Michigan socks. Most other times its more at eye level. He says i blink three times when i feel a sense of danger, and i strongly believe that it keeps me and my family safe. I remember this as if it was yesterday. I walked about a mile to fetch Drinking Water. At the time i was asked what i would be when i grew up. Without thinking, i said i would be a medical doctor. And i knew that i was a kid from a poor neighborhood, and that dream was real to me. My dad taught me to believe in myself, and i believed they could conquer any obstacle for my dream to make the world a better place. As i travelled 12 hours on a bus, within weeks it became real. My dream died and it became real. Headaches, fevers, but i went to class. At any cost i want today be in medical school. But i died. I was in a coma for two weeks. When i came back to life, i lost my hearing to complications of meningitis. Meningitis is common in northern nigeria. This climate zone extends from the shores of senegal to the east,
Have learned because theres just really no set curriculum that can be guaranteed. [ applause ]. Today the civic club of cleveland, we have enjoyed a friday forrum from anne neal. Thank you, ms. Neal, for your informative remarks. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. This forrum is now adjourned. [ applause ]. [ bell rings ] on the next washington journal, well discuss the latest news from ferguson, missouri, and about the resignation of defense secretary chuck hagel. Our guests include andrew tilghman. And later, bill shore will be here to talk about hunger in america. Our show is live at 7 00 a. M. Eastern 4 00 a. M. Pacific on cspan. Looking ahead to tuesday night, well have a look at one community in america is handling the recent influx of young, undocumented immigrants. Youll hear from republican mayor jude it kennedy who describes efforts to provide undocumented children with education and health services. Then on cspan2 at 8 00 p. M. , a sis dis cushion on cronyism and government. S
Disinvited from Graduation Ceremony Office Student protest. This is an hour. Good afternoon, and welcome to the city club of cleveland. My name is paul harrison. Im pleased to introduce todays speaker, president and cofounder of the American Council of trustees and alumni. As stated on its website, acta is on Academic Freedom, the website states that the ideas of Academic Freedom and free speech are at the core of academic speech. And freedom in research is essential to the advancement of truth. Todays forum offers a wonderful opportunity to juxtapose freedom of speech and Academic Freedom and just a moment to reflect on our 102year history at the city club of cleveland. We proudly refer to the city club as in 1923, the city club invited famous labor leader, socialist and perennial president ial candidate eugene deps to speak and he accepted. Asking mr. Depps to speak, caused ultimately mr. Depps determined to decline the invitation and he wrote that he was feeling disinclined to intru
Editorinchief, james bennet. Thank you, commissioner, for being with us today. [applause] i thought id open with a familiar, oftrepeated statistic that i thought i should repeat again. Youll correct me if i have it wrong. In 1990, there were 2,245 homicide in the city of new york, which i think was the record mark. And last year there were 333 homicides in the city of new york. Though the population had grown by a Million People in the meantime, and there are however many millions more visitors to the city every year. I can remember what the social implications of that statistic were for neighborhoods across the city in the early 90s, and the transformation is nothing short of astonishing. You arrived in new york to lead the Transit Police this 1990. In 1990. And while there are no doubt many factors that explain the decrease, the source of strategies and tactics you put in place from aggressively implementing the broken windows philosophy to pursuing datadriven methods of policing are
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