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