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it is a scholarship program not a admissions program random thoughts Send a noteboard - 25/08/2011 09:12:47 PM
like the article says. It still makes you wonder why they feel the need to increase the number of LGBT students at a liberal arts school in the name of diversity. Is this a group that is being under represented in the liberals arts? I could just be buying in to the stereo type but I would bet against it, I would bet against with a lot of money and bad odds. If what they truly wanted was diversity of thought and ideas wouldn't they look for under represented groups and encourage more of them to enroll instead of just picking the latest Cause Celeb regardless of need? If what they wanted was true diversity of thought they would try and recruit students who wouldn't normally be drawn to a liberal arts university?
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A fine example of the fuzzy logic of the left random thoughts - 25/08/2011 06:30:36 PM 1099 Views
Personally I still favor demographic blind subsidies as the best route to meritocracy. Joel - 25/08/2011 08:18:20 PM 689 Views
it works for gender as well random thoughts - 25/08/2011 09:02:58 PM 700 Views
Sure; insert your demographic here. Joel - 26/08/2011 12:51:48 AM 743 Views
Preferential in possible scholarships but not admissions process according to the article Roland00 - 25/08/2011 10:26:25 PM 607 Views
What's your point? Joel - 26/08/2011 12:54:41 AM 580 Views
There are colleges that don't allow homosexuals - or men, or women for that matter. Legolas - 25/08/2011 10:35:05 PM 680 Views
Alright then, socially unacceptable. Joel - 26/08/2011 01:00:16 AM 712 Views
Ummm, did you read the article? Great Lord of Chaos - 25/08/2011 08:40:46 PM 757 Views
Ah, but you are not reading it either Dark Knight - 25/08/2011 08:53:39 PM 736 Views
But that's just a scholarship. Great Lord of Chaos - 25/08/2011 09:34:23 PM 720 Views
so you would OK if the only offered it to straight students? *NM* random thoughts - 25/08/2011 09:50:44 PM 261 Views
You do realize that there are indeed universities refusing admission to gay students? Legolas - 25/08/2011 10:02:41 PM 579 Views
I would have no problem with a LGBT only school as long as it didn't take state money random thoughts - 25/08/2011 10:27:48 PM 655 Views
This is a private university, not a state university *NM* Roland00 - 25/08/2011 10:29:15 PM 298 Views
sorry that ended with NM. Were you trying to make a point if so I missed it *NM* random thoughts - 25/08/2011 10:40:48 PM 314 Views
I expect some donor created a scholarship with that stipulation. Tim - 25/08/2011 10:40:09 PM 682 Views
I know my reply to his message may have made in seem that I was objecting to the scholarship random thoughts - 25/08/2011 11:10:33 PM 702 Views
If you're talking about "affirmative action", then yes, I oppose that. Tim - 26/08/2011 09:19:33 AM 638 Views
no I was talking about feel good solutions to imaginary problems random thoughts - 26/08/2011 01:38:33 PM 705 Views
it is a scholarship program not a admissions program random thoughts - 25/08/2011 09:12:47 PM 700 Views
I don't really have a problem with this Isaac - 25/08/2011 09:03:55 PM 753 Views
I am not arguing that they shouldn't be allowed to do it random thoughts - 25/08/2011 09:29:54 PM 609 Views
Fair Enough Isaac - 25/08/2011 09:41:25 PM 656 Views
The United Church of Christ is a rather liberal denomination - celebrating gay marriages, notably. Legolas - 25/08/2011 10:06:26 PM 620 Views
their stated motive was to increase diversity random thoughts - 25/08/2011 10:09:17 PM 770 Views
well. It could be they just needed a reason, but for some reason couldn't be forthright? LadyLorraine - 26/08/2011 03:28:52 AM 606 Views
One of your lines struck me. Nate - 25/08/2011 10:12:32 PM 759 Views
that happened in the US, we elected Bush as a result random thoughts - 25/08/2011 10:35:05 PM 583 Views
That's an interesting point... Legolas - 25/08/2011 10:37:37 PM 679 Views
yes but but despite how much he was hated by the left the right saw him different random thoughts - 25/08/2011 11:32:19 PM 794 Views
Re: yes but but despite how much he was hated by the left the right saw him different Legolas - 26/08/2011 09:57:13 PM 682 Views
Re: that happened in the US, we elected Bush as a result Nate - 25/08/2011 10:55:29 PM 704 Views
I don't think most people believed Obama was a centrist so much as the anti-Bush random thoughts - 26/08/2011 12:40:43 AM 629 Views
I think you'll find very few Europeans agreeing with that assessment. Legolas - 26/08/2011 10:18:19 PM 604 Views
It's also worth noting ... Nate - 25/08/2011 11:00:35 PM 584 Views
Wow what a strawman Roland00 - 25/08/2011 10:23:45 PM 767 Views
yes to bad none of that address the point I was making which would make your argument a strawman random thoughts - 25/08/2011 10:40:01 PM 561 Views
No I do not believe they are needed, nor do I believe they should be desired Roland00 - 25/08/2011 10:47:51 PM 742 Views
so you don't disagree with me or you do? random thoughts - 25/08/2011 11:47:05 PM 703 Views
Ridiculous. Everyone knows conservatives are incapable of creativity. TaskmasterJack - 25/08/2011 11:12:10 PM 575 Views
are they going to make students prove they are GLBT? random thoughts - 25/08/2011 11:36:58 PM 628 Views
I would definetly check "yes" Aisha - 26/08/2011 12:11:29 AM 751 Views
but if they wanted to increase diversity they would offer yo a scholarship for being Muslim random thoughts - 26/08/2011 12:46:46 AM 613 Views
id be a gay muslim, so Id be 3 minorities, a woman, a muslim and a lesbian, now if only I was black! Aisha - 26/08/2011 02:16:50 AM 676 Views
I think it's less a failing of the "left"... LadyLorraine - 26/08/2011 03:25:42 AM 695 Views
I agree there is a lot of fuzzy logic on the right as well random thoughts - 26/08/2011 02:41:03 PM 639 Views
*nod* I don't deny that it's a problem LadyLorraine - 26/08/2011 04:26:56 PM 749 Views
a question for you... Dominic - 26/08/2011 08:08:10 PM 831 Views
I guess my question for you is how I made it sound like LGBT=liberal random thoughts - 26/08/2011 09:47:16 PM 597 Views
My guess is because you referenced "the lefts" fuzzy logic in a thread about a LGBT scholarship. Joel - 26/08/2011 11:07:32 PM 761 Views
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