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The trustees finally confirmed they are rejecting the proposal for this partisan institute on our campus. The path to this outcome was long and draining but your support kept me anchored when the pressure felt overwhelming. We have secured our university mission and now we turn our attention toward ensuring …

July 15, 2007

BOOKS, NOT BOMBS:  SAY NO TO BUSH POLITICAL INSTIT

BOOKS, NOT BOMBS: SAY NO TO BUSH POLITICAL INSTIT

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Started by Anonymous 19 years, 5 months ago
INTRODUCTION A group of 130 faculty members at Southern Methodist University (SMU), Dallas, Texas, have signed and launched an online petition, formulated as an Open Letter, asking their president and trustees to turn down the politically partisan institute that George W. Bush seeks to include in his presidential library complex on their campus. You

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Reached 250 supporters

April 23, 2007

April 20, 2007

One hundred people have put their names behind this effort and I am deeply tired but still pushing forward. It is a longer road than I imagined when we started this work.

Reached 100 supporters

April 17, 2007

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Kevin Gibson
19 years ago Featured

SHAME on them for even considering it. Dallas has enough problems without adding this to the mix.

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Sarah Hardy
19 years ago Featured

Keep politics out of education. SMU students deserve better than a monument to the disastrous policies of the past.

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Jessica Perry
19 years ago Featured

why would we want this on our campus? keep the focus on students and real academics.

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Linda Reynolds
19 years ago Featured

education first. enough with these partisan games.

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David Tate
19 years ago Featured

totally agree with the faculty. this really isnt the place for his legacy.

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Mark Tan
19 years ago Featured

SMU should be a place for learning not a dumping ground for bush propaganda. listen to the faculty!!