[Vision2020] State of Idaho and NSA

[Art Deco]

Donovan,

Holy Jesus!

I am reposting Rose's clear, incisive note with additional emphasis below.  Perhaps you need to turn on HTML email formatting to make it easier to read what cannot be any clearer English.  Note very carefully the use of the word "or" in Section 11-9.47 of the Moscow Zoning Ordinance.  Notice that there is no, none, not any, nada, very conspicuously absent mention of the word "accreditation" in this emphasized first qualifying disjunct*,[1], of the definition in the Moscow ordinance section below.  Hence, your:

This certificate is not the same thing
as academic approval and accreditation by the State
Board of Education. Title 33 Chapter 1 Section 107-06
(a) of Idaho Code states,

is not applicable.  

Perhaps with all your A's in logic, you need to review the meaning of and truth tables for disjunctive* clauses/sentences.  If Rose has misquoted the ordinance so as to leave out the word accreditation coupled by a conjunction in the definition, please direct us to the applicable URL so that we can correct our mistake.

Art Deco (Wayne A. Fox)
deco at moscow.com

*Disjunct: A clause in a compound sentence joined to that sentence with the word "or" or a similar cognate.

For remediation see:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_table


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: DonaldH675 at aol.com 
  To: vision2020 at moscow.com 
  Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 10:27 PM
  Subject: [Vision2020] State of Idaho and NSA


    Visionaries:

    I have really, really tried not to engage in this conversation - after all, there is only room for one know-it-all at a time on V2020.  So, move over Donovan and while you are moving please read the paragraphs below.  The first one deals with city code.  The second one, easily found on the NSA website, outlines the role of the State of Idaho in so far as NSA is concerned.  You will note upon comparison of the requirements of Moscow zoning code and the acknowledgement of the State of Idaho that NSA is indeed recognized as an institution of higher learning, that you have, yet again seized the wrong end of the stick.

    Paragraph 1

    City of Moscow  - Title 4 - Zoning Code

    Sec. 11-9. Definitions. . . .
    47. Institution, Educational. A college or university supported by public or private funds, tuitions, contributions or endowments, giving advanced academic instructions as [1] approved by the State Board of Education     or         [2] by a recognized accrediting agency, excluding preschool, elementary and junior or senior high schools, and trade and commercial schools; including fraternity and sorority houses. (emphasis added)

    Paragraph 2

    Authorization by the State of Idaho
    Updated 13 October 2004

    Prior to the 2003-2004 academic year, the College registered with the State Board of Education as a non-accredited postsecondary institution, as required by law. The Idaho State Board of Education's Chief Academic Officer then issued the College a "Certificate of Approval" which stated, "This is to certify that New St. Andrews College is approved by the Idaho State Board of Education to offer courses in Idaho." The "Certificate of Approval" was issued for each calendar year, effective July 1 through June 30.
    http://www.nsa.edu/mission/authorization.html

    This issue is really a no-brainer, and one of the undisputed facts of the case - 

    Rose Huskey


  "One cannot level one's moral lance at every evil in the universe. There are just too many of them. But you can do something, and the difference between doing something and doing nothing is everything." Daniel Berrigan




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