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Va. Tech Separation of Sexes Irks Faculty

The creation of gender-segregated classes at Virginia Tech for visiting faculty from Saudi Arabia is drawing complaints from professors, who say a state-supported school shouldn't promote discrimination.

King Abdulaziz University paid Virginia Tech $246,000 to design and operate the faculty development program this summer.

The courses include topics such as Web site development and online instruction, but in keeping with the preferences of the Saudi university, the university created separate classes for the approximately 30 male and 30 female faculty members.

Eloise Coupey, an associate professor of marketing at the Virginia Tech, filed a complaint with the school Tuesday alleging the single-sex classes created a hostile environment for women.

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On average, Bush's economy has created 393,000 new jobs per year.

On average, Clinton created 2.75 million per year.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/8/10/191657/493

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I grew up near Van Buren Township.

Last night I learned that it was Martin Van Buren who instituted and secured the two-party system in the U.S.

We need to break out of that model if we are to save our democracy. I sincerely believe this.

more lessons from last night

Unlucky 13.

Millard Fillmore.

Idiot couldn't keep the Union from splintering further.

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flicking through the Wiki

The Mouth of the South

These are the things that get lost in the tides of history.

This is getting more and more interesting.

GOP Pays Legal Bills in Vote-Thwart Case

I saw this lampooned on the Daily Show; did you?

The FBI's counterterrorism chief should not get a promotion to run the bureau's new National Security Service because he has said expertise about the Mideast or terrorism was not a requirement for top terror-fighting jobs, [Charles Grassley] said Thursday.