SEAN TINER

(Hillary Clinton, satirical portrait by Tiner). ...Cards? ...Vegas? ...Cribbage? With 20.88 million USD in campaign debt, Clinton's summer vacation plans have changed. My suggestion, put it on black.

(The 2008 Mark P. Tiner Education Foundation Scholarship Board Meeting, selecting recipients at the offices of OCCF a (CA) 501 (C) 3.) I'm excited that The 2008 Mark P. Tiner Education Foundation Board met a few days ago and selected TWO recipients for The 2008 Tiner OC Financial Needs Scholarship. The first award will be for $1,000 and the second (thanks to recent contributions) will be announced shortly. The financial needs scholarship is to assist a diligent graduating high school senior from Orange County, CA pursue higher education. Last year the foundation awarded a $750 scholarship to a female graduating senior from Aliso Niguel High School. The awards are given off endowed funds, so they will hopefully last in perpetuity. Although I still miss my brother , I'm honored that his memory continues through the lives of the scholarship recipients. Each year it has been difficult to read through the applications and select a recipient. The immediate memories of my brot...

(Ruth Simmons (C) Tiner) Approximately 6 years ago, I remember being a nervous 18 year-old eagerly waiting to depart for Brown University and begin my undergraduate studies. Before I left, I watched a 60 Minutes program on Ruth Simmons, who recently started her tenure as president at Brown University. I remember its significance, because she was the first “black woman” Ivy League President. ( Sean Tiner & Ruth Simmons enjoying Brown Football win the 2006 Ivy League Championship) Over the next 4 years, as I developed a friendship with Ruth, I remember how the media no longer focused on her race or gender and concentrated on her accomplishments. Ruth momentously secured a $100 million dollar donation from the late Sydney Frank and started a revitalization of Brown’s academics and facilities while I was there. These significant accomplishments far transcend the labels of race and gender. Similarly the media is spending a great amount of energy on the race and gender of thi...