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Thursday, February 01, 2007

Hosers Heart St. Regis


There's a flare-up in the press over the latest revelation of diploma milling, this time in the New York City fire department. About twenty high-ranking hosers hit the books at St. Regis, a notorious criminal enterprise, now out of business (at least under that name).

Since finding out whether something's a diploma mill is as easy as clicking on this word, UD is increasingly convinced that enterprises like the federal government, the military, the public schools, and fire departments -- all teeming with diploma mill grads -- don't give a shit whether their people went to a college or a website.
Posted at: 2/01/2007 01:21:00 PM