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Selatius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-07-07 07:00 PM
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7. My best guess is somebody who donates big bucks to the school objected.
The background check was merely a pretense to give validity to the arbitrary decision. Ever since Reaganomics kicked in and money to universities was cut for tax cuts to wealthy folks, they've had to go to private donors to help off-set the loss of funding for research and development programs.
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