The following articles have been published about Nate, the Da Vinci Foundation, and/or his advocacy in postsecondary education policy in America.  To schedule an interview with Nate please call 917-922-2287.

National Tuition Endowment Act

1.  Top Student Activists of 2006, Mother Jones Radio broadcasted on AirAmerica, October 1, 2006 
2. TC Student Drafts Aid Bill, Columbia Spectator, NYC, October 3, 2006 
3. Students lobby U.S. senate for aid, DailyPrincetonian, Princeton, NJ, April 19, 2006
4. Robbing Joe College to Pay Sallie Mae, New York Times, December 12, 2005
5. Congress to Cut Loans for Students, Columbia Spectator, NYC, November 28, 2005
6. Congress Slashes Student Aid, Daily Universe, Brigham Young University, November 22, 2005.
7. CU Students Call Meeting to Draft Legislation for $30 Billion National Tuition Endowment, Columbia Record, November 14, 2005
8. Robin Hoods: Student activists...give to the needy with the National Tuition Endowment, Village Voice, NYC, November 11, 2005
9. Nat'l Student Group Fights to Protect Financial Aid, Columbia Spectator, NYC, November 9, 2005
10. Student Group To Draft Bill For Scholarship Program, Yale Daily News, November 5, 2005
11. Students Petition for Financial Aid Reform, Chicago Columbia Chronicle, April 28, 2005
12. Columbia U. Students Push Plan for Scholarship Endowment for Needy Students, Chronicle of Higher Education, Government and Politics, Ways and Means, April 15, 2005
13. CU Students' Loan Proposal Receives Nat'l Attention, Columbia Spectator, NYC, November 23, 2004
14. Campaign to Seek Congress' Aid on Tuition, Yale Daly News, CT, September 29, 2004 **
15. Students to Send New Tuition Plan to Congress, Columbia Spectator, NYC, September 28, 2004 ***
16. "Nathan Walker is spearheading a plan to lobby the U.S. Congress to create a National Tuition Endowment to provide increased federal financial aid." Columbia Spectator, NYC, September 24, 2004 ****

Higher Education Advocacy

1. Sakai, Agora, and Other Words You Don't Know. Columbia Spectator, NYC, November 22, 2005
2. Inside Higher Ed published Nate's response to an article about the Virginia Baptist Mission Board ending their formal relationship with Averett University because of a gay student group, April 8, 2005.
3. Panelists Discuss CU's Student Complaint Process, Columbia Spectator, NYC, April 5, 2005 *
4. University Senate Addresses Classroom Intimidation, Columbia Spectator, NYC, November 22, 2004
5. "Teachers College Receives Voting Rights in Columbia University Senate" Inside TC, NYC, April 2004
6. "TC Rallies for Affirmative Action at the U.S. Supreme Court" Inside TC, NYC, April 2003
7. "Senate Holds 'Town Hall' Expansion Meeting" Columbia Spectator, NYC, February 2, 2004

Spotlight and Reviews

1.  "Man who started at rec department continues success in New York" Reno Gazette Journal, October 6, 2006
2. "Student Spotlight: Nathan Walker" Teachers College, Columbia University, NYC, December 21, 2003 ^^^^
3. "Jack Neal's Theatre Reviews", Reno, Nevada July 23, 1999

R.O.T.C. at Columbia University

1. ROTC Debate Not Over at Columbia, Inside Higher Ed, May 19, 2005
2. University Senate Decisively Rejects ROTC in Final Meeting, Columbia Record, May 18, 2005
3. Columbia Says No, Still, to ROTC, Inside Higher Ed, May 9, 2005
4. R.O.T.C. a Truce, New York Times, May 1, 2005
5. Columbia News Tonight, Columbia School of Journalism, April 29, 2005
6. Univ. Senate Advances Toward Vote on ROTC, Columbia Spectator, NYC, April 27, 2005
7. ROTC Debate Continues at Open Forum, Columbia Spectator, NYC, April 21, 2005
8. U. Senate Hears ROTC Findings, Columbia Spectator, NYC, April 18, 2005
9. Panel Examines ROTC Conflict, Columbia Spectator, NYC, April 6, 2005
10. ROTC Debate Advances Toward Senate Decision, Columbia Spectator, NYC, April 5, 2005

Founding of Da Vinci College

1. Religion Notes, Richmond-Times Dispatch, August 6, 2005
2. "Da Vinci College offers its first course", Record Courier, NV, June 25, 2004 ^
3. "... the Da Vinci Foundation is enrolling its first students this summer" Nevada Appeal, NV, June 15, 2004
4. "College Transition Class Will Be Held" Reno Gazette-Journal, NV, June 9, 2004 ^^
5. "Carson graduate has big plans and high hopes" Nevada Appeal, NV, May 13, 2000 ^^^

 Corrections:

(*) The NTE is estimated to generate over $30.7 billion dollars over the next ten years, not $3 billion. 

(**) The NTE proposal has not been endorsed by the Department of Education or Columbia University.  Rather, the Student Affairs Committee along with other student governments within Columbia University have been the only bodies that have endorsed this proposal. 

(***) The NTE proposal was not endorsed by Brian Fitzgerald. 

(****) Correction, Nate plans to gradate from Union Theological Seminary with a M.Div. in May '05 and from Teachers College with the Ed.D. in '08.

(^) The Da Vinci Foundation will be offering the course, not Da Vinci College.  The Da Vinci Foundation is not yet beginning accreditation.  We must first secure transfer affidavits and then apply for a charter in order to be called a "college". 

(^^) The Da Vinci Foundation will be offering the course, not Da Vinci College. 

(^^^) Nate worked as the project coordinator for Columbia's Department of medicine from August 2000 to May 2002 where he was also a master's of arts student (graduate May 2002).  In the fall of 2002 he enrolled in the Ed.D. program at Teachers College and the M.Div. program at Union Theological Seminary (graduate May 2005).

(^^^^) Nate was raised in the Sierra Nevadas not the Rocky Mountains, which are located in Colorado.  Also, Nate was awarded his artist and residency position through the Nevada Arts Council, which is funded by the National Endowment of the Arts.  The NEA did not grant this award.