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Happen. that's what m.i.t. professor kate brown calls the power plant located on an otherwise beautiful stretch of beach in southern california. it wasn't just that the nuclear power plant built in the 1960s defaced one of the most beautiful and valuable stretches of beach on the planet. it's also that it's located on a body of water that was called earthquake bay on a 1855 map before california real estate sellers decided they better make some local name sound a little less scary. i for one have always found it impossible to drive by a nuclear power plant on the pacific coast highway without ...

An 1855 map before california real estate sellers decided they better make some local names sound a little less scary. i for one has have found it impossible to drive by a nuclear power plant on the pacific coast highway without imagining the worst. which is why in 2006, we imagined the worst in an episode of nbc's the west wing. >> how many people are still in there? >> 30,000. >> i don't want to release any radiation until everyone has been evacuated. what's the alternative? >> an explosion that spreads radiation southern california, parts of arizona, nevada. sir. >> how much would we have t...

In 1855 the college was founded to provide an education for students excluded from ee leelt colleges, including women and freed slaves. how do they do it? well, it now has a $1.2 billion endowment. while ivy league schools still admit the children of wealthy donors and legacies, largely for the sake of their endowments, barrera has made it to the list of america's hundred richest colleges in another way, shrewd investing and old-fashioned again. >> narrator: ross city. >> come join us. it's giving day. >> there's a fundamental impulse in american philanthropy to give to those who deserve it bu...

Work for the college at least ten hours a week. >> i know some students who looked up free college and found berea. >> this sounds fake. i was just like, this is a catch. >> i thought it was a scam, there's no way. >> but there is a way. in 1855, the college was founded to provide education to students excluded from colleges, including women and freed slaves. how do they do it? it now has a $1.2 billion endowment. while ivy league schools still admit the children of wealthy donors and legacies largely for the sake of their endowments, berea has made it to the list of america's hundred richest ...

Kids in the country. >> had you heard of maria ahead of time? >> the president of berea, lyle rudol rudolphs, please this is the key to its success. >> no student feels stigmatized because all come from the same economic context. >> all students are required to work for the college at least ten hours a week. >> i know some students who looked up free college and found berea. >> this sounds fake. i was just like, this is a catch. >> i thought it was a scam, there's no way. >> but there is awe w way. in 1855, the college was founded to provide education to students excluded from colleges, includ...