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BLOG ROLL
True Maroons: Amy Klobuchar, Michelle Gravenish, and David Moberg
FREE PRESS SUPPORT
"Klobuchar Calls for National Reporter Shield Law" (Country Messenger, Apr. 1, 2009)
Amy Klobuchar, JD'85—the first woman elected to represent Minnesota in the U.S. Senate—supports the bipartisan Free Flow of Information Act: "Democracy depends on an informed public and free flow of information, and that in turn depends on journalists being able to gather information without fear."
JUDO CHAMP'S NEW MOVE
"Three Named to Combative Sports Commission" (Saint Paul Legal Ledger, Mar. 19, 2009)
Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty appointed Michelle Gravenish, AM'94, to the Combative Sports Commission. The nine-member group supervises and regulates all boxing and "tough-person" contests in the state. Gravenish has won two silver medals in state judo tournaments and took first place two years in a row in the Minnesota State Jujitsu and Submission Grappling tournaments.
CORPORATE CHANGE
"Give CEO Pay the Pink Slip" (In These Times, Mar. 23, 2009)
"The economic crisis, and the furor over executive pay and behavior, provides us with an opportunity not just to rein in ridiculous CEO compensation but also to remake the corporate system," writes senior editor David Moberg, AM'71, PhD'78, who recently received fellowships to study the new global economy.
April 1, 2009
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