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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. | | 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> | + | "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>[http://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/history.htm The Rhodes Trust]</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. | | 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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| | == Well-known liberals expelled from the Rhodes Scholarship program == | | == Well-known liberals expelled from the Rhodes Scholarship program == |
| − | *[[Bill Clinton]], expelled 1969 for violent sexual assualt.<ref>http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2004/jun/24/20040624-121742-7463r/ </ref><ref>http://www.thepoliticalinsider.com/every-clinton-sex-assault-victim/ </ref> Rhodes Scholars did not recieve Draft induction notices; Clinton recieved his in 1969 at the time he allegedly was in the program. | + | *[[Bill Clinton]], expelled 1969 for violent sexual assualt.<ref>http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2004/jun/24/20040624-121742-7463r/</ref><ref>http://www.thepoliticalinsider.com/every-clinton-sex-assault-victim/</ref> Rhodes Scholars did not recieve Draft induction notices; Clinton recieved his in 1969 at the time he allegedly was in the program. |
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| | == Well-known [[RINO]] Rhodes Scholars == | | == Well-known [[RINO]] Rhodes Scholars == |