[Vision2020] NSA Students Not Educated for UI

[keely emerinemix]

I think the writer makes an excellent point, one that begs the question of why young men and women so committed to a paleo-confederate, libertarian, isolationist "Christian" worldview such as that offered by NSA would want to grace the halls of a godless, secular, destined-for-destruction government school like the UI anyway.  keely> From: thansen at moscow.com> To: vision2020 at moscow.com> Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 11:45:25 -0700> Subject: [Vision2020] NSA Students Not Educated for UI> > >From today's (April 24, 2007) UI Argonaut -> > --------------------------------------------------------------> > NSA students not educated for UI> > Tara Roberts' article on the university's policy of not recognizing degrees> from New Saint Andrews College was very informative, but it did raise an> issue that was left unaddressed. > She quotes Brad Littlejohn as saying, "many of the faculty, ... don't like> NSA and don't want to encourage us by accepting our students." There are no> quotes from any university faculty members in response to this assertion. > > One reason people might object to the university accepting graduate students> with degrees from NSA is that the college was founded by Doug Wilson's> Christ Church. Doug Wilson was co-author of the book "Southern Slavery: As> It Was," which argued that, "slave life was to [slaves] a life of plenty, of> simple pleasures, of food, clothes, and good medical care." This is not a> good reason for not recognizing NSA degrees. Every NSA student doesn't> necessarily agree with Wilson, and no one should be kept out of a public> university for his beliefs. > > A better reason for not recognizing an NSA degree is their curriculum is> very narrow. Caitlin Rice mentioned that NSA has only two classrooms, but> she didn't mention how many scientific labs they have: zero. Reading a> six-foot stack of books every year may compensate for a lack of lecture> time, but there's no substitute for lab work in science. Only three books> are listed in the NSA "Natural Philosophy" required reading, and one of them> is actually about math, Euclid's Elements. Another of these books is about> biology, Darwin's "Origin of Species." I've never taken any Natural> Philosophy courses at NSA, but for some reason I doubt they treat Darwin's> theory of natural selection in the same manner as an accredited university. > > The university shouldn't refuse to recognize an NSA degree because of> Wilson's moral bankruptcy. They should refuse to recognize it because the> NSA offers a narrow, biased curriculum that is unfit for accreditation.> > Geoff Beidler> graduate student, computer engineering> > --------------------------------------------------------------> > Seeya round town, Moscow.> > Tom Hansen> Moscow, Idaho> > "We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college> students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."> > - Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)> > > =======================================================>  List services made available by First Step Internet, >  serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.   >                http://www.fsr.net                       >           mailto:Vision2020 at moscow.com> =======================================================
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