Posted on 03/17/2019 1:07:44 PM PDT by Liz
Earlier this week, news broke of an investigation into wealthy families (including actresses Lori Laughlin and Felicity Huffman) bribing test administrators and college athletics coaches to grant admission to their underqualified children; Stanfurd, UC L.A., and USC were among the schools involved.
The media circus has now roped in UC Berkeley. Initially, the story was just that David Sidoo (“a Canadian businessman, philanthropist, and former professional football player”) had paid $200,000 for someone to impersonate his two sons during the SATs, with his younger son ultimately ending up at Cal. At this point, there was no reason to hold Cal accountable as no university is responsible for vetting and verifying that all of their admitted students were the ones who truly took the tests. But then it got interesting.
ABC News discovered that Jordan Sidoo (aforementioned younger son) is listed as a member of our 2015 Men’s Rowing team. His biography is basically empty and he’s absent from the 2016 roster. See Sidoo’s Cal bio CalBears.com
According to ABC News, creeping on Jordan’s LinkedIn shows that he graduated from Cal “with a B.A. in history last year”.
In response, University of California President Janet Napolitano released this statement:
I was deeply troubled and disappointed to learn of the charges filed by the U.S. Department of Justice against several dozen individuals accused of cheating and accepting bribes to gain students’ unlawful admission to top universities, including the University of California. The allegations associated with UC, if proven true, are a disservice to the hardworking and accomplished students and alumni who have earned their place at the university and continue to make us proud.
Illegal, inappropriate and unethical means to gain admission, at the expense of deserving applicants, is antithetical to every aspect of our mission and values. As a public institution—one of the most highly regarded in the world—we are dedicated to ensuring a level playing field for every applicant.
We will take swift and appropriate disciplinary actions to address misconduct once we have all the facts. In the meantime, we: * Are investigating any individual affiliated with UC who has been implicated thus far; * Initiated a critical review of our admissions policies to look for weaknesses and vulnerabilities; * Reached out to The College Board to learn more about its assessment of recent developments and any potential changes regarding the administration of SAT and ACT tests to ensure the integrity of students’ scores; * Requested the latest available information from the U.S. Attorney offices in California to guide our future proactive action; and * Are collaborating with local and federal authorities in this matter to unearth the full breadth and scope of this problem.
It is unfortunate that the unethical behavior of a few individuals colors UC’s unwavering commitment to fairness and equity. The university will seize this moment as a valuable opportunity to improve its policies and practices, while continuing to be transparent, accountable and expeditious, as this is our fundamental obligation to our students—prospective, current and alumni—as well as the public. We will uncover the full truth and make things right.
It took me a while to understand the economics of this, now I think I do.
In the old days, rich people had to donate serious money to get their kids into elite schools (I’m guessing high single digit millions in today’s money).
This SAT test fakery / bogus sports resume does it for a lot less dough.
A land-grant state university.
In my chemistry pre-requisite class, I still remember the lab lady that really difficult to understand. I honestly can't remember if she was Indian or what. She kept telling people to not forget the "chickensh*t", the "chickensh*t" is very important. It took half the class period to realize that she was saying that you need to sign the "check-in sheet" or the prof will think you didn't show up to the lab. For crooning out loud, I don't think it's outrageous for a person to want an instructor that you can freakin' understand.
Maybe you haven’t heard, Obama ain’t president anymore. Just wondering, where do I find this list since this post didn’t provide links.
Yes, Disestablishmentarian, post #7 does read like one of those breathless posts that we were seeing right at the end of Hussein’s presidency telling us that he’s planning to enact martial law so that he can keep the presidency indefinitely. Anybody could see that obvious lie, that lazy POS couldn’t get out of there fast enough. All Obozo cared about was his next vacation.
Liz, for you post above, I fit about half of the categories posted (although I didn’t see the full list because you only copied the text of seekandfind’s post). Since I’m an “extremist”, how did I get my security clearance renewed in 2015?
When you talk about the old days, how old are you talking? Early 1800s, Civil War era, 1920s?
Probably up to 15-20 yrs ago.
The fake sports thing couldn’t happen until Title IX really got going.
NOT FAKE:
CIRCA 2013 Obama targets returning vets as terrorists (planned searches of military homes)
CS monitor ^ | 10-16-13 | Patrik Jonsson / FR Posted by TurboZamboni
House Republicans pilloried Obama’s National Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis for his handling of national park and land closures during the government shutdown, raising questions about whether the agency’s reputation has been sullied by images of landmarks being barricaded to keep the American people off their own land.
A tense joint hearing of the House oversight and natural-resource committees took place Wednesday following allegations that the NPS and its rangers had allowed themselves to become a political arm of the Obama administration, erecting the barriers to score political points and remind Americans of the primacy of government stewardship. (Excerpt) Read more at csmonitor.com ...
The National Park Service failed to say that America-hating Obama, and criminal WH crew, consider military-trained vets as potential terrorists. Obama, and his criminal WH crew, considered military-trained vets as potential terrorists.
Then-DHS Secy Janet Napolitano revealed Obama’s intentions-—classifying the military as domestic terror threats.
Unbelievably, Obama hatched a plan to search the homes of military when terror threats surfaced.
Read on.
Judicial Watch obtained the DOD documents in a response to a Freedom of Information Act request (FOIA) filed on April 8, 2013. The FOIA requested “Any and all records concerning, regarding, or related to the preparation and presentation of training materials on hate groups or hate crimes distributed or used by the Air Force.”
Included in the 133 pages of lesson plans and PowerPoint slides provided by the Air Force is a January 2013 Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute “student guide” entitled “Extremism.” The document says that it is “for training purposes only” and “do not use on the job.” Highlights include:
•The document defines extremists as “a person who advocates the use of force or violence; advocates supremacist causes based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender, or national origin; or otherwise engages to illegally deprive individuals or groups of their civil rights.”
•A statement that “Nowadays, instead of dressing in sheets or publically espousing hate messages, many extremists will talk of individual liberties, states’ rights, and how to make the world a better place.”
•“[W]hile not all extremist groups are hate groups, all hate groups are extremist groups.”
•Under a section labeled “Extremist Ideologies” the document states, “In U.S. history, there are many examples of extremist ideologies and movements. The colonists who sought to free themselves from British rule and the Confederate states who sought to secede from the Northern states are just two examples.”
•In this same section, the document lists the 9/11 attack under a category of “Historical events.”
•“[A]ctive participation…with regard to extremist organizations is incompatible with military service and, is therefore prohibited.” [Emphasis in original]
•The document details the “seven stages of hate” and sixteen “extremists’ traits.”
•The SPLC is listed as a resource for information on hate groups and referenced several times throughout the guide.
•Of the five organizations besides the SPLC listed as resources, one is an SPLC project (Teaching Tolerance) and one considers any politically or socially conservative movement to be a potential hate group (Political Research Associates).
•Other than a mention of 9/11 and the Sudan, there is no discussion of Islamic extremism.
Gotcha, that makes sense.
I was all ready to say that you’re full of crap on the millions of dollars thing but, according to the inflation calculator that I found online, throwing $250,000 at something in 1975 is like throwing $1.3 million at it today.
Do you have any idea how politically conservative the military is? Nobody would get a security clearance renewed if this was policy (yeah, I didn’t forget that you blew right past my post that I pinged you on). I’m not doubting that DoD had stupid documents like that thrown at them but these stories of the military gearing up to pull people out of their houses, arrest them, and start shooting people who disobey is complete crap. Obozo probably had little masturbation fantasies about it but that would never happen. How do I know? Working for the military (active duty, civil service, and contractor) in various capacities for 25 years.
People join the military to serve their country and communities, not wage war on them. I guarantee that any national leader that tried that crap would see people walking off their posts en-masse saying to superiors, “Arrest me and send me to jail, this isn’t what I signed up for. I’d rather sit in jail and be dishonorably discharged than roll into a community and rain holy terror on them. How am I supposed to go home, look into my kids’ shiny eyes, and explain to them why I did something like that?” People like Obama and your average liberal have the worst twisted ideas of how military people are and the media sure doesn’t help.
Started with Bill Clinton who went to Canada to evade the draft.......as president said he "loathed" the military.
CASE IN POINT: Green Beret charged with murder in death of suspected Afghan terrorist
SOURCE https://nypost.com/.../green-beret-charged-with-murder-for-killing-suspected-terrorist/
Dec 14, 2018 - A former Army commando has been charged with murder for allegedly hunting down an Afghan militant suspected in the killing of two Marines and fatally shooting the man before destroying his remains. ... Mathew Golsteyn, a once-decorated Green Beret, tracked down the suspected terrorist ...snip
“University of California President Janet Napolitano”
the former az gov? she was useless on the important issues in az and now she’s been useless to know the important things going on at the university she is supposed to be president of? I’m sure she’s got all kinds of money she collects from being incompetetnt in such important jobs.
Meanwhile the south of the border invaders get free college, how is that any different? We the people pay for the invaders while we also pay for our children legally
Absolutely.
What kills me is that Bush & Rumsfeld were every bit as bad for prosecuting soldiers that didn’t memorize the 120-page primer on the rules of engagement. Apparently an enemy combatant playing dead and then reaching for a gun in their waistband isn’t grounds to shoot them. That’s not to say that Obozo wasn’t a real skunk on this, too.
For that matter, even the current administration has its problems. Mattis started out good but I think he’s made a career of kowtowing to leftists to advance his career and forgot how to deal with normal people. He got his stars in the Afghanistan and is emotionally tied to it. We’ll never bring around the Afghanis, you can’t help somebody that doesn’t want it. As much as I despise Obama, he ran on the platform of cold pull-out from Afghanistan and Iraq. That’s what the people voted for. OK, fine, he should’ve done it. If there’s a good reason for continued involvement in Afghanistan, the civilian govt. and military 4-star level has utterly failed to do their job and make that case to me.
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