Hey, that is nice and may be the way they do it. I really do not know, but I suspect that is "boiler plate" language and may or may not be enforced. However, just for argument, lets consider to whom the Univ would verify such data. To you? No. To me? No. To the SEC with whom the document was filed? Probably, upon proper query from that agency. Perhaps they did make such an inquiry and were satisfied? I am sure we will never know either way.
I can tell you the way that the Univ of Arkansas does it: UofA is one of the few schools who has a senior walk where the names of graduates are carved in the sidewalk. When someone asserts their privacy rights here, they even go out and sandblast the name off of the sidewalk! (Something that was very public is now very private!) Further, if the request is made prior to graduation, they are not in the graduation program, and are not part of the graduation ceremony.
I think folks can "claim" PhD's or anything else they wish. There are lots of "diploma mills" ot there that will grant just about any degree you want upon the payment of a fee. I think 20/20 did a piece on them a few years ago.
However, all of that said, I wonder why it is that you ask others to ask that question? If you really want an answer, then why don't you just ask it yourself? I suspect it is because you really don't want an answer, but find better use of the issue to create doubt among shareholders where none might have existed before? Becides, if you get an answer and it is not as you wish, that would blow your opportunity to use it against the company, right? Actually, I don't think you can effectively cause doubt with that one. There is so much doubt being raised by pertinant issues that such a minor point as to how a university handles pricacy issues is, for the most part, irrelevant. Reference: The current share price! |
