We knew the risks of inviting him and were willing to take them. But we don't want to put others in harm's way. Auwerter cited a meeting with students from the Brown College Democrats and the Student Labor Alliance, as well as a former Herald editor, as instrumental in the decision to rescind the invitation, and said that group's decision was its own and was not influenced in any way by the university, a point reiterated by university spokesperson Mark Nickel. Horowitz, however, doesn't buy it. Horowitz's recent appearance at UC-Berkeley saw him flanked by 30 armed bodyguards, according to the Daily Californian.
Some people get jobs.
Others make them. Five University of Washington juniors did just that when they created a company that teaches people how to build, post and maintain a Web site in six hours. Your Head began as a school assignment, but because of its success, the undergraduate business students are planning to buy the company's assets from the UW and expand. You come to work hard and learn. In the 1999-2000 school year, teams were able to break even, but not profit.