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College of Arts and Sciences
College Requirements
College and School Information
- About the College
- Contact Us
- Academic Advising
- Degree Programs
- Honors
About the College of Arts and Sciences
The College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) offers 58 majors and 61 minors, through 38 academic departments and interdisciplinary programs, leading to the following undergraduate degrees: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) and Bachelor of Science (B.S.). Classes are offered at both the Water Tower Campus and the Lake Shore Campus.
Contact Us
Lake Shore Campus
Sullivan Center 235
1032 W. Sheridan Road
Chicago, IL 60660
Phone: 773.508.3500
Fax: 773.508.3514
Water Tower Campus
Lewis Towers 900
820 N. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611
Phone: 312.915.6520
Fax: 312.915.8593
Website: www.luc.edu/cas
Office of the Dean
Dean: Frank Fennell, Ph.D.
Senior Associate Dean for Resources and Planning: Paul Gabriel, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs: Arthur Lurigio, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs: JoBeth D'Agostino, Ph.D.
Assistant Dean for Student Academic Affairs: Lester Manzano, M.Ed.
Assistant Dean for Advising: Joyce Knight
Academic Advising
All students are encouraged to seek academic advising for general program planning and specific academic matters.
First-year students and sophomores are advised by academic advisors in the University's central Office of Academic Advising and Services (OAAS) and by faculty advisors in their majors. Juniors and seniors are advised by college advisors the College of Arts and Sciences Dean's Office and by faculty advisors in their majors.
Academic Advisors: Each freshman and sophomore is assigned to an academic advisor in the Office of Academic Advising and Services. Academic advisors in OAAS assist freshmen and sophomores with planning courses of study, explaining university policies, connecting students with other university offices and resources, assisting with academic success strategies, and making referrals to tutoring and services for students with disabilities. Students who have been placed on academic probation are monitored by their academic advisors.
College Advisors: Each junior and senior is assigned to a college advisor in the College of Arts and Sciences Dean's Office. College advisors make decisions on administrative advising issues such as transfer credit, part-time and overload course registration, and pass-fail requests, in addition to providing guidance on overall degree completion. College advisors provide comprehensive advising for juniors and seniors. Students who have been placed on academic probation are monitored by their college advisors.
Faculty Advisors: Students who have declared a major are assigned to a faculty advisor in the appropriate academic department. Students are encouraged to meet with their faculty advisor once per term to discuss progress in the major, career goals and special research or internship opportunities available through the department or program.
Degree Programs
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.): This degree may be earned in the following areas: art history, Black world studies, chemistry, classical civilization, economics, English, environmental studies, French, German, Greek, history, international film and media studies, international studies, Italian, Latin, music, philosophy, political science, religious studies, sociology, sociology and anthropology, Spanish, studio art, theatre, theology, visual communication, and (as a second major) women's studies and gender studies.
Bachelor of Arts, Classics (B.A., Classics) The B.A. Classics is not a major, but a degree. Students major in any department or program they choose; please see departmental advisors for those requirements. The unique distinction of the B.A. Classics is that the degree also comprises four courses above the 100-series in Greek or Latin (LATN 271 or LATN 272 may count, but not both of them); B.A. Classics graduates must also demonstrate elementary-level competence in a second foreign language (potentially though not necessarily the other classical language), amounting to two semesters' credit for college-level work or the equivalent expertise. A student completes a total of 120 course-hours (minimum) to graduate with the B.A. Classics.
Bachelor of Science (B.S.): This degree may be earned in the following areas: anthropology, bioinformatics, biochemistry, biology, chemistry, communication networks and security, computer science, criminal justice, environmental science, forensic science, human services, information technology, mathematics, mathematics and computer science, mathematics education, physics, physics and computer science, psychology, software development, statistics, and theoretical physics and applied mathematics.
Honors: Students who successfully complete their degree requirements in the Interdisciplinary Honors Program receive one of the following degrees:
- Bachelor of Arts, Classics, Honors
- Bachelor of Arts, Honors
- Bachelor of Science, Honors
Five-Year Degree Programs: The College of Arts and Sciences, in cooperation with other schools at Loyola, offers several five-year programs granting the following degrees:
- B.S./M.S. in Applied Statistics
- B.S. in Biology/M.B.A.
- B.S. Biology/M.Ed. in Secondary Education
- B.S. in Computer Science/M.S. in Information Technology
- B.S. in Computer Science/M.S. in Software Technology
- B.S./M.A. in Criminal Justice
- B.S. in Environmental Sciences/M.B.A.
- B.S./M.S. in Mathematics
- B.S. in Mathematics and Computer Science/M.S. in Computer Science
- B.S. in Physics/M.Ed. in Secondary Education
- B.A./M.A. in Political Science
- B.S. in Psychology/M.A. in Applied Social Psychology
- B.S. in Psychology/M.S. in Applied Human Perception and Performance
- B.A./M.A. in Sociology
In addition, the College of Arts and Sciences, in collaboration with affiliated universities, offers a five-year degree program leading to multiple degrees: B.S. in Physics (granted by Loyola), B.S. in Engineering (granted by an affiliated University). For information, see the Department of Physics at: http://www.luc.edu/physics/engineering.
Students must apply for admission to each program. Information about each program, including admission criteria, is contained in this catalog in the sections for participating undergraduate departments. Interested students should consult with the appropriate departmental advisors regarding applications and course scheduling.
College Requirements
All students in the College of Arts and Sciences must take two Writing Intensive courses and complete the foreign language requirement. Students also must complete elective courses.
Writing Intensive Courses: Students should expect that virtually all of their courses will include a writing component. In addition, the college requirement for writing intensive sections is a means of strengthening the writing of all students throughout their years at Loyola.
In order to graduate with a degree from the College of Arts and Sciences, students ordinarily must complete three writing courses. These include:
- UCWR 110 (3 credit hours)
- Two writing-intensive sections
Writing-intensive sections are designated sections of courses that are taught with a special emphasis on writing. They are easily identified by a "W" in the section number. Students in these course sections will have a variety of writing assignments that will be integrated closely with the learning objectives of the course. Often, students will be able to complete a writing-intensive course within their chosen major(s) and minor(s). Note: UCWR 110 is a prerequisite for writing-intensive course sections.
In order to ensure that training in writing is spread throughout the undergraduate years, the program specifies that no more than one writing-intensive course per semester may be applied to this requirement. Students must earn a C- or better in each writing intensive class in order for the requirement to be fulfilled. Freshmen and transfer students with 59 or fewer transfer credit hours must take two writing-intensive courses during their undergraduate career at Loyola; transfer students with 60-89 transfer credit hours must take one writing-intensive course during their undergraduate career at Loyola; transfer students with 90 or more transfer credit hours are exempt from taking writing-intensive courses. For further information, transfer students should consult their academic advisor.
Language: Competency at the 102-level in a language other than English is required. Students may complete this requirement in one of three ways:
- Earn a C- or better in any 102-level foreign language at Loyola (or the equivalent in transfer from another college); or
- Pass a proficiency test in a foreign language. For information about proficiency testing, students should consult their academic advisor.
- Students can also satisfy their foreign language requirement by earning a grade of 3 or higher on an AP exam in any foreign language.
Grade Requirements
Minimum GPA: A student in CAS must have a cumulative GPA of at least 2.00 in order to be certified at graduation.
No course in which a student earned a D+ or below may count toward fulfillment of major, minor, or College requirements.
A course in which a student earned a D+ or below does not count toward the major, minor, or College requirements. If the specific course in which the student earned a D+ or below is required for the major or minor, then the course may be retaken.
A student may be dismissed from a major or minor if he or she exceeds the department or program's limit on the number of major or minor courses with grades of D+ or below.
University Core Curriculum
For specific information, please refer to the University Core Curriculum section in Academic Rules and Regulations or visit the University Core Curriculum Website at www.luc.edu/core.
Minor Field of Study
A minor field of study ordinarily consists of five or more courses selected from a department or interdisciplinary program. Consult individual departments for specific information and requirements. Grades of D+ or lower are not counted toward fulfillment of minor requirements. In those departments within the College of Arts and Sciences that offer more than one major field of study (e.g., classical studies, mathematics, computer science, modern languages and literatures), students may choose to major and minor within the same department with approval of the department chairperson. Students do not need to complete a minor in order to graduate.
Transfer Credit in the Major or Minor
At the discretion of the department chairperson or program director, courses in the student's major or minor field, which are transferred into Loyola, may or may not fulfill the major requirements or the minor requirements. Most departments limit the transfer credit given for the major or minor and/or have specified a minimum number of Loyola hours in the major or minor. Students should consult the department chairperson or program director or seek guidance from their academic advisor.
|Knowledge Areas
|School Recommended Courses
|College Writing Seminar (3 credit hours)
|UCWR 110 (Required as a prerequisite for writing-intensive courses)
|Artistic Knowledge (3 credit hours)
|Historical Knowledge (6 credit hours)
|Quantitative Analysis (3 credit hours)
|Literary Knowledge and Experience (6 credit hours)
|Philosophic Knowledge (6 credit hours)
|Scientific Literacy (6 credit hours)
|Societal and Cultural Understanding (6 credit hours)
|Theological and Religious Studies (6 credit hours)
|Ethics (3 credit hours)
|1 course from Philosophical or Theological area
Major Field of Study
Each student must select a department or program of instruction in which he/she will take extensive and specialized study. The student should make this selection no later than the fourth semester of attendance or at the end of the sophomore year. In selecting a major, the student is encouraged to consult the appropriate chairperson, program director, or departmental advisor. The dean, in consultation with the chairperson of a department or program director, may refuse the application of a student for or the continuation of a student in a given major if the student has not shown sufficient progress in that particular subject.
The major field of study is ordinarily a group of 10 or more courses in a single department or program of instruction. The total number of courses and credit hours required for the major, the specifically prescribed courses, and the order in which they are to be taken may vary among departments and programs. The specific information and requirements for the major are provided in each of the department sections.
A student who earns a D+ or lower grade in a course in his/her major must seek the advice of the department and/or academic dean, regarding a decision either to repeat the course or replace it with another course. In either event, the original grade remains on the record. Earned hours for a repeated course will not count toward the graduation requirements. In some departments, students may be dropped from the major if they receive more than one grade below a "C-." See General Academic Standards and Regulations (link) on "repetition of courses."
Minor Field of Study
A minor field of study ordinarily consists of five or more courses selected from a department or interdisciplinary program. Consult individual departments for specific information and requirements. Grades of D+ or lower are not counted toward fulfillment of minor requirements. In those departments within the College of Arts and Sciences that offer more than one major field of study (e.g., classical studies, mathematics, computer science, modern languages and literatures), students may choose to major and minor within the same department with approval of the department chairperson. Students do not need to complete a minor in order to graduate.
Transfer Credit in the Major or Minor
At the discretion of the department chairperson or program director, courses in the student's major or minor field, which are transferred into Loyola, may or may not fulfill the major requirements or the minor requirements. Most departments limit the transfer credit given for the major or minor and/or have specified a minimum number of Loyola hours in the major or minor. Students should consult the department chairperson or program director or seek guidance from their academic advisor.
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Elective Courses
In all degree programs, in order to complete the minimum number of required credit hours, students must choose elective courses in addition to the courses specifically required for the Core, other college requirements and their major. Electives should be chosen with a definite purpose: to support one's major field of study; to complete a second major or a minor, to assist in preparing for a planned future profession, to bring more liberal arts courses into the program, to attain a balance in courses in the three general areas of knowledge (humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences).


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Madonna and Son Go For Matchy-Matchy
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Beyonce Has a "Cabaret" Moment
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Beatles Come Together
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The Maryland governor, who has been candid about his inclination to seek the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016, has signed on to co-host the May 14 Capitol Hill fundraiser for South Carolina lieutenant governor candidate Bakari Sellers, a Democratic source in the state told CNN.
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Sellers, a 29-year-old African-American state legislator, is the son of a local civil rights legend and an up-and-comer in state Democratic politics. He also worked for Barack Obama's victorious 2008 primary effort in South Carolina, one of the four leadoff presidential nominating states. In other words, he's precisely the kind of person a potential candidate would like to have on his (or her) side in a primary campaign.
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Al From, the founder of the centrist Democratic Leadership Council and a longtime associate of former President Bill Clinton, is also slated to attend the cocktail fundraiser, which will be held at the Capitol Hill home of Democratic political strategist John Jameson.
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This idiot wasted $193 MILLION on Maryland's botched Obamacare website and the Feds are investigating. Yeah, he'd make the perfect Democrat candidate, totally incompetent and a crook, just like the current occupant of the White House.
The Democratic candidate doesnt matter as much as the message . . . and the NEGATIVE branding of the GOP that Debbie Wasserman-Schultz aught to be doing at the DNCC.
Because Republicans are so close to BIG BUSINESS and special interest money, because their PRIMARY articulation of economic ploicy WILL ALWAYS boil down to "tax cuts for job creators" [or whatever word salad they want to put around "trickle-down economics"], because they cannot win unless they get the massess of the aging white working class to vote AGAINST THEIR OWN SELF INTEREST, Democrats should be pouring CONCRETE around the feet of the Republicans. They should be branding the GOP to a 40 year swath of voters as anti-middle class. There should be a Senatorial vote on raising the minimum wage to force one in the House. When the GOP[predictably] fights against it, take names and call individuals and THE PARTYout. Some voters may be persuadeably to oppose the ACA [even though it helps them] but I doubt they can be FOOLED to look beyond an increase in pay for their household incomes; especially when the GOPs hand would be all over it. Go for the jugular Democrats.
Never mind 50 repeal obamacare votes, or Christie's special election, very important to spend whatever it takes they're, yup, your a genius alright!
That's right... we know the Obama-Democrat approach of taxing and regulating companies to death is just working wonders for our economy and jobs. Democrat Party staganant economy and minimal job growth sure doesn't sound like a plan for the future of America.
That's right... we know the Obama-Democrat approach of taxing and regulating companies to death is just working wonders for our economy and jobs. Democrat Party staganant economy and minimal job growth sure doesn't sound like a plan for the future of America.
The only problem with your claims is that they are not true. True, the Obama administration has signed consumer protections into law in a couple of industries, banking and health care. The banking industry needed some regulation after the Wall Street crash. I, for one, am not someone who subscribes to the idea of completely unregulated capitalism.


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Jackson & Kruger.
I mean, it's love in the rain. Am bursting from the Cute. SO CUTE. I want a man to hold an umbrella for me like that. Jacek would NEVER be this happy holding an umbrella for me. Jacek would be like – come on, my hair's getting wet. Or come on – the game's starting soon. Or come – you mean you're wearing something different?
Re: Diane's dress. Am indifferent but I will say on anyone else I probably would have hated it. Does that count?
The worst couple is coming up after I hit the studio. Can you guess who? Should not be hard.
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By Stephanie Siek, CNN
(CNN) – Lawyers representing five same-gender couples are suing the federal government over the Defense of Marriage Act, which they say unfairly denies same-sex married couples the right to sponsor their noncitizen spouses for permanent residency in the United States.
Immigration Equality, an advocacy group that supports the rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered and HIV-positive immigrants, filed the suit April 2 in New York district court. It names as defendants Attorney General Eric Holder, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Alejandro Mayorkas and two other immigration officials.
The suit alleges that the federal government is violating the equal protection clause of the U.S. Constitution by denying rights to one set of legally married couples while preserving the rights of another, based on gender and sexual orientation.
"The five plaintiff couples are like other married couples," the suit states. "They met, fell in love, and chose to build a life together. They too committed themselves to one another in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health. They have honored and kept that commitment to one another. They have chosen to be together and to make the United States their family's home. However, because they are married to someone of the same sex, they are denied the federal immigration benefits to which different-sex married couples are entitled. They are at constant risk of being forced apart or forced to leave the United States to stay together."
Each of the couples are in marriages legally recognized by the states in which they reside.
Frances Herbert and Takako Ueda, of Vermont, married last April after living together for 11 years. Takako, a Japanese national, has been in the U.S. on a student visa since 2001. Herbert filed the application for Takako's permanent residency a few months after their marriage, but it was denied last December. Since then, the couple has lived with the threat of Ueda's deportation. But they say the filing of this lawsuit, Blesch v. Holder, gives them hope.
"Because of Immigration Equality's effort and our dedicated team, I feel so positive and optimistic that I can stay here," Ueda said. "It's a huge event… I feel I am doing something good for those who are part of a binational same-gender couple."
"Our private life has shrunk, but it's worth it," Herbert said. "It's humbling to be involved in a significant action towards changing the definition of family on the books. It's already changed in reality, we all know that. Our family is precious and broad and there are many other families that deserve the right, the chance, to celebrate the core essence of who they are. And to be part of this change is sometimes overwhelming, but also very inspiring."
The Senate passed a vote to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act last November, but it is seen as unlikely to pass the Republican-controlled House.
Civil unions are the same thing as marriage, with a different name. So at least let them have that! And let's not forget the 14th admendment right, people!
No , they are NOT the same. marriage is for family structure, lineage, rights of blood lines of children, etc.
Man/Man-Woman/Woman is NOT the same as Man/Woman.
So, an dyour point is? Since what I said is true, this does not apply for 2 reasons. 1) The 14th Amendment for the STATES, not federal government. 2) Since what I said above is not the same, there is no equal protection under the law issue. A man-man/woman-woman cannot naturally bear children. No there was was the issue of race intermarrying, then yes there would be a 14th Amendment issue.
That Amendment is not written in Chinese, and well enough English to see it applies to the states only. There is no "equal protection under the law" pertaining to the 3 branches of federal government. Thus their suit is without merit.
Well at least read the whole Amendment. It does state Congress may enforce the Amendment by legislation. However, wouldn't that violate the commerce clause?
i wonder why we facing all this disaster this days my god what is wrong with human being
Bottom line....its Jack and Jill not Jack and Steve. Get real and stop trying to force YOUR insane lifestyle on everyone else on the planet.
and their lifestyle should bother you, how? prove it's affecting you just a tiny little bit. everyone on the face of this planet deserves to find the love of their lives and you would deny that simply because you don't agree with their lifestyle.
Their argument won't fly. The Equal Protection Clause only applies to the states, not Congress...doh!
Adam and Eve NOT Adam and Steve! Some of you sick folks need to leave God out of this he will judge your actions end the end! Also I just want to say here on a student visa for 11 years makes you STILL illegal and still breaking the law! GO HOME. And take your partner with you and get her a permanent visa.
Lee, you actually might be as dumb as a box of hair. Smooches from a gay man.
Which Eve? There were 3 of them in the original myth, and Lillith before any of the them.
"Leave god out of it or he'll send you to hell!"
See the contradiction right there?
I have a feeling if there is such a place, you may just have won a ticket.
Marriage has always been an agreement and vow of commitment before the eyes of God. No one can claim that there should be a separation between Church and State when it is in fact of the Church.
last time i checked, the God you speak of was one of love and telerance yet you seem to weighing in on the side of intolerance. ah well...to each his own.
I really can't believe the things so-called 'Christians' say on here. First the name-calling, then the 'slippery slope' nonsense. Finally, we get the self-righteous 'I'm gonna tell my daddy and he's gonna come beat you up so nyaah nyaah' routine. It makes me embarassed to call myself a Christian. What happened to 'judge not lest ye be judged'? Like someone said earlier, it will be between them and God. Unless He retired and left you in charge, it's not up to you to decide who makes it to heaven or not. His Word is true, but don't go using it as a 'cloak of maliciousness'. Makes me wonder what you're REALLY hiding...
You really shouldn't judge Chrisitans either.
Maria, by your logic you really then shouldn't judge Dizzyd for judging Christians, right?
And as our societal decline accelerates we look to the past – Rome. We are coming to join you on the ash heap of once great historical states.
This is disgusting! There's just no other word for it!
You want to fix marriage? Let everyone do it, but make divorce illegal.
You are exactly right! By making divorce illegal we give the act of marriage more respect.
She's been in this country for ELEVEN years on a STUDENT visa. This isn't about gay marriage and equal rights this is about a foreign national who has overstayed her visa and should be deported. She has been in violation of immigration law long before she decided to marry.
I don't think you realize how LONG it takes to get US residency do you?
I don't think you do... it took a friend of mine a couple years. NOT ELEVEN.
I agree with you She broke the law . We send hard working people back to Mexico everyday that are just trying to feed families. This is know different imagination should be sending her back 11 years not paying taxes. We have been paying her share and many others.
LOL! There is nobody from Mexico "just trying to feed their familes"!! LOL! They are here for economic reasons, not a lack of jobs.
well, since her partner is an american and probably working and they could be fililng jointly, i'd say she is most likely paying taxes. if the lady in question isn't working, then her partner is supporting her, not your taxes.
You will face your Reality then there will be no backing out.
excuse me?
The whole world knows that lie is an evil, vile, debauchery that is forbidden. The reality you perverts face will answer you all's quest.
why don't you go picket... doesn't that depend on what one considers sensual...
your subjective POV is yours..so if your not gay, don't marry a gay person.
Remember this, God created all living things. To judge gays, is to judge God.
you all's ?
suing the Attorney General wont change a thing he doesnt passed laws. If they wanted change they should have sued Congress
correction pass
My god, to think that *all* of the lawyers who have ever sued the government have been making this basic simple fundamental mistake for so long. You'd think that all of these lawyers would know more than some random person on the Internet.
LOL... +1 internets for you sir!
Just what we need, – more meaningless gay drivel.
sure, if you think gays are not people too.
nice going tex.
Gays, strickly speaking biologically are not people. You see a gay couple can not reproduce. Reproduction is one of the 10 processes required to be defined as a living creature (Ingestion, digestion, absorbsion, excretion, secretion, movement, assimilation, respiration, response and REPRODUCTION). Technically, they are a virus. As a virus can not reproduce on its own either. It gets something else to reproduce for it... same as GAYS
chume, an animal like you would not have the capacity to think gays are human, so that is perfectly understandable from your inhuman/inhumane perspective.
@ chume
Actually chume a gay person can reproduce. They just can't with each other.
@ chume
You're "logic" is terribly flawed and makes for a ridiculous argurment.
About 10% of the US population is infertile, gay and straight. So, a straight person who is infertile isn't a person either? And, as someone pointed out, gay people can and do reproduce. They are capable of doing so, some choose to and some don't, just like straight people. If a straight person chooses not to reproduce, does that make them a virus too?
A virus can reproduce as well, it infects another cell to do the work... same as gays,
Legally married to an American or not if your illegal then you shold be deported.
the bravery of being out of range....
weak opinion.
It doesn't say they are suing for "illegals" they are suing for "noncitizens". BIG DIFFERENCE!
She has a student visa
Actually she HAD a student Visa. She has been in the US for 11 years, no way did a Student Visa allow her that much time. I am all for the rights of gay and straight marriage, but this woman is here illegally if she no longer carries a valid visa to be here. Plain and simple.
God will never bless gay marriage
Got news for you pal, god doesn't make our laws, if he did we'd have to allow sharia law as an aletrnative to christian law and hindu laws. Thankfully, its only a matter of time before this anti gay law goes up to the supreme court and gets shot down. There's a reason the founding father's wanted to keep religion out of governance, and that is people's rights get trampled, and often religious conflicts result in mass murders.
Jesus had two daddies and he turned out just fine.
God does not bless or not gay marriage. Bigot people like you thing that they have a say in other's people life.
you mean YOU will never bless gay marriages....
@ erik60505
"Jesus had two daddies and he turned out just fine."
excellent point.
Actually... God, being a supreme being would most likely be a hemaphradite. So that would fall under the transgender label I believe. So he would fit right into the LGBT community. So if you think about it, God made us in his image...the gays and freaks and oddballs with two working genital parts... those are in GOD's image. The rest of us were made straight in order to propagate his experiment, but not in his image.
I don't know; He blessed mine. I met my husband in church, and we've been together now for over 24 years. Seems God knew what he was doing for us.
Arthur, you are correct, but only because God is a fictional chatacter. Wise up!
Well your statement is technically correctly. Something that doesn't exist can't bless anything at all.
@ arthurrrr – how ever did you learn to know what God is okay with? The bible? Ok, and just like our laws, the bible was written by man. Biases? You bet.
Arthurrr. Thanks for the hot tip. I'm glad to know you have a direct line to G-D. When you talk to him next, ask him what he thinks about you!
arthurrr, this is so insightful and helpful to this discussion. I'm glad we could all hear your input on the topic of gay marriage. It's been a privilege. I'm going to get married one day and I don't think I would really care for god's consent. What would that even do to me? I could probably go to a voodoo lady and she could do more for my future marriage than a supposedly all powerful man that only exists in people's faith and books. Anyways, thanks a lot arthurrr.
In any case where the United States government is being sued, the Department of Justice always represents the government. So the Attorney General of the United States always handles cases like these.
MArriage is a horrible horrible form of slavery and shold be abolished world wide
Let us see where marriage equality exists – Canada, Australia, Germany, Norway, Netherlands, Switzerland, South Africa ....None of these countries have gone down the drain... It is about time we did the same. We cannot/should not deny anyone the opportunity to marry and live with their partner of choice. Everyone deserves the same rights. Live and let live.
Jay, couldn't agree with you more. I have 5 people that I know right now that need benefits and if I just claim I'm married to them, I should be able to get them benefits as my spouses. They are mixed gender, three are female and 2 male, but that shouldn't matter because once we get all of this stuff redefined, anything goes! Good on ya, mate! As soon as some clown tries to tell me I can only have one spouse, I'm throwing a fit and will get it all re-redefined, whatever it takes to get whatever I want to make my life better so I can live as free as I want to! Ye ha partner!
Good to see that a gay mormon is still a mormon. You must have some fun nights!
@crazypete, I am adopting you, crazypete so I can get you benefits too! Yee haw! The next homeless pet I run into yo can bet I'm marrying that bugger and we're going to have benefits for everyone!
Your sarcastic point is that this is about a grab for benefits rather than the very obvious denial of benefits. If you were a person who did not have the rights you already do, you would see this more clearly.
You should have heard the predictions here in Canada! The gays were going to unfairly grab tax refunds and benefits. Society was going to break down. Cats and dogs were going to marry, maybe some guy and a goat. It was the silliest hysteria.
Then it turns out that allowing two consenting adults to marry caused nothing more than that they paid fairly for benefits they actually got.
Frivolous !
It's nice to see that my country's legislators see me as a second-class citizen because of whom I fall in love with. I'm ashamed to be an American.
I hear ya Charlie. My family has fought in numerous wars for my freedom. Now, I'm under seige by my own countrymen, who have been brainwashed by a 2,000 year old book of talking snakes, and pro slavery.
I have many friends who are talking snakes (although they can talk typing is difficult so I'm helping out) and they would like o express their disappointment with your discriminatory views. Shame on you.
Once they get this settled and benefits are granted, the second punch is landed; the imputed tax. Where is the outcry on this. I'm married and my husband and I pay ALOT more in taxes due to how the Fed see's his benefits as my income. Every straight couple I know drops their jaw when I explain this. I also am ashamed to be an American. Red white and blue apparently stands for hatred, separation and inequality. And we're the first to point a finger at other countries who we think are backwards.....
Charlie, then get the hell out of America. I'm all for gay couples joining in a civil union. I'm even for them having benefits. But FO on calling it a marriage.
I agree.
People who advocate a change in the law should leave!
America is about keeping everything EXACTLY THE SAME.
Geez! Control freak? Who are you to tell anyone what to call their relationship? if you don't like it, don't listen.
Admittedly, its difficult while to type presently as all my boyfriends are in line and taking having their way with me from behinddddddddd oops! But(t) I just want all you straight people/haters out there to know about all the fun their missing out on. This evening will be PACKED with enjoyment. and if you don't like it tooooooooooo bad. oh and since we're filming it all I will be sure to email copies to all you haters so you can watch til your eyes bleed. if you haven't been to the fens you haven't lived.
Yep soooo much fun, all the way up to the point you contract an STD then you'll be crying about how some dude gave it to you. Nevermind the fact that you got this disease from spreading your legs far too often! Get a life, get a job, and stop wasting the air I breathe!
The Packed Fudge Societ strikes once again.
The toothless and ignorant society strikes again.....
What the heck difference does it matter to you? If you don't support gay marriage, then don't get one. End of Story.
20 years ago, the idea that gay marriage would be a hot issue around an election would have been a joke. 20 years from now, people will be asking what the big deal was. Just legalize it for equal treatment under the law and so all this energy can be directed towards the real problems of our country. Gay marriage is not a real problem. If you disagree, prove it with empirical evidence.
You are right about one thing: Twenty years from now "gay" marriage WONT be a big deal. You know why? Because the Looney Left will undoubtedly see to it that SOMETHING even worse and, if possible, even more screwed up will be a big deal. I have no doubt that someday the child molesters, dog and cat lovers, cow-busters and so forth will be part of the Left's brand-new in-crowd.
"I have no doubt that someday the child molesters, dog and cat lovers, cow-busters and so forth will be part of the Left's brand-new in-crowd."
Tex, you have issues, dude. Gross.
Children, cows, dogs, or whatever are not considered capable of consent by any courts, nor will they ever be.
Slippery slope arguments are not your friend.
@ockit, Tex doesn't have issues, but I do. I have a heard of sheep that need veterinary benefits and because of these stupid Defense of Marriage Acts and other discriminating laws, I can't marry them to get them benefits. I am outraged!
Sounds like a PARTY to me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And I do so much like a good PARTY!
Animals cannot enter contracts. Nor can children. Nor can inanimate objects. So put your sick fantasies aside. Marriage is a civil right as defined by the Supreme Court; denying equal access to this right is against American principals and values.
Actually, gay marriage has been championed by several notable Conservatives – in particular, the father of the modern Conservative movement, Barry Goldwater, was a staunch supporter of gay rights. Support flows directly from the fundamental Conservative ideal that government should NOT interfere with the private lives of its citizens, and should instead remain small and unobtrusive. This really shouldn't be a partisan issue at all; the only reason it is comes from the shrill, lunatic religious theocrats who have usurped the Conservative movement, tossed its core notions in the trash and leveraged the name to ram their own repugnant, odious agenda down the nation's collective throat.
Tex, there are drugs for psychotic delusions such as what you are dealing with. They can help with the paranoia and anxiety and doomsday predictions.
You sound very AFRAID, Tex.
@Tex – You seem so concerned about something that shouldn't concern you. Key word is "shouldn't". You're obviously another self loathing closet case.
You're saying that denying a basic civil right to a group of American citizens is not a problem? May I ask what you *would* consider to be a problem? If I say that my religion says that, say, blue-eyed men are not allowed to vote, and the government agreed with me and passed a ban, would you say that this is also "not a problem?" Just curious.
"The five plaintiff couples are like other married couples... " They are NOT like other married couples.
2 humans = 2 humans . Not sure where u went to school, but you missed the day they taught, well, EVERYTHING>
Seems these stupid "activist groups" keep getting longer stupid names...these clowns will lose the suit...we don't need more perverts in this country...
Grow up.
Ho.mo_s.e.x.uality is being pushed as normal behavior even though the Bible, common sense, medical science and nature testifies that the practice is unhealthy and that this practice is abominable. The per_verts not only want their lifestyles to be tolerated by society they now have become obsessed with brainwashing and bullying society into accepting their per-ver.ted views as being normal. Some think letting them out of the closet was good for society but the name on that closet was Pandora's box. Their unhygienic and promiscuous s3x practices are now helping to spread deadly diseases all over the world.
What's the matter Guest? Worried that if you put your name beside what you just said you'd get fired?
Prove it. Oh wait, you can't. So shut up and go away.
your bible also says that eating meat and drinking milk at the same time is an abomination, or planting two different types of crops in the same field is an abomination or that wearing two different types of material is an abomination. so whats your point?
Brad, you appear to be such a Bible scholar. What half-page did you read?
So I'm a straight catholic and I for one don't care what the scriptures say about this. If two men want to get married then why should I get in their way? In fact, when I do look at the scriptures I keep getting stuck on the one where Jesus is asked what the greatest law is and he says "You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind. And you must love your neighbor as yourself."
That's pretty much the whole thing for me. Love God. Love your fellow humans. Since I want to be married I see no reason to stop two consenting adults from being married.
i agree with you guest, it is truly ashame.
Wow and I actually thought that we had evolved and had grown as humans should. Instead it is sad to see that so many are still stuck in fear and foolish nonsense. Sad, sad, sad.
one man one woman
Or, in the case of Reagan, Bob Dole, Rush Limbaugh, and Newt Gingrinch–all leaders of the Republican Party–four men, eleven women.
Name one marriage that was one man, one woman! You live in a make-believe, white picket fence illusion.
God said love everyone for those cult people out there.
this is not "defense" of marriage, it is restriction of marriage.
Since not everybody believes in "God almighty", they should not have to follow his rules (especially when they come from the same anthology of fairy tales that condones slavery, genocide, chauvenism, and killing of the sick and injured). Sorry to rain on your parade OGRE.
Lots of people say marriage is between a man and a woman and use their religious beliefs as a means of justification. these are the same people that used their religious beliefs to deny women the right to vote or to defend slavery.
If you are a woman and you are using religion then I simply do not want to hear from you unless your man gives me his word that he gave you express permission to partake in a public diologue and he had better be prepared to prove to me that God told him it was ok.
If you are a man and use this argument then I would say you need to tend to your woman and mind your own business.
And teh point is ????? You got lost in your words dude (or dudettt) lol you talk like a pshycho though
You might learn how to spell. The point is a wife could not speak or have an opinion without getting her husband's permission prior to getting the vote and by following the Bible not just selected verses – the husband needs to care for his wife ahead of anything else in his life. That's the point dude!!!
You didn't understand the comment? You really are illiterate. I read it once, and got it. And agree with it.
great bumper slogan but give me some facts to back up your absurd statement
Too bad being a bigot is not considered a hate crime. A civilized world has no place for them !!
it has really gotten out of hand.
wicked foul generation that calls evil good and good the evil.
but as long as you got christains lving double lives it will be hard to justify a godly or moral stance.
Evil is anyone that stands up and says that they know the mind of god. I am pretty sure that even your storybook known as the bible says the same thing.
we can know the mind and counsel of God. its called wisdom. God gives it freely to all who ask.
if you read me ENTIRE post, you will note that I admit that part of whats wrong in society is that Christians themselves don't always live 'holy' or moral lives
Marriage is between a man and a woman.
For YOU marriage is between a man and a woman. For other people it is different,. Your religious beliefs ONLY apply to YOu and not to anyone else.
societies, not Bible has defined marriage as between man and woman. What is wrong with civil union with same rights as marriage? Simply is Gay movement wants to break down any traditional values to make this abhorrent practice seem normal
I don't understand what the difference would be other than an increase in paperwork. Might as well just call it all marriage or all civil unions and keep it simple. No point in making things more convoluted than necessary.
@crazyvermont "societies, not Bible has defined marriage as between man and woman. What is wrong with civil union with same rights as marriage?"
The same argument was used up until about 50 years ago with Jim Crow laws. What is wrong with black schools, black water fountains, and black bus seats? "Separate but equal" was not equal then, and it is not equal now.
People are born black. None are born as sin.
Maria, please do us all a favor. Get back to your boring life and stop throwing around your silly moralistic beliefs and trying to press them on others. You know your truth: which is if you were truly happy, you wouldn't be so concerned about denying others theirs. It is that simple. Claim it is about the Bible, God, etc. But you know the truth about yourself deep down.
Thankfully, Andrew, people of your opinion are a dying breed.
Why can't we all just get a long and be happy.
Because some people like to assert their opinions and beliefs over the private lives of consenting adults.
It's not private when you are trying to shove it down people's throats.
I agree why can't we all just get along.
Ok so if marriage is between a man and a woman only then why don't we pass a federal ban on all divorces. If you get married then you are stuck with that person for ever and no second or third or forth... marriages. If i rember correctly the scriptures/bible does state that divorce is just as bad as gay marriage.
I also think if marrage is only for procreation then lets also ban all marriages that do not produce children. Or give each married couple say 5 yrs to procrate and if they can not or choose not then nullify their marriage?
you are correct but divorce is ok to christians because it doesnt make them feel icky.
Agreed fellow Mormon. This should be a free-for-all act as you wish, do what you want country and not a country with morals, icky. Now, as a Mormon, my cat just had a litter of kittens and I want to marry them so I can get them veterinary benefits. Why should that be wrong??? They are my spouses and are very dear to me. I should be able to flash my medical benefits card at the vets and they should accept it and bill my insurance company. Maybe a little co-pay in there, but then my kittens will be able to be healthy kittens and once I have grandkittens I should be able to marry them as well! Mormons are all about marrying but this stupid DOMA is killing our beliefs...
Mormon... its called Pet Insurance...look into it... and since your cat cannot leagally consent as two human adults can... I hope they arrest you for animal abuse and beastiality. P.S. Maybe you should out your cat on birth control... She really should not be having children she cannot financially support.


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The actor who suffered a skull fracture and cracked vertebrae when he fell 30 feet while playing Spider-Man on Broadway is out of the intensive care unit and has begun inpatient rehabilitation.
Christopher Tierney fell Dec. 20 during a performance of "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark," plunging from a ledge into a stage pit despite a safety harness that should have prevented the spill.
His father, Tim Tierney, said his son was able to walk without a walker but with the help of a full-torso brace on Tuesday before being discharged from the hospital and transferred to a New York City rehab facility.
It was also reported today that another cast member may be fleeing the production after suffering a concussion during previews
The Daily News reported that Natalize Mendoza, 30, who stars as the evil spider Arachne, is looking for a way out of the expensive, injury-plagued show. She was hit in the head by a falling rope on November 28th, the first night of previews, and returned to the role but took time off after Tierney's fall on December 20th. A spokesman for the show would not confirm Mendoza's departure, but reports say her team is working with the producers on an exit agreement.
The $65 million show--the most expensive ever on Broadway--canceled two preview performances then reopened after instituting new safety and security measures.


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text: < KDE Core Revision as of 23:52, 4 January 2011 (view source)Aseigo (talk | contribs) (→Location)← Older edit Revision as of 18:51, 5 January 2011 (view source) IvanC (talk | contribs) (→Participants)Newer edit → Line 284: Line 284: |anything |anything |TXL/SXF |TXL/SXF +| +|- +|Ivan Čukić +|[email protected] +|libplasma, activities +| +| +| +|yes +|yes +|anything +| | | |} |} Revision as of 18:51, 5 January 2011 Contents 1 Purpose of the Sprint 2 Participants 3 Topics 3.1 Modularization of KDE libraries 3.2 Framework vs Platform 3.3 Redundancies 3.4 Build Profiles 3.5 Build system 3.6 QML and Javascript 4 Logistics 4.1 Dates 4.2 Location 4.3 Travel and Accommodations 4.4 Food, Drink and Shopping Purpose of the Sprint To examine the current state and near future of the KDE Platform (kdelibs and kdebase-runtime), particularly as it relates to the growing usage of it in new contexts such as mobile or on Windows and MacOS and its traditional usage as a set of conveniences and consistency creators for KDE application development. The sprint will aim to create an actionable, multi-year roadmap for kdelibs and kdebase-runtime and will examine issues of modularity, topicality and the inherent dichotomy between the KDE Platform as an application development framework (similar to Qt) and as a stand-alone platform to target (similar to, e.g. Windows, MacOS, etc.) Participants This sprint will aim to bring together developers who contribute to the KDE Platform directly, who use it in sophisticated applications, packagers of it and those involved in setting similar policies for Qt. The proposed break down of attendees: 12-15 kdelibs and kdebase-runtime commiters 3-5 KDE application developers 2-3 packagers 1-2 people from the KDE Release Team 1-2 Qt representatives making for a total of 19-27 people. If you would like to attend, please record your name below. Date organization will occur at a later point. Name Email Role / Work Arrival Depart Est. Cost Need Sponsor? Need Hotel? Food Req. Airport Flights Aaron Seigo [email protected] Meeting facilitation, libplasma yes yes vegetarian John Layt [email protected] KLocale & co yes yes Marijn Kruisselbrink [email protected] kdelibs mobile, meego packaging, koffice yes yes vegetarian Jeremy Whiting [email protected] knewstuff, accessibility yes yes any Thiago Macieira [email protected] Qt, used to work in kdelibs no no any Andreas Hartmetz [email protected] kdelibs - mostly KIO and some kdeui yes yes yes Kevin Ottens [email protected] KDE Platform+Frameworks modularity, interaction with Qt yes yes no seafood David Faure [email protected] kdelibs, interaction with Qt no yes MRS/LYS Artur Souza [email protected] KDE UI/Core + QML/JS yes yes any Dario Freddi [email protected] Authorization Framework, Solid, Possibly all things KCM* yes yes any LIN/BGY/MXP Alexander Neundorf [email protected] buildsystem (kdesupport +kdelibs +kdepimlibs +kdebaselibs) modularization yes yes any Raphael Kubo da Costa [email protected] Mostly kdecore and kio. KDE/Qt on FreeBSD. yes yes any George Kiagiadakis [email protected] drkonqi, small contributions to kdelibs, debian packaging yes yes any Olivier Goffart (not sure) [email protected] Qt, former kdelibs contributor (port to Qt4, knotify) maybe maybe 2500 kcal/day Till Adam [email protected] kdepim, kdelibs, KDE/Mac, KDE/Windows, KDE/Maemo, KDE/WinCE, KDE/MeeGo if you don't want it eaten, don't keep it around me Sebastian Kügler [email protected] release team probably probably omnivore AMS Frederik Gladhorn [email protected] Qt, knewstuff maybe probably any Oslo Albert Astals Cid [email protected] l10n, misc yes yes almost any Dublin Sune Vuorela [email protected] Packaging and weirdness most likely most likely yes cph; prefers train. Stephen Kelly [email protected] kdelibs, modularisation, Qt interfacing Anything but sushi Volker Krause [email protected] kdepimlibs, kdepim, KDE on MeeGo/Maemo5/WinCE yes anything TXL/SXF Ivan Čukić [email protected] libplasma, activities yes yes anything Topics Note: these are simply sample topics, not final direction on what will actually be discussed. Actual topics will be generated at a pre-sprint meeting online as well as through group authorship of this section. Modularization of KDE libraries Alex: should IMO include not only kdelibs, but also kdesupport, kdepimlibs and kdebase libs Framework vs Platform Redundancies KLocale & co vs QLocale & co: How to act local everywhere while retaining configurability. Build Profiles Build system What level modularity do we want/need here ? Chances of CMake becoming the buildsystem for Qt. QML and Javascript Logistics Dates Tentatively: June 1/2 - 6/7 Location Tentatively: Randaa, Switzerland Travel and Accommodations Food, Drink and Shopping Retrieved from "https://community.kde.org/index.php?title=KDE_Core/Platform_11&oldid=8146" Content is available under Creative Commons License SA 4.0 unless otherwise noted.


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Soundgarden Confirm 'King Animal' Album Title, Release 'Worse Dreams' Song Teaser
Big news today from Soundgarden's official YouTube page: The band released a 35-second clip of an aggressive new track called 'Worse Dreams' and announced that its long-awaited comeback album will be titled 'King Animal.'
The video shows the band hard at work in the studio recording the new music and ends with footage of screaming fans from Soundgarden's most recent live shows. The clip ends by announcing the album's release date as "Autumn 2012," although guitarist Kim Thayil has already pegged Nov. 13 as the specific street date.
The song teaser can also be heard at soundgardenkinganimal.com, which serves as the new entry page to the group's official website. Based on the short clip, 'Worse Dreams' is a heavy track that sounds like what we've come to expect from Soundgarden over the years.
'King Animal' will be the group's first album of new material since 'Down on the Upside' in 1996. Other song titles confirmed for the record are 'Blood on the Valley Floor' and 'A Thousand Days Before.' Thayil has said the album "re-establishes that we still rock, we're still heavy, and we're still a little weird."
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Mathematics, Marriage, and High Explosives: Why There Is No Nobel Prize for Math
The one Nobel Prize you won't hear announced is for Mathematics―because, in contrast to Chemistry, Physics, and Literature, there is no Nobelity in Math. Rumor has it that it's because of a sex scandal: Alfred Nobel's wife had an affair with a mathematician.
Which brings us to the most recent announcement of a Nobel Prize in Economics for Lloyd Shapley and Stanford professor Alvin Roth. No, Roth did not win the prize for inventing the Roth IRA. His first paper was in "lattice theory," a branch of mathematics which, he told me in 2010, ties in with a lot of research in his field. He worries about how to form stable marriages.
People like to think of mathematics as a cold, dispassionate subject, and of mathematicians as nerds or dweebs, forever losing the hand of their Beatrice to the captain of the football team (unless a time machine is involved). But, perhaps precisely because we spend so much time in the library on Friday nights, we think as much about love as the sonnet-writers of yore.
One of my academic grandfathers, Philip Hall of Cambridge, proved a marvelous theorem about marriage. Suppose you have a bunch of men and women in a village, and you want to marry off all the women―presumably, assuming this village is not in India, to men that they already know. Can this always be done? Clearly not if there are more women than men. But even if there are more men, you might be unable to do it. For instance, you might have Alice and Beatrice, and Charles, David and Elijah, with Alice and Beatrice only knowing Charles. Two women, one guy, and this isn't nineteenth-century Utah. But what Hall did find out was that if the women in any subset of the entire group of women collectively know at least the same number of men as there are women in the subset, it could be done.
To avoid anyone's being left standing by the wall in our waltz, suppose we have the same number of men as women―our village is not in China, either―and this time the women all rank the men, and the men rank the women. For instance, Frasier might prefer Diane to Lilith, so he ranks Diane "number 1" and Lilith "2".
You can't always get what you want―unless you wrote a song with that title, in which case you can get approximately 4,000 of what you want―so Frasier might have to marry Lilith because Diane is with Sam.
But getting married is only the half of it: what about staying married?
What if Brad is married to Jen, but prefers Angelina, and Angelina is married to Billy, but prefers Brad? Then you have an unstable situation, because Brad and Angelina each prefer each other to their own spouses, and are likely to cheat.
Is it at all possible to find a set of stable marriages for our village, so no two people who are not married to each other are tempted to cheat on their spouses with each other? RAND Corporation employee Lloyd Shapley, who should have been working on ways to keep the Soviets from overrunning western Europe, thought about the stability-of-marriage problem and proved that the answer was "Yes!"
The Swedes honored Shapley and Roth this week for their mathematical work, because it has applications to how one can fairly assign medical doctors to hospitals and children to schools. But I think their work is important for other reasons too: if the prescription for stable marriages were known to the general public, programs like Jerry Springer and Maury would soon be off the air.
Incidentally, remember that story about Alfred Nobel and why there's no Nobel Prize for Math? Probably false, since Nobel himself never married.
I guess he just never met the right mathematician.
Dr. Jonathan David Farley is an Institute Researcher at the Research Institute for Mathematics (Maine).


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Summer business program for high schoolers forges diverse Penn State network
Summer business program for high schoolers forges diverse Penn State network
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The Business Opportunities Summer Session (BOSS) Program, facilitated by the Penn State Smeal College of Business' Diversity Enhancement Programs, connects underrepresented high school students with current Penn State students and alumni to provide an inside look at the business majors and beyond. Currently in its eighth year, the program is helping to create a powerful network as it continues to share the value of a Smeal education with a diverse population.
This network is evident both in increased applications as well as the connections that form in the program and continue into the years beyond.
"Applications for the 2014 program almost doubled in comparison to the previous year," said Jamie Campbell, Smeal's assistant dean for diversity enhancement. "Our BOSS alumni are going home and telling their classmates and their family members about what a valuable experience they had."
"The relationships I created during the BOSS program really helped me make a decision on which college to attend. The program provided me with a support system going into my college transition, both with the other participants who ended up attending Penn State as well as with the BOSS staff."
-- Kiyonna McFrazier, Smeal College of Business student and BOSS alumna
In addition, BOSS alumni who choose to apply and are accepted to Penn State and Smeal often stay involved with the program, serving as program assistants in future years.
"We find that this adds a lot of value to the program," said Campbell. "Participants really hear the messages from their peers, so to have our program assistants be able to communicate the value of a Penn State education is critical."
Kiyonna McFrazier was a BOSS participant when she was in high school and says that her own experience in the program had a real influence on her final decision to attend Penn State and major in a business discipline.
"The relationships I created during the BOSS program really helped me make a decision on which college to attend," she said. "The program provided me with a support system going into my college transition, both with the other participants who ended up attending Penn State as well as with the BOSS staff."
She continued, "Knowing that there were people that I could turn to who wanted me to succeed was a real comfort."
As a current Smeal student, McFrazier wanted to be able to extend that support system to a new group of BOSS participants.
"I wanted the students to have just as much fun as I did when I was a participant, and learn even more," said McFrazier. "My program assistants went above and beyond giving us advice about the future and telling us about Penn State, and I wanted to be able to share that experience."
This year's BOSS program ran from June 22 to July 3 on Penn State's University Park campus. The two-week program exposes participants -- high school students who will enter the 12th grade in the fall -- to real business classes in subjects like business law, finance, international business, supply chain management, actuarial science and business writing.
The program also facilitates interactions with professionals. Participants took a day trip to Philadelphia to tour Ernst & Young's offices and learn about career opportunities and company culture there from EY employees and interns.
Though the program is academic in nature, the participants took some time for fun as well. Activities included attendance at a State College Spikes baseball game, where they learned about the business of sports, and a day at DelGrosso's Amusement Park, providing a look at seasonal and family businesses.
To learn more about the BOSS program, visit www.smeal.psu.edu/uge/diversity/business-opportunities-summer-session-boss or email Diversity Enhancement staff: firstname.lastname@example.com.
About Diversity Enhancement at Smeal
The Smeal College of Business is committed to encouraging a sense of community that welcomes, celebrates, and promotes diversity among all of its members. Through a number of services and opportunities, the college works with incoming, current and international students to enrich the academic experience and to connect them with our many corporate partners. For more information on diversity enhancement efforts at Smeal, visit www.smeal.psu.edu/diversity/.


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Gov. Corbett responds to Sandusky investigation criticism
Campaign ads focus on child abuse case
Could Jerry Sandusky have been stopped earlier?
Gov. Tom Corbett responded to continuing criticism of his handling of the Sandusky investigation, which began when he was state attorney general.
That criticism is airing in a political ad on TV for this year's attorney general race.
When asked about it, the governor blamed Democrats and the media for continued interest in why it took more than two years to charge the former Penn State coach.
"There was no politics involved in that investigation, none, zero, and I challenge anyone out there who says there is to bring forward one piece, one sentence, one thread of evidence," Corbett said.
Corbett is backing Republican candidate David Freed for the attorney general job.
Freed said in a debate last week he would review the handling of the Sandusky case.
Democratic candidate Kathleen Kane said she would launch an investigation.


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Before this weekend, most people in America did not even know that Florida Gulf Coast University even existed. The public university was established in 1991, making it barely older than the players on its basketball team.
But those players did more to spread awareness of FGCU than pretty much any other action taken by the school in its two-decade existence, shocking 2-seed Georgetown on Friday night before becoming the first 15-seed to ever advance to the Sweet Sixteen with an 81-71 win over 7-seed San Diego State on Sunday.
"Words can't describe this feeling as being a 15 seed, the first 15 seed to ever do this," FGCU point guard Brett Comer said. "I don't think it's really sunk in to any of us yet. I feel like maybe it will tomorrow, but right now we're on such an emotional high it's hard to come down from."
It wasn't just the fact that Gulf Coast won, but how they won. During their upset of Georgetown, the school's official Twitter feed posted, "When people ask you where FGCU is, just tell them Dunk City, Florida!" The Eagles put on a highlight reel that would impress even the Miami Heat, throwing up alley-oops for thunderous slams that showed the basketball world FGCU was never intimidated by the likes of the Hoyas.
The city of Fort Myers has gotten into the act as well, adding "#DUNKCITY FLORIDA" to the header on its official webpage Monday morning.
"We're doing something special out here," said FGCU senior guard Sherwood Brown. "We've been told that this is what college basketball is all about."
"We're really blessed and we're really happy to be here right now," Brown added. "But we've still got a lot more games to play, hopefully, so we're going to go back home and get our heads back straight and get ready to play against the University of Florida."
UF will be a handful for FGCU. The cross-state Gators have won both of their tournament games handily, beating Northwestern State 79-47 and and Minnesota 78-64.
Billy Donovan's Florida squad has one of the best defenses in the nation, holding opponents to just 38% shooting from the field (fifth lowest in the country) with the third-best scoring defense in Division I. The Gators are also one of the best three-point shooting teams left in the tournament, and they don't hurt themselves with fouls or turnovers.
And Donovan knows a thing or two about ending a Cinderella run. His Gators beat George Mason in the 2006 Final Four, when the Patriots became the first 11 seed to make it to the Final Four.
But no one gave FGCU a chance to beat Georgetown, so you can bet Donovan and the Gators are not taking the Eagles lightly.
Before the tournament started, the New York Times' Nate Silver gave FGCU just a 3.3% chance of making the Sweet Sixteen. He now projects Gulf Coast has a 5.8% chance of beating the Gators.
Those are long odds, but crazier things have happened.


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Al Franken won't say whether he supports the president's call for a ban on military-style weapons.
"I guess I don't have an answer for you," said Franken spokesman Marc Kimball, following a press conference during which the senator omitted a ban on assault weapons when asked about gun restrictions he might support.
"He's been listening to Minnesota, trying to be thoughtful on this and trying to get input from people from a wide spectrum of views," Kimball added.


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First, tour the the 2011 Kips Bay Show House with four talented interior designers (Watch video here). Next, be wowed by 23-foot high soaring ceilings in a glamourous contemporary home in Bel Air where modern design meets old world (Watch video below). Then, interior designer Lukas Machnik shows he uses avant-garde design in a client's home (Watch video below). Later, go inside a five-story glass townhouse with a floating marble staircase that will surely impress (Watch video below). Finally, watch interior designer Jill Vegas drastically transform a kitchen in just one day (Watch video above).
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