Businesscast, Episode 24

In this episode, Ken White interviews Kellogg Leliveld, assistant director of business development with the Darden Career Development Center. Leliveld discusses the upcoming recruiters conference, “Hiring the Manager of Tomorrow,” hosted by the CDC next month in New York City. This week’s BusinessCast marks Darden’s 100th podcast.

Nobel Prize winning chemist Polanyi describes “A Life in Science”

University of Toronto Chemistry Professor John Polanyi won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1986 for his contributions to the dynamics of elementary chemical processes. Polanyi spoke at the U.Va Rotunda on April 19th, 2007, as part of U.Va’s Nobel Laureate Science Lecture Series, sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies.

U.Va Law: U.S. Needs to Reclaim Mantle of Liberty Abroad, Slaughter Says

The United States should hold itself to the same standards of restraint that it requires of other countries if it wants to reclaim its mantle as a protector of liberty under law on the international stage, said Anne-Marie Slaughter, dean of the Woodrow Wilson School of International Affairs at Princeton University.

“When we do not restrain ourselves, other nations band against us,”kj she said.

Slaughter is the 2007 recipient of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Law, and her lecture on Thursday, April 12, accompanied the recognition. The Thomas Jefferson Medal in Law is the highest award the University, which gives no honorary degrees, grants to individuals outside of the University community.

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U.Va Law: Supreme Court Docket Heavy on Environmental, Business Cases, Solicitor General Says

A look from mid-term revealed that the Supreme Court docket was full of key environmental and business cases, U.S. Solicitor General Paul Clement observed at a Federalist Society talk in Caplin Pavilion April 11. But it is still too early to decide what the major themes of the court year will be, because arguments for the last session of the court begin April 16, he added. This term is the first in which all the justices of the Roberts Court are serving.

Clement is the nation’s 43rd solicitor general. The Office of the Solicitor General conducts all litigation on behalf of the United States in the Supreme Court and supervises the handling of litigation in the federal appellate courts.

“This will be a term that will be remembered as having some very important environmental cases,” Clement said. “I think that the business docket of the court will also be a significant contributor to the importance of the decisions this term.”kj The jury is still out on whether this is coincidence or whether Chief Justice John Roberts’s background in corporate law is influencing the docket.



CRN: College conflict expert discusses Virginia Tech tragedy

Dr. Susan Lipkins, a NY psychologist for over twenty years, specializes in campus conflict and violence in high schools and colleges. She is the author of Preventing Hazing: How Parents, Teachers and Coaches Can Stop the Violence, Harassment and Humiliation, and is also involved in promoting federal legislation she says will address vital issues related to hazing and school violence. Lipkins is currently working on a second book called Victims’ Survival Guide, which will have a foreword by Nancy Grace. Dr. Lipkins joined Coy Barefoot on “Charlottesville–Right Now!” with Coy Barefoot to discuss the recent tragedy in Blacksburg.

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CRN: UVa’s Dean of Admissions and the Class of 2011

John Blackburn is the dean of admissions at the University of Virginia. He joins Coy Barefoot on WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now to discuss the process of becoming a U.Va student. Next year is the first in which the school will admit all of its incoming first years under regular admission, having ended the early admissions process. Blackburn describes what the class of ’11 will look like, and talks about what the future will bring for the University.

CRN: Middle East expert Nasr explains the Sunni/Shia divide

The foundations of the deadly divide between the two great sects of Islam, the Sunni and the Shia, date back nearly 1,500 years to a period of time when Muslims disagreed as to who should succeed the prophet Muhammad following his dead as the leader of the faith. The Shia believed it should be Muhammad’s cousin and son-in-law Ali (hence the name, Shiite, or literally the Shait-u-Ali or “supporters of Ali”). The majority of Muhammad’s followers supported Aub Bakr, Muhammad’s lieutenant, and believed that his leadership was more in keeping with the traditions of Islam (hence the name Sunni, followers of the sunnah or “traditions”). Sunni and Shia have been debating, arguing, and killing over this disagreement ever since.

Vali Nasr joins Coy Barefoot to discuss this divide and explain how westerners can hopefully make sense of the situation in the Middle East today. Nasr is the Senior Adjunct Fellow on the Middle East at the Council on Foreign Relations. He is also a professor of Middle East and South Asia Politics and Associate Chair of Research at the Department of National Security at the Naval Postgraduate School. Nasr’s new book is The Shia Revival: How Conflicts Within Islam Will Shape the Future.

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CRN: Goode trespassers explain why they were willing to be arrested

Jennifer Connor and Brian Buckley were among several peace activists who were recently arrested for trespassing after they refused to leave Rep. Virgil Goode’s Charlottesville Office. The arrests were part of the National Occupation Project, which seeks to end U.S. military involvement in Iraq. The pair join Coy Barefoot on WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now to discuss their reasons for seeking to be arrested.

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CRN: What does MACAA do in our community?

Connie Jorgensen is the development and public relations for the Monticello Area Community Action Agency, or MACAA. She joins Coy Barefoot on WINA’s Charlottesville Right Now to talk about the agency’s history, its role in providing Headstart services, and the many ways in which MACAA serves 3,000 people in our area.

The agency’s Men Who Cook fundraiser will be held on April 21.

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Wake-Up Call: Keeping Youth Sports Programs Going Strong

This week on WNRN’s Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call, we discuss local recreational sports such as soccer and football, and the dangers of withholding needed funds from organizations like SOCA (the Soccer Organization of Charlottesville-Albemarle). Dan Rosensweig, the Director of Coaching at SOCA, David Dean from the Charlottesville-Albemarle Youth Football League, and Angie McHugh of the Jefferson Swim League joined Rick Moore in the studio to explain the benefits of non-competitive community sport teams.

Rick opened the show with at tribute to Kurt Vonnegut, who passed away last Wednesday.

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