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January 18

Diploma Mills and Homeland Security

Written by Rob Hunter at 11:55 AM

Hard-working UW-Madison students aspiring to enter the federal bureaucracy should know that they are wasting their time by actually taking classes (and paying for them): hundreds of high-level federal employees (including those in the DoD, DoJ, and Homeland Security) have done just fine by getting their bachelors’, masters’, and PhD degrees from phony universities, diploma mills, and in fact seemingly anywhere but legitimately accredited institutions: a reason.com link

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January 3

Shirley Chisolm, 1924-2005

Written by Rob Hunter at 04:28 PM

Shirley Chisholm, tireless advocate for minorities, women, and the poor, the first African-American woman elected to Congress, and the first African-American major-party candidate for the Presidency, died on New Year’s Day. She was 80 years old.

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January 1

Happy New Year

Written by Mac VerStandig at 12:00 AM

Best wishes to all for a wonderful 2005…

“And ther’s a hand, my trusty friend,
And gie’s a hand o’ thine;
We’ll tak’ a cup o’ kindness yet,
For auld lang syne.
For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne,
We’ll tak’ a cup o’ kindness yet,
For auld lang syne.”

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