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A liberal Quaker from Providence attended Jerry Falwell s Liberty University for a semester, and has written a book about it:
By Eric Tucker, Associated Press
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island – Kevin Roose managed to blend in during his single semester at Liberty University, the conservative Christian college. He attended lectures on the myth of evolution and the sin of homosexuality, and joined fellow students on a mission trip to evangelize partyers on spring break.
Roose had transferred to the Virginia campus from Brown University in Providence, a famously liberal member of the Ivy League. His Liberty classmates knew about the switch, but he kept something more important hidden: He planned to write a book about his experience at the school founded by fundamentalist preacher Jerry Falwell.
Kinzinger is among a band of Republican dissidents who openly defy the former US president’s continued dominance of the party. They are small, bullied and vastly outnumbered. But in a finely balanced Congress where anti-Trump sentiment is wider than it first appears, they are likely to play an outsized role in the future of American politics.
The known “Never Trump” resistance consists of 10 members of the House of Representatives who last month voted to impeach him for inciting an insurrection at the US Capitol. They include Liz Cheney, the most senior woman in the Republican caucus, who declared “there has never been a greater betrayal by a president of the United States of his office and his oath to the constitution”.
It might be tempting to call it the trial of the century but it is just as likely to invoke a sense of deja vu. This week Donald Trump faces an impeachment trial in the US Senate. Yes, another one. Trump stands accused of inciting an insurrection when he urged supporters to “fight” his election defeat before they stormed the US Capitol in Washington on 6 January, clashed with police and left five people dead. In some ways it will be a replay of.
30 Celebrities Who Were Ivy Leaguers
By Lexi Pandell, Stacker News
On 2/4/21 at 6:30 PM EST
These days, college admissions are a coveted get for many students and their families (with some even going to criminal lengths to make it happen, as seen in the nationwide college admission scandal). Standing apart from the other thousands of colleges in the United States are the Ivy Leagues, which have been put on the highest pedestal of all. The name ivy league isn t just a metaphor: These universities boast greenery covered buildings that originated from ivy-planting sessions in the 1800s.
Today, the Ivy League is comprised of the eight private universities that make up a specific athletic conference in the Northeast. The group includes Brown University in Providence, R.I., Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Yale University in New Haven, Conn., Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., Princeton University in Princeton, N.J., Columbi
Dr. Donald Holly Fortnum, 88, professor of chemistry, emeritus, Gettysburg College, died Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, at Gettysburg Hospital with his family by his side.
Born April 2, 1932, Don was the son of the late Niels and Ruth (Holly) Fortnum. Growing up in Berlin, Wisc., next to his family-owned machine shop and automobile dealership he enjoyed managing the football and basketball teams and playing golf, tennis and chess. In addition to being selected to Badger Boys State, Don was awarded the honor of Eagle Scout.
Don earned his bachelor of science degree in chemistry and mathematics from Carroll College in May 1954. While at Carroll, Don was president of the Delta Rho Upsilon fraternity, Interfraternity Council, and Wesley Fellowship. A member of the Student Christian Association, the House Council, the publications committee, the American Chemical Society, the staff of the student paper, and the intramural program, he was also elected to Delta Sigma Nu scholastic honor society.