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Connecting students across cultures
5. “In order to be irreplaceable, one has to be different” said Coco Chanel once,
the greatest figure to me in fashion history. Channel was different in her crowd,
international students are different in theirs. Air dropped to the U.S. campuses,
international students experience culture shock everyday. Thinking we are only
outsiders trying to see what is inside, some of us do not wish or are intimidated to step
in. But don’t close the door of communication yet. It took us a lot of hard work at high
school back in our countries, a considerable amount of money and great courage to get
where we are now. Multiculturalism is one of the most cherished values of U.S.colleges.
Now that you are inside of it, why not take advantage? After all where else other than
here can you find a friend from Syria to ask about the situation in Syria in person, a
German to ask if there are really highways without speed limit if you are an automobile
freak, or a group of Americans passionate about football games if you are interested
to get to know the game? Every culture is different, yes, and that is exactly why each
of them is of irreplaceable value. In a country where being multi-cultural and open
minded is a matter of pride, opening the doors of communication might benefit you
immensely in terms of enhancing your knowledge of the word and widening your
horizon.
But even after the door is opened, the distances between cultures might sometimes
still look unbridgeable. “I don’t think I will ever be completely like one of them” you
might have said to yourselves many times. For those of you, here is silver lining: you
don’t have to be. It can be hard to be a voice when surrounded by a bigger crowd,
but you must speak up regardless so that you do not regret later. If you hate binge
drinking, don’t do breakfast club; If you like Chinese food, make them and invite
neighbors. If somebody misunderstands your culture, kindly explain to them what it
is; if anybody ridicules your people, stand up for yourselves immediately. Every culture
has its own beautiful hue and an authentic aura that is irreplaceable. As we share and
communicate them, they all add up to an interesting picture of our world that would
be very different from our previous monotonous and monochromatic worldview. There
is nothing wrong with being who you are, you are just who are and you don’t have to
mold yourself into something other than who you are just to fit in better. Camouflaging
yourself will not make others embrace and respect you. On the contrary it will only
bore them, and it will ultimately bore yourself as well.
Finally, I’d like to share with you a short quote that always helps me get through
difficult times. It is from Peggy Olsen, a character in popular TV show Mad Man. Peggy,
the “outsider girl” who starts off as a nobody-knows secretary makes it all the way to
a partner in a Madison Avenue advertising company in the racist and sexist 1960s. The
hostile environment that Peggy lives in is extremely difficult for her, but she assures a
worried elder woman that she knows what she is capable of:
“... And I'm not scared of any of this... But you're scared. Oh my god, you're scared.
Don't worry about me. I am going to get to do everything you want for me. I am going
to be fine, Olive. I really am."
Be a voice, not an echo. You are going to get to do everything you want.
Jessica
be a VOICE, not an ECHO
Zimeng Guo
Chief Editor
Letter
Editor's
6. 1. 尽管她的梦想搁浅,但我们想鼓励那些和令子有着同样的雄心和梦想、希望让
世界变得更美 好的人们继续前行。
——波士顿爆炸事件遇难者吕令子的家人在公开信中说
6. 3,4.
Statics
2013美国 年美国就业率最高的本科
专业：
会计专业 53%
商业管理专业 44%
经济学和金融学专业 45%
医学专业 42%
2013 美国大学毕业起薪专业排名：
工科：6.3万美元
计算机科学：6万美元
商科：5.4万美元
通信：4.3万美元
数学和科学：4.27万美元
教育：4万美元
人文和社会科学：3.7万美元
2013 美国大学奖学金发放比例排
名：
Belhaven University (Jackson, MS) 88%
Newbury College (Brookline, MA) 82%
Ferrum College (Ferrum, VA) 79%
Cooper Union New (York, NY) 68%
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
(Needham, MA) 62%
10万： 女性毕业后最高薪专业为药
剂学制药学和管理(Pharmacy Pharma-
ceutical Sciences and Administration),
平均年收入10万美金。
19世纪中叶加州淘金热后，1882年
美国国会正式通过“排华法案”(Chi-
nese Exclusion Act)，直至1965年美
国国会通过新移民法，规定移民名额
将以国家为主，全球平衡。新法开启
了华人大规模移民美国的新浪潮 。
对中国学生录取通知书发放率高达
25%的10所美国大学：
俄亥俄州立大学
密歇根大学
普渡大学
伊利诺伊大学香槟分校
斯坦福大学
明尼苏达大学
德克萨斯农工大学
宾夕法尼亚州立大学
佛罗里达大学
南加州大学
2. 我们很多人期望能通过出国得到什么质的飞跃,就像我们很多人期望
能通过婚姻或者 爱情给自己的生活带来极大的改观。
————新浪博友 for 失落的留学梦
3. 中国的空气不如美国,但是空气是可以改变的, 中国的改变需要这一些受过西方教育
的人的积极参与和贡献。
——《留学在美国vs工作在美国》
4. 你们远渡重洋去深造不是去吵架,更不是去做五毛,用自己的努力改变自
己,改变中国,就 没人敢瞧不起你,哪怕你依然是土鳖。
——新浪微博 for 《中国合伙人》
5. 年轻的时候,我们在做些什么呢?为GPA奋战,为找实习而奔波,更想在加
州温暖的午后, 邂逅一个同样温暖的恋人。
——伯克利非诚勿扰宣传微电影《毕业了,我们分手么?》
6. 如果你有梦想,一定要努力追寻,不管你几岁,不论你在哪,不管要多久。
——耿凯天 大型美国留学生纪录片《Us》制片人,导演
7. 美国人永远也不可能明白,中国的英雄是可以下跪的,甚至从跨下钻过!
————《中国合伙人》
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留学生,毕业生,我们何去何从
留学毕业生,站在人生的路口,面对无数的选择,他们，将何去何从？
我所见到的第一个传奇
—Krannet创始人朱永棠先生
用“传奇”形容老先生一生都毫不为过。作为一个教授，他著作等身；
作为一个梦想家，他一手创立了Krannet管理学院。
VOICE为您奉上我们独家调查采访后整理出来的普渡奇葩课一览表!
The Great Wall
Especially when trying to live under the same roof, a “Great
Wall” was then established between American and Chinese
roomates.
Yes Means Yes!
If you wake up the next morning to your roommate
screaming that the guy had raped her, what could you tell
the police?
Mitch Daniels, Captain of Team Purdue
“A lot was said and written about, you know, would a
person coming from WHERE I DID, have trouble adjusting-I
dont’t think so”--Mitch Daniels
An Oriental Thought, for a true
Asian Century!
“Asian Century” can be realized by building new institu-
tions, capable of harnessing our indigenous capabilities in
the realm of science, technology&philosophy, drawing
inspiration from the achievements of our civilization.
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8. The Great Wall
D
ating back centuries ago, in the Qin Dynas-
ty, Chinese people built a wall spanning
over 2,000 miles along its northern bound-
ary called the Great Wall, to protect its people and
culture from the Mongol invaders. Being passively
protected for thousands of years, Chinese people
have developed a comparatively conservative
mindset towards new things. Whereas, when
thirteen colonies declared their independence
from the British Empire, thousands of American
soldiers stood up and even gave their lives to win
over their freedom and independence to establish
a new country. Since then, the continuous effort
to actively fight for American dreams has been
rooted into every American heart.
Transcending through time, these two long-de-
veloped mindsets finally meet and collide when
Americans and Chinese come together in Amer-
ican universities, creating sparks of intercultural
communications, as well as misunderstandings.
Especially when trying to live under the same
roof, a“Great Wall”was then established between
American and Chinese roommates.
Today VOICE magazine sets out to investigate four
common reasons—cultural differences, social life
differences, and differences in study habits--which
resemble the bricks the“Great Wall.”We hope to
help Purdue Students have a better understand-
ing on the issue and help them break the“wall”
down one“brick”at a time. So, here we go!
(We have sent out 50 surveys to American stu-
dents with Chinese roommates to find out, from
an American’s perspective, what’s going on under
their roof.)
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By John Hermes, Xin Hou
9. CHN: “One old Chinese saying goes “eyes are windows to one’s heart”. It is normally considered disre-
spectful in Chinese culture to stare at someone’s eyes. In crowded situations, Chinese people tend to avoid
eye contact to give them privacy.”
AMN: “Americans prefer making constant eye contact because, when talking, eye contact shows that they
are comfortable with them and that they are telling the truth. Also, acknowledging someone’s presence can be
done through proper eye contact.”
Brick #1: Cultural Differences
Eye Contact
“Chinese people try not to make eye-contact with strangers because there are people all around
you in China, they try to ignore strangers.”
CHN: “Some Chinese people have very traditional views in terms of individual roles in the household.
Although this point of view has been prevailing for many years in China, most people now believe that
men and women are equal in society.”
AMN: “In America, gender discrimination or sexism is a huge issue and is heavily looked down upon. Peo-
ple who carry these thoughts are not often welcomed in everyday society.”
Gender Roles
“My roommate thinks, women are supposed to do all the ironing and cooking for men.”
CHN: “Chinese people don’t open themselves until they see you as friends. Don’t expect them to tell you
all their personal issues without knowing them for months. Well, sometimes it also depends on one’s own
personality. But in general, we do not want everyone to know about our personal issues.”
AMN: “The ability to make connections with Americans is quite easy. Typically, Americans become friends
with people who have similar interests like sports, movies, games, and hobbies. After meeting each other, the
friendship can easily continue and branch off into another direction.”
Privacy
“My roommate is very hesitant to talk about personal issues and only opens up when I talk first.”
CHN: “In old times, when famine was common, if people met in the street, asking whether they had
eaten was a friendly and polite way to show their concerns for each other. Nowadays, in China, food is
still an important part in people’s daily life. The long-developed dining culture plays a big role in people’s
social life.”
AMN: “Food is not really a culture, but a necessity. American’s tend to have very hectic lifestyles; so many
Americans have adopted and started to eat more things on the go, ignoring the significance of socializing and
eating together.”
Brick #2: Social Life Differences
Greeting
“Chinese people greet each other with‘have you eaten’instead of‘how are you’.”
CHN: “ According to the traditional Chinese medicine philosophy, taking a nap is good for human body
to restore energy. Most Chinese kids were even “forced” to take a nap in kindergarten. So with that being
said, taking a nap in the mid-day may be many Chinese students’ living habit.”
Sleep Schedules
“My roommate sleeps a lot during mid-day and I find it hard to get stuff done tiptoeing around.”
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10. AMN: “Napping is a very typical daytime thing for Americans. Although we don’t consider it to be a medi-
cally beneficial, we are just tired.”
CHN: “Some people are introvert, while others are extrovert. That is more about one’s own personality.
Also, many Chinese students struggle to find common interests with their American roommates. Due
to the language barrier, Chinese students find American roommates lack the patience to listen to them,
making it uncomfortable to start conversations.”
AMN: “Especially under tight living conditions, Americans tend to engage in light conversation to break
the ice, learn a little about their roommate, and discuss day to day events. Although, Americans take being
ignored as rude.”
Communication
“My Asian roommate doesn’t engage me in conversation, and if I talk to her I feel like she doesn’t want
to talk to me.”;“My past American roommate is more outgoing.”;“My roommate plays games all the
time and he doesn’t want to talk to me.”
CHN: “Language is probably one of those biggest barriers standing in Chinese students’ way. Regardless
of our TOEFL score (Test of English as a Foreign Language), we still have trouble listening and compre-
hending the English language. To catch up with fast-paced conversations and lectures, Chinese students
have to put in extra hours to achieve good grades.”
AMN: “Americans understand that English is hard to learn and even harder to become fluent. But, we find
those Chinese that interact more with Americans, tend to have better English skills. Don’t worry we won’t
bite.”
Brick #3: Differences in Study Habbits
Language Barrier
“Because of the difficulty she has translating English words, she is up all hours of the night studying and is
sometimes distracting when trying to sleep.”
CHN: “The majority of Chinese students have chosen to study in the U.S. because of the significantly
greater success graduates have here. It is understandable that many students spend much time studying
because of what they have set out to do. Not to mention, being hard working has been highly valued in
Chinese society for a long time.”
AMN: “Most Americans are hard working, but we often work off deadlines. Also, it isn’t American culture
but we procrastinate very often.”
Time Management
“She really didn’t talk much or want to do anything because she spent the majority of her time studying.”
CHN: “Ever since childhood, Chinese people have learned to advocate helping others. They view helping
others as an obligation of friendship. If they consider you as a friend, they would generally give a hand;
however, they will expect you to help them out when they need it too.”
AMN: “Typically in college, Americans like to work together and delegate work among their teammates to
save time and have better results. Also, in most job settings, group work and team collaboration are encour-
aged, so we try to practice while in college.”
Teamwork
“My roommate and I are in the same class but he doesn’t really like helping me with my homework.”
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11. With a better understanding of each other’s culture and habits, we will further provide some practical tips
needed to give roommates some guidance. At the end of our survey, we asked the question to American
students with Chinese roommates, “what is the one thing that you wish your roommate would change?”
Although in the end, the wall is only as sturdy as the builder makes it. But, once enough bricks are removed,
“The GreatWall”will come down. It will take collaboration between both American and Chinese students to
find that happy medium, where we can all finally live in harmony. Afterwards, we can pick up those“bricks”
and build a comfortable, well-built home where all Purdue University students can learn, grow, and have
fun together.
American Responses:
1. Learn to relax a little bit and open up, if you show
interest in learning about American culture, we will surely
inquire about Chinese culture.
2. Talk to your roommates, they’re lonely.
3. Seriously, don’t be nervous about your language skills,
our Chinese isn’t good either.
4. Clean up your stinkin’mess.
5. Go to bed at night, you crazy night owl.
6. Can you not be so loud when you eat food?
Also, eat with your mouth closed, please.
Chinese Responses:
1. Hear me out, English is my second language. It’s hard to
argue with you.
2. Do not make fun of my food, it’s part of my culture.
3. Learn some Chinese too. Even a few simple words lets
us know you are making an effort to be friendly.
4. Generally speaking, Chinese culture is more reserved. It
takes time for us to open up and befriend others.
5. Let’s have an acceptable room temperature for both of
us.
6. Ask us to cook REAL Chinese food for you; and don’t
forget to cook American food for us as well.
7. Invite me to go back home with you for some American
holidays.
8. If you do not understand something, ask and do not
just give us a weird look.
9. Do not to be too loud!
10. Hang out with my friends sometimes!
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18. YES
MEANS
YES
YES
MEANS
YES
College student binge
drinking + date rape
Fact:
The use of alcohol, like other forms of drugs, is learned
in various social settings. This learning involves both
skills and attitudes to using drugs. That’s to say, peer
influence is a key factor for college students’ binge
drinking behaviors. College students are the most vul-
nerable to rape during the first few weeks of freshman
and sophomore years. Hoping to be accepted, the
newcomers usually join the drinking culture on U.S
campuses. Even if they know they are under age and
cannot handle the liquor, it’s always difficult to say no
to a tray of “Jell-O shot” that’s been passing around in
the basement of a fraternity party. The next scene that
most likely happens is someone wakes up in a strang-
er’s bed, wondering whether last night was a mistake
or “an affair to remember”. The majority of date-rape
victims are women, but male also could victims.
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By Zimeng Guo
19. S
S
5 drinks in a row for men or 4 drinks
for women—definition of binge drink-
ing
44 percent of college student had
engaged in binge drinking at least
once in the past month.
474,000 students claimed that they
had unprotected sex After alcohol
had skewed their judgment
100,000 cases of date rape hap-
pen every year.
<5% College women who are vic-
tims of rape or attempted rape report
it to police.
Haven’t we all been there?
When you were trying to go to bed at eleven o’clock for an
early Saturday workout the next day, and your neighbor was
having a party, loud enough to wake up the dead. Angry as
you were, there was nothing you can do about it. You cannot
bust up the party that half of your grade is in, nor can you tell
them partying on a Friday night was a bad idea. You had a
stressful week and would not mind to get drunk if you could.
Three hours later, the noises were gone. Your roommate
crawled back with a guy that she did not know at the begin-
ning of the night. Her door locked. Something was probably
going on behind it. “Typical.” You thought, then you turned
and go back to sleep.
If you woke up to your roommate’s screaming the next morn-
ing saying the guy had raped her, what can you tell the po-
lice? Should this be a crime, even if it probably happened
a hundred times last night on your campus? Without any
doubts, rape in any form should not be tolerated. But when
it is linked with college students’ drinking problems and our
acknowledged “hook-up” culture, how do we differentiate
foolishness from felonies?
Fewer than 5 percent of college women who are victims of
rape or attempted rape report it to police. Low reporting en-
sures that few victims receive adequate help, most offenders
are neither confronted nor prosecuted, and colleges are left
in the dark about the extent of the problem. It’s not hard to
deduce why these victims prefer not to talk about their night-
mares, but what lies behind the silence is a bigger question
for society--gender discrimination. The false attitude of sex-
ual aggression among our culture, called “rape myth”, denies
or minimizes victim injury or blames the victims for their own
victimization. Examples are “Women who consent to going
to a man’s apartment also consent to sex,”“women ask for it,”
and “only promiscuous women get raped.” Because women
are subjected to a male-dominated society that supports
rape myths and restrictive beliefs about women’s social roles,
the fear of“slut-blame”concern most of the rape victims. The
sex role socialization may encourage women to accept the
blame for their own victimization because they are the“gate-
keepers” in sexual interactions. In one study, over 40 percent
of those raped who did not report the incident reasoned that
they feared reprisal by the assailant or others.
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20. pened, and it was just a mistake, we
were all drunk. And I just chose to put
it there.” Laura said. She focused on her
schoolwork and kept her grades up but
can’t forget what happened. She couldn’t
sleep and she lost weight. Fifteen months
later, when she was sitting in a class, the
professor was talking about how, in war-
time, rape is used as a weapon of terror.
“And this professor stopped the lecture
and said that more than 80 percent of
victims stay silent.” said Dunn. She re-
called that the professor said:“I want you
to know this has happened in my class to
my students, and there is something you
can do about it, and there is someone
you can talk about it with.” The moment
that lecture let up, Dunn walked across to
the dean of students’office and reported.
But justice is not always guaranteed.
Kevin Helmkamp, the associate dean of
students at the University of Wisconsin
said that sexual assault cases are among
the most difficult matters to determine.
Helmkamp said. “They clearly are very,
very difficult cases to investigate,”he says.
“It does tend to come down to one per-
son saying this
happened and the other person saying,
no it didn’t happen that way.” In Laura
Dunn’s case, by the time she reported
“They clearly are
very, very difficult
cases to inves-
tigate. Usually,
there is not a lot
of corroborating
evidence for one
side or the other.”
This kind of victim blame is not some-
thing women have imagined. Alex Knep-
per, a columnist of American University
newspaper “Eagle” published an article
called “Dealing With AU’s Anti-Sex Bri-
gade” in April 2010. His opinions, both
offending and radical, caused a wild dis-
cussion in American University. “Let’s get
this straight: any woman who heads to
an EI [fraternity] party as an anonymous
onlooker, drinks five cups of the jungle
juice, and walks back to a boy’s room with
him is indicating that she wants sex, OK?”
Knepper is not alone. Under the wildly
debated column, a male student Luke
Turner said that “girls who make mis-
takes are often looking for a scapegoat”
and “blame fraternities.”We may all share
some degree of gender basis that makes
us judgmental about the victim in sexual
assault cases, but people like Alex Knep-
per are exactly what’s’preventing the vic-
tims to step forward and speak up.
Let’s look at some real-life stories. Laura
Dunn stayed quiet about what happened
in April 2004 at the end of her freshman
year at the University of Wisconsin. That
night, Laura drank so much raspberry
vodkas that they cut her off at a frat house
party. Still, she knew and trusted the two
men who took her back to a house that
she thought was a quick stop before the
next party. Instead, she says they raped
her as she passed out without conscious-
ness. Back then, Laura had a boyfriend
she had been dating for four years and
they were getting close to marriage. She
was still a virgin, and had been “waiting”
together with him. She broke up with her
boyfriend after the incident, neither ever
telling him about the attack nor report-
ing it.
“I just kind of pushed it to the side, you
know, it’s this bad incident that hap-
to campus officials, one of the men she
accused had graduated. The other said
the sex was consensual. The University
of Wisconsin took nine months to inves-
tigate, then decided against punishment.
Dunn asked the Department of Educa-
tion to find that the university had failed
in its responsibility to act promptly and to
end the sexual harassment she faced be-
ing on campus with her alleged attacker.
Department of Education, however, said
the University of Wisconsin--despite tak-
ing nine months on her case--had acted
properly.
Shocked by the injustice, Laura is strik-
ing back. She has become an outspoken
survivor and advocate regarding campus
sexual assault. She worked part-time with
Promoting Awareness, Victim Empower-
ment (PAVE), a national nonprofit focused
on shattering the silence of sexual vio-
lence on their national leadership team.
Laura also served as their Communica-
tions Director and founded their Survi-
vor Justice Campaign, which advocates
for sexual assault victims at all stages of
the criminal justice process. She has suc-
cessfully lobbied to pass the Compas-
sionate Care for Rape Victims Bill (2007)
in Wisconsin and Jasmine’s Law (2010) in
Illinois. Recently she had started her own
nonprofit, SurvJustice, publicly speak-
ing to raise awareness of campus sexual
assault. To date Laura have spoken out
on NPR, CNN,Time Magazine, CBS News,
Cosmo, and at Harvard Law. “(From my
case) The message they are sending to
victims,” Dunn said, “is that sexual assault
is not something they take seriously.” As
a leader in those organizations, Laura is
using all courage in her soul to seek for
justice, no matter how much was taken
from her.
The more frequent you get drunk, the
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21. worse the situation you have put yourself
and others in. For Elton Yarbrough from
Texas A&M University, being convicted as
a rapist earned him 18 years of jail time,
and buried his future of being an U.S. Air
Force officer. It is certainly not fun to be
kept in jail, but it doubles the pain if you
don’t think you deserve it. In Elton Yar-
brough’s case, five women, including four
female A&M students, testifiedYarbrough
raped or sexually assaulted, each said she
passed out or fall asleep after drinking
and woke to find Yarbrough having sex
with her or touching her sexually. Yar-
brough, however, defended himself by
drawing a picture of a Friday night on
his campus. “You walk around Northgate
(one of College Station’s most popular
bar areas) you’re going to see a lot of
drunk men and women. And then, at the
end of the night, you’re going to see a lot
of drunk men and women going home
together.” Yarbrough also protested:
“Pretty much all of them said they were
too drunk to remember the details of that
night, but the only details they could re-
member were incriminating against me.”
He was found guilty because of a record-
ed conversation he had with one of the
victims two days after the incident over
the phone. Yarbrough was recorded to
have said: “No I didn’t plan it…I don’t
know why...Look, I’m sorry;”“I don’t even
know what to say. It was my fault. It’s no
excuse but I was drunk. Sorry for making
you feel that way;” “I mean, there’s no
excuse for anything. I mean, I did some-
thing really stupid.”
The apology goes on, but the jury is con-
vinced that the victims deserves more.
At the age of 22, Elton Yarbrough was
thrown in jail for an 18 years sentence
of felony sexual assault. Subconsciously
Yarbrough knows that it was alcohol that
put him behind the bars. “When people
drink, their inhibitions are lowered and,
sometimes they have sex with whom
they wouldn’t normally.” he admitted in
one interview. Now the ex-economic ma-
jor can only do the math of how his drunk
behaviors cost him and his position in his
fraternity, his chance to have a career, a
clean record, and eighteen years of his
best time.
On college campuses, repeat predators
account for 9 out of every 10 rapes, and
alcohol complicated every single one of
these rapes. Offenders like Yarbrough are
not rare.There are such a large number of
them on university campuses that our re-
searchers had given them a name--serial
rapists. “They are very forthcoming,” sais
psychologist David Lisak, “In fact, they
are eager to talk about their experiences.
They’re quite narcissistic as a group-the
offenders-and they view the study as an
opportunity, essentially, to brag. I know
who you are thinking about right now—
the guy we all know who wouldn’t shut
up about his ONS romance.
Alcohol consuming leaves some forever
unsolved problems for other victims for
the rest of their lives. Jessica Gonzalez, a
22 years old single mother recently lost
her lawsuit against the De Anza College
baseballplayersforgangrapingherwhen
she was 17. After spotting through a win-
dowpane in a door what they described
as a semi-comatose girl lying in vomit,
three members of the De Anza women’s
soccer team barged into the room, and
brought her to the hospital. A grim-faced
civil jury refused to hold the men liable,
nor remedy her a penny for damages.
The jury found the defendants not liable
on the sexual assaults by a vote of 12-0.
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22. If you can get a girl intoxicated to the
point where she’s coming in and out of
consciousness, or she’s unconscious —
and that is a very, very common scenario
— then why would you need a weapon?
Why would you need a knife or a gun?”
-- David Lisak
Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff
Rosen announced his office would not
file criminal charges against any of the of-
fenders. “Sexual assaults involving high-
ly-intoxicated people are extremely diffi-
cult to prove,” said Rosen. As sorry as he
is for what had happened to Jessica, he
cannot claim the offenders guilty-there
are not enough evidences.
Jessica was said to have seven vodka
shots, and she had no memory of the
evening after her third shot. The juror,
however, believed that she never lost
conscious and that she was capable of
consenting while she was in the bed-
room. Fact was that several men were in
a bedroom engaging in sexual activity
with Jessica while she was intoxicated.
Other men watched. None of them in
the bedroom did anything to stop what
was going on. All of them are intoxicated
to some degree. An alcohol expert who
reviewed Jessica’s drinking pattern ex-
plained that her blood alcohol level was
rising while she was in the bedroom and
that it didn’t peak until later in the eve-
ning. Jurors believed the men and oth-
er witnesses, who testified that Jessica
brought beer to the party, performed a
public lap dance and invited them in ex-
plicit terms to have group sex.
There is no use for side-picking since the
case will“never be reopened.”Juror mem-
ber Marc Ancheta said in vein to the cam-
era that he believes justice had not been
served. “These guys were animals. They
should be hold accountable. Sure the 17
years old made a mistake, but they took
advantage over her.” “A couple hundred
thousand dollars (would be enough),” he
said, “she obviously needs a lot of thera-
py.” Rape survivor Lisa Jensen, who fol-
lowed the trial closely and has worked as
a rape-crisis counselor, dubbed the ver-
dict “unfair” and said she fears it will dis-
suade women from reporting rape.
What the District Attorney did was con-
demning the offenders with a stiff face.
Dignity, health, and happiness are tak-
en from all the victims of campus rape
cases. Had they not been drinking heav-
ily, they could skip this chapter in their
lives that is filled with horror and tears.
They would not need to be dragged
through this muddy road of justice seek-
ing. They could have made their names
in other cases where neither shame nor
self-doubting is involved.
Now that we have learned about the se-
verity, is there anything we can do? Of
course there is. Let’s take a look at the
stepsuniversitieshavetakenforthisprob-
lem.Firstlycampuspolicecancertainlydo
something. Typically the campus police’s
role in rape prevention consists of provid-
ing self-defense training, doing environ-
mental assessments of outdoor areas vul-
nerable to rape, and recommending the
installation of cameras, lights, locks, etc.
Many universities, such as Purdue Univer-
sity, have student escort and shuttle ser-
vices so that students do not have to walk
alone on campus late at night. However,
when predominantly investing in such
approaches, the message to students
that the police send is that “real rape” is
stranger rape, while acquaintance rape
prevention is left to other departments
or student organizations. Providing rape
aggression defense training is another
thing that universities police have tried.
Many college public safety departments
offer women students rape aggression
defense training to increase their ability
to fend off would-be rapists. Police now
commonly includes such training in ac-
quaintance rape prevention programs,
no longer focusing only on stranger rape.
Researchers have found that the training
program is too limited to significantly re-
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23. duce acquaintance rape; not sufficiently
focused on the most prevalent types of
campus rape, and inadequate for causing
any behavioral change in male students.
“Now what?”you said, “What the campus
police does is not working, and it is im-
possible to ban alcohol from university
campus parties.” But it’s not just the po-
lice officers’ job to keep female student
safe. The university as an institution can
also do something, for example educa-
tional alcohol programs. The lecturers
during orientations are great gestures
representing the universities. How do we
get students to listen? How do we talk to
our audience? In this situation, one strat-
egy that I think every university should
apply, which could significantly reduce
the chance that lower-class students en-
gage in unconsent sex, is to apply “the
stupid drink” advertisement campaign
on campus.
The idea of “stupid drink” was invented
by Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse
School of Public Communications in the
American Advertising Federation’s na-
tional student ad competition. It was
originally designed to fight drunk driv-
ing and underage drinking. The brilliant
advertising campaign points out alcohol
related problem is not drinking but over
drinking. The original strategies the stu-
dents invented are highly applicable. The
campaign’s strategy is to “identify and
stigmatize the one drink”that crosses the
line. Its online elements include a web-
site, featuring TV spots and videos. One
features Bill Nye, “The Science Guy,” who
teaches students about the chemistry of
drinking alcohol. Winners of an online
contest will appear as Nye’s assistant in
the next viral video. Called The Drinking
Institute, the site allows visitors to play
“symptoms of stupid” party games. Stu-
dents can also request a picture of stu-
pid symptoms sent to their cell phones.
If friends overindulge, students can send
them the picture. The same application
is also available on Facebook. Other ef-
forts include bar stamps, poker cards and
coasters with lines like“The Stupid Drink:
The quickest way from cool to fool.” As
someone who had been a freshman on
university campus, the logic behind this
campaign seems solid to me. College is
supposed to be a memorable period of
our lives, therefore, the last thing every
newcomer would want to do, is to come
off as “the stupid one” to our new peers.
Drinking with friends is a social activi-
ty, and bonding occurs among friends
with “hang-out”. By advertising “the stu-
pid drink”, we can send one clear mes-
sage—don’t be the stupid one who ruin
the fun. We need to tell our audience
that acquaintance rape ruin: friendships,
reputations, GPAs, physical health, men-
tal health and so forth. This strategy won
the national AAF advertising competition
with no doubts.
Universities in the U.S. should arrange
the application of“the stupid drink”cam-
paign as soon as possible. Binge drink-
ing and romantic relationships are often
shown on TV. Our younger generation
can see at any day of the week that some-
one attractive on TV flirting with a nice,
strong bout of alcohol poisoning: the
professional lushes on Jersey Shore, of
course, but also the diagnosed alcohol-
ics on Gossip Girls, Mad Men, even the
kiddies on Skins. Odds ratio is as high as
4.86 between the students who binged
during in the last year of high school
and the students who engage in college
binging. As potential freshman gets the
wrong message on TV, it is obvious that
the problem is only going to get worse.
This seriously overlooked problem
should not and cannot be ignored any
longer. Every day, girls like Laura Dann
and boys like Elition Burgton are walking
on university campuses, where we should
gain knowledge, leadership, and life-time
friendships. The problem of binge drink-
ing and rape does not suggest that our
generation has low moral standards. It
only means that our college students
need to have a better understanding
about social and sexual excitement. His-
tory requires us to learn from the victims
who have suffered and paid respect to
them as the future leaders of our society.
Real men don’t rape. There is no question
about that.
( Limited by space all the references are
omitted in the article. For a paper with
the complete references list please con-
tact writer at guoz@purdue.edu )
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26. 一个明媚的周六午后，我们驱车来到一处离普渡不远的幽静小区，
在朱永棠教授戏称为“加州红木屋”的家中遇见了他和他的夫人。
朱老先生九十岁高寿，得知我们的造访欣然不已，而朱夫人则早
早准备了茶点。“加州红木屋”曲径通幽，远远望去果然是斜顶
赤色，在修建得十分齐整的草木下格外映衬。按铃之后，一位拄
拐的华发老人为我们开门，在他身后站着的老太太也一身素色打
扮，眼神明澈。朱教授家的客厅像一间陈列室，墙上挂满了书画
和荣誉，据说有一副是宣统贤婿的真迹，笔力苍劲，另几幅隶书
则是朱先生晚年所执。落地窗外，一棵洋松倚靠着阳光，这种植
物对于朱老先生来说再熟悉不过。无论身在何地，洋松总让他想
起自己的家乡——上海。
“Foreign Pine，中文名叫‘洋松’。我父亲就是做木材生意的，
当时我们从美国加州 Oregon Washington 进口这种木头。”
那棵样松把朱先生的思绪拉回到了那个战乱年代。“1944 年，
我从圣约翰大学土木工程系毕业，正好碰上第二次世界大战。战
争末期，我和两个哥哥一样，到父亲的公司帮他做事。”
“1948 年，我决定要来美国，我回到圣约翰，和校长说我想
去美国学习交通运输。他说：‘NO. For me, I got enough
engineers, you should not study engineering anymore.
With all your family background and working experience,
you should study business.’”虽然来美国六十余年了，朱教
授依然说着一口海派普通话，甚至还掺杂着一些早已销匿的沪语。
“于是我拿着成绩单和校长的推荐信去申请学校。当时只申请了
哈佛和斯坦福。斯坦福的 Dean 亲自给我回信欢迎我去。后来
哈佛的录取信也来了，但两边一比较，还是决定去斯坦福。”朱
教授的另一个特点是爱笑，无论是照片还是本人，他永远露出一
副纯洁如孩童般的笑容。
1949 年五月，离上海解放还有两周，前景似乎并不明朗，每
个家庭或多或少都张罗着出走的计划。朱先生的父亲当时操持
着中国最大的木材进口生意，家里还有八个子女，压力可想而
知。因叔叔已在香港站稳脚跟，朱永棠便奉劝父亲去香港避避
风头，他和两个哥哥则在上海留守。“我父亲告诉我：‘Your
father is not going to leave, he saw this Revolution several
times, this is just a change of government. When you are in
business, you don’t retreat. You only move forward。’”
当风暴来临时，船长只有把持着“船亡人亡”的信念，才有战胜
自然的可能，这似乎是航海者的一条不成文的规定，不料商业世
界竟也如此。父亲的话对当时的朱永棠来说影响极大。
朱永棠的两个哥哥和父亲留在了上海，他则带着妹妹来到香港。
九月份，一个名叫 John Tse 的中国人在美国登录，三个月后他
的妹妹也尾随而来。“我在斯坦福的第一年年末，教授让我参加
San Francisco Bay Area 的论文比赛，有六所大学参与。我那
篇关于 Management Accounting 的论文不仅得了斯坦福第
一，还得了六所学校的第一。”万事开头难，朱永棠没有想到自
己这么快就适应了美国校园，而且还显露出学术论文的天赋。然
而他的父亲却并没显露出太多高兴，“我父亲对我说，你去美国
不是学会计的，你是去学管理的。”说到这里，朱教授又裂开嘴
笑了。
“51 年我拿到硕士学位，教授让我留在斯坦福，我考虑了一下
还是选择了哈佛。”之所以选择哈佛，朱教授解释道因为斯坦福
的博士项目偏理论，很多经济理论往往不合实际。一切以实际出
发的他更喜欢以 Case Method 教学法见长的哈佛，他没有想
到的是自己将成为哈佛商学院第一个中国博士生。“我在两年之
内完成了六个领域的课程：经济，商业史，精算，金融，市场，
国际贸易。我去十家公司搜集素材准备毕业论文，那个时候我结
婚了。”结婚之后，朱永棠觉得自己需要有一份工作，于是他向
一家美国前四的审计事务所投递简历，对方录用了他。“我开始
白天工作，晚上写论文。”说罢，朱教授突然坐直身子，两眼瞪
直：“I tell you: this is not gonna work. 如果你非常认真地对
待你的工作，日有所思夜有所梦，根本没有时间写论文。”两年
之后，朱永棠回到哈佛，向教授坦白：No, this arrangement
is no good. 意想不到的是，哈佛说校方给他钱，帮助他多呆了
一年完成论文。多年之后回忆起这件事，朱教授觉得工作的选择
从圣约翰
到哈佛
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27. 1962 年六月，西拉菲页入夏未深，天尚有一丝凉意。普渡大学
工业管理专业的师生们正忙碌地打点他们的行装——他们将永远
告别那幢拥挤的生物楼 Stanley Coulter，告别那些日夜陪伴他
们的骨骼标本和实验仪器。他们要搬到自己新家去了。“学生只
有一间教室。”朱永棠教授回忆当时的情景：“教员们不仅共享
办公室，甚至还共享书桌。”
新的管理研究院大楼赐名“葛兰”（Krannert)，系内陆盒厂
（Inland Container) 的 创 始 人 赫 尔 曼· 葛 兰 (Herman C.
Krannert) 捐赠四十万公司股份所建。彼时，普渡的工农二门在
印州各执牛耳，却唯独少了“文商”。据朱永棠介绍：“普渡和
印第安纳大学泾渭分明，州政府不让普渡开设商学院。既然不能
叫 Business School, 我们干脆叫 Management School 吧。”
为了让工程师更好地适应管理工作，远大他们的职业前景。普
渡大学于 1956 开始了工业管理研究院的建设。朱永棠时年三十
有四，刚从哈佛完成商业学博士学位（Doctor of Commercial
Science)，受当时副系主任 Ron Stucjy 之邀，从波士顿来到西
拉菲页市，谁知这样一呆便是五十六年。
“白手起家。我们从理学院找经济学教授，从工学院找工业管理
的老师。”虽然普渡的研究生项目是从哈佛借鉴的，但初创的教
授们大都像第一代美洲移民那样，大刀阔斧，无所顾忌。“那时
候其他学校的 MBA 项目都是两年，我们发现课程的重复很多。
两年时间，对于一般学生来说可能正好，但对于真正用功的学生
来说太浪费时间。”教授们决定把哈佛两年的课程浓缩到一年，
在最短时间里把工程师塑造成管理者。而朱永棠教授的会计课成
了最极端的试验田——他居然把别人一年半教授的会计知识浓缩
到了六周。就像一位猛下狠药的医生，胆识的背后是对会计学科
超越常人的深刻理解。“My boss bought my idea.”朱教授
创造
葛兰
是正确的：“它虽然延迟了我的答辩，但完全改变了我的论文。
我当时管理两个大的客户，给他们投资管理的建议，我把这些东
西也放进了我的论文里。”朱永棠始终认为脱离实际的理论没
有任何意义：“My dissertation is not theoretical at all, but
all dealing with truth. what's happening in this particular
company, what problem they face, and how I have been
solving it. ”1956 年，朱永棠的论文通过答辩，他成为了哈佛商
学院第一个拥有博士学位的中国学生。他一定没有料到，他在哈
佛所学、所观察的一切将帮助他在中西部的玉米地中间建立一所
强大而先进的管理学院。
再一次露出他标志性的微笑，骄傲地说道。
学生修完第二个学期的课，便术业专攻，转而选择市场、会计等
领域。朱永棠尝试教了一年，他渐渐觉得有些地方不太对劲：“我
们不能让学生自己去选择方向。管理是综合性事务，需要经济，
市场，会计，商业历史，国际贸易等等各方面的知识。我们的目
的在于训练普渡的工程师和科学家，让他们毕业以后，无论到什
么领域，都能施展出自己的才华并且更快得到提拔。”在他提出
统一科目的提案之后，葛兰研究生院从此便废除了选课机制。
“除此之外，我们还教授商业道德。我是唯一几个强调商业道德
的教授。很多课的宗旨都是利润最大化，这是不对的，如果你真
的想要成功，你需要去思考公司决策对消费者和社会产生什么影
响。我们中国人讲：君子爱财，取之有道。”1980 年的时候，
GM 召回事故车辆，这件事对朱教授影响至今，也再一次深刻
地提醒他商业道德的重要性。朱教授说从此以后他再也没有买过
GM 车。
课时减半、取消选课机制、强调商业道德，此三点便是葛兰管理
学院创立之初取得的壮举。朱永棠不仅是教授，更是项目的负责
人，这样的学术加管理的双重身份在大学里是极为罕见的。虽然
学院小，
朱夫人为我们切蛋糕
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29. THAT
GAME
IS UP
Previous
education and
jobs left Daniels
a trail of precious
titles and one-of-
a-kind awards, but
the most important
skill set he gained
is the amazing
ability to work
with people, build
teams and deliver
promises.
By Zimeng Guo
30. A
five hundred percent increase would make anything
and everything look prettier in your life were it a rise in
your pay check, but not in the case of college tuition.
According to TIME magazine, the price of U.S. college tuition
has jumped by five hundred percent in the last twenty-five
years, far outpacing the growth of medical costs (286%) and
overall inflation (121%) during the same timespan. While oth-
er university presidents are busy answering the question“why
is college education getting more expensive,” Mitch Daniels
has already delivered his promise to Purdue students—they
paid a new semester of tuition with absolutely no increase in
price, and got a guarantee of tuition affordability in the future.
Daniels boldly responded to such a dramatic increase—not
only boldly, but also insightfully. Before coming to Purdue’s
leadership position, the Princeton and Georgetown University
trained Juris Doctor worked successfully as the governor of In-
diana and the Director of U.S. Office of Management and Bud-
get. A simple Google search will tell you that Daniels’statistics
were as great as an MVP, but something else about him is even
more interesting: “My Man Mitch” has not always been the su-
perstar that he is today. The truth is, he started off as someone
that hardly anyone would notice.
Mitch is My Man!
“Ok, let’s get out there and meet as many
people as we can.”
“You know in my last job, nobody knew who I was, well, al-
most nobody.” the president joked in my one-hour-interview
with him. Daniels’last job (“one chapter of my life, not the most
important one”) was governing the state of Indiana for eight
years. The popular ex-governor started running for the posi-
tion after his job as the Director of U.S. Office of Management
and Budget for the Bush Administration. It was the first (“and
only” he stressed sincerely in a later email) elected office that
Daniels had held. At the time, almost nobody in Indiana knew
who he was. Knowing the importance of popular support,
Daniels decided to “go out and meet people.” In a 16-month
in-state campaign trip, he hit all 92 counties in Indiana at least
three times. Our president did meet plenty of Hoosiers, a total
6 digit number of them, in fact.The confident-but-never-proud
governor-elect greeted people, asked how they were doing,
asked what troubled them, and how he could be of service. His
charisma worked like a charm. Daniels won the general elec-
tion of his first term by 8.2% more than his competitor, and the
next one by 17.8%. During his 8 years of his service, Indiana
thrived financially. Daniels scored big time.
Like an MVP would, Daniels was spotted and traded from
Team Indiana State Government to Team Purdue. The new
captain is desperately interested to know the new team, and
that is—whoever is involved. “I just kind-of brought the same
approach here. Whatever job you do, you better be in touch
with the ground level,” Daniels said, explaining his wisdom of
leading. When asked about his New Year’s Resolution for 2012,
Daniels said he wish to“try to meet 5000 Purdue students face
to face.” “Have you made it?” we asked. “Oh, I might be over
that because I’ve been meeting… I had lots and lots of meals
where I might meet 60, 80,100 people at a time, and just being
out on the campus and going to events and so forth,” Daniels
answered. As far as we can tell, team members love the new
leader, too. Purdue has never seen a President this often—and
a fun one at that. Just as we thought him showing up in the
398,890-viewed Youtube hit “This is Engineering” was funny
enough, the motorcyclist Daniels rode his Harley into Rose-
Ade during half-time at the Purdue-Notre Dame home game,
driving the crowd wild. Some boilermakers have been long-
time fans. The first day of Daniels presidency was marked by
a large group of volunteering students with a huge banner
signed “My Man Mitch”all over it. The banner now sits happily
on the wall of the President’s office, reminding all visitors of
how well-received its owner is. In the following months, Hovde
Hall (Daniels’ office) has been the victim of a Gangnam Style
flash-mob and a Purdue marching band performance, all ded-
icated to their cool-with-the-crowd President. The support for
Daniels was so apparent that the University Bookstore carried
a Purdue clothing line embellished “My Maker Mitch,” a vari-
ation of Daniels’ famous nickname given by George W. Bush.
Now every Boilermaker knows the President, even internation-
al talents who catch up with news less quickly. During his sum-
mer trip to China, Chinese students surprised him at LongKou.
The surprisingly technologically-savvy President later tweeted
“couldn’t use twitter in China but can see boilermakers every-
where.” (Daniels twitter account: purduemitch). The success
with Purdue students gave Daniels faith for the future of his
presidency:“A lot was said and written about, you know, would
a person coming from where I did have trouble adjusting—I
don’t think so. I mean, in the end it’s the same. If you’re gonna
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31. succeed and if you are gonna do significant things, not small,
incremental things, then you do need to try to gather as many
people together in agreement as you can.” Said Daniels, mod-
estly but positively.
The first one of those significant things Daniels is doing is Pur-
due Moves. Eight months after stepping up as Purdue’s 12th
president, Daniels announced Purdue Moves to lead the great
Purdue to be “even better.” After the news got out Purdue got
the media’s attention, but the president thinks himself as no
“solo guitarist.” Like always, he refuses to see the innovative
plan as anything but“truly a team effort.”
The MVP Who Needs
The Team.
I always used to say “big changes require
big majorities.”
If there were some slogans Captain Daniels hangs around the
sides of game courts, they could be Team Spirit and High Stan-
dards. “You don’t just give orders and expect good things to
happen,”Daniels preached.“If you can make people think they
contributed in thinking the ideas up, they are going to work
much harder to achieve them.” Daniels leans on Team Purdue.
No amount of experience nor tv exposure can make the man
think he has superior knowledge than the collective mass. At
the beginning of “Project Purdue Moves,” the President asked
all of the deans and vice presidents what big moves they
would be willing to commit to, held a meeting in his own
house to talk, and invited another group of mind—the board
of trustees to come in to chose the final ones Purdue should
focus on. Except for faculties and trustees, a special team he
leads is the stuff in the President’s office. Different activities fill
the busy captain’s day therefore“Team President’s Office”helps
him making sure the schedule is neat, the facts in the speeches
straight, and the faces of guests are familiar so Daniels can an-
swer their questions better.The team are on top of their games
and not only because Daniels is good at his job.“One day on his
way out, he just randomly started to hum‘Happy Birthday’and
walked past my desk. At the door he turned back to me and
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32. said,‘I don’t know how that happened. Sometimes things just
got into people’s head.’It was my birthday, I had no idea how
he knew!”exclaimed Margaret“Maggie”Grogan, his adminis-
trative assistant, who is still amazed to this day.
Charming as he is, Daniels did not made it to where he is to-
day by singing “happy birthday.” Team Purdue has big goals
to reach; therefore high standards are set both for himself
as well as team members. The president gets up before 6:30
every morning, goes to speeches, interviews, meetings,
commencements, dinners, visits, international events and
ribbon-cuttings (“He is doing the U.S. 231 Highway opening
today, the new‘front door’of Purdue. Before Daniels was gov-
ernor there was ‘never enough money’ to build it,” said Gina
DelSanto, Chief of Stuff in the President’s office.) Everyday
Daniels gets up to 300 emails in his Purdue email and replies
to the important ones until 12’o clock at night. His“to-do”list
is large and growing, therefore efficiency is extra important.
“He wants the conversation to be meaningful, if he is in one.
And the meeting lasts only as long as necessary and stay to
business,”Gina described.“Mitch doesn’t want to go out for a
cup of coffee or chat.”At the meetings, the captain checks the
progress, tells people when he want things to be done, and
offers suggestions on the matter. Just like some faculty I in-
terviewed predicted Daniels looks right for the job: “Political
views aside, he is definitely good at building teams and bring-
ing in resources. They (the trustees) could not have found a
better choice.” Lincoln Mckinley, an assistant professor in Po-
litical Science Department acknowledged.
The president’s high standard for team members can also be
seen in him demanding efficiency financially. Famously called
“the Blade” for cutting budget in the U.S. Office of Manage-
ment and Budget, Daniels also has his own sharp philosophy
when it comes to careful budgeting:“It has become too easy
for universities to decide what they would
like to spend first, and bill it to students later. It’s not our mon-
ey,” Daniels said, “it came from the student’s family, or came
from a taxpayer, so it’s our duty to spend it very carefully—
spend it on what? Spend it on researches, and teaching, and
taking our learning out into the world. I think we can be much
more effective … if the colleges work a little more closely to-
gether.” A smaller budget doesn’t mean students are paying
more tuition. By cutting cost and increasing revenue, stu-
dents are getting a 2-year tuition freeze. “It’s what students
have been demanding for years,” Joe Rust, the president of
Purdue Student Government said,“I think it’s really awesome
to see Daniels setting the standard towards a more affordable
school.”
By saving Purdue and her students money Daniels gained
the assets of team supports, and the interest come with is
confidence. Because of his own ability to achiceve goals, the
president is never afraid to make his words heard. Besides his
beloved Harley, we guess the most valuable thing Daniels see
are his words, because it’s guranteed they will be meet with
actions.
On Racist Incidents
On Purdue Campus
“People who would do something like
that, they don’t belong here, and they
should just leave.”
“A lot of people are surprised that he would said that—‘they
should just leave’— just because it is a very strong statement
to say as a university president.”Gina said later. This was Dan-
iels’s statement regarding racism incidents on Purdue cam-
pus. Last year was not fair to everybody. Two reported van-
dalism cases made headlines to school newspapers, as well
as constant smaller incidents around campus. That is not the
“completely respectful”Purdue that Daniels asked for, and he
has an idea of what students are to do.“Dear Student,”Daniels
wrote in his first welcome letters to Purdue 2013 freshmen,“I
am writing with great excitement to welcome you to Purdue
University, your home for the next four years… Our rules are
simple… Any discrimination or intimidation on the basis of
race or other such characteristic is unacceptable, and those
who practice either are not welcome at Purdue.”
The letter named Outline Expectations now goes on Pur-
due’s website for the world to see. In it Daniels included
other regular university-president requirements: absolute
academic honesty, zero alcohol and substance abuse, com-
plete freedom of expression, and respect for others. “A great
strength of Purdue is the wide variety of nationalities, ethnic
backgrounds, lifestyle preferences and faith traditions of its
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33. student body. We strongly believe, and you will see on our
campus, that differences aren’t deficiencies, but rather op-
portunities for learning. We expect each student to respect
all such differences and behave accordingly.”Under the letter
signed his hand-written Mitch Daniels, a signature from the
president only used for formal university statement.
To our new captain, everybody on the team is without doubts
equal. It does not matter if a team member is majority or
minority, nor which specific kind of minority he or she is: “I
certainly make this point. If you are American students, the
international students’ presence here is part of your learning
opportunity. I mean you could learn a lot about China with-
out even traveling to China if you make the effort. So I think
most of our parents get that that their students are getting
a great global experience before they spend the semester
abroad or before they do any travel if they take advantage of
it.”When asked for his opinion about Purdue has the second
largest international student population, Daniels said with-
out hesitation:“I’m all for it.”
What does a captain do anyways? Inspires the team, gets
them motivated, tells people what to do on the pitch and set
the common goal.“Purdue University will deliver higher edu-
cation at the highest proven value,”Daniels promised. Do you
believe it? I know I do. Maybe not this or next season, but with
Daniels wearing gold and black, at least we are getting closer
every second.
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35. THE
FALSE
ACCUSATION
V:“Some students say it seems like an‘interesting
turnout’ how you are ‘for’ public university now,
but had cut quite a lot of funding for public
school when you were governor, would you like
to comment on this?”
M: “The impression is based on false information.
State spending on both K-12 and higher ed went up
during our eight years, significantly. In 2011 and 2012,
we delivered on the long-sought addition of full day
kindergarten for all Hoosier children, an enormous new
investment.
Only in the deep recession year of 2009 was either
reduced, and then by a far smaller percentage than
was happening in states all across the country. As I
left office, K-12 spending was 55% of the entire state
budget, the highest for any state in America, and
higher ed added another 12%, so the combined total
also led the nation. The average Indiana teacher earns
$55,000/per year, compared to the average citizen at
around $40,000/year.
In 2007, I proposed leasing the Indiana Lottery and
committing the proceeds, which would have been
around $1 billion, entirely to higher education, half
for student scholarships and half to support research.
It would have been by a huge margin the biggest
infusion of money into higher education in state
history, but the opposing party rejected the idea and
the bill did not pass.
So it is a myth that education spending was cut. But
the larger point is that all the additional money that
states have poured into education over recent decades
has not produced better results. Only better targeted
dollars coupled with reforms of the failed education
practices of the past can serve the true objects of our
system, the young people whose futures depend on
effective teaching and learning.”
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36. THE
WHITE HOUSE
SERVICE
V:“You mentioned your years in the White
House, can you tell us a typical day of yours
when you were the Director of U.S. Office of
Management and Budget?”
M: Well, with the caution that no two days are quite
alike, and especially after the attack of 9/11th, which
happened about ¼ of the way through that service,
I had a small apartment about 10 minutes from the
White House. My family stayed in Indiana. I came home
as often as I could, but wasn’t often enough. So it was
just a place for me to sleep and work. But I’d get up,
the military driver would pick me up, go to the White
House about probably 6:30, work for a while, then
a small group of top 4, 5 people would have a very
informal meeting in the Chief-of-Staff office. Then at
7:30 there was a meeting of the senior staff that would
be... 16, 17, 18 people, just to go over the day and talk
about any big issues that concerned everyone. And
then it’ll all be a blur after that, be very very busy all
the rest of the day. The interesting thing about that job
was it touched every part of the government. So on
any one day I could be working on transportation at
9’o clock, national defense and security at 10’o clock,
housing and urban development at 11 o’clock. The only
thing I always try to do is go get my exercise if I could.
There was a small gym right there (in the White House.)
I could be there in 2, 3 minutes and go do my run, my
weights, whatever. But then we would work very late.
Usually meal at the desk. And then go home and take
some work home and fall asleep, start over again. But
it was a great privilege. And again life became more
complicated after the attacks. You know Purdue has a
number of relationships with the department of home-
land security. In fact they were just here for a meeting
to consider extending a very important center of re-
search that the department funds here. Well, there was
no department of homeland security before 9/11. It
came out of that. I was part of a…“little secret group,”
really, that was given the assignment“should we have
one department or not.”So there were a lot of new as-
signments after that, and then of course there was the
war, and there were additional assignments.
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37. 1. 这些课 2. 这些可 3. 这些 4. 这鞋
我至今仍然记得自己新生入学第一年准备选课的时候，面对满满一单子可以供我去选择的课程，豁然有一种身揣五毛钱，
心怀五百万的豪情壮志。普渡提供了许多不同领域的课程，天文地理无一不包。相信许多同学也和我一样，觉得在大学
生涯中总不能每天都围着那几门专业课转悠吧。大学有整整四年时，恐怕今后是再没有这么好的机会可以让我们尽情地
去学一些自己感兴趣的东西了。 虽然每个人都跃跃欲试地想要挑战那些偏门冷门奇奇怪怪的奇葩课，但很多同学并没有
机会知道到底学校有提供哪些有意思的课呢？每次都是道听途说地知道邻居王二麻子又选到了很棒的课，为什么自己就
只知道那几门加速自己屌丝化进程的枯燥乏味的课呢？还有一些同学听说过这些在普渡大名鼎鼎的奇葩课，却不知道它
们葫芦里到底卖的什么药。没有关系！！铛铛～！现在，就由 voice 为您奉上我们独家调查采访后整理出来的普渡奇葩
课一览表！快来看看，有没有你想选的那一门！！
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