The
Harris School welcomed another lively class into its ranks.
After an event-packed orientation week that included, among
other things, the second annual Second City comedy show—again
customized for the Harris School audience—another
117 new students dove into their course work.
Their vital statistics: There are 113 master’s students
and 4 PhD students, their average age is 27, 12% are international
students, and 19% are minority students. They come from
15 countries and from almost every state in the union,
and they have backgrounds ranging from economics to psychology
to theater. Included in this group are lawyers, teachers,
legislative aides, and Peace Corps volunteers, as well
as a nonprofit founder, a carpenter, and a former television
anchor.
But who are they really? We asked them what public policy
figure (living or dead) they would most like to meet, and
here are just a few of the answers:
Alan Greenspan
I
want to meet the man behind the curtain. – Carl
Barrick
Amartya Sen
The development
economist. I read some of his development theory as an
undergraduate and was blown away. – Haddy
Taslim
Kofi Annan
I want
to hear his vision about global politics and economic
development. – Haeil Jung
Hillary Clinton
I’d
like to talk to her about universal health care. – Ben
Grubb
Winston Churchill
My
idol. – Gabriel Eickhoff
Madeleine Albright
She
had the job I want and her autobiography is the best
I’ve ever read. – Margaret Bretz
Tony Blair
He’s
a smart, articulate man who mastered “third-way” politics
but has convictions of his own. He’s America’s
Prime Minister. – Jason Thurlkill
Ronald Reagan
How
did he have the courage to do what he thought was right
in the face of so many critics? – Seth
Reagen
George W. Bush
Just
to ask him “why?” Enough said. – Mary
Ellen Ball
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