| Green's proposed changes for ORU include power-sharing
In return for a $62 million donation, Oral Roberts University's board of regents will be asked to share power, the Tulsa World has learned.
Mart Green, a Yukon businessman whose family founded the Hobby Lobby chain of craft stores, released a statement to the World on Tuesday outlining his process for reform at the university.
Green is in Bethlehem in the West Bank, where his nonprofit film company is making a movie.
Green said his family plans to present a detailed proposal to ORU's regents in early 2008.
Green's family gave ORU an unconditional donation of $8 million last month and promised an additional $62 million if ORU accepts the proposal.
Green's statement says: "The proposal will focus on accepted twenty-first century shared governance principles.
the has-been
Put to Bed: For centuries, the criminal defense bar has snickered that any lawyer who represents himself has a fool for a client. With his fateful guilty plea last month, Larry Craig proved that the old adage holds true for nonlawyers as well. Solicitation may be a victimless crime, but in a case of self-immolation, it's hard to tell where perp ends and victim begins. Now Craig has more lawyers than a Boston Legal washroom. But so far, the only defense they've given him is that he waited so long to hire them. In his original guilty plea, he clearly waived the right to counsel. On the line of the form that states, "I am/am not represented by an attorney," Craig circled "am not." Of course, Craig's lawyers might argue, circling the am-not box doesn't mean you understand it. Craig is desperately trying to play the victim, but he can tell it to the judge.
News in Brief
Tisbury's Finance and Advisory Committee (FinCom) recently approved funding for two promotions within the police department, according to Chief John Cashin. The funding for a lieutenant's and a sergeant's position through June 30, 2008, amounts to about $18,000, according to FinCom chairman Muriel Mill. Chief Cashin brought the request to the FinCom at the recommendation of the selectmen, represented at the meeting by Selectman Tristan Israel. Mr. Israel said the lieutenant's position is not a new one, but rather one that has gone unfilled since former Police Chief Theodore Saulnier was promoted from the lieutenant's position to chief. The Tisbury police department currently is down by two officers. "Maybe down the road there may be a discussion about increasing the department, but that's not on table right now," Mr.
Free Will Bible College buying 66 acres in Gallatin for new campus
Free Will Baptist Bible College is buying land on 66 acres in Gallatin for its new campus, which will be 26 minutes from the existing campus on West End Ave. The contract was signed Nov. 19. Terms of the contract won't be disclosed, including purchase price, until all required city approvals have been obtained and the contract is finalized. "We believe that we received an excellent price from the owner for this prime property on which to relocate," says President Matt Pinson. The college looked at more than 100 potential sites in Middle Tennessee. The site in Gallatin was chosen because it's more than seven times the size of the current campus, which means the college won't have to cap enrollment or end new programs. The new space will allow the college to build outdoor sports facilities for students, and offer more parking.
DOR chief exiting Patrick administration for private sector
The Commissioner of Revenue for the state of Massachusetts, Henry Dormitzer, is set to leave his post next month to join clean energy company Free Flow Power Corp., the company said on Friday. On Feb. 4 Dormitzer will join Gloucester, Mass.-based Free Flow as its CFO. At the Department of Revenue Dormitzer manages 2,300 public employees and is responsible for administering the state's tax laws, enforcing child support obligations, overseeing local budgets, and implementing parts of the state's new health care reform law. Dormitzer joined the Patrick Administration as under secretary for Administration and Finance. "Henry has vast capital markets experience financing complex projects, strategic vision, serious management experience and genuine integrity," said Daniel Irvin, CEO of Free Flow Power Corp., in a statement.
TECHSHOW - Intel unveiling new chips for devices
The emphasis on consumer gadgets comes as Intel has faced slowing growth in the PC industry in recent years. Previous forays into electronics such as digital music players have fizzled, while other moves such as its backing for the Wi-fi wireless technology have helped open up new markets. Also later this year, Intel plans to ship "Menlow", its first platform for mobile devices optimized for Web access, Otellini said. At the heart of the platform is a chip called "Silverthorne" that is five times smaller and uses 10 times less power than similar chips sold two years ago. Otellini said future devices will have image recognition technology capable of feats such as helping travelers translate signs and recognize landmarks. Video games and virtual worlds eventually could be controlled by cameras that sense a user's body movements.
Microsoft Researcher Jim Gray Receives Turing Award for Helping to ...
Turing award is widely regarded in industry circles as the Nobel Prize of computer science. Gray received the award for his "seminal contributions to database and transaction processing research and technical leadership in system implementation from research prototypes to commercial products." Gray will be honored at an awards ceremony in New York on May 15. "I am delighted that the ACM will be presenting the Turing Award, its most prestigious award in computer science, to Dr. Gray," says Barbara Simons, president of the ACM. "Dr. Gray is highly deserving of the award, having done fundamental research in several key areas, including databases, transaction processing and scaleable computing." Sitting in a conference room in his downtown San Francisco office, Gray methodically takes a visitor through a linear account of his career over the past 35 years.
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