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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== |
| | + | *[[Kim Beazley]], Australian politician, Chancellor of [[Australian National University]] |
| | + | *Cory Booker, mayor of Newark, [[New Jersey]] |
| | + | *[[Wesley Clark]], U.S. general, unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004. |
| | + | *[[Bill Clinton]], [[liberal]] Democratic President of the United States, impeached by Congress in 1998. |
| | + | *[[Russ Feingold]], U.S. Senator for [[Wisconsin]] |
| | + | *J.W. Fulbright, [[liberal]] Democratic U.S. Senator from Arkansas who founded the Fulbright Scholarships at taxpayer expense |
| | + | *[[Bob Hawke]], [[liberal]] Australian [[Labor Party]] Prime Minister |
| | + | *Nicholas Kristof, [[New York Times]] columnist and author |
| | + | *Kris Kristofferson, songwriter and actor |
| | + | *[[Rachel Maddow]], host of ''The Rachel Maddow Show'' on [[MSNBC]] and [[Air America Radio]] |
| | + | *Dom Mintoff, Maltese Prime Minister |
| | + | *Dean Rusk, [[U.S.]] Secretary of State under [[liberal]] presidents [[John F. Kennedy]] and [[Lyndon Johnson]] |
| | + | *[[George Stephanopoulos]] |
| | + | *Naomi Wolf, [[feminist]] author |
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| | + | == Well-known [[conservative]] Rhodes Scholars == |
| | + | *[[Bobby Jindal]], Governor of [[Louisiana]] |
| | + | *[[Richard Lugar]], U.S. Senator for [[Indiana]] |
| | + | *[[David Vitter]], U.S. Senator for Louisiana |
| | + | *[[Edwin Hubble]], astronomer |
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| | + | ==References== |
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| | + | ==Further Information== |
| | + | *http://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/history.htm |
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