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To: longnshort who wrote (6013)	2/20/2006 11:53:03 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (2) of 9838

Pappy' Shot Down by Campus Ignoramuses WSJ- Opinion Page ^ \| Friday, February 17, 2006 2:31 p.m. EST \| John Fund It's well known that college students today aren't as educated in our nation's history as they should be, but it's still hard to grasp the mind-bending political correctness just displayed by the University of Washington's student senate at its campus in Seattle. The issue before the Senate this month was a proposed memorial to World War II combat pilot Gregory "Pappy" Boyington, a 1933 engineering graduate of the university, who was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his service commanding the famed "Black Sheep" squadron in the Pacific. The student senate rejected the memorial because "a Marine" is not "an example of the sort of person UW wants to produce." Digging themselves in deeper, the student opponents of the memorial indicated: "We don't need to honor any more rich white males." Other opponents compared Boyington's actions during World War II with murder. Read more at opinionjournal.com .... opinionjournal.com

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