U of ILLINOIS SCANDAL UPDATE

Many thanks to Marathon Pundit for his diligence in reporting on this important case. The scandal revolved around Robert van der Hooning, the former University of Illinois Assistant Dean who, as Marathon Pundit writes, "spearheaded the recruitment of War on Terror veterans into the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Executive MBA program in Chicago." They say no good deed goes unpunished, and a bunch of ne'er do wells decided that van der Hooning's good deeds were evil. What a sick bunch. In his exclusive report, John Ruberry fills us in at his Marathon Pundit web site: Van der Hooning was forced out his job at the university for standing up and saying "No" as the school went back on its word to award 110 full-ride scholarships to War on Terror veterans for the 2006-07 academic year. He objected to the University changing admissions procedures for veterans and using his signature on a letter he did not write. (I've seen the letter.) University spokespersons later explained, not convincingly in my opinion, that the scholarships were meant to be distributed over a three year period. These same spokespersons were recently exposed through their own e-mails and internal documents as not telling the truth and the scholarship program was dropped. Even Lt. Governor Patrick Quinn sent the U of I Board of Trustees a sternly-worded reprimand letter a couple months ago... MUCH MORE AT MARATHON PUNDIT...