| Penn tells top director: No moonlighting
As an associate director of MBA admissions at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, Judith Hodara hosts a weekly podcast that dispenses tips for getting into business school. It's not the only place she hands out advice. Recently, she was asked to sit on an advisory committee of a Japanese company that helps Japanese students get into top U.S. programs leading to a master's degree in business administration, including her own. Since 2004, she has also run her own college admissions business, IvyStone Educational Consultants, to guide high school students through the tricky process. While Hodara said her consulting work was "compliant with university policy," some admissions experts questioned her ties and whether there was the appearance of impropriety. Penn agreed with them and pulled the plug on her moonlighting.
The Complete Bushisms
I can hold hands when there needs to be—hold hands."—on how he can contribute to the Middle East peace process, Washington, D.C., Jan. 4, 2008 "I welcome you all to say a few comments to the TV, if you care to do so."—Inviting visiting Irish dignitaries to address the media, Washington, D.C., Dec. 7, 2007 Click here to see video of Bush's comments. The Bushism is at 1:08. "If you've got somebody in harm's way, you want the president being—making advice, not—be given advice by the military, and not making decisions based upon the latest Gallup poll or focus group."—New Albany, Ind., Nov. 13, 2007 Click here to see video of Bush's comments. The Bushism is at 23:36. "And I will explain the need to reform a confirmation process that is making it more difficult to persuade decent and intelligence people to accept the call to public service."—Washington, D.C., Nov.
SAUNDERS: HBO's documentary on Louis a knockout
Die-hard boxing fans probably are aware of a televised heavyweight bout coming up Saturday night. Wladimir Klitschko battles Sultan Ibragimov. Household names both. While HBO is billing this as World Championship Boxing, it's not, as they say in the fight business, "the feature attraction." The bout is sandwiched between Joe Louis: America's Hero . . . Betrayed, a terrific documentary, premiering at 6 p.m. and repeated after the heavyweight battle. Younger sports fans might not be that familiar with the heroic - and tragic - career of Louis, a career that transcends both the boxing ring and the entire sports arena. The grandson of a slave, Louis became one the greatest heavyweights of all time and served as an iconic figure - for whites and blacks - during World War II.
Liberals need to fill policy vacuum
What's more, he's got federal Liberal MPs to help him. Take the "3 Rs" of Australian politics refugees, reconciliation and the republic. Howard was steadfast on each of these issues, and he spent a decade campaigning on them. With Howard gone, the Liberals have decided to agree with Labor on two of these three issues. At the weekend the Liberals announced that they accepted the shutting down of the Pacific Solution for refugees, while a fortnight ago they ultimately supported the stolen generations apology. To this can be added a further three matters: Iraq, Kyoto and industrial relations. Rather than opposing Labor's withdrawal of combat troops from Iraq, the Liberals now claim that had they won the election they would have scaled down Australia's commitment anyway. After spending years arguing against the Kyoto Protocol, and after Howard overruled Malcolm Turnbull's suggestion that the Liberals ratify it, the party has decided that ratification is a good idea.
Gunman kills 5 at Northern Illinois University
Gunman kills 5 at Northern Illinois University Shooter opens fire in lecture hall, commits suicide. By CARYN ROUSSEAU The Associated Press DEKALB, Ill. -- A former student dressed in black opened fire with a shotgun and two handguns from the stage of a lecture hall at Northern Illinois University on Thursday, killing five students and injuring 16 others before committing suicide, authorities said. The gunman fatally shot four women and a man in a "brief, rapid-fire assault" that sent terrified students running for cover, university President John Peters said. Four died at the scene, including the gunman, and the other two died at a hospital, he said. Witnesses in the geology class said "someone dressed in black came out from behind a screen in front of the classroom and opened fire with a shotgun," Peters said.
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