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For applicants and entering students, student financial support funds at UCLA are provided to graduate students in the form of grants, awards, traineeships, teaching assistantships and graduate student researcher appointments. Support based solely on need is also provided, in the form of work-study and loans, through the Financial Aid & Scholarships Office .

A student may receive both a departmental or Division of Graduate Education award in addition to an award based solely on financial need if the need-based criteria are met. However, the amount of a need-based award may change based on any other additional awards.

Doctoral Student Travel Grants for Conferences, Professional Development and Off-Campus Research (DTG):  This program is to encourage eligible doctoral students to present their work and to network at conferences in their field, to support travel associated with off-campus research and to enable students to take advantage of off-campus professional development opportunities.

Each eligible new doctoral student is provided up to $1,000 total reimbursement that can be used, in whole or in part, at any time through the student’s seventh year in the doctoral program, as long as the student and the activities meet the eligibility requirements.  For more details, please see the relevant section in the Graduate Student Financial Support booklet.

You are strongly urged to apply in all funding categories for which you may qualify.

• Awards, Scholarships & Grants Merit-based awards provide stipends in varying amounts and may include tuition and nonresident supplemental tuition. Awards are competitive and open to all graduate students.
• Extramural Awards Merit-based support provided by national, international or private foundations. Many organizations accept applications up to a year before acceptance into a graduate program.
• Teaching & Research Assistantships Teaching Assistantships provide experience in teaching undergraduates under faculty supervision. Graduate Student Researcher positions provide experience working on faculty-supervised research projects.
• Financial Aid Funding based on financial need available only to U.S. citizens and permanent residents. Financial aid includes loans and work-study awards.

Graduate Student Support Opportunities

Student support packages:.

PhD support packages:

All Doctoral students receive support packages that provide a minimum of $30,000 annually, plus fees and tuition, derived from a combination of fellowships, teaching assistantships, and research assistantships. This support is provided up to five years unless a student finds support elsewhere and as long as the student is in good standing.

MS support packages:

All Master’s students receive support packages that provide six quarters (two academic years) of employment as Teaching Assistants. Teaching Assistants receive salary (currently $7,523 per quarter) and fee remissions that cover all standard tuition and fees. Non-resident tuition (NRT) is not covered by fee remissions or the Department, however, many of our Master’s students have successfully secured NRT funding from campus fellowships or home-country sponsorships.

Distinguished Fellowships for Incoming Students:

Top applicants to the Doctoral program are selected by the Department receive the following fellowships:

The Vavra Fellowship is awarded to recruit an outstanding applicant in the area of organismal plant biology. It provides fellowship support for two quarters in the first year ($7,500 stipend plus fees per quarter) and four summers ($7,500 stipend per summer).

The Lida Scott Brown Fellowship is awarded to recruit an outstanding applicant in the area of avian biology. It provides fellowship support for two quarters in the first year ($7,500 stipend plus fees per quarter) and four summers ($7,500 stipend per summer).

The Josephine Reich Fellowship The Josephine Reich Fund was established to recruit an outstanding applicant in the area of environmental research or education. It provides fellowship support for two quarters in the first year ($7,500 stipend plus fees per quarter) and four summers ($7,500 stipend per summer).

Eugene Cota Robles Fellowship (UCLA Graduate Division) The Cota Robles fellowship was established for entering doctoral students who are interested in a career in college or university teaching and research. The intent of this fellowship is to provide access to higher education for entering doctoral students from cultural, racial, linguistic, geographic, and socioeconomic backgrounds that are currently underrepresented in graduate education.

UC-HBCU Initiative (UC Office of the President & UCLA Graduate Division) As part of the University of California–Historically Black Colleges and Universities (UC–HBCU) Initiative, the University of California Office of the President (UCOP), the UCLA Graduate Division, and the department collaborate to offer six-year funding packages of at least $30,000 per year, plus tuition and fees for entering doctoral students. Fellows must have been participants in an eligible UC–HBCU summer program. They must also be U.S. citizens, permanent residents, international students or undocumented students who qualify for nonresident supplemental tuition exemptions under AB 540. Applicants should indicate their eligibility on the graduate application.

Dr. Ursula Mandel Scholarship (UCLA Graduate Division) This award covers $15,000 of fees for graduate students in scientific fields related, allied or of value to the medical field. Applicants should indicate their eligibility on the graduate application.

Graduate Dean’s Scholar Award (UCLA Graduate Division) This prestigious fellowship issued by the UCLA Graduate Dean is awarded to the top applicant and provides $14,500 of support – a $2,500 supplemental stipend in the first year, and $6,000 stipends in the summers following the first and second year.

Please visit UCLA Graduate Division’s Graduate Fellowships, Scholarships & Grants for Entering Students to view more funding opportunities and information for incoming MS and PhD students.

Funding for Continuing Students

For campus-wide funding opportunities, students should visit UCLA’s Graduate Division Funding for Continuing Students and their list of Funding Opportunities Resources .

For Departmental funding, continuing students may apply for additional funding through a competitive application process in spring quarter. Applications open in April and awards are announced in early June. Students who are in good standing and within the normative time-to-degree are eligible to apply for the following sources of funding:

General Departmental Funding

Quarter Fellowship ($7,500 stipend + fees) The departmental quarter fellowship provides one quarter of support ($7,000 in stipend plus fees) for outstanding students who do not qualify for departmental fellowships with taxonomic restrictions.

Quarter Fee Fellowship (up to $5,700 for fees) This fellowship provides up to one quarter of fees (currently $5,700) for students who do not qualify for fee remissions through TA or GSR employment, or students who have secured extramural support that provides partial fee coverage.

(PhD Candidates only) Department Dissertation Completion Quarter Fellowship ($7,500 + fees) This fellowship provides one academic quarter of support ($7,500 + fees) to a doctoral candidate in the final stages of their dissertation research. Eligible students must be advanced to doctoral candidacy.

Summer Fellowship ($7,500 stipend) The departmental quarter fellowship provides one summer of support ($7,000 in stipend) for outstanding students who do not qualify for departmental fellowships with taxonomic restrictions.

Non-Resident Tuition Fellowship ($5,034 per quarter) This fellowship is for international students who have exceeded their allotment of non-resident tuition support.

Research/Research Travel Grant (amounts vary) These grant amounts vary and provided partial or full reimbursement or payment of research expenses. This may include travel expenses for research purposes.

Conference/Conference Travel Grant (amounts vary) These grant amounts vary and provide partial or full reimbursement or payment of travel expenses to a scientific meeting in which the applicant gives a presentation.

PhD Funding with Taxonomic Requirements

Holmes O. Miller Fellowship The Holmes O. Miller fellowship provides one $7,500 summer or quarter stipend to one outstanding doctoral student who is doing or planning to conduct field research.

Josephine Reich Fund The Josephine Reich Fund was established to support outstanding students in the area of environmental research or education. This fund provides up to:

• two summer fellowships ($7,500 each).
• two one-quarter fellowships ($7,500 plus fees each) to support research or dissertation writing.
• two research grants (maximum $1,200 stipend) to support research and/or travel expenses.

Lida Scott Brown Fund for Avian Biology The Lida Scott Brown Fund provides support for research or dissertation writing in avian biology. This fund provides up to:

• two academic quarter fellowships ($7,500 plus fees each).
• several research grants (maximum $1,200 each) to support research and/or travel expenses for pilot studies in avian biology.

Vavra Research Fund for Organismal Plant Biology The Vavra fund was established to support graduate education in organismal plant biology. The fund provides up to:

• one summer or quarter stipend ($7,500).
• one quarter fellowship ($7,500 plus fees).
• several Vavra Research Grants (maximum $1200 each) to support research or travel, including special workshops, courses at biological stations that are related to dissertation research in plant biology, and full or partial travel and conference expenses for students wishing to attend scientific meetings where their research results on plant biology will be presented.

(PhD candidates only) Bartholomew Fund for Field Biology Generously endowed by Ruth and George Bartholomew, our distinguished Professor Emeritus, the Bartholomew fund provides up to:

• one summer fellowship of $7,500 to an outstanding doctoral candidate whose research in ecology, evolutionary biology, and/or conservation biology has a significant field component. Eligible students must have advanced to doctoral candidacy.
• several Bartholomew Research Grants (up to $1,200 each) to support research and/or travel expenses related to field biology. Eligible students must have advanced to doctoral candidacy.

Departmental Support Application Instructions

Continuing students in good academic standing may apply for additional Departmental funding through a competitive online application. Because this application is available annually, it is important to project any additional funding needs for the  upcoming 2024 summer and academic year (July 1, 2024– June 30, 2025) .

The departmental support application will be available in mid-April and sent via email by the Graduate Student Affairs Officer, Tessa Villaseñor. Applications for summer, quarter, and NRST fellowships require two letters of support, and applications for research/conference travel grants require only one. Please note that all letters must be submitted by the application deadline, which is TBD. Award decisions will be announced in early June.

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The salary (stipend) for the 2023–2024 academic year is $40,651. Including tuition, fees, and benefits, the total support package is approximately $60,113.

The total support package is provided by a combination of sources, and the sources change year-to-year. During the first year, students receive their stipend, tuition (including non-resident tuition if applicable), and fees from the gateway Graduate Programs in Bioscience (GPB) as they perform laboratory rotations with MCIP faculty. The GPB contributes a declining fraction of the total support package over time, made up by support from the mentor’s research grants, or from scholarships, fellowships, or NIH training grants. The outcome is the same: your stipend, tuition, and fees are covered for five years.

During year 2 or year 3 of the program, each student will serve as a teaching assistant for an undergraduate course as part of their academic training.

In addition, each student is awarded $1,000 from the Graduate Division to present their work at academic conferences. A comprehensive document from the UCLA Graduate Division detailing student support and fellowships may be found  here .

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The Toro Company

2024 grads: operations leadership development program – the toro company.

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Seeking May and December 2024 grads!

WHO ARE WE?

The Toro Company is a homegrown, Minnesota-based company that has been in business since 1914. We pride ourselves on providing world-class equipment to help maintain the environment that we love, while putting an emphasis on giving back to the communities that surround us. From residential lawns and gardens, to venues such as St. Andrews Links and Target Field, we are a company with a global footprint and a passion for helping people beautify whatever landscape they may be in. With 100 years of operation under our belt and an average employee tenure of 15 years, come find out what makes The Toro Company the best place in the Twin Cities to build a career.

The Toro Company’s Operations Rotation Program has been developed to quickly develop broad Supply Chain thinkers by moving pool members through a series of successive assignments in a variety of functions and locations. The Operations Rotation Program is aimed at recent graduates from a variety of Bachelor’s degree programs with concentrations in Supply Chain, Manufacturing Business, and Engineering.

Selected candidates will be assigned/dispatched to the following potential locations. Relocation support is available for each of the 3 assignments in 3 years. Location is selected based on business opportunities available.

• Ankeny, Iowa
• Beatrice, Nebraska
• Iron Mountain, Michigan
• Perry, Oklahoma
• Plymouth, Wisconsin
• Tomah, Wisconsin
• Windom, Minnesota

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT ROTATION PROGRAM – 2 Tracks:

• Engineering track: roles such as Manufacturing Engineer, Industrial Engineer, Mechatronics Engineer, Quality Engineer, Safety Engineer, Continuous Improvement Engineer, Material Flow Engineer, Production Supervisor
• Supply Chain track: roles such as Production Control, Materials Manager, Planner, Sourcing Buyer, Transportation Coordinator, Continuous Improvement Coordinator, Distribution Supervisor, Service Coordinator, Production Supervisor

The program includes a 36-month commitment with three 12-month assignments located at various Company sites in the United States. Applicants are hired into their first assignment and then work with their assigned program sponsor to identify a mutually beneficial second and third assignment.

The chosen candidates will have an opportunity to learn our business from the ground up while being mentored by some of our very best leaders around the United States.

WHAT WILL YOU DO?

• Diligently work to gain skills, knowledge, and a clear understanding of relevant job duties and expectations of each assignment with local direct supervisor
• Proactively seek opportunities to contribute to the assigned team’s success, identify personal development opportunities, and deliver results to the group while developing an understanding of the suppliers, processes, customers, and metrics critical to the team’s function
• Assignments may require one or more of the following: project management, data collection, analytics, process execution, documentation, process design, continuous improvement, direct line support, supervision, supplier management, etc.
• Build an understanding of the interrelationships of different functions and how they all support the creation of customer, shareholder, and stakeholder value
• Collaborate with sponsor to identify next rotation assignments and improve the Operations Rotation Program
• Share best practices from previous rotations with host sites
• Prepare and present report outs to leadership for each rotation
• All other projects and tasks as assigned

In addition, you will:

• Be assigned to a director-level sponsor, meet quarterly
• Report directly to manager at assigned rotational site
• May supervise hourly employees

WHAT DO YOU NEED?

• Ability to flexibly commit to 3 twelve month rotations, in three different functions, and three different locations (sites are located across the US).
• Bachelor’s degree in Operations Management, Supply Chain, Manufacturing Technology, Manufacturing, Industrial, Mechatronics Engineering or similar concentration.
• Strong MS Suite skills
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects / initiatives at one time
• Self-motivated, able to work well under pressure, attend to details, and meet deadlines
• Ability to work independently as well as in a group/team setting
• Strong interest in manufacturing environment, seeking growth in personal skills/knowledge/abilities and responsibility
• Ability to analyze multifaceted, complex situations, problems, and concepts
• Proficient written and verbal communication skills with the ability to effectively interact with individuals from a wide range of backgrounds
• Desire to advance knowledge and skills in coaching and mentoring others
• Aptitude and desire to gain understanding of situations, processes, and procedures in an effort to improve them
• Knowledgeable in concepts of Kanban, min/max, ROP, MRP, poke yoke, etc., preferred
• Knowledge / experience in Lean material flow concepts, systems and tools such as Plan for Every Part (PFEP), pull systems, supermarkets, scheduling boards, Tugger routes, etc., preferred
• Ability to work up to 50% of time in manufacturing and distribution center environment to collaborate with teams and identify/implement improvements

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), political affiliation, military service, or other non-merit based factors. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

When the PhD path leads to career struggles

A doctoral degree is a major commitment. Think carefully.

I appreciated reading Kara Miller’s The Big Idea column “PhD: Pretty heavily disappointed” (Business, May 22), about people with doctoral degrees struggling to build careers in academia. It made me think back to a conversation I had when I was about to graduate from high school.

I happened to run into a former track coach of mine, and as we were reminiscing he asked me what I planned as a major in college. “History,” I responded. He said, “Why don’t you take some computer classes also? It never hurts to be able to do something useful.”

I did not reflect on his motivation at the time, but my track coach was a young guy, and he was probably giving me advice straight from his own life, as a parent trying to raise his own young children. I did take computer classes in college and ultimately received a PhD in chemical engineering. I always remember that conversation as being a kind of turning point.

Earning a doctoral degree is a life commitment of great proportion. It can take, as Miller notes, between four and seven years. If we think of working life as roughly between the ages of 22 and 65, then a PhD requires more than 10 percent of a person’s working life. People need to think carefully about that investment.

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Two powerful arguments in favor of the path of science, technology, engineering, and math are that there tend to be more STEM jobs for PhDs, and many universities’ STEM departments are generous in covering their PhD students’ tuition and cost of studies, including a stipend toward food, rent, and other expenses.

Stuart Gallant

Not much has changed in 30 years

As I prepared to graduate in 1995 with a doctor of education degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, my mother memorably said to me, “Of my four children, you are the one with the most education and the smallest salary.” Apparently not much has changed in 30 years.

I must congratulate these students, however, on following their passion rather than following the money. I can’t help but think that their lives, though stressful, may contain greater happiness.

Peggy Clark

Lawyers & electricians & philosophers, oh my!

Kara Miller’s column on the career challenges for people with doctoral degrees generated more than 260 comments on Boston.Globe.com. The following is an edited sample of readers’ reactions:

Lots of law school grads are underemployed as well. (PL)

So true, PL. The market in Massachusetts is flooded with talented lawyers seeking work. (Roforma)

Supply and demand, the market at work. (guk)

Investing in education and research in all fields is the hallmark of a society with staying power. Disinvesting from these endeavors signals decline and decay. (Massachusetts citizen)

Electricians, plumbers, mechanics, and other skilled technical professions have no problems getting $100k jobs with great benefits. (ramsen)

Not enough turnover from tenured professors, leaving little space for new faculty. Although the tenured, well-established professors are needed, it’s the junior faculty who are hungry and with new ideas that help build new programs. The whole graduate program model is a bad model. I worked two jobs, had my tuition and some type of minimal student health insurance and could barely cover the rent with my stipend, and the second job paid for everything else. Though I was working on many faculty projects, it was the faculty who said this would be good for me. Never did they say it was also good for them. (TravelerofNJ2)

I just retired from a tenured faculty position in science. I’m in my early 70s. I have colleagues who are still doing what they do well into their 70s, a couple approaching 80. There is no active incentive from the university to move the older faculty on, to make way for a new generation. (Lola-lola)

The next step is for adjuncts to go on strike across the nation and hold colleges and universities accountable. The current system is completely absurd. (Wordsmith2358)

Universities should be required to release disclosure data about the fate of their PhD graduates. (davidman820)

I knew an attorney who managed a Cheesecake Factory. She had worked in food services through school. As an attorney, she really did not make that much money and was not doing the field of law of her choice. How many real estate closings can you do without dying of boredom? She went into management in the food industry and makes the same salary. (Antietem)

It was always a question and puzzling to me why people study philosophy. (Blazer27)

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Texas A&M forward Janiah Barker to transfer to UCLA

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Janiah Barker , the No. 3-ranked prospect from the Class of 2022, has committed to UCLA out of the transfer portal, she announced on social media Tuesday.

Barker, a 6-foot-4 forward from Georgia, spent her first two seasons at Texas A&M , where she was the highest-ranked recruit in program history. She originally committed to Georgia, when current Texas A&M coach Joni Taylor was still at the helm there but followed Taylor to College Station.

Barker appeared in only 19 games as a freshman due to injury but was the only SEC rookie to lead her team in scoring (12.7 PPG), while also putting up 5.9 rebounds per game and earning SEC All-Freshman honors.

As a sophomore in 2023-24, Barker's 12.2 points per game were tied for second on the Aggies, and she also averaged 7.6 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.3 steals per contest.

UCLA -- which fell in the Sweet 16 to LSU this past NCAA tournament and finished 27-7 on the season -- had an aggressive offseason in the transfer portal, also adding former Washington State guard Charlisse Leger-Walker and Oregon State forward Timea Gardiner .

With forward Lauren Betts and guard Kiki Rice already on the team as rising juniors, coach Cori Close has ESPN HoopGurlz's No. 1 (Betts), No. 2 (Rice), No. 3 (Barker) and No. 6 (Gardiner)-ranked recruits from the class of 2022 on her roster.

The Bruins -- who are entering the Big Ten this upcoming season upon the disintegration of the Pac-12 -- figure to be a top-two preseason favorite in their new league as they eye the program's first NCAA Final Four appearance.

UC regents order UCLA to pay $10 million annually in ‘Calimony’ for three years

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The University of California regents on Tuesday ordered the school to pay conference rival California a maximum $10-million annual subsidy for leaving the Pac-12, but in a temporary triumph for UCLA , for only half of the previously proposed period .

By a vote of 7-1, the regents’ special committee on athletics endorsed the plan for UCLA pay Cal for each of the next three years — instead of six — because of a projected $50-million-per-year disparity in the schools’ athletic revenue with UCLA joining the Big Ten Conference.

The regents said they intended to revisit the payment amount halfway through UCLA’s six-year contract with the Big Ten that ends in 2029-30. They also agreed that any change in revenue or expenses for UCLA or Cal exceeding 10% of the 2024-25 figures would trigger immediate discussions to adjust the payment amount.

The measure still has to be approved by the full board of regents Thursday, though that’s expected to be a formality.

UC president Michael V. Drake had recommended that UCLA make the $10-million payment through the full duration of the school’s Big Ten contract. The eight-figure payment the regents approved represented the high end of the $2-million-to-$10-million range they discussed in December 2022 as part of their efforts to help close the gap in athletic revenue between the schools.

Regent Keith Ellis, who represented the lone dissenting vote, said during the open session held at UC Merced that the payments set an unwarranted precedent.

“We historically haven’t done anything like this,” Ellis said, “where we take from one campus and give to another, playing, I guess, Robin Hood.”

It’s likely that college sports will look vastly different by the time the regents revisit UCLA’s subsidy. Athletes could soon be considered employees of their universities with revenue-sharing agreements in place that drastically alter the way athletic departments operate.

“The landscape is so turbulent,” Cal chancellor Carol Christ said. “We’re going to have very difficult choices ahead.”

UCLA is being forced to pay the subsidy known as “Calimony” after announcing in June 2022 that it was leaving the Pac-12 alongside USC for the Big Ten and a far more lucrative media-rights deal starting this August. Oregon and Washington subsequently decided to join their Southern California counterparts in the Big Ten, further contributing to the dissolution of the Pac-12.

Cal later agreed to join Stanford and Southern Methodist as part of an expanded Atlantic Coast Conference while taking a reduced share of the conference’s media-rights deal.

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UCLA, which was represented at the regents meeting by athletic director Martin Jarmond, is expected to make roughly $60 million a year in media-rights revenue compared to only around $11 million for Cal during its first seven years of ACC membership. The Golden Bears will receive larger percentages of conference revenue over the next two years before getting a full share in Year 10.

Critics of the “Calimony” payments that will total at least $30 million feel UCLA is being unfairly punished for seeking the best deal to secure its own future as part of a rapidly changing college sports landscape. Should the Bruins bear the responsibility for being proactive, not to mention a more coveted commodity than the Golden Bears?

Student regent Merhawi Tesfai, a UCLA graduate student who is seeking master’s degree in social welfare and public policy, said he could not support the maximum payment for an indefinite period given the inevitable collapse of the Pac-12.

“I think we’re essentially hurting UCLA as they go to a more competitive conference,” Tesfai said, “on top of the impacts that have been put on Berkeley going to the ACC.”

A $10-million annual payment could put UCLA at a competitive disadvantage in its new conference, particularly when it’s added to a yearly tab as high as $10.32 million that the school has committed to spending on enhanced nutrition, mental health and academic tutoring for athletes in addition to more chartered flights to mitigate travel challenges.

The subsidy also represents a setback for an athletic department that has run up $167.7 million in debt since the 2019 fiscal year, spurring the move to the Big Ten that will provide value beyond the media-rights deal. UCLA also is expected to receive a larger share of College Football Playoff revenue as well as more money from NCAA tournament distributions based on the Big Ten’s recent success in both events.

Now some of that money will be headed to Berkeley, which faces its own massive deficit. Christ said her school’s athletic department was using a five-pronged approach to improve its bottom line by centralizing athletic scholarships in the financial aid office; raising a $100-million endowment for Olympic sports; increasing the revenues generated from Memorial Stadium via more income-producing events; dissolving some funds functioning as endowments and increasing the takeout of athletic endowments to the maximum; and using the UCLA subsidy.

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Ben Bolch has been a Los Angeles Times staff writer since 1999. He is serving his second stint as the UCLA beat writer, which seems fitting since he has covered almost every sports beat except hockey and horse racing. Bolch is also the author of the recently released book “100 Things UCLA Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.” He previously covered UCLA basketball from 2010-11 before going on to cover the NBA and the Clippers for five years. He happily traded in gobs of hotel points and airline miles to return to cover UCLA basketball and football in the summer of 2016. Bolch was once selected by NBA TV’s “The Starters” as the “Worst of the Week” after questioning their celebrity journalism-style questions at an NBA All-Star game and considers it one of his finer moments.

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