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* endorse the mere ''investigation'' of [[Intelligent Design]]

* endorse the mere ''investigation'' of [[Intelligent Design]]

For example, professors at [[Washington University]] wore white armbands to protest an award of an honorary degree to [[Phyllis Schlafly]], a noted [[conservative]], in an act of political partisanship and utter unprofessionalism.<ref>Allington, Adam (May 16, 2008).  [http://web.archive.org/web/20100115052228/http://publicbroadcasting.net/kwmu/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1279565&sectionID=1 "Faculty, students protest Schafly degree"].  St. Louis Public Radio 90.7 KWMU website/News.  Retrieved from January 15, 2010 archive at Internet Archive.</ref>  At the [[University of Chicago]], more than one hundred professors signed a letter to protest a proposal to honor [[conservative]]-leaning [[Nobel Prize]]-winning colleague [[Milton Friedman]].<ref>http://bourdaghs.com/blog.html?p=484</ref>

For example, professors at [[Washington University]] wore white armbands to protest an award of an honorary degree to [[Phyllis Schlafly]], a noted [[conservative]], in an act of political partisanship and utter unprofessionalism.<ref>Allington, Adam (May 16, 2008).  [http://web.archive.org/web/20100115052228/http://publicbroadcasting.net/kwmu/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1279565&sectionID=1 "Faculty, students protest Schafly degree"].  St. Louis Public Radio 90.7 KWMU website/News.  Retrieved from January 15, 2010 archive at Internet Archive.</ref>  At the [[University of Chicago]], more than one hundred professors signed a letter to protest a proposal to honor [[conservative]]-leaning [[Nobel Prize]]-winning colleague [[Milton Friedman]].<ref>Bourdaghs, Michael K. (June 16, 2008). [http://web.archive.org/web/20080623163217/http://bourdaghs.com/blog.html?p=484 "The right and wrong ways to celebrate"].  Where have all the good times gone? blog.</ref>

Politicians are routinely given high-ranking academic positions.  Examples include:

Politicians are routinely given high-ranking academic positions.  Examples include: