The environmentalist Paul Hawken had a very direct message for graduates at the University of Portland in Oregon.

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David Ervin of Portland State University in Oregon led the committee that wrote the report.

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Says report committee chair David Ervin of Portland State University.

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"I've had less time to watch the shows I'm interested in, " said Valerie Wen, a busy college senior at the University of Portland in Portland, Oregon.

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Other surprises included the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (9), the University of Portland (13), my undergrad safety school of Macalester (18), and Columbia University (61), which holds the well-deserved honor of rejecting me four straight times to their graduate school of journalism.

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While earning a master's in computer science at the University of Portland she taught undergrad Saudi men, who at first had a hard time taking her seriously, but eventually succumbed to her intellect and the fear of her red pen.

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