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...exercise of Constitutional rights,” Greenfield told the packed room of nearly 100 people.Eastman, who filed a friend-of-the-court brief in July supporting the Solomon Amendment, called the dispute an issue of “fundamental moral principle.” He countered the arguments of a friend-of-the-court brief filed by a group of 40 HLS professors, calling their argument against the Solomon Amendment “too clever by half.” He added that a “compelling argument” could be made that the government?...
...University of Illinois’ board of trustees is currently trying to resolve issues related to the Chief Illiniwek tradition. But Kaufman, whose disapproval is shared by the National Association For The Advancement Of Colored People and the American Psychological Association, said he does not see a valid argument for maintaining the Native American references. “Those people who think that [our] position is wrong, we listen to them, and they offer the same arguments that have impeded social, economic and judicial progress in the country,” Kaufman said. “Those arguments don?...
...review of the recently distributed student essays on the curricular review (“Student Curricular Review Essays Stack Up Favorably to Profs,” 10/7/05). While I think Mr. Seton did an admirable job summarizing most works, he read my work too narrowly thus distorting my argument. He wrote, “I believe Gray and Wolf make the error of assuming that (the) only way to create self-directed graduates is to allow students to direct their own studies.” This misses the ENTIRETY of my argument. I do not believe that students should...
...admirable character traits than his mental illness. Shenk’s eloquent explications of Lincoln’s speeches—as well as anecdotes of Lincoln’s kindness and good sense of humor—become more intriguing than the book’s argument that his great asset was his melancholy...
...book adds another nuance to our romanticized portrait of the Illinois Rail-Splitter. But the argument that Lincoln’s mental condition was central to his greatness loses steam...