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Sunday, July 30, 2006

Vegetable Production

'In his latest salvo, Gundlach told The Birmingham News the courses he found on the transcripts he checked included weight training, organic gardening, vegetable production, performance techniques for the camera, keyboarding, adult education and sports in America.

Gundlach said athletes made higher grades in the courses he mentioned than they did in others.

"Their transcripts don't look like somebody's trying to get them an education," Gundlach told The News. "Their transcripts look like they're trying to keep them qualified. There's no coherent, intellectual development theme in this." '


-- the hunstville times --