Submitted by Donvan Sickle(United States), Jun 25, 2003 at 09:23
For the American middle class, a college education for their children marks the validation of their values. For a college degree to have value, there must be a measure of trust that the education, training and experience will perpetuate the core values of the society. The usurpation of Academia by the Islamic subversives is an indication of the malignant growth of this movement. It also indicates the sorry condition of Academia after years of "Multiculturism", political correctness, which serve to confuse rather than illuminate, indoctrinate rather than educate, and lessen rather than enhance the American Experiment.
It is such a pity that the University has become a virus within the Body Politic..
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