Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  (CNN) Ka puta tētahi ataata ki te ipurangi. Kei roto, kei te waiata ngā mema o tō whare wānanga i tētahi waiata whakahāwea, whakahāwea e pā ana ki te patu i ngā Āwherika-Āmerika. Ka horapa te ataata. Ko koe te tumuaki o te whare wānanga. Whakaarohia koe i roto i taua āhuatanga. Ka aha koe? E rua ngā huarahi hei whakautu i te pātai. Ko te tuatahi i te wā o te raru. Ko te tuarua e pā ana ki te wā roa. Ka rite ki te nuinga o te katoa e mohio ana inaianei, David Boren, peresideni o te Whare Wānanga o Oklahoma, anga tika tenei āhuatanga Mane. Kua tino whakaaroaro ahau ki taua mea, ehara i te mea ko te iwi me te kaiārahi ā-iwi i Amerika anake taku whakaaro, engari nā te mea ko Boren tōku rangatira tuatahi, i a ia e noho ana hei seneta o te Hononga o Amerika. Ehara ahau i te tangata o Oklahoma, engari i mahi ahau mō Boren i te wā o te akoranga. He kaiako ia ki ahau i oku tau i Washington, he tauira hoki ki ahau i a ia e wehe ana i te Beltway kia nui ake ai te whakamahi me te mahi hei kaiwhakaako. Ahakoa kāore i kōrero mātou mai i te wā o te raru, e kite ana ahau i ngā tauira o te kaiārahi. I tere te whakautu a Boren ki te raru, me te korero i horapa. I kii a Boren ki nga akonga o Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) he korero tana ki a raatau: "He mea whakama koe. Kua takahia e koe nga mea katoa e tu ana matou. E kore e tika kia kiia koutou ko Sooners" (te ingoa ingoa OU). I haere a Boren ki te tapahi i ngā hononga katoa i waenganui i te OU me te SAE. Kua katia e te rōpū ā-motu te rōpū ā-rohe. I muri mai, ka mea a Boren ka koa ia ki te wehe atu nga akonga o te riipene ataata i te whare wananga na te mea "kaore matou e whakarato ratonga akonga mo nga kaitautoko". I te aonga ake ka peia e ia tokorua o ratou. Kua rangona ōna mahi puta noa i te motu. I runga i te pāpāho pāpori, ka kitea e te hunga i ohorere i te ataata, he mea whakamiharo hoki ki te urupare a Boren. He aha? No te mea i mahi ia i tētahi mea onge i roto i te ora tūmatanui i tēnei rā. I whakapuakina e ia he tirohanga whakatau, whakahe, me te maarama o te tikanga. Katahi ia ka mahi i tana i mea ai. Ko ana korero kaore he korero a te roia, he korero ranei. He pono tana ārahi, mai i te ngākau. Ae ra, he tangata kua kai i te kai. Ko ētahi e pā ana mēnā kei a Boren te mana ā-ture, hei upoko...
Ko David Boren, te tumuaki o te Whare Wānanga o Oklahoma, i whakautu ki te ataata whakahē. Eric Liu: I mahi a Boren i tētahi mea onge i roto i te ao tūmatanui i tēnei rā - i mahi ia i runga i te mārama ā-hinengaro.