Word: solomons
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That may prove to be more of a curse than a blessing. Last week a federal judge struck down Cleveland's voucher program, ruling that it violates the constitutional separation of church and state. Citing Jefferson and Madison, Judge Solomon Oliver Jr. wrote that because four-fifths of the private schools participating in the voucher program are religious, the program robs parents of "genuine choice" between sectarian and secular schools, thus "advancing religion through government-supported religious indoctrination." The decision is the fourth in recent months to bar the use of vouchers in parochial schools, and voucher opponents--mainly teachers...
...thought to be much thornier than the separation of church and state. But Tuesday, a U.S. district judge in Cincinnati dove right into the thorn bush, declaring Cleveland's four-year-old voucher system illegal. Although the program will continue until a higher court makes its ruling, Judge Solomon Oliver Jr. ruled that the voucher program - which allows families to send their children to private schools using public funds - is unconstitutional. Because most of the subsidized students attend religious schools, Oliver said, the vouchers provide taxpayer money for religious instruction. Ohio's attorney general vows to appeal the ruling...
...Sheppard Manisha S. Shetty John H. Shin Yayoi J. Shionoiri Eliot Shmukler Rebekah L. Shoaf Catherine M. Siciliano Lisa R. Silverman Joshua H. Simon Ashika Singh David A. Sivak Brian T. Smith Zachary H. Smith Akiba E. Smith-Francis Irene J. So Peter A. Soderland Sunana Sohi Hayley F Solomon Michelle D. Spotnitz Shannon A. Stackhouse Jennifer M.S. Stager Marianne Staninnas Benjamin F. Stapleton Jamie L. Stark Shana M. Starobin Shaun A. Steigman Justin P. Steil Ryan D. Steingard Jason R. Stevenson Beth A. Stewart Jason D. Stewart Jim Stewart Benjamin A. Stingle Matthew N. Stollar Eva C. Stone Kaya...
...idea for the AAB event came after member Solomon Liou '02 saw a call for minority-targeted bone marrow drives on the Internet. The request came from the Asian American Donor Program (AADP), a division of the National Marrow Donor Program, a California-based organization created to increase the pool of bone marrow donors...
Osterberg also stressed the importance of updating the anti-virus programs on students' computers. He said one such anti-virus program, Dr. Solomon's Anti-Virus Toolkit, is available for free use on FAS public servers...