I've spoken to many chairmen in other universities, both in the Florida State system and outside, and they all say the failure rate in mathematics is high.

This is not some emerging problem. This is something chronic. We try and deal with it, but there's no magic bullet.

The math courses have a high failure rate, we're very aware of that and we've taken many measures to try and alleviate this situation. In the math department, we spend a lot of time trying to think of ways to teach the students better and help them succeed.

Of all the fictions we heard last week in Tampa, the one I find most troubling is this: If we all just go our own way, our nation will be stronger for it. Because if we sever the threads that connect us, the only people who will go far are those who are already ahead.

I think Americans are wonderful film actors - the best in the world - but they are a very contemporary race and they look forward all the time.

For a long time I didn't want to do a solo thing, but there comes a point where everyone else is going outside of The Strokes and The Strokes filtering process.