Night we add cspan here with some of new ground rules please put your phones on silent or turn them off for questions afterwards please stand up so they can get the microphone to you i am thrilled tonight to have jim here because this is a great book yet i read it i finished it last night and i thought why did i not read this earlier this is all about my family. My mother was a Third Generation graduate from his High School Graduating in a 1950 but she went to Sweetbrier College and had a friend of hers that was an Exchange Student from st. Andrews is in scotland and one day she said are you from their . She said i have never heard of it. Said she had to learn about it from somebody from scotland so whether she came, she was a little bit upset but my a grandfather was a republican type and his first cousin is quoted in the book as he had to leave town in 1957 but the person who cater tried to ask them to leave said she was bright as she went off to Sweetbrier College and good for my mo
Put your phones on silent or turn them off. Secondly, questions afterwards, please stand up so they can get the boom mic to you. This is a great book. I wondered why i didnt read this earlier. All about a family. My mother was from georgia, a Third Generation graduate of american high school, she graduated in 1950. After leaving Americas High School she went to sweet girl college, where she had a friend of hers, and Exchange Student and one day she said arent you from americas . Tell me what it is. My mother said i never heard of it. She learned about it from somebody from scotland. She was a little bit upset and ask my grandfather to take her out and my grandfather was an atlanta republican tight and actually his first cousin is quoted in the book as one of the leaders of the family bank account. He took her out and that person, that banker said she went to college in virginia but came home a pinko. So good for my mother. That is one of the many stories i have and it is a classic sout
Coming up today on cspan, a discussion about the future of College Sports and pay for student athletes. Look at early attempts to treat posttraumatic stress disorder. Supreme Court Justices samuel alito, Sonia Sotomayor and Clarence Thomas reflect on the nations highest court. Later, her series of congressional our series of congressional retirement interviews continues. This thanksgiving weekend, we continue our fourday book tv in American History tv programming. Saturday at 10 00 on book tv, jonathan ike on a history of the Birth Control pill. Bill nye the science guy and why he thinks the teaching of evolution and creation together in size class is not only wrong, but dangerous. In science classes is not only wrong, but dangerous. George washington and benedict arnold. A glance of American Life between 19141930. Find our complete Television Schedule at www. Cspan. Org and let us know what you think about the programs you are watching. Call us, email us or send us a tweet. Join the c
Good afternoon. This is the second of a series of tamils on College Athletics. Thank you for joining us here today in washington, d. C. , online, and on cspan as well. The numbers in College Sports are staggering. Something easily be we are talking in terms ofs of points scored, yards gained, or a number of things ushered quantitatively attendance, participation, and money. According to filings with the department of education, in 2011, the most recent year for which the numbers are available, College Sports generated 12. 6 billion. Last year, the university of texas alone took in more than 265 million. Espn is paying in excess of 600 million a year to televise the College Playoff system. The price tag for the ncaa basketball tournament, march 10 20 billion for a 14 year deal. Athletic departments at many schools, and in fact most schools, operate in the red. The star player on the Championship Team that won the mens basketball tournament last year said that some nights, he goes to bed
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