When scandals are large, people tend to make them generic and want to view them as all the same. Poor Matt Damon was roasted when during the original outrage at MeToo he declared that not all sexual offenses are the same. Of course he was correct but the movement went after him for saying not all these offenses were the same and they should not be punished the same. He ended up issuing an apology why, I don't know. Patting someone on the butt is not the same as rape-sorry Me Tooers but they're not.
Just the same as making a donation hoping you'll get something for it is not the same as having someone else take your kid's SAT test, or have a proctor collect your kids test and change the answers to give him/her a higher score. They are not the same.
The parents, coaches and administrators who did these things to get kids into colleges they did not belong in were wrong=criminals.
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Doesn’t mean I support the favoritism of wealthy idiots either.
The latter is lawful, but the sex is paid for.
And yes, it is Lent so I am in confession mode.
Did it because they love the school. Not because they thought it would get their kids in. So, this moral equivalence argument is complete bullshit, imho.
...give money because they want to have buildings named after them, first and foremost.
And if you don't think DeBartolo would expect his kids to get in, you are dreaming.
Even though dad was a trustee.
Dad Debartolo waited until Hesburgh retired to make his $33M donation. Who knows if the timing is coincidental or not.
Link: https://books.google.com/books?id=o4Xm2vDh_wcC&pg=PA136&lpg=PA136&dq=debartolo+child+not+admitted+notre+dame&source=bl&ots=G8e-A2w7If&sig=ACfU3U0LxdJPtKWUgAlpMAub5NuB-oHcuQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjY8v2l4IHhAhUGnlkKHZydD-kQ6AEwCXoECAIQAQ#v=onepage&q=debarto
I sure hope you aren’t the Maurice Hyman Goldfarb Professor of blah blah at Yeshiva South, bro.
On what you meant by that?
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Just certain people....no need for that shit
The last line in my diploma says:
Judaica Iocos Concessa Sunt
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I always maintain they let me in because they were afraid I might be related....
(Interestingly his family would not let him go to ND because he was too much of a hell raiser.)
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are athletes.
The author posits that there is little difference between the former (ol' school option) and the alleged criminal conduct forming the basis for the indictment.
In both scenarios, there is a bribe -- a deliberate end run to get kid in school (not based upon merit).
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the election....namely, "the system is rigged" for the good old boys. This resonated with both R's and D's, and the concern carries over to college acceptance.
This is a matter of fundamental fairness. I have no problem with eliminating the "old way" of making a big donation to get your kid into school. if that is a side effect of this incident, then that is only fair from my perspective.
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They stopped Sanders. And they are trying to take down Trump with their bureaucratic power.
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