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Sunday, December 11, 2005

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Alexander Kleshchev, [a University of Oregon] math professor, said it is curious that people who vocally support ethnic diversity seem unconcerned about political diversity.

"These same people turn around and explain away a 23-to-1 [liberal to conservative faculty] ratio with a couple of silly remarks, like `Republicans are just stupid,'" said Kleshchev, a Russian immigrant who calls himself a political independent. "This is intellectually dishonest, to put it mildly."
Posted at: 12/11/2005 02:38:00 PM