(Remind me to tell anyone who is interested why I walked out of Rutgers law School and moved my family from New Jersey after a short speech for prospective students by the admissions office of the law school.)
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Sep 23 2004 1:00PM
Saudi Arabia freezing accounts of terrorists - ambassador
MOSCOW. Sept 23 (Interfax) - Saudi Arabia is taking urgent measures to freeze the accounts of organizations and individuals related to terrorism, Saudi Ambassador to Russia Mohamed Hassan Abdel Wali said in an interview published in the Thursday edition of Nezavisimaya Gazeta.
"Our authorities are taking urgent measures to freeze the financial assets and accounts of persons and organizations related to terrorism at the demand of the UN Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee and other international organizations," he said.
http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/0/28.html?id_issue=10705276
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Okay -- so there I am in some classroom in Rutger's law in Newark. As a good Jersey boy, I'd never been to the City of Newark -- though I had flown from the Airport many times.
I drive down MLK Blvd. toward the School, and I am directed to a parking lot with an 8 foot fence with round razor-blade wire on it. (I am thrilled in my nifty red convertible).
Once I passed the metal detector to enter the School, I exchange some nice chat with other prospective students. In one of the presentations, the rubber hits the road.
After hearing a Professor descibe how great he legal clinics are, the ponytailed Prof. uses as an example, his recent work with law students to help a triple murderer in one of the Carolina's get a change of menu, as he had converted to a new religion. (At this point, I am leaning out of my seat toward the door -- my wife sensing my disdain.)
Then for the moment of truth!
Up comes the assistant admissions director. I believe that was her title. She said something in that class that almost sounded tawdry. It was awkward, in that I felt like she was telling a secret she should not have. She said, and this is a quote:
"The program we are most proud of here, is our 33% set-aside admissions programs for minorities. These people do not have to meet the same LSAT or admissions requirements as our other applicants."
End direct quote. She then added a few lines about the importance of diversity in understanding the law.
I leaned over to my wife -- the girl I met in a small Jersey town in the second grade, and said, "we're moving to Virginia." I stood up in the middle of her presentation and worked across the crowded room to walk out.
I never looked back. I sent the woman a letter protesting the discrimination and registering my disgust. I never even received the courtesy of a response. (It cost me 10K in extra tuition, but at what cost would one sell his or her principles.)
It was a shocking experience -- and one that led me from my home state to my new adopted home in Virginia. (While I live in Liberal occupied Northern Virginia, I did go to one of the few conservative law schools in the Country, George Mason.)
For those of you still in Jersey -- send Rutgers a letter and see if that public school is still discriminating with your tax dollars.
I'm interested Iron Eagle in hearing that story.