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Pervis Staples and the Staple Singers -- long before they were on Stax they were on Epic and they were one of my favorite groups of all time. I met them all in '62 or '63. They heard my songs live and Pervis wanted to record three or four of them and he did with the Staples Singers. They were the type of artists that I wanted recording my ... Grammys 2015: Transcript of Bob Dylan's MusiCares Person of Year speech - LA Times

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Dylan had a cute pen pal romance with Mavis Staples

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...and he was courageous. And for that, I'm eternally grateful. The last person he discovered before me was Aretha Franklin, and before that Count Basie, Billie Holiday and a whole lot of other artists. All noncommercial artists. Grammys 2015: Transcript of Bob Dylan's MusiCares Person of Year speech - LA Times

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A joke?

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...illed wells and Hydraulic fracturing. He became a billionaire and Continental Resources became a major oil producer.[7][18] Hamm was given honorary degrees from Northwestern Oklahoma State University and the University of Oklahoma.[19] Harold Hamm - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Hamm is a major donor to the university and has attempted to influence the Oklahoma Geological Survey (OGS), a university program that studies the link between fracking and earthquakes.

In an email exchange from 2014, Larry Grillot, Dean of the College that houses OGS, told colleagues that Hamm wanted certain researchers dismissed and a seat on the search committee in charge of finding a new director for the program. Hamm also discussed meeting with Governor Mary Fallin about moving OGS out of the University of Oklahomah (a threat).

Most geologists attribute increased seismic activity across the country to increased oil and gas production by fracking. In 2013, OGS signed a joint statement with the U.S. geological survey stating that they were “evaluating possible links between these earthquakes and wastewater disposal related to oil and gas production activities.”

A few days later the top scientist at OGS, Austin Holland, was called into a meeting with David Boren, president of the university and Harold Hamm. Holland told superiors that “The basic jist [sic] of the meeting is that Continental does not feel induced seismicity is an issue and they are nervous about any dialog about the subject.” He told Bloomberg that the meeting “was just a little bit intimidating”

On the other hand, Hamm spoke with an energy industry publication about the emails and meeting with Boren and Allen, saying “I’m very approachable, and don’t think I’m intimidating. I don’t try to push anybody around.”

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Hamm is [a major donor to the university](http://genius.com/6388990) and has attempted to influence the Oklahoma Geological Survey (OGS), a university program that studies the link between fracking and earthquakes.

[In an email exchange from 2014](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-05-15/oil-tycoon-harold-hamm-wanted-scientists-dismissed-dean-s-e-mail-says), Larry Grillot, Dean of the College that houses OGS, told colleagues that Hamm wanted certain researchers dismissed and a seat on the search committee in charge of finding a new director for the program. Hamm also discussed meeting with Governor Mary Fallin about moving OGS out of the University of Oklahomah (a threat).

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Most geologists attribute increased seismic activity across the country to increased oil and gas production by fracking. In 2013, OGS signed a joint statement with the U.S. geological survey stating that they were "evaluating possible links between these earthquakes and wastewater disposal related to oil and gas production activities."

A few days later the top scientist at OGS, Austin Holland, was called into a meeting with David Boren, president of the university and Harold Hamm. Holland told superiors that "The basic jist [sic] of the meeting is that Continental does not feel induced seismicity is an issue and they are nervous about any dialog about the subject." He told Bloomberg that the meeting ["was just a little bit intimidating"](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-30/big-oil-pressured-scientists-over-fracking-wastewater-s-link-to-quakes)

On the other hand, Hamm [spoke with an energy industry publication](http://www.eenews.net/stories/106001) about the emails and meeting with Boren and Allen, saying "I'm very approachable, and don't think I'm intimidating. I don't try to push anybody around."

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So many awful things happen here. Columbia University has a record of covering up sexual assault (the "Mattress Girl" performance piece happened here). Being poor at an Ivy League is a humiliating experience, as has been documented in the press lately. Kids strangle themselves with plastic bags during finals week. It's fucked up and often feels like the school doesn't care about you, the students don't care about you—no one cares about you. Going to an Ivy League School Sucks | VICE | United States

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I have a lot of sympathy for this point. There is an immense amount of money at Ivies and it sucks when your lack of money limits your participation in shit (spring break!).

I imagine that this is worse at Columbia, Penn, Harvard than at Yale, Dartmouth, etc. because there is a lot more city to spend money in New York or Boston than in New Haven or Hanover.

But, it sucks to not have money anyway. It’s nice to go to your rich friends country houses and drink their parents scotch and shit.

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I agree completely, but it’s humiliating, if that’s the word, to not have money any time you’re around a lot of people with money. However, the ability to get past that and continue on with your life is invaluable.

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No doubt that ivy league schools should be free and more economically diverse. But I prefer a collegiate culture in which class* differences among friends make people uncomfortable sometimes, then a culture in which those differences never grate because you spend all your time with people just like you – this seems to predominate at many institutions, especially those with robust greek systems.

*a disclaimer: i was on financial aid in college, but the house I grew up in was full of books and my parents have fancy degrees, so my experience may not reflect the discomfort that poor or working class kids on entering an ivy league school.

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...ity, everyone is just insecure. Each year's crop of Ivy League students includes hundreds of valedictorians, all-state jazz musicians, spoken-word poets, Science Olympiad winners, nonprofit founders. Many of them were treated like gods in high school and have never had to deal with not being the brightest one in the room.

Then they get to an Ivy League like Columbia and realize there are thousands of other kids like them. Not just like them but better than them. They're used to being big fish, but someone has to be the small fish here. And small fish get eaten. Going to an Ivy League School Sucks | VICE | United States

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This is true. It is also true that people arrive at ivy league schools and are thrilled to be surrounded by people who challenge them intellectually and who they can talk to about ideas and smart stuff.

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