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Weather Underground offspring was given a Rhodes scholarship
"Cecil Rhodes directed that the selection of scholars should be based on academic ability; sporting activity; qualities of personal rectitude, strength and compassion; and sense of the public good."<ref>The Rhodes Trust[http://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/history.htm]</ref>
"Cecil Rhodes directed that the selection of scholars should be based on academic ability; sporting activity; qualities of personal rectitude, strength and compassion; and sense of the public good."<ref>The Rhodes Trust[http://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/history.htm]</ref>
Over time, the award has been increasingly given to [[liberal]] recipients lacking achievement in either sport or academics.{{fact}} For example, scholarship recipient [[Bill Clinton]] had no known sporting achievement and refused to release his suspect academic record either.{{fact}} He took the scholarship money for attending Oxford but could not earn a degree there.{{fact}}
Over time, the award has been increasingly given to [[liberal]] recipients lacking achievement in either sport or academics. For example, scholarship recipient [[Bill Clinton]] had no known sporting achievement and refused to release his suspect academic record either. He took the scholarship money for attending Oxford but could not earn a degree there.
In 2002, a Rhodes scholarship was awarded to Chesa Boudin, best known for being the child of "Kathy Boudin and David Gilbert, who were members of the violent 1960s radical group the Weather Underground ... "in prison for their part in the murder of two police officers and a guard as the result of a robbery of a Brinks armored car in New York at the late, unradical date of 1981."<ref name="Chesa">http://www.slate.com/?id=2075224</ref> Chesa expressed support for the views of his parents, "My parents were all dedicated to fighting U.S. imperialism around the world. I'm dedicated to the same thing."<ref name="Chesa"/>
==Well-known, and mostly [[Liberal]], Rhodes Scholars==
==Well-known, and mostly [[Liberal]], Rhodes Scholars==