, pleasure and satisfaction of the graduates families and friends, who take this occasion to observe and celebrate a significant accomplishment on the part of those whom they love. In that respect a commencement is sort of like weddin a baptism. The primary participants in those events would rather be elsewhere as well. Since its for the benefit of the families, one of the wonderful things about graduation addresses is that you can talk about whatever you want. It really does not matter. What i decided to talk to you about this afternoon, briefly, and i promise to be brief, is whether to be blunt about it you graduates have essentially wasted one of your three years here, and could have jumped on the job in two years. It is a current proposal for reform that law student should be permitted to sit for the bar exam and otherwise be eligible to practice law after only two years of study. To be sure, this is not a new ideas. In new york state, for example, between 18821911, College Graduat
The clery act. I can tell you in my 17 plus years in this agency, i have never been more impressed or proud of a role making effort. Work began on our implementation strategy after the passage and from the very beginning we have focused on reaching out to the people who are most affected by Campus Sexual Assault and to top exrts in fie who in may and june of last year the department held public hearings where we heard from students and advocates and institutional officials on a range of campus crime topics including the proper role of Law Enforcement and Campus Sexual Assault investigations and the need to find a balance between transparency and confidentiality. And the fall of 2013 we conducted our sessions with student groups, and Campus Safety advocates, campus Law Enforcement and other stakeholders to develop our understanding of their concerns andrstanding of their concerns and to help directly and to hear directly from them about how the law should be implemented. We built relati
Pay artists for radio air play. She thought, perhaps, finland was an exception in paying artists and that the rest of the world didnt pay artists. Their radio royalties. But it turns out that it was the other way around. The u. S. Was the exception in not paying radio royalties. There are two other countries, iran and north korea. Well, last summer, yanita proudly became a u. S. Citizen but in doing so shes now a citizen of a democratic country that doesnt honor am fm radio pay for its artists and she suffers a loss of significant income. This is not the American Dream that she envisioned. Her story shows that we need to fix the disparities in the current music licensing system to make sure artists are fairly compensated. If we dont, we risk losing the innovation from creators like her because they will no long very the incentive to create for the public. And so, id like to ask a question to Paul Williams. One area of agreement between you and the music licenseees on the panel appears
Derek hough on dancing with the stars just days after being rushed to the hospital. And maks fiery clash with the guest judge. The dance moms big drama on dancing. I really dont care for anything that she has to say. Oh, maksie. Good morning, america. Boy, what a night for amy purdy. You know, she had that shoulder injury last week, but she bounced back last night. She really did. The semifinals are just a week away, and the competition is fierce. And that was a perfect score for her in her first dance with derek hough. Got a perfect 10. Got everybody on their feet. Well hear a little later from danica mckellar, the latest castoff. Looking forward to talking to her. Thats all coming up. Lots of news to get to, as well, including a rare earthquake advisory for the midwest. Amy has the top stories, starting with a huge inferno in california. It is causing such a mess out west. Good morning. We begin with the breaking story overnight. The major highway that links los angeles to las vegas
Doing this but so far no arrests have been made. 4 31. A technician at the Crime Laboratory has been reassigned after faulty tests were performed on 2,500 methamphetamine cases. The wrong chemical was loaded into a machine used to analyze the drugs. The faulty tests were done between january and march resulting in seven false positives. The d. A. Says the defendants in the cases is died, were not charged or pleaded to other charges. There is a sketch of a man who forced his way into the home of an elderly couple and robbed them. This man terrorized an 83yearold woman and her 91yearold husband on saturday forcing them to give up wedding rings and other jewelry. The robber got away. The victims were not physically injured. Two bodies were discovered in south san jose. Police say they do not believe there is a suspect at large. Police say two men were found dead in gunshot wounds at the town home on cherry view lane at highways 85 and 87. They have not said if it was murdersuicide or rele