hollow. we put rosebuds in the water to attract peace, and it made a meade. it was sitting in the gallery. we distill that through local herbs. it was really surprising how delicious it was, because we were mixing a lot of seemingly in congruent ingredients, and it was delicious and different from anything you have ever tasted. i would have been happy if it was medicinal. the idea was more important to me. but it was very good. it is something i think a lot about, especially transition history, native americans, how they have this combination of dress, from the clothing from trade companies, mixed with traditional dress. i love how reflective it is of who they are, and also the merging history s coming together. what would we look like if we carry our history with us? all of the merging of cultures, reflected in our address? i am thinking of my own history with early europeans coming in and intermixing with native cultures. the one thing i would like people to take away from
where 600 students are studying journalism. next to her is mark adkins, the president of the san francisco chronicle. next to him is dr. xena ibrahim. lisa frazier is the publisher of bay area citizens. paul connelly is the senior vice president of the tcc group and he manages the challenge fund for journalism, one of the largest sources of grants for journalism. now on the back row, crank aaron is the senior director of the free press, a group working to increase government funding for the media. frank frankle is a journalism professor at stanford university. next to him is ron dellens, the mayor of oakland. he has served 14 houseyears. next to him is a former writer and publisher. he and embed the publisher. next to him is david calloway, editor in chief of marketwatch.com. next to him, sandy close, the director of new american media. she is also my executive editor and i get to hold the microphone up to her. let s begin the discussion. thank you. let s start with a q
them as wholley for holy writ. they wouldn t treat themselves that way. .. what i would like to see well, the problem i think is not just gerrymandering. it s not just apportionment. it is inherent in the system of single-member geographic districts that you have this problem of safe seats. and they are political dead spots which are comprised of 90% of the country were the result of a congressional election is known in advance. i would like to see us move toward proportional representation or a modified kind of partial representation for both the house and the senate, recognizing that a bit of the framers were around now for personal representation had been dented by 1789, that they would ve gone for it. as i say, they were cutting-edge at the time. unfortunately, it wasn t invented until the early 19th century. and every democracy that s been pretty much every democracy that s been designed since proportional representation was invented have used some former. no one ado