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Frequently Asked Questions
When was Empire State College founded and what is it about?
SUNY Empire State College was established in 1971 by the SUNY Board of Trustees and then-chancellor and future United States Commissioner of Education Ernest L. Boyer as a distinctive statewide SUNY institution focused on nontraditional teaching and learning, where college faculty mentors guide learners through designing an individual degree program within 12 broad areas.
Further, the college continues its 40-year commitment to valuing learning gained from life and work experience, and has a clear process for assessing and awarding credit for college-level learning gained through experience.
Accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, the college serves mostly working adults pursuing associate, bachelor's and master's degrees on-site at 35 locations in New York state and abroad, as well as online everywhere.
What are the ways that I can study at Empire State College?
You can study in the following ways:
- through guided independent study, working one-to-one with a faculty mentor at times convenient for the two of you
- through online learning
- through small seminars, study groups, residencies or cross registration at other colleges – whatever suits your interests and lifestyle
- through a combination of all these ways.
What degrees are available at Empire State College?
The School of Nursing offers
Associate and bachelor's degrees in the liberal arts and sciences and career fields are offered in 12 undergraduate areas of study:
- the arts
- business, management and economics
- community and human services
- cultural studies
- educational studies
- historical studies
- human development
- interdisciplinary studies
- labor studies
- public affairs
- science, mathematics and technology
- social science (formerly known as social theory, social structure and change).
The School for Graduate Studies continues to add new master's degrees. Current programs include:
- business, management and leadership
- Master of Business Administration in Global Leadership
- Master of Business Administration in Management
- education
- Master of Arts in Adult Learning
- Master of Arts in Learning and Emerging Technologies
- Master of Arts in Teaching
- Master of Education in Teaching and Learning
- liberal studies
- Master of Arts in Liberal Studies
- policy studies
- Master of Arts in Community and Economic Development
- Master of Arts in Labor and Policy Studies
- Master of Arts in Social Policy
Advanced graduate certificates and undergraduate certificates are designed to provide focused study to support a particular career interest.
How can I receive credit for prior college-level learning?
The faculty at Empire State College recognize that adults have many opportunities for valuable learning in their everyday lives and work.
When this prior learning is college-level, it can be identified through an evaluative process designed to determine whether it is worthy of college credit.
Many undergraduate students also earn credit via national standardized examinations.
Students enrolled in the Master of Business Administration in Management degree have the opportunity to pursue academic assessments for master's-level knowledge in eight content areas.
Once I apply, how long will it take to be accepted and enrolled?
If you apply by the priority-application deadline, you are considered for the upcoming term. If you apply after the priority-application deadline, you will be considered on a space-available basis or for the next term.
The priority-application deadlines for each term are:
- Fall 1 term – June 1
- Fall 2 term – Sept. 1
- Spring 1 term – Nov. 1
- Spring 2 term – Jan. 1
- Summer term – March 1.
For additional information, visit Admissions.
When can I start my studies?
This academic calendar has one goal in mind — to help you, as an Empire State College student, achieve academic success and earn your degree.
Students may start their studies after completing an orientation session (in person at a center or unit, or for online SUNY Empire Online students).
The college offers a five-term academic calendar. The calendar features five 15-week terms:
- Fall 1 term begins in September
- Fall 2 term begins in late October
- Spring 1 term begin in January
- Spring 2 term begins in March
- Summer term begins in May and offers both a 15-week term (Summer 2) and the option of an 8-week term (Summer 1).
Graduate students, depending on the program, start in either September or January.
The graduate school offers a three-term academic calendar. The calendar features three 15-week terms:
- Fall 1 term begins in September
- Spring 1 term begin in January
- Summer term begins in May and offers both a 15-week term (Summer 2) and the option of an 8-week term (Summer 1).
For additional information, visit Admissions.
How long will it take to earn my degree?
A bachelor's degree requires that you complete 124 credits, while an associate degree requires 64 credits.
Generally, students complete their degrees in two to five years, studying part time. The amount of time may vary depending on how much credit you transfer and the type of degree program you design.
What is Empire State College's tuition?
For a complete and current breakout of undergraduate and graduate tuition charges by credit and fees, please visit the college's tuition webpages.
What other specialized programs does the college offer?
Labor Studies
The Harry Van Arsdale Jr. Center for Labor Studies houses the most comprehensive labor program of its kind in the United States and has been addressing the needs of trade unionists and others interested in labor-related issues since 1972.
Many labor leaders across New York state can be counted among the center's graduates. All of the college's areas of study are available at The Harry Van Arsdale Jr. Center for Labor Studies.
The School of Nursing and Allied Health offers an online RN to B.S. in Nursing program for registered nurses who hold associate degrees or diplomas and wish to continue their nursing education. The Master of Science in Nursing degree program prepares graduates to advance nursing practice in a complex and evolving health care environment.
Is financial aid available?
Yes, Empire State College students are eligible for a number of state and federal grants as well as college foundation scholarships. More than 50 percent of our students receive financial assistance.


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We Are the Dream
Penn State's Essence of Joy uses music to connect the past, present, and future, spreading a message of strength and equality.
Room 101 of the Music Building isn't very exciting. With the exception of the shiny black grand piano in front, it's actually kind of grey. But all of that changes when, at 3:30 p.m., members of the Essence of Joy choir stream in for rehearsal. Even though it's the first Monday after the three-week holiday break, the group is buzzing.
Though the choir, led by Anthony Leach, professor of music and music education, is busy year-round, January is particularly meaningful, as the singers raise their voices to celebrate the life of Martin Luther King, Jr.
"The music of the Civil Rights Era is rich in the message of encouragement and empowerment for singers and listeners to not be afraid while confronting obstacles, whether physical or psychological."—Anthony Leach
"As choir members, we can say, 'We are the dream' because not only do we represent a wide variety of disciplines at the University, and cultures and hometowns, we also show that we as peers are able to teach each other kindness and respect."—Essence of Joy singer
"Music speaks for people. I believe the spiritual was a therapeutic response to oppression, freeing people in mind, body, and spirit."—Essence of Joy singer

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Music: Ozomatli at Pearl
Photo: Associated Press File Photo
It's that time of year. Pearl amphitheater opens its free Échale! Latino Music Estyles music series with the wild, genre-bending Ozomatli. Last year, the horn-driven seven-man East Los Angeles act was used to get the party started for stand-up comedy phenom Gabriel Iglesias with the outstanding, if tongue-in-cheek, "Hey, It's Fluffy!" music video. No doubt the band's ready for St. Patrick's Day. Expect a funky, hip-hop take on salsa, pop and cumbia.
Hector Saldaña
Also playing: Sergio Mendoza y La Orkesta. 4 p.m. Sunday, Pearl amphitheater, 200 E. Grayson St. Free.


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Pop star Jennifer Lopez embarked on a huge world tour shortly after splitting from Marc Anthony to help ease her heartache.
The On the Floor hitmaker separated from the father of her twins, Max and Emme, last year (11), and in June (12), set out on the Dance Again World Tour - her biggest global trek yet.
Lopez admits focusing on entertaining her fans every night has made it easier to cope with the breakdown of her marriage.
She adds, "I was going through a divorce and the break-up of a family, which was devastating to me because family means everything to me. I had to turn that into something better. I thought, 'I don't want to just survive it, I want to come out better than that.' I didn't want to be the woman who stayed in bed for months.
"I did do that a little, but I knew I had to get through it. I'd dance every day, I'd work out, I'd say a little prayer and I still wouldn't feel any better. Then I'd go to bed and get up the next day and do it all again. It was a process, and it very gradually got a little easier... I had to do it for my kids. I had to get through it for them."


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Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has hit out at the unjust "vilification" of striker Luis Suarez after more diving allegations were levelled at him.
During the 0-0 draw at home to Stoke, Suarez went down theatrically in the penalty area which led to Potters manager Pulis called for three-match bans for players who dive. Defender Robert Huth has, however, escaped punishment despite appearing to stamp on Suarez after the Football Association confirmed the incident was seen by officials at the time and therefore no further action can be taken.
"As manager of this football club I find it incredible that in nearly all the coverage about Luis Suarez this weekend, very little focus has been placed on the fact that he was actually the victim of a stamping incident within the first five minutes of the game," he told liverpoolfc.com.
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I covered Carlos Rodon's high school years and his first MLB Draft Day.
Rodon's talent was evident at an early age. His teammates were so certain he would be a star, they asked for his autograph just minutes after their final high school season ended.
The competitive fire that makes Rodon great has been there since his days in Holly Springs.
Sitting out
Rodon didn't pitch his high school sophomore season, my first year on the job. So I thought he going to be a big-time first baseman in college after seeing him launch a grand slam that gave him seven RBIs for the week.
When Rodon committed to N.C. State as a pitcher that summer, I was a bit confused. The move made more sense when he got off to a dominating start his junior season, throwing the first of two career no-hitters.
I remember commenting to coach Rod Whitesell in 2010, "I didn't even know he pitched." His eyes were wide when he replied "Oh, he can pitch."
His last loss
At the end of Rodon's junior year, he came out of the bullpen in a playoff game against conference foe Apex. He was on short rest and still struck out nine batters in four innings.
But he also gave up a grand slam and took the 10-3 third-round loss. He rebounded well, however. His next loss came three years later in his sophomore year at N.C. State.
The fire within
The stories of Rodon walking himself down to the bullpen during postseason games at N.C. State were also not surprising. He fueled Holly Springs' run to the 2011 title. That team also adopted a razor-sharp focus, going 28-2 and winning the last 21 games of the season.
The most striking example of Rodon's competitiveness came late in his senior year. Everyone knew he could make them pay with his bat, so he was walked about once a game. He got tired of it. His batting average dipped to a little more than .300 that year. In a playoff game against Leesville Road, he was walked – again – after hitting a two-RBI double earlier. Frustrated, he tossed aside his bat after drawing a quick base on balls. I remember a fan over my shoulder criticizing his "attitude." But that's part of what makes Rodon great – he wants the ball in a big game the same way he wants to see a good pitch during an at-bat.
Wilmington's Ashley High got to see his competitive side too. The Screaming Eagles were in a best-of-3 series against Holly Springs for the 4A East title and the right to play for the state championship and Rodon didn't pitch.
The Ashley fans were heckling Rodon at the plate in both games, which was unheard of then. I think most fans in the Triangle knew to avoid making him angry, but these outsiders were unaware. Holly Springs won Game 1 on a 6-5 walk-off in extra innings, and Rodon made sure the fans knew about it as he celebrated. Holly Springs won Game 2 13-4, and during a nine-run top of the seventh inning, Rodon launched a three-run homer over the center field fence. Rodon gave the Ashley fans a parting gift, but toned it down after his Game 1 celebration. When he touched home plate, he simply tipped his helmet to them.
In the state championship, Rodon faced arguably the top offense in the state – record-setting T.C. Roberson High from Asheville. There was a radar gun in the press box at Five County Stadium, and I kept an eye on it that night. In the seventh inning, he was still hitting 92-91 mph. His last high school outing was a two-hitter to take Game 1 of the state championship. He retired 14 of the last 15 batters he faced and struck out eight to finish with 133 strikeouts that year. Many sources have 125, but they leave out the eight he had in the championship.
In Game 2, Holly Springs took home the title. Afterward, his teammates started asking him for autographs. I think Sagar Kapoor was the first, and many others followed. It was a smart move.
His draft day wait
A week later, the Rodons were gracious hosts as I came over to watch the MLB Draft at their house. It was a long and difficult afternoon.
Carlos was sitting down in front of the laptop and watching a stream of the draft. There was only audio, no video – and the picks were coming every five seconds.
He heard names of friends go before his. He was excited for them.
He picked up the phone in the fourth and sixth rounds as teams called him. He eventually had to go out and do something else to clear his mind. His name was called in the 16th round (five hours after the draft started) by the same team that had called him in the fourth round – the Brewers.
Rodon's response?
"If I end up going to play for the Brewers or going to play for N.C. State, it definitely motivates me," Rodon said. "I want to show them that I'm worth what I said or that I'm not that 16th-rounder. I think I should be in the first-round caliber group and this is going to push me to work harder."


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This event has been cancelled. Please contact the Admissions Office to discuss further visit opportunities. Admissions can be reached by phone at (800)448-4347 or by email at email@example.com.
Do you want to learn more about the Mount in person before driving to campus? These events are tailored to high school students and their families in the New York area. This is an excellent opportunity to learn more about what makes the Mount a unique place to go to school. Admissions representatives and guest speakers will be on hand to talk with you about academics, financial aid, athletics, campus ministry, and more. Registration begins at 7 p.m. and the program will conclude by 8:30 p.m.


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Page size
Since a while the Linux/MIPS kernel support page sizes other than 4kB.
- The R6000 processor only supports 16kB page size.
- The R8000 processor supports 8kB page size as it's smallest pagesize. It's also the only MIPS processor to support 8kB page size.
- Large compute workloads benefit sometimes dramatically from the increased TLB reach. Downside: the memory overhead can be significant and at times prohibitive.
- Large pagesize eleminates cache aliases and the overhead and potencial for bugs associated with them.
- SPECbench numbers have been shown to be boosted significantly by 16kB pages and yet somewhat more by 64kB pages.
Accessible address space
The size of the usable address space depends on the number of levels of the page tables, page size and the kernel model used. It always is 4GB for 32-bit kernels. Note that these 4GB are split into 2GB of userspace and 2GB of kernel addressing space. This split is hardwired in the MIPS architecture and (with the exception of the R6000) cannot be changed. The following table gives an overview over the situation on the 64-bit kernel.
|Page Size
|1 Level
|2 Level
|3 Levels
|4 Levels
|21 bits / 2MB
|30 bits / 1GB
|39 bits / 512GB
|48 bits / 256TB
|23 bits / 8MB
|33 bits / 8GB
|43 bits / 8TB
|53 bits / 8PB
|25 bits / 32MB
|36 bits / 64GB
|47 bits / 128TB
|58 bits / 256PB
|27 bits / 128MB
|39 bits / 512GB
|51 bits / 2PB
|64 bits / 4EB
|29 bits / 512MB
|42 bits / 4TB
|55 bits / 32PB
|68 bits / 256EB
This table is mostly meant to show how the numbers work out. In reality there are a few constraints, so it should be taken with a grain of salt:
- For 3 level page tableswith 4kB pages Linux uses two pages for the page directory so the actual virtual address space capacity is 40 bits / 1TB.
- The largest virtual address space supported by any MIPS processor is 48bits on the old and rather odd R8000 processor. Typical 64-bit MIPS processors support 36-bit, 40-bit or 44-bit address spaces but other sizes are permitted by the MIPS64 architecture.
- Address spaces of less than 2GB are not likely to be very useful either.
- Only 3-level tables are supported by 64-bit MIPS kernels.
- As of 2.6.18 16kB pagesize is supported for 64-bit kernels but experimental for the 32-bit kernel. 64kB is experimental.
Software support
Hugetlbfs is a special magic filesystem. Any file mmapped from hugetlbfs will use huge pages. The problem with hugetlbfs is that it software will need to be modified to use it and memory to be used for huge pages with hugetlbfs needs to be put aside manually.
Cavium's SDK is able to put away with the need to modify software by using an special preload library that wraps malloc. This method works for most but not all applications.
Transparent Huge Pages
Transparent Huge Pages allows normal unmodified software to use huge pages. Other than possibly having to enable THP support there is no administrative activity required. The price for this is a slight overhead.


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It may be a bit late to the party, but the Android 4.1 updates for the Nexus S and Galaxy Nexus on Sprint are finally available. The Android 4.1 update includes Google Now, Project Butter, offline voice dictation, improved camera and Enhanced Notifications. Be sure to check out our Andoid 4.1 overview for more details.
Keep in mind that installing Android 4.1 on your Galaxy Nexus or Nexus S means you will officially lose support for Adobe Flash. The update will not uninstall Flash from your device, but you may experience some performance issues.
If you have not yet received an update notification on your Sprint Galaxy Nexus or Nexus S, you can try to manually ping the servers by going to Applications > Settings > About Phone > System updates > Check. Let us know how the update goes and which new features you enjoy the most.


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Editor's note: Jane Kinninmont is a senior research fellow at the Middle East and North Africa Program at the British think-tank, Chatham House, and specializes in reform in the Arab world. Follow @janekinninmont on Twitter.
(CNN) -- The varying response to Egypt's uprising across the Middle East largely reflects different views on the role of the Muslim Brotherhood; while Turkey has condemned the coup, an assortment of voices from Israel to the Gulf to the Syrian government have all been cheering this sudden blow to the Islamists who seemed to be in the ascendance across the region just a few months ago. Regional governments who feared the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood are broadly pleased to see the army return as the key power-broker, as they believe it will restore order, stability and predictability.
But the army did not act alone. It was enabled to move by mass popular protests that temporarily brought extremely disparate groups together -- united only by their opposition to Morsy. The lesson the protesters will be drawing is that protests still work. While Egypt's future is too uncertain to make it a model that others immediately want to emulate, this fresh demonstration of the power of the street will again inspire protest movements elsewhere in the Arab world, whether demonstrating against long-established authoritarian regimes, or newer elected Islamist counterparts. Just as the protesters may in time grow more skeptical about the role of the army, the authoritarian governments that are welcoming the change in Egypt may also come to regret applauding a fresh uprising.
Read more: A day after coup, a new and uncertain order in Egypt
Egypt's foreign policy did not change dramatically under the Brotherhood -- nor is it likely to change dramatically under a weaker transitional government of national unity. Even after elections, the likely scenario is a coalition government representing a fragmented polity, probably preoccupied with internal issues more than taking dramatic foreign-policy stances. But the overthrow of the Arab world's first elected president from a Muslim Brotherhood party has international reverberations, since the Muslim Brotherhood exists in some form in virtually every Arab country and beyond.
For years, local branches of the Muslim Brotherhood have been judged to be the most well-organized opposition movements in many of the authoritarian countries of the Arab world, where heavy restrictions on civil society and party organizations have often pushed political opposition underground and into the mosques. After the Arab uprisings, parties associated with the international Muslim Brotherhood were the most successful groups in elections in Egypt and Tunisia, though less so in Libya. They've been major players in the uprisings in Yemen and in Syria. And before all this, it was Hamas -- an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood -- that won the Palestinian parliamentary elections in 2006, the last time elections were permitted in the Palestinian territories.
Read more: Get ready for extremist backlash
The only country where the Brotherhood has been able to consolidate power over a number of years has been Turkey, whose ruling party, the Justice and Development Party, is associated with the organization. Turkey has also faced hefty protests in recent weeks as opponents of the government accuse Prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of arrogance, crude majoritarianism, and trying to impose a monolithic Islamist identity on a diverse society -- but while these criticisms echo those made of Morsy, Erdogan has been able to consolidate his power to a far greater degree, not least because he has overseen a decade of successful economic development, whereas Egypt's economy has suffered from 2011 as political uncertainty has deterred investors and tourists.
All this means the stakes in Egypt are very high. Mohammed Morsy and his supporters, whose thinking has been shaped by their years in opposition under a dictatorship, were well aware that they faced regional opposition, but hoped that if they were careful not to alienate the West, they would be allowed to remain in office. Thus, they focused on consolidating their domestic power, but did not seriously challenge the regional order; Morsy brokered a ceasefire when conflict erupted between Israel and militias in the Gaza Strip last year, and the Brotherhood emphasised its openness to and interest in Western investment.
But they often erred by trying to discredit all of Egypt's diverse and vocal political opposition as if it was merely a foreign-sponsored counter-revolutionary force. Just at the time when they most needed to reach out, as the scale of the opposition became evident in this week's street protests, they spoke disparagingly about the opposition, saying, for instance, that protesters were being sponsored by Ahmed Shafiq, Mubarak's last prime minister, who Morsy narrowly defeated in the presidential run-off a year ago, and who is now living in the Gulf.
Indeed, many in the Gulf will be glad to see the Muslim Brotherhood "brand" damaged, even if they have their doubts about the methods of mass street protests. The United Arab Emirates' foreign minister, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nayhan, was among the first officials to congratulate Egypt after the military announced a new president would take charge. This came just two days after the UAE sentenced 68 dissidents, including a cousin of the ruler of the emirate of Sharjah, to jail sentences for plotting to overthrow the government, accusing them of belonging to an underground group associated with the Brotherhood. Earlier this month the UAE also arrested several Egyptians accused of forming an underground Muslim Brotherhood cell there.
The news poses much more of a dilemma for Qatar, which, unlike all the other Gulf monarchies, was quick to lend its support to Arab protest movements, at least as long as they stayed outside the Gulf. The tiny, gas-rich emirate has built strong ties with the Muslim Brotherhood ruling parties in Egypt and Tunisia. Now, its 33 year-old new emir, who has been in power only two weeks since the abdication of his father, may need to chart a different course and make some hurried outreach to a wider range of political movements -- which might include more conservative Islamist groups, like Egypt's Salafist parties, as well as leftist and liberal groups. The new emir has congratulated Egypt's new president, though not as quickly as the UAE or Kuwait did.
Israel's cabinet has been ordered not to speak publicly about Morsy's overthrow, presumably for fear that if Israeli officials comment, they'll immediately be blamed, in a region prone to conspiracy theories. In fact their feelings are likely to be mixed: Israel sees the Muslim Brotherhood's ideology as a profound security threat, but they had continued to cooperate with the Egyptian authorities on border security, and will now be concerned that the fresh political uncertainty could distract the army from securing the large and often lawless Sinai region along Israel's border, home to a number of jihadi movements.
The United States has also sent mixed messages: it did not want to call for the overthrow of an elected president just one year into office, though it had been warning him to listen to his people. But Obama has stopped short of calling Morsy's overthrow a military coup, even though the intervention of the army to change the president and suspend the constitution fits virtually every known definition of a coup. The semantics are political: the U.S .wants to retain leverage with the Egyptian military, and if it labels their actions a coup, it would ordinarily be obliged to cut off its military aid, normally around $1.2B per year.
The beleaguered Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, has also been cheered by the sight of a military coup against the Muslim Brotherhood, since the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood forms a significant part of the opposition to his own military regime. Assad has declared this the end of political Islam, blithely ignoring the fact his own main external allies are Iran and Hezbollah.
The Brotherhood's critics see Morsy's overthrow -- along with the political transition in Qatar and even the protests in Turkey -- as the end of an era for these Islamists. For their part, the Brotherhood will see this as a temporary reversal, just as Turkey too faced successive military coups. The question is whether Egypt, and other countries in the region, will be able to accommodate a movement that is no longer a majority but is still the best organized political force in many countries, or whether it will again be driven underground.
The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Jane Kinninmont.


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San Francisco, CA - On February 6, GSA Network joins lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and straight ally (LGBTA) students, adults and organizations across America to celebrate the second National Gay-Straight Alliance Day. A project of Iowa Pride Network (IPN), the day is meant to strengthen the bond between LGBT people and straight allies, and in particular recognize and honor student organizations called Gay-Straight Alliances (GSAs). These student-led groups work to educate their peers to stop homophobia and transphobia in schools and colleges.
Last year, twenty-one states and eight national organizations took part in the day-long celebration. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan also released a two-minute YouTube video supporting GSAs, stating, "Gay-Straight Alliances and similar student groups play an important role in creating welcoming, affirming, and respectful schools and colleges – safe places where learning can happen and students flourish. This work is absolutely essential. GSAs are a proven tool for creating welcoming school climates and helping students stay in school."
In its second year, National GSA Day is set to expand to thirty-seven states and a dozen national partners have signed on to help spread the work about the important role these groups play in keeping schools and colleges safe and students feeling connected. Student organizations are asked to do three things during the day: Be visible, show appreciation and plan for the future.
Research has shown GSAs can provide a safe and affirming space for LGBT students and contribute to creating a more welcoming school environment. According to the 2011 GLSEN National School Climate Survey:
During National GSA Day there will also be a live "Tweet Chat" at 3 p.m. Pacific Time where young people from across the country can join the conversation by tweeting their thoughts and questions using the hash tag #gsaday. National and state partners from GLSEN, GSA Network, Campus Pride and Iowa Pride Network will help moderate the chat. The goal is to get real-time feedback from young people about the GSA movement and allow young people to share ideas and pose questions about how to make the movement more inclusive.
Among the national organizations joining GLSEN, GSA Network, and Campus Pride are: Matthew Shepard Foundation; The Trevor Project; Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation; Think Progress; Parent, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays National; Make it Better Project and the National Association of GSA Networks. In addition, over two dozen states, stretching from Oregon, to Nebraska to Georgia are participating in the national event.
Community members and organizations of all backgrounds are encouraged to organize and participate in local events on February 6, 2013. For more information, and to get involved, please visit: www.gsaday.org or www.facebook.com/gsaday or on Twitter at #gsaday.
Gay-Straight Alliance Network (GSA Network) is a national youth leadership organization that empowers youth activists to fight homophobia and transphobia in schools by training student leaders and supporting student-led Gay-Straight Alliance clubs throughout the country. In California alone, GSA Network has brought GSA clubs to 56% of public high schools, impacting more than 1.1 million students at over 900 schools. GSA Network's youth advocates have played a key role in changing laws and policies that impact youth at the local and state level. GSA Network operates the National Association of GSA Networks, which unites 37 statewide networks of GSA clubs throughout the country. GSA Network is also the founder of the Make It Better Project, which aims to stop bullying and prevent suicide.


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Learn as much as you can about early adolescence. Good information can help you make good decisions. Find out what changes you can expect during these years. Learn about what goes on in your child's school.
Stay involved in your child's life, both inside and outside of school. A positive relationship with a parent or other adult is the best safeguard your child has as he grows and explores. Find new and different ways to stay involved that work well with your child.
Provide both unconditional love and appropriate limits to help your child thrive and feel safe.
Talk with your child often about what's most important to her. Include the tough and sensitive subjects. Listen to what she has to say. Connected children are generally happier and do better in school and in life.
Hold your child to high but realistic standards both in school and in life. Let him know that you expect him to work hard, cooperate with teachers and other students and do his best.
Show that you value education. Stay in touch with your child's teachers and school officials. Check to see that he gets to school on time, completes homework assignments successfully and is signed up for classes required for college.
Provide opportunities for your young teen to succeed. Help your child to discover and develop her strengths. Success produces confidence.
Monitor friendships. Get to know your child's friends and their parents. Talk with him about friends, friendship and about choices he makes when with friends.
Work with your child to become more aware of the media and how to use it appropriately. Discuss what TV and movies to watch and what computer games to play. Become aware of the music she listens to and the magazines she reads.
Model good behavior. The best way to raise a child who is loving, decent and respectful is to live the values and behavior you hope he will develop.
Be alert to major problems, such as drug use, depression or an eating disorder. If the problem is too big to handle alone, get help from some of the many resources available.
Hang in there when times are tough. Most youngsters weather the bumps of early adolescence successfully and grow into successful adults. You play a major role in making that happen.


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You have a right to place a "security freeze" on your credit report, which will prohibit a consumer credit reporting agency from releasing information in your credit report without your express authorization. A security freeze must be requested in writing by mail or via other approved methods. The security freeze is designed to prevent credit, loans, and services from being approved in your name without your consent. However, you should be aware that using a security freeze to take control over who gets access to the personal and financial information in your credit report may delay, interfere with, or prohibit the timely approval of any subsequent request or application you make regarding a new loan, credit, mortgage, government services or payments, rental housing, employment, investment, license, cellular phone, utilities, digital signature, Internet credit card transaction, or other services, including an extension of credit at point of sale. When you place a security freeze on your credit report, you will be provided a personal identification number or password to use if you choose to remove the freeze on your credit report or authorize the release of your credit report for a period of time after the freeze is in place. To provide that authorization you must contact the consumer credit reporting agency and provide all of the following:
- The personal identification number or password;
- Proper identification to verify your identity;
- The proper information regarding the period of time for which the report shall be available.
A consumer credit reporting agency must authorize the release of your credit report no later than fifteen minutes after receiving the above information, under certain circumstances.
A security freeze does not apply to a person or entity, or its affiliates, or collection agencies acting on behalf of the person or entity, with which you have an existing account, that requests information in your credit report for the purposes of reviewing or collecting the account. Reviewing the account includes activities related to account maintenance, monitoring, credit line increases, and account upgrades and enhancements.
You have a right to bring civil action against anyone, including a consumer credit reporting agency, who improperly obtains access to a file, knowingly misuses file data, or fails to correct inaccurate file data.


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Kristina Lowe charged with manslaughter
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Maine's highest court is hearing arguments on which statements should be allowed at the trial of a young woman facing manslaughter charges for allegedly being drunk and texting at the time of a car crash that killed two friends.
Kristina Lowe, 20, of Oxford, has pleaded not guilty in the January 2012 crash in West Paris. Her trial is on hold pending the supreme court's decision.
Police say Lowe was drunk and told them she was texting when she lost control of her car. Lowe's attorney says she wasn't texting at the time of the crash, and was on painkillers and not read her rights when interviewed in the hospital.
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(June 28, 2010) The Second Criminal Division of the Federal Court of Justice (FCJ), Germany's highest civil court, ruled on June 25, 2010, that in certain cases it is not a criminal offense to terminate the life support system of a consenting, terminally ill patient. The Court acquitted a lawyer who had been convicted in 2009 of attempted manslaughter by a lower court in Fulda for having advised a woman to cut off the feeding tube of her comatose mother. (German Court Legalises Euthanasia with Patient Consent, BBC NEWS (June 25, 2010), http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/europe/10414647.stm.) The ruling applies only to passively assisted suicide; actively assisted suicide remains illegal in Germany, punishable by up to five years' imprisonment. (Id.)
The patient, Erika Kuellmer, born in 1931, had fallen into a vegetative state after suffering a cerebral haemorrhage in October 2002. Although she had expressed the wish to her daughter not to be kept alive artificially, there was no written record to that effect, and the management of the nursing home where she was confined kept her alive through the use of a feeding tube. She had been in that state for five years when her children, after having had clashes with the nursing home director on the matter, reached a compromise in 2007 whereby the staff were only to provide care in the strict sense, the necessary palliative care, so that she could die. When, on December 21, 2007, the staff resumed the use of the artificial feeding supply that had run out in the daughter's presence the day before, the daughter, on counsel's advice, cut the tube, in the presence of her brother.
Nursing home staff alerted management, the police were called, and a prosecutor ordered the patient to be taken to a hospital. Although the tube was reinserted by hospital staff, Kuellmer died two weeks later, of "natural causes." The daughter and the lawyer, Wolfgang Putz, a medical law expert and patients' rights advocate, were subsequently charged with attempted manslaughter. The daughter was acquitted on grounds of having "mistakenly" followed her lawyer's advice and therefore having acted without fault, but the lawyer was given a nine-month suspended sentence, which he appealed. (Id; German Court Approves Euthanasia with Patient Consent, YAHOO (June 25, 2010), http://health.yahoo.net/news/s/afp/germanyhealtheuthanasiacourt/; Highest Civil Court Delivers Landmark Euthanasia Ruling, REUTERS (June 25, 2010), http://www.france24.com/en/20100625-germany-euthanasia-not-crime-federal
-court-justice; Press Release, No. 129/2010, Bundesgerichtshof, Abbruch lebenserhaltender Behandlung auf der Grundlage des Patientenwillens ist nicht strafbar (June 25, 2010), http://juris.bundesgerichtshof.de/cgi-bin/rechtsprechung/document.py?Ger
In overturning the district court verdict, the FCJ found that Putz "had acted legally and in the patient's interest," because, the Court stated, "[t]he expressed wishes of the patient… justified not only the end of treatment via the withholding of further nourishment but also the active step of ending or preventing the treatment she no longer wanted." (YAHOO, supra.)
In agreeing to hear the case, Chief Justice Ruth Rissing-van Saan had stated that "the court aimed to define the line between 'killing' and 'natural death.'" (Id.) In the past, that line had been difficult to interpret. The FCJ ruled in 1994 that treatment can be terminated if the patient has given prior consent. This formed the legal basis for Putz's defense, but the new ruling clarifies when termination of treatment might be considered a criminal offense. Passive assisted suicide is also considered legal if the dying process has become irreversible; in 2005, the FCJ held that no nursing home or similar institution "has the right to force a patient to be fed through a tube against their will." (Nicole Goebel, German Court Rules in Favor of Passive Assisted Suicide,DEUTSCHE WELLE (June 25, 2010), http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5730366,00.html.) In addition, in September 2009, a law on living wills entered into force in Germany that mandates consideration of the patient's wishes at all times, until death occurs. (Id.; Living Will Law Passed by German Bundestag, DEUTSCHE WELLE (June 18, 2009), http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4406162,00.html.)


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NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - Feb 1, 2013) - A sharp increase in drug approvals and mergers and acquisitions combined to create a bull market for the Biotechnology Industry in 2012. The iShares NASDAQ Biotechnology Index (IBB), the SPDR S&P Biotech ETF (XBI) and the First Trust Amex Biotechnology Index ETF (FBT) have all gained over 20 percent in the past year, outperforming the broader markets by a good margin. Research Driven Investing examines investing opportunities in the Biotechnology Industry and provides equity research on Biosante Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: BPAX) and Celsion Corporation (NASDAQ: CLSN).
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Biosante Pharmaceuticals' portfolio of cancer vaccines includes four vaccines that have been granted Orphan Drug designation by the FDA. BioSante's other products include an FDA-approved testosterone gel for male hypogonadism. The company recently reported that it will hold will hold a special meeting of its stockholders on Friday, March 15th to discuss and vote on the proposed merger with ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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When visualizing data, sometimes a map or graph isn't enough. Setting up an entire virtual world occasionally is the best way to understand new information.
The Naval Undersea Warfare Center is doing that with an experimental approach to submarine design. It has created a Second Life-like virtual replica of a proposed design of a submarine's control hub using architectural renderings of the new design. By being immersed in a new environment, submarine commanders will have a better idea of the proposed changes to the hub and can offer more constructive feedback.
"We would like to support rapid prototyping," said Douglas Maxwell, technical lead for the project. "Basically, we would like to create an environment where the fleet, shipbuilders and scientists can collaborate on platform design. We could create many iterations of advanced design and let the users tell us which ones work and which ones don't."
Moreover, by using a virtual replica, the center could save the expense and time of sending Navy personnel to its Newport, R.I., location to try a mock-up.
The Naval Undersea Warfare Center is using a submarine's combat systems center as a test case. In modeling the hub of the submarine where commanders and sonar operators do their jobs, the center used virtual workplace software Qwaq Forums, from Qwaq.
The software works like other online immersive environments. All clients get a dedicated application, which offers them a menu of active forums. After a user logs on to the combat center forum, he or she can walk an avatar into an accurately depicted and fully operational combat center. The avatar can operate sonar console software, for instance, just as the user would do with the real thing.
"When you are looking at a Qwaq console, the screen being displayed to you is a live, running operational system on your network," Maxwell said. Testers are put through a scripted concept-of-operation exercise, where they undertake the normal functions of a mission. They can offer their insights with the design engineers through chat software that is part of the application.
The submarine environment is based on the computer-aided design files developed by engineers. One of the chief features of Qwaq — one missing in Second Life, for instance — is that it can ingest and rerender CAD drawings. "We can create an entire environment based on that CAD file," Maxwell said. Qwaq translates the CAD models into the Croquet format.
The software offers a number of other operational advantages, Maxwell said. For one, it has the ability to tap outside applications, such as software for the sonar operator's console, and run them in the virtual environment. Also, the software can run entirely behind a firewall, though Qwaq offers a hosted version, too. The client software uses a minimal number of ports to communicate with the main servers, which makes it easier to manage in terms of security. The server software is a virtual appliance, a Linux-based environment running within a VMware container.
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Hiring a company like Qwag that programs in an advanced openSource language like Croquet is because the government is moving toward openSource since it can own and recontract the entire software environment should the original contractor go out of business and it can keep the software on its own hardware for security. The advanced features would be considered from that base. Squeak Smalltalk, the basis of Croquet, has an active community of openSource language developers and graphics developers.
It is interesting to see the navy set up such a 3D environment, their choice for using Qwag is also interesting, if the only reason for their choice is that they can use real 3D meshes instead of prims such as in an environment like Second Life they should have held back for a bit as Second Life will be introducing meshes in the near future.
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The rock band from Chicago, known for testing boundaries when it comes to their hit music videos, collaborated with Morton Salt to create yet another stunning scene.
The video starts with a dramatic shot of exploding Morton Salt containers and water balloons, splattering paint, shattering guitars and brief glimpses of the band. The entire scene unfolds in less than 5 seconds.
"What you just saw was real," a message on the screen reads. "And it took 4.2 seconds."
It then goes on to show the footage in slow motion, revealing a perfectly timed music video, each explosion in sync with the band's song "The One Moment."
The video is part of Morton Salt's "Walk Her Walk" campaign, what the company considers "a call to action for people to step up and become a force for good."
"The song 'The One Moment' is about those moments in life when you are most alive, the moments that truly matter, the moments when everything changes. It's the perfect song for Morton's message about stepping up and making a difference," Damian Kulash, OK Go's lead singer and director of the video, said in a statement. "We shot the video in a single moment to bring this feeling to life. We want to show that a single moment can contain so much wonder, so much beauty, and so much change. We hope it helps inspire people to use their moments wisely."
The video features more than 325 choreographed moments, according to the band. Each moment was shot in varying slow motion speeds.
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"Without a doubt, the Morton name is synonymous with salt," Christian Herrmann, CEO of Morton Salt, Inc., said in a statement. "But there is more to our story. Our next chapter is inspired by the unstoppable spirit of the Morton Salt Girl. She is a symbol of drive. Of endurance. Of acting regardless of obstacles. We want to embody her spirit to make a real, tangible difference in people's lives in more ways than ever before."


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By 7:30 p.m. March 1, the Birdsboro Community Memorial Center was alive and swinging with dancers both new and experienced. Quite a few newcomers to contra dancing showed up half an hour early for a little basic instruction.
The caller � Ridge Kennedy � patiently taught the group with demonstrations. He reminded everyone that it�s �easy to get started with [contra dancing]� and that if they kept coming back, eventually, maybe after three or four nights of dancing, they�ll have a �magic moment when your body learns how to do it and you stop thinking.�
Kennedy describes contra dancing as �country�s cousin.� The music and dancing descend from folk music of Ireland, Scotland, and England. These are moves and beats that have been around for hundreds of years.
Contra dancing is a form of line dancing, but it�s not the square dancing with which many people are familiar. There are many differences, but one of the most notable is that square dancing requires more rigid amounts of people. Contra dancers form lines of couples with every pair of couples dancing together. Pairs often switch around so that, while one person is often with their partner for the dance, the couples dance with all the other couples in their line over the course of one dance. Before the live band begins to play its lively, rhythmic tune, the caller explains all the steps. Each dance lasts 15 to 20 minutes, allowing dancers to work up a sweat and get lost in the soon-familiar movements. Experienced dancers often partner with newcomers. At Saturday�s dance, everyone was smiling and laughing over their mistakes and grinning over theirs and others successes. After two hours of stomping feet, swirling skirts, spinning dancers, and spirited music from the band Ladies in the Parlor, the large group took a break for refreshments � punch provided by the organizers and a potluck table of snacks brought by the dancers.
The Birdsboro Contra Dance group has been swinging for 12 years. One of the founding members and organizers, Jamey Hutchinson, explained that Berks County contra dancers had to travel to Lancaster, Harrisburg, and Philadelphia to find the nearest events. Now contra dancers in the area can dance locally at least once a month.
Both Ridge Kennedy and Jamey Hutchinson emphasized the allure of community and live music that draws people into the contra dance world.
Eye contact with a partner is important to keep people from getting dizzy during the swings. It�s the sort of �social interaction you just don�t find in normal life,� says Kennedy.
Few people dance with the same partner all night. Nearly everyone has a different partner for every dance. Several children joined the dances on Saturday night. It�s an �intergenerational� event that brings together all ages and personalities.
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By JONATHAN J. COOPER
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SALEM — The Oregon House voted Monday to pull a statue of Oregon pioneer Jason Lee from a prominent place in the U.S. Capitol and replace it with one of the late Mark Hatfield, one of the most influential politicians the state has seen.
Hatfield supporters insist they have nothing against Lee, a missionary in the 19th century and founder of the school that became Willamette University, but they say it's time for a more modern and prominent figure in Oregon's history.
Hatfield was an Oregon governor and a Republican U.S. senator well-known for his willingness to buck the GOP. He died in 2011 at the age of 89.
"He was a maverick before maverick became a campaign fad," said Rep. Jules Bailey, D-Portland. "When being a maverick was difficult. When it meant maybe being on the other side of your party, when it meant maybe frustrating your constituents."
Each state gets two statues in the U.S. Capitol. Lee's is displayed in National Statuary Hall outside the House chamber. Oregon's other statue depicts John McLoughlin, a fur trader known as the father of Oregon.
In a 36-22 vote, the state House approved and sent to the Senate a bill that would require the Oregon Historical Society to raise money for a Hatfield statue. Lee's statue would return to Salem, possibly to the Willamette Heritage Center in Salem, where Lee's house is preserved.
Few legislators stood up for Lee on the House floor Monday, but he got plenty of support from members of the public, who told members of the House Rules Committee that removing Lee from the Capitol would dishonor Oregon's history and remove a symbol of Christianity.
The measure goes to the Senate.
Hatfield was the longest serving U.S. senator in Oregon history, serving five terms from 1967 to 1997. He gained fame for key efforts against American involvement in Vietnam and the Persian Gulf War.
The change from Lee to Hatfield was championed by Reps. Vic Gilliam, a Silverton Republican who worked for Hatfield in the Senate, and Tobias Read, D-Beaverton,
"Mark Hatfield, I believe, embodied the spirit of all we desire in our public officials: strength, intellect, honesty, courage, independence, fortitude and most importantly, a commitment to Oregon," said Rep. Bruce Hanna, R-Roseburg.


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Neil Young jams out in Bridgeport
Neil Young's concert Tuesday night at the Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport was everything you would expect from the rock legend's collaboration with the band Crazy Horse.
Which was great for the fans of that side of Young's music, but a tad difficult for those not expecting to hear songs that turned into 10-, 15- and even 25-minute jam sessions.
Young showed the sellout crowd what to expect right off the bat with an exhilarating 13-minute take on "Love and Only Love" from his 1990 record "Ragged Glory," and followed with the classic "Powderfinger," easily one of the best performances of the night.
But Young is not an artist who tours just to play his greatest hits. When he has a new record out, fans should expect to hear a good chunk of the new material. It was when he performed songs from his latest record with Crazy Horse, "Psychedelic Pill," that Tuesday's concert got challenging.
It started well enough, with a tight four-minute version of the autobiographical "Born in Ontario," but then he assaulted the crowd with the 25-minute "Walk Like a Giant." That's a lot of time to hold an audience's attention, even for a song known by many. It's fair to say that by the 10-minute mark of "Walk Like a Giant," many in the crowd found it a good time to walk to the rest rooms and concession stands.
It was far too long, mainly because the extended, distortion-fueled jam between Young and Crazy Horse didn't rise above the song itself. "Walk Like a Giant" will probably never be considered one of Young's greatest compositions -- not that it's a bad song -- and it never seemed to capture the fans.
Perhaps sensing that audiences needed a break after that, Young did a three-song acoustic set, which was a mild surprise since it was a Crazy Horse show. "The Needle and the Damage Done" was, as always, poignant and moving, while "Twisted Road" -- a gem from "Psychedelic Pill" -- was a treat.
He took to the piano for the next tune, "Singer Without a Song," which has yet to be recorded for an album.
With his bandmates back on stage, Young tested the audience yet again with "Ramada Inn," a rambling 15-minute version of the song from the new record. He quickly rewarded the crowd by using his "time machine" to go back to 1969 and his first record with Crazy Horse for "Cinnamon Girl."
"F*!#in' Up" from "Ragged Glory" was fun, but a little too stretched out, as if Young, bassist Billy Talbot and guitarist Frank "Pancho" Sampedro were playing out an inside joke while on stage.
"Mr. Soul" from Young's Buffalo Springfield days was wonderful, as was the set's final song, "Hey Hey My My (Into the Black)."
For the encore, Young and Crazy Horse eschewed the expected major hit and went with "Roll Another Number (for the Road)," a lesser-known song from 1975's "Tonight's the Night."
Punk icon Patti Smith performed before Young and led her five-piece band through a spirited 45-minute set. Smith, at 65, possesses much of the power and passion of her youth and was an excellent appetizer for the main show.
Highlights included "Dancing Barefoot," "People Have the Power," and the "Land" medley from her 1975 debut album.
Smith also mentioned that her mother, Beverly, is a native of Bridgeport, having been born in the city in 1920.
Opening act Everest was very entertaining. It's a shame that more people weren't in the arena to see their set.


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Living in Maryland we are fortunate to have easy access to our nation's capital. The monuments, museums, and gardens are truly some of the best in the world.
Being a history buff it is thrilling to envision the power and intrigue stemming from those buildings.
Just across the bridge from the city you will find Arlington National Cemetery. My husband and I always make time to visit this prestigious and moving site.
From John F. Kennedy's eternal flame to the moving display of the Unknown Soldier you are steeped in our country's history.
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Before Clive Wynne packed up his office belongings for his move to Tempe, Ariz., the former University of Florida professor sent an impassioned four-page letter to Tigert Hall decrying the "massacre" of the Department of Psychology.
Before Clive Wynne packed up his office belongings for his move to Tempe, Ariz., the former University of Florida professor sent an impassioned four-page letter to Tigert Hall decrying the "massacre" of the Department of Psychology.
Wynne, a psychology professor who accepted a position at Arizona State University, says he enjoyed his 11 years at UF and the relationships he forged with his colleagues, crediting his time here with reviving his career after an unhappy experience in his first faculty job at a different university.
"However, during that time, the Department of Psychology has not just been decimated, it has been massacred," Wynne wrote.
His letter outlined several changes since his arrival more than a decade ago:
Faculty has been cut in half from 48 when he arrived.
Outside research funding has dropped from around $7 million 10 years ago to around $700,000 in 2012.
Mid-level undergraduate class size has grown from around 30 students to around 150 today.
The department's ranking by the National Research Council has slipped from the top 50 to no national ranking, and is only mid-ranked in the state.
Wynne addressed his letter to President Bernie Machen, Provost Joe Glover and College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean Paul D'Anieri. He said he wrote the letter "to draw attention to the problem."
The administration had not responded to his letter as of late Wednesday.
Reached by phone Tuesday, D'Anieri said the decline in faculty members is a direct result of funding cuts.
"The Department of Psychology is not unique in that respect, and has not been singled out," D'Anieri said. "We've put more positions back in psychology, hiring at a time when we are not hiring new positions in other departments."
D'Anieri said the ability to hire is limited. "We made a decision as a community in times of budget cuts that we weren't going to fire people, lay people off and close units," he said. "If you deal with budget cuts that way, you are not going to replace people who leave."
The good news is that the college hasn't fired anyone, D'Anieri said. But the bad news is that student enrollment has not declined at the rate of faculty attrition.
And the new faculty positions are not keeping pace with the departing faculty. Psychology Chairman Neil Rowland acknowledged that the dean has given him funding to create new faculty lines, but not enough to replace the ones who left.
"Despite that, we are losing two to three and hiring one," he said. "It's just a big drain, which we haven't been able to keep up with."
Wynne said he couldn't see how UF could achieve top 10 status as a university if one of its most popular departments isn't even in the top 50. Also, he said, psychology is central to many other social, medical and scientific issues.
How the most popular major in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences — and one of the three most popular majors at UF — could have lost so much support over the years is a mystery, Wynne said.
"Even as I watched the demise of the psychology department, new departments have been built up around it," he said. "Even as psychology and other departments were cut, some departments have been favored with multiple new faculty lines every year."
According to data kept by the UF Office of Institutional Planning and Research, psychology is the most popular major in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, with 1,585 students enrolled in 2012. The political science-international relations program is the second most popular program in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences with 981 students, followed by English with 774 students and Anthropology with 723.
Biology, a major offered collaboratively between the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, had 1,799 students enrolled.
The only major more popular at UF was mechanical engineering, with 1,591 students listing it as a major in 2012.
College enrollment declined about 10 percent overall, while the number of liberal arts professors dropped about 18.5 percent — from 570 in 2002 to 481 in 2012.
The university had to deal with budget cuts over the past five years, when state revenue plummeted and Gov. Rick Scott and the Legislature cut hundreds of millions out of the public university system. UF alone lost $250 million during that period, using 15 percent tuition increases several years in a row to try to close the gap.
Colleges saved money by combining programs and not hiring new faculty when someone retired or moved on.
The result is, as Wynne stated in his letter, that most faculty are teaching sections of foundation-level courses with 150 students, and fewer faculty are available to compete for research grants, Rowland said.
The declining enrollment in most liberal arts programs could be attributed to two things, Rowland said: more students opting for business degrees, and more freshmen coming from high school with International Baccalaureate and Advanced Placement credit hours.
The average UF freshman comes in with close to 30 credit hours, D'Anieri said, "essentially a full year, and that's a full year of revenue we don't get. That's great for students but not good for our bottom line."
The money each college receives is based on a responsibility-centered management budgeting system, where revenues such as student credit hours and expenses such as space used determine what each college receives each year.
Because it remains such a popular program, the psychology department is generating revenue for the College of Liberal Arts. But the tuition money it generates gets distributed throughout the college and doesn't go directly to the psychology department.
"If we did that, we would have to close some departments and lay off professors," D'Anieri said. "Because psychology has such a high enrollment, it actually helps us with that model."
In other words, the popular psych department helps to subsidize the other departments in the college. And that helps democratize the university's course offerings.
"We charge every student the same tuition, but depending on their major it doesn't cost the same to educate them," D'Anieri said. "Our commitment as a university is that if you come here as an undergraduate it doesn't matter what you study, or have to worry about choosing a course of study based on what it costs."
D'Anieri said he understands how each department could see things as unfair from their perspective, but from his vantage point, sacrifices have been made across the college.
"These are tough times," he said. "It looks like we're finally turning the corner, and we are keeping our fingers crossed."
The college is developing a strategy for that new money, he said, and the psychology department will figure prominently in that plan.
"We are working on a hiring plan for the coming year," D'Anieri said. "We are very cognizant of where the student demand is, where the potential is for important research to be done, and so we'll invest accordingly."


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The US Government and Police departments of this country are now installing devices into your body to create severe pain.
They are installing devices into your head,mouth,shoulder,penis,vagina, once these devices are installed you automatically black out at night, they then proceed to enter your home, and install more of this crap into your body.
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Beware, the police and government are now having undercover friends drug you, put you to sleep, and install tiny microphones into your mouth and skull. Side effects may include severe pain, accidents that were not your fault.
When you go to sleep, you black out, and the government and police break into your home and rape you, and install more of these chips into your body.
Spread the word. Don't let new friends sleep over.
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Signs that this has happen to you,
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2. your anus was loose when you woke up.
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