University Presidents Honored for Spinelessness
Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me. › July 06, 2006
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Two candidates have emerged as most qualified to get the annual Sheldon Award.
It's time for this column to announce its Sheldon Award, given annually to the university president who does the most to look the other way when free speech is under assault on campus. As all Sheldon fans know, the prize is a statuette that looks something like the Oscar, except that the Oscar shows a man with no face looking straight ahead, whereas the Sheldon shows a man with no spine looking the other way. The award is named for Sheldon Hackney, former president of the University of Pennsylvania and a modern legend in looking the other way.See the full content of this document
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University Presidents Honored for Spinelessness
College presidents who say and do nothing about newspaper thefts or unconstitutional speech codes usually make it to the Sheldon finals. But not this year. The competition was too keen. At least five colleg...
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