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Written by:
William Lutz
8/12/2011 1:20 PM
The House higher education committee is holding a hearing (the full posting is copied below) on intercollegiate athletics, and judging by the invited testimony list, it appears the topic for discussion is Texas A&M's rumored move to the Southeastern Conference.
Here's my question: the committee took a hands off approach with the University of Texas's Liberal Arts Dean Randy Diehl attacked Texas and American values by removing the words "American" and "Western" from the former Program in Western Civilization and American Institutions, replacing the mangement, and renaming it "The Thomas Jefferson Center for the Study of Core Ideas." Will the committee take a similar hands off approach with intercollegiate athletics?
Anyway, here's the committee posting:
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** REVISION **
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
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COMMITTEE: Higher Education
TIME & DATE: 2:00 PM, Tuesday, August 16, 2011
PLACE: E2.036
CHAIR: Rep. Dan Branch
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The House Committee on Higher Education will meet to discuss matters pertaining to higher education, including collegiate athletics.
Invited testimony:
Commissioner Dan Beebe, The Big Twelve Conference
Chairman Richard A. Box, Texas A&M University System Board of Regents
President R. Bowen Loftin, Texas A&M University
Commissioner Mike Slive, The Southeastern Conference
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** See Committee Coordinator for previous versions of the schedule **
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1 comment(s) so far...
The government - state or federal - should not be wasting time on sports, whether collegiate or professional. I can only imagine it's so they'll have an excuse to attend sporting events and call it "work".
By Texan2011 on
8/12/2011 10:36 PM
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