girl that joined the U.S. Navy before becoming a citizen.
Curiously, President Obama cites such examples of individual immigrants doing things the right way and bringing to fruition the American Dream in a speech mostly devoted to insulting the people and legislators of Arizona for impeding the flow of illegal aliens and to espousing an amnesty plan whereby the lawbreakers would be rewarded with the precious status of permanent resident without any of the requisite discipline.
In one of the most inexplicable phrases uttered in his July 1 discourse at the American University School of International Service in Washington, D.C., was the President's pronouncement that "being an American is not a matter of blood or birth. It's a matter of faith." Is the President suggesting that those who enter this country in open defiance of the law are Americans already provided that they feel some sort of fidelity to an inscrutable code? If so, does that imply that lawbreaking is an article of that faith? What does that say about President Obama's estimation of what it means to be an American? As a wise man once wrote, "What we obtain too cheaply, we esteem too lightly." President Obama would do well to heed that statement.
In the next paragraph, President Obama evinces yet another hole in his understanding of history. Describing our nation as "unique as a place of refuge and freedom," the President cites Thomas Jefferson as an advocate of opening the borders as a place of refuge for "oppressed humanity." The culled phrase comes from Jefferson's first Annual Message in 1801. In that speech, Jefferson rhetorically asked whether America should refuse "the unhappy fugitives" that arrive in this land. Perhaps President Obama should have read the entirety of that message as Jefferson makes it very clear that all seeking to find his fortune in the United States should be permitted to do so only upon "manifesting a bona fide purpose" of becoming a permanent citizen. That qualification undeniably presupposes a legal and orderly immigration process, not the ex post facto granting of citizenship to those whose whose illegal passage into this nation was premeditated.
As the old saying goes, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." Well, President Obama and those whose political fortunes are served by an invasion of illegal aliens are determined to "fix" the immigration system, so they must first prove that it's broken.
Porous borders and sloppy visa monitoring are the main problems, according to the President. He humbly places the blame on decades of disregard on the part of "those of us in Washington." He got that right. Arizona would not have been placed in the position of passing legislation of last resort just to keep their beloved state from being occupied by drug cartels and ruthless smugglers. There is no nobility in accepting responsibility for the many murders and maimings that have border dwellers paralyzed with fear and wondering why they have been abandoned by a national government commanded by the Constitution to protect them from invasion.
It is ill-advised to describe the law in Arizona as "ill-conceived" unless you also believe that the protection of liberty, safety, and peace is equally unnecessary.
Next, despite President Obama's rhetoric, there is nothing "indiscriminate" about Arizona's approach to self-defense. The governor of that state and the legislators who voted for the measure, took pains too explain the "rock and a hard place" position into which national government neglect had left them.
Finally, the President imputes his own sensibilities to those of "a majority of Americans," an arithmetical concept we've already shown to be beyond the President's ken. How is it more burdensome to apply the existing immigration law to the 11 million illegal aliens currently present in our nation than it is to apply the "patchwork" of millions of criminal and civil laws to the 300 million Americans presently living legally in any of the 50 distinct sovereignties of which our union is composed?
The bottom line, according to the President, is that our "southern border is more secure today than at any time in the past 20 years." The bottom line, according to constitutionalists, is that regardless of which party's mouthpiece has occupied the Oval Office, the federal laws have not been enforced and whether through disregard or deliberate design, millions of lawbreakers have been permitted to pass unchecked and unpunished across the boundary with Mexico. And, most importantly, the government of the United States has failed to fulfill the mandate of Article IV, Section 4, to protect the states from invasion, and this failure has forced the states to fill in the gaps through which the invaders are pouring into their territory.
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Winter Wonderland
For the first time this year, snow finally made it's way to Dominican University while I was here to see it. I think that this school is most beautiful when covered in white and walking to class seems like less of a burden when my feet feel snow below them. It's almost as Dominican was built with snow in mind, because the school never looks more natural than it does right now. I almost hope that the snow takes it's sweet time to melt away, because I want to enjoy the pretty picture that is snowy Dominican.
While commuters might complain about having to shovel ice out of their driveways, and scraping snow off their windshields every morning, I'm sure that they find it a little more worth it to be driving their car to Dominican, where the snow radiates off the Gothic architecture like nothing I've ever seen before.
While juniors and seniors might have gotten used to a snowy campus by now, I can't imagine walking around at Dominican like it wasn't one of the most beautiful things that I've ever seen.