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A '''Rhodes Scholar''' is a holder of a Rhodes Scholarship at the [[University of Oxford]] in the [[United Kingdom]]. The scholarships are awarded by the Rhodes Trust, endowed by the will of the imperialist statesman [[Cecil Rhodes]] and founded in 1902, and originally open to scholars from the [[British Empire]], the [[United States]] and [[Germany]]. Scholars are eligible to study any postgraduate degree at Oxford (excluding [[MBA]]). Since the foundation of the trust, more than 7,000 Rhodes Scholars have attended Oxford.
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"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>
 
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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.
 
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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 international terrorost group, the [[Weather Underground]].  Boudin and Gilbert are currently serving long sentences 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">Slate.com, ''Weatherson: Chesa Boudin, radical chic Rhodes scholar'', by Emily Yoffe, Posted Monday, Dec. 9, 2002 [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"/>
 
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==Well-known [[liberal]] Rhodes Scholars==
 
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*[[Kim Beazley]], Australian politician, Chancellor of [[Australian National University]]
 
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*Cory Booker, mayor of Newark, [[New Jersey]]
 
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*[[Wesley Clark]], U.S. general, unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004.
 
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*[[Bill Clinton]], [[liberal]] Democratic President of the United States, impeached by Congress in 1998.
 
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*[[Russ Feingold]], U.S. Senator for [[Wisconsin]]
 
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*J.W. Fulbright, [[liberal]] Democratic U.S. Senator from Arkansas who founded the Fulbright Scholarships at taxpayer expense
 
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*[[Bob Hawke]], [[liberal]] Australian [[Labor Party]] Prime Minister
 
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*Nicholas Kristof, [[New York Times]] columnist and author
 
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*Kris Kristofferson, songwriter and actor
 
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*[[Rachel Maddow]], host of ''The Rachel Maddow Show'' on [[MSNBC]] and [[Air America Radio]]
 
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*Dom Mintoff, Maltese Prime Minister
 
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*Dean Rusk, [[U.S.]] Secretary of State under [[liberal]] presidents [[John F. Kennedy]] and [[Lyndon Johnson]]
 
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*[[George Stephanopoulos]]
 
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*Naomi Wolf, [[feminist]] author
 
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== Well-known [[conservative]] Rhodes Scholars ==
 
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*[[Bobby Jindal]], Governor of [[Louisiana]]
 
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*[[Richard Lugar]], U.S. Senator for [[Indiana]]
 
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*[[David Vitter]], U.S. Senator for Louisiana
 
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*[[Edwin Hubble]], astronomer
 
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==References==
 
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==Further Information==
 
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*http://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/history.htm
 
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