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Board members backed applicants nearly 100 times in last 3 years ### In September 2006, the dean of the University of Illinois' law school e-mailed a colleague in admissions to say that a U. of I. trustee had "just called me about getting his [relative] into law school here next year." *snip* "Needless to say, this one takes velvet gloves," Hurd wrote, public records show. Schmidt's relative was admitted. *snip* Yet several of the trustees charged with fixing the system were among its most frequent users. Newly obtained records reveal nearly 100 instances where trustees backed applicants in the last...