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To: joseffy who wrote (763003)	1/10/2014 1:36:46 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573921

Nether Al is a scientist; only R's believe that. Rolker is a weatherman. Before the national recognition, Roker worked as a weather anchor for CBS affiliate WHEN-TV (now WTVH) in Syracuse, New York from 1974 until 1976, while he was still enrolled at SUNY Oswego. Following the completion of his collegiate studies, Roker moved to Washington, D.C. and took a weathercasting position at independent station WTTG, then owned by Metromedia, remaining there for much of the next two years. en.wikipedia.org Gore is a journalist/politician novels, but later deciding to major in government. [21] [22] On his second day on campus, he began campaigning for the freshman student government council, and was elected its president. [22]Although he was an avid reader who fell in love with scientific and mathematical theories, [22] he did not do well in science classes in college, and avoided taking math. [21] His grades during his first two years put him in the lower one-fifth of the class. During his sophomore year, he reportedly spent much of his time watching television, shooting pool, and occasionally smoking marijuana. [21] [22] In his junior and senior years, he became more involved with his studies, earning As and Bs. [21] In his senior year, he took a class with oceanographer and global warming theorist Roger Revelle, who sparked Gore's interest in global warming and other environmental issues. [22] [29] Gore earned an A on his thesis, "The Impact of Television on the Conduct of the Presidency, 1947-1969", and graduated with an A.B. cum laude in June 1969. [21] [30] en.wikipedia.org