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Historically black colleges, United Negro College Fund face severe financial crisis
America's historically black colleges and universities are suffering through a substantial budget crunch, Michael Lomax, president and chief executive of the United Negro College Fund, told a March 25 National Press Club luncheon. He said the fund was facing “a financial crisis as severe as any in its history” and that its member schools only have operating budgets that average 50 percent of those of other four-year private colleges. “The irony of this situation is that the financial crisis comes at a time when interest by African-American high school students in attending HBCUs has been on…
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CANCELED: Ukrainian prime minister to speak at National Press Club tonight
DUE TO A SCHEDULING CHANGE, THE PRIME MINISTER HAS CANCELED THIS EVENT. Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk will speak and take questions about the situation in his home country at the National Press Club at 8 p.m. today, after his meeting with President Barack Obama at the White House. Yatsenyuk became prime minister last month after the Ukrainian Parliament removed President Vicktor Yanukovych from power after a peoples’ revolt. Yatsenyuk’s first weeks in power have been dominated by Russian military moves in Crimea. Yatsenyuk – who has vowed not to give up “a single centimeter of…
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Congresswoman, activists call for action against honor-based violence on women
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), sponsor of the bipartisan International Violence Against Women Act (IVAWA), joined a panel of concerned women to condemn the horror of honor violence against women and its insidious encroachment onto Western territory, at a March 11 National Press Club Newsmaker. “We know that one in three women worldwide will be beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused in her lifetime,'' Schakowsky said. ``Violence keeps girls from attending schools, which is one of the reasons that over 30 million girls around the world go without any education.” She pointed out there are…
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GOP Congressional committee chair Walden optimistic about House races
Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), chairman of the Republican Congressional Committee, said the GOP has a good chance of gaining seats in the House of Representatives. Speaking at a National Press Club Newsmaker on March 11, Walden predicted Republicans will pick up six to eight seats in the House, though he acknowledged “it is pretty early to have a number.” Even with his optimism, Walden said he expects tough campaigns. “Given redistricting and the way the battlefield is locked in and smaller, it will be more intense, but there are really fewer seats in play,” he said. Walden estimated that 30 to 40…
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Humorist Barry delivers one-liners at Book Rap
Humor columnist since 1983 for the Miami Herald and the author of thirty books, Dave Barry made a repeat appearance at the National Press Club March 6. His latest book, You Can Date Boys when You're Forty, features brand new, never-before published pieces that tackle everything from family trips, bat mitzvah parties and dating, which Dave recounted in his inimitable hilarious style . On his daughter Sophie's advent into dating: "I intend to monitor her closely even if I am deceased" to funeral instructions: "I would like my eulogy to be given by William Shatner" to his trip to Israel: "Camels…
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Pop star rocks as Ukraine peace advocate
International pop star and social activist Ruslana Lyzhychko, known as Ruslana, urged journalists to find the truth and not believe Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian agents at a National Press Club Luncheon March 5. She asked Russia to leave her native country, Ukraine, alone so that the crisis can be resolved peacefully. Ruslana has appeared and performed from midnight to dawn almost every night since November on Kyiv’s Independence Square in the EuroMaidan mass protests, which challenge Russian interference in Ukrainian affairs. Ruslana was honored March 4 as one of ten women to…
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Conservative spokesperson says youth hurting under Obama administration
A spokesperson for the Young America’s Foundation (YAF) said their Youth Misery Index (YMI) indicates that young people, roughly ages 16 through 24, are suffering under President Barack Obama’s administration at a Feb. 25 Newsmnaker. Ashley Pratte, the program officer-public relations for YAF, which promotes conservative ideas on college campuses, explained the YMI. The YMI consists of three indicators that are added to calculate the index. The first is the youth unemployment percentage, which was at 16.3 percent in August, 2013. The next indicator is the average student loan debt for…
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Organizations need information governance to protect against data risks, says panel
Organizations that collect large amounts of data on customer behavior, their own workers, health records, financial transactions and other processes need to put in place a system of comprehensive information governance, an expert panel told a Feb. 24 National Press Club Newsmaker. Conor R. Crowley, principal of his own law office in McLean, Va., explained that organizations create value for themselves by mining large data sets to, for example, target ads on the Internet or to decide where to place products in stores. He cited, for example, a grocery market study in Australia that found…
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McKeon urges preservation of human rights gains in Afghanistan
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Howard "Buck" McKeon, R-Calif., pleaded for the human rights gains in Afghanistan at a Feb. 24 Club Luncheon. "Don't let it slip away," he urged. McKeon praised the "blossoming" of the Afghan National Security Forces and the will of the Afghan people to fight against the "cruel,barbaric horde" of the Taliban. "The biggest uncertainties we face in Afghanistan are no longer military. They are diplomatic and they are moral," McKeon said. McKeon cited the case of Bibi Aisha, whose nose and ears were cut off by the Taliban after she ran away from a forced…
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Moniz announces federal financial support for first nuclear power plants in US in nearly 30 years
Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz announced at a National Press Club luncheon Wednesday that the Obama administration will be signing off on a $6.5 billion loan guarantee to help finance the construction of two new nuclear power reactors at the Vogel electric plant in Georgia. This marks the start of construction for the first nuclear plants built in the U.S. in nearly thirty years. “The president, and I want to emphasize ... that he sees nuclear energy as part of America’s low-carbon energy portfolio,” Moniz said. “Of course, nuclear power is already a major part of our carbon-free portfolio.”…
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