[Vision2020] Not Good Neighbors

[J Ford]

In order to be considered part of the academic community, doesn't one 
actually have to be a certified, trained or at the very least experienced 
and recognized academic peer?

Does writing a book, no matter how poorly researched or how inaccurate it 
may be, automatically make one a member of the academia?

J  :]




>From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
>To: "Moscow Vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>Subject: [Vision2020] Not Good Neighbors
>Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 07:27:35 -0800
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> >From today's (January 28, 2006) Lewiston Tribune with a special thanks to
>Nick Gier -
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>Not good neighbors
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>In April 2000, I gave a talk to the students and faculty of New Saint
>Andrews College. At that time, I congratulated Doug Wilson on the success 
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>both NSA and Logos School.
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>In December 2002, I invited NSA faculty and students to the regional 
>meeting
>of the American Academy of Religion to be held in Moscow. NSA President Roy
>Atwood defended NSA's absence by saying that they "had better things to 
>do."
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>In a letter to Moscow-Pullman Daily News May 23, 2003, Atwood wrote that 
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>college was an accredited institution. The problem, however, is that NSA 
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>not receive its accreditation until December 2005.
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>In October 2003, the community learned of the existence of Wilson's booklet
>on slavery in the antebellum South in which he stated that "there has never
>been a multiracial society which has existed with such mutual intimacy and
>harmony in the history of the world" (page 24).
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>When two University of Idaho history professors wrote a paper criticizing
>Wilson, his reaction was to write Gov. Dirk Kempthorne and request that the
>professors be disciplined.
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>An important academic virtue is collegiality, which consists of respect for
>-- and cooperation with -- all members of the academic community. I believe
>that we can conclude from NSA's actions that it has not been a very good
>academic citizen.
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>The supreme irony is that nine of the 15 NSA faculty have or are expecting
>13 UI degrees. For more on NSA's academic transgressions see:
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>http://users.adelphia.net/~nickgier/nsaccred.htm
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>Nick Gier
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>Moscow
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>Very well stated, Nick.
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>New Saint Andrews College, owned and operated by The Whinery at the
>southeast corner of Fifth and Washington.
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>Take care, Moscow.
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>Tom Hansen
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>Just Another Intolerista Liberal Elitista Diversity-Cleansing Wacko Nutjob
>Loose in the Palouse Doing What Comes Natural
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>"I think one of the best ways to support education is to make successful
>private schools like Logos prosper through tax exemption."
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>- Donovan Arnold (July 11, 2005)
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