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 | | Although she was sponsored by the lecture series, Shalala told the standing-room-only audience, "I'm really here because the best student I ever had in a political science course, Diana Dwyre, has been encouraging me to come down to Chico ever since she moved here." Dwyre is an associate professor in political science. |
 | | Shalala's past includes stints as a Peace Corps volunteer, a director of the New York Stock Exchange, a college professor and chancellor, and a mountain climber. |
 | | When asked about medical marijuana, Shalala said, "It's time the federal government was more open to funding that research, and, in fact, the National Institutes of Health for the first time is funding the research and providing marijuana for the researchers." As secretary, she is responsible for a marijuana research farm in Trent Lott's district. |
| www.csuchico.edu /pub/inside/archive/00_05_11/03.shalala.html (709 words) |
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