FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrats acknowledge that “Mexican Independence Day Chicago street closures possible if celebrations get out of hand.”
https://abc7chicago.com/mexican-independence-day-2023-chicago-street-closures/13783400/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqWSQjIWqYc
— Democrats say “UAW update: United Auto Workers strike begins at 3 plants as union, automakers remain far from deal.” (COMMENT: I was a UAW member in early 1970 while I worked part-time for Chrysler in its Belvidere plant while I was a NIU student.)
https://abc7chicago.com/uaw-strike-update-2023-united-auto-workers-contract-news/13785587/
— Ribfest 2023 kicks off Friday at DuPage County Fairgrounds in Wheaton
https://abc7chicago.com/ribfest-2023-third-eye-blind-rib-festival-show/13786110/
NBC5
— Democrats acknowledge that “1 taken into custody after man fatally shot inside Loop high-rise condo building.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/1-taken-into-custody-after-man-fatally-shot-inside-loop-high-rise-condo-building/3228704/
— Democrats ever-increasingly use reports of threats against libraries to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-public-libraries-closed-for-several-hours-due-to-threats-officials-say/3228658/
CBS2
— Democrats say “City to purchase former Marine Corps facility on NW Side to use as migrant shelter.” Democrats ever-increasingly promote illegal immigration.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/north-park-marine-corps-facility-migrant-shelter/
— A Harvey school was falling apart, then officials took action without new taxes. – TARA MOLINA (COMMENT: I graduated from Crete-Monee High School in 1966. The Democrats who run the school district tore the building down in 2022.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/harvey-school-renovation/
NBC5
— Democrats acknowledge that “Chicago aldermen call for more transparency on migrant crisis spending after NBC 5 Investigates report.” Favorite Healthcare Staffing has been paid at least $56 million since last October to provide care for the more than 13,000 migrants who now call Chicago home, records obtained by NBC 5 Investigations reveal.” Democrats ever-increasingly promote illegal immigration.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-aldermen-call-for-more-transparency-on-migrant-crisis-spending-after-nbc-5-investigates-report/3228565/
— To push pot is to destroy.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/republicans-soften-on-federal-marijuana-reform-in-a-shift-that-could-make-it-a-reality/3228615/
FOX32
— OUTSTANDING: Chicago alderman’s new proposal could limit sale of hemp-derived products
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-aldermans-new-proposal-could-limit-sale-of-hemp-derived-products
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrats acknowledge that “Mayor Brandon Johnson says elected officials should be held to high standard as he sidesteps questions about Chicago Treasurer Conyears-Ervin.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-brandon-johnson-conyears-ervin-react-20230915-eb62igy3dve7nffa535vfyzlfy-story.html
— How to write (or not to write) the college application essay in the fall of 2023 – Adam Patric Miller (COMMENT: I specially stated in my 1972 Loyola graduate business college application and in my 1976 DePaul graduate accounting college application that I wanted to take the courses to maintain and improve my job skills as an IRS employee. But my Democrat IRS superiors not only ignored that to disallow those courses, they outrageously, disgustingly, and unethically hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I lied in those applications and that I took those courses to get a job in the private sector.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-how-to-teach-college-essay-chatgpt-20230915-jpq5tkngjvauznsjgopsq7twc4-story.html
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats ever-increasingly use reports of threats against libraries to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/9/14/23873996/libraries-closed-chicago-emergency
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DeSantis offers $5,000 bonus for Chicago cops to relocate to Florida – Felipe Marques
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/desantis-offers-5000-bonus-chicago-cops-move-florida
ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— The governor and the weaponization of Illinois government – Joe Sosnowski
https://www.rrstar.com/story/opinion/columns/2023/09/15/your-turn-the-governor-and-the-weaponization-of-illinois-government/70849381007/
DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— NIU total fall enrollment dips, freshmen numbers decline while university touts increased diversity. NIU’s undergraduate student population most diverse they’ve ever been. – Kelsey Rettke (COMMENT: Democrats run NIU. In 1969, when I was a 20 year old Republican UIC student living with his parents in Crete, NIU accepted me as a transfer student. If I was a 20 year old Republican UIC student today living with his parents in Crete, because of my terrible demographics, I doubt that NIU would accept me. I share far too many demographics with Trump. Trump is heterosexual, conservative, Republican, White, male, non-poor, non-veteran, gun-owner, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time. To reject me, NIU could use that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class, that my ACT score was only 24, and that my UIC GPA was not that great. I spent far too much time working for the Park Forest Post Office instead of studying. I skipped far too many classes on Mondays and Fridays to work more hours. One could argue that in 1969, my avoiding the draft with student deferments, that my being a federal employee, and that my being a union member encouraged NIU to accept me.)
https://www.shawlocal.com/daily-chronicle/2023/09/15/niu-total-fall-enrollment-dips-freshmen-numbers-decline-while-university-touts-increased-diversity/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For the first time in NIU’s history, students who identify as Latino represent 25% of the total undergraduate population, according to NIU. Black or African American students make up the highest percentage of students in the incoming freshman class, and fall enrollment for international students surpassed 1,000 for the first time since 2016, according to the university. . .According to enrollment data that counts students after 10 days of classes in the fall semester, the largest demographic of the new Class of 2027 freshman class identify as Black or African American, at 35%. Incoming freshmen also include 29% white, 29% Hispanic or Latino and 5% Asian, data shows.)
STATELINE
— Democrats say that DeSantis says that “Criminalizing women for getting abortions will not happen in Florida.”
https://www.mystateline.com/news/desantis-criminalizing-women-for-getting-abortions-will-not-happen-in-florida/
STARVED ROCK MEDIA
— Cannabis and Tobacco Users At Risk of Poor Mental Health. To push pot is to destroy.
https://www.starvedrock.media/news/state/champaign-health-alert-cannabis-and-tobacco-users-at-risk-of-poor-mental-health-doctor-explains/article_7c7628eb-6b48-518b-aba7-617dec04f389.html
WREX
— Democrats crow that “NIU reaches academic, demographics milestones in newest enrollment numbers.” Democrats run NIU. In 1969, when I was a 20 year old Republican UIC student living with his parents in Crete, NIU accepted me as a transfer student. If I was a 20 year old Republican UIC student today living with his parents in Crete, because of my terrible demographics, I doubt that NIU would accept me. I share far too many demographics with Trump. Trump is heterosexual, conservative, Republican, White, male, non-poor, non-veteran, gun-owner, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time. To reject me, NIU could use that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class, that my ACT score was only 24, and that my UIC GPA was not that great. I spent far too much time working for the Park Forest Post Office instead of studying. I skipped far too many classes on Mondays and Fridays to work more hours. One could argue that in 1969, my avoiding the draft with student deferments, that my being a federal employee, and that my being a union member encouraged NIU to accept me.
https://www.wrex.com/news/niu-reaches-academic-demographics-milestones-in-newest-enrollment-numbers/article_dc985ff6-5355-11ee-9900-cb5559f9c7b2.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The AIM HIGH Huskie Pledge program, funded by the state, ensured 866 qualifying in-state students from lower-income households could attend college with no out-of-pocket expenses for their first year, and potentially beyond. . .In addition to academic notoriety, for the first time in NIU’s history, Latinx students represent 25% of the total undergraduate population. With this achievement, the institution is on a trajectory to be designated as a Hispanic Serving Institution – opening the University to increased funding. Also with incoming students, 57% will be first-generation college students and 70% are students of color.)
WGLT
— I should write a book about age discrimination.
https://www.wglt.org/2023-09-14/as-congress-gets-older-one-lawmaker-makes-the-case-for-more-generational-diversity
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Mark Shaw, a long-standing Illinois GOP leader, is joining Donald Trump’s presidential campaign as a political adviser. Shaw, who backed Trump in 2016 and 2020, says he supports him for 2024 “because I believe his straight-forward policies as president were, and are, in the best interest of the United States.” His bio: Shaw, an attorney, has served as Illinois Republican Party vice chair since 2021, and before that as state GOP co-chair, Republican County Chairman’s president and Lake County Republican chair. His appointment raised eyebrows among some members of the GOP’s right flank, which views Shaw as not being conservative enough for Trump’s team. That’s ironic, since establishment Republicans view Shaw as far right. Shaw’s take: It’s a lot like negotiating a legal settlement. “If neither side is happy,” he said, “you must be doing something right.” (Journalists say the same thing, Mr. Shaw.) – SHIA KAPOS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2023/09/15/desantis-takes-a-dig-at-illinois-00116217
— DeSantis pokes at Illinois — again – Shia Kapos
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2023/09/15/desantis-takes-a-dig-at-illinois-00116217
CAPITOL FAX
— Democrats say “Morning briefing.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/09/15/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-144/
— Democrats say “Afternoon roundup.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/09/14/afternoon-roundup-156/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Emerging scandal: Why are we giving $8 billion to Chinese company with CCP ties to build a $2 billion IL battery factory? – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/emerging-scandal-why-are-we-giving-8-billion-to-chinese-company-with-ccp-ties-to-build-a-2-billion-il-battery-factory-wirepoints/
— Illinois is giving half a billion in tax incentives to a Chinese-linked EV company
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-is-giving-half-a-billion-in-tax-incentives-to-a-chinese-linked-ev-company-wirepoints-joins-greg-bishop-on-wmay/
— Illinois doesn’t need to just save the Invest in Kids Act… it needs a whole new model of education so all families have a choice.
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-doesnt-need-to-just-save-the-invest-in-kids-act-it-needs-a-whole-new-model-of-education-so-all-families-have-a-choice-wirepoints-on-with-jeff-daly-of-wzus-decatur-radio/
JOHN KASS
— Rules for Boss of the Chicago Teachers Union: Good Schools for Me but Not for Thee
https://johnkassnews.com/good-schools-for-me-but-not-for-thee/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois lost more residents than any state so far this year – Kevin Bessler (COMMENT: Of course, Illinois Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs are overjoyed.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_bc96b2e2-5338-11ee-a876-73caeb277433.html
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— SAFE-T ACT STARTS MONDAY. 4 WAYS TO MAKE IT SAFER – Paul Vallas
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/vallas-safe-t-act-starts-monday-4-ways-to-make-it-safer/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— DeSantis to Illinois cops: Move to Florida and avoid working with noncitizens – Matt Delaney
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/sep/14/desantis-illinois-cops-move-florida-and-avoid-work/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Education Department must aggressively enforce affirmative action ban: GOP senators – Jeremiah Poff
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/gop-senators-education-department-enforce-affirmative-action-ban
— The border crisis highlights the fact that Chicago is a failing city – Zachary Faria
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/border-crisis-highlights-fact-chicago-a-failing-city
— Plan to mass release illegal border crossers from crowded facilities – Bethany Blankley
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/border-patrol-email-plan-to-mass-release-illegal-border-crossers-from-crowded-facilities
— Tim Scott blasts teachers union leader for comparing parental rights to segregation – Misty Severi
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaign/tim-scott-randi-weingarten-parental-rights-comparison-segregation
BREITBART
— DHS Chief Mayorkas Calls for Amnesty as DACA Is Ruled Unconstitutional Again – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/09/14/dhs-chief-mayorkas-calls-for-amnesty-as-daca-is-ruled-unconstitutional-again/
DAILY WIRE
— DeSantis Unveils Billboards In Democrat State Seeking To Recruit Law Enforcement Officers To Florida – Ryan Saavedra
https://www.dailywire.com/news/desantis-unveils-billboards-in-democrat-state-seeking-to-recruit-law-enforcement-officers-to-florida
EPOCH TIMES
— White House Demands Media Outlets Target Republicans With More ‘Scrutiny’ Over Biden Impeachment Probe. The White House has called on media organizations to target House Republicans with more scrutiny over their impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden. – Tom Ozimek
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/white-house-demands-media-outlets-target-republicans-with-more-scrutiny-over-biden-impeachment-probe-5491073
FEDERALIST
— Public Schools Pick Teachers Based On Their Allegiance To Cultural Marxism – REBEKA ZELJKO
https://thefederalist.com/2023/09/14/report-public-schools-pick-teachers-based-on-their-allegiance-to-cultural-marxism/
FOX NEWS
— Cruz leads Senate push for House-passed bill to overhaul border security, tackle migrant crisis. The bill passed the House earlier this year. – Adam Shaw
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/cruz-leads-senate-push-house-passed-bill-overhaul-border-security-tackle-migrant-crisis
— Fox News Poll: More think Trump has mental soundness than Biden. Although majorities say neither has the cognitive ability to lead the nation. – Dana Blanton (COMMENT: What demonstrates cognitive ability?)
https://www.foxnews.com/official-polls/fox-news-poll-more-think-trump-mental-soundness-than-biden
JUDICIAL WATCH
— DHS Loses Track of Illegal Immigrants it Releases in U.S., Many Give Fake Address
https://www.judicialwatch.org/dhs-loses-track-of-illegal-immigrants/
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— ‘Slap in the Face’: Biden Admin Criticizes NYC for Lack of ‘Exit Strategy’ Regarding Migrants. New York City has far passed its breaking point, and we continue to call on our federal partners to expedite work authorizations, declare a national state of emergency, create a decompression strategy, and lead on this national issue.” – Mary Chastain
https://legalinsurrection.com/2023/09/slap-in-the-face-biden-admin-criticizes-nyc-for-lack-of-exit-strategy-regarding-migrants/
PJ MEDIA
— Video and Photos of the Worsening Biden Border Crisis in Arizona – CATHERINE SALGADO
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/catherinesalgado/2023/09/14/watch-video-and-photos-of-the-worsening-biden-border-crisis-in-arizona-n1727023
REPUBLICAN AMERICAN
— Naturalized citizen asks why system only seems to work for illegals
https://www.rep-am.com/opinion/letters-opinion/2023/09/14/naturalized-citizen-asks-why-system-only-seems-to-work-for-illegals/
TOWNHALL
— Columnists Urging Biden to Dump Kamala – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2023/09/14/politico-columnists-urging-biden-to-dump-kamala-n2628397
— Post-Postmodern America – Victor Davis Hanson
https://townhall.com/columnists/victordavishanson/2023/09/15/column-n2628469
— Biden’s Cages Are Back at the Border – Julio Rosas
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/juliorosas/2023/09/14/bidens-cages-are-back-at-the-border-n2628420
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrats acknowledge that “DeSantis says he would send military to southern border.” Democrats ever-increasingly promote illegal immigration.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4203977-desantis-would-send-military-southern-border/
— Democrats say “DeSantis seizes on COVID uptick to attack Trump.” What have your critics/opponents seized on to attack you? To attack me, my critics/opponents have seized on each and every loss that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. I should write a book about that. I could list each and every loss and then write about a) each and every adverse action against taken me because of those losses and b) those who took those adverse actions against me.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4205578-desantis-covid-uptick-trump-attack/
ABC NEWS
— Democrats acknowledge that “Some say using the 14th Amendment to disqualify Trump is anti-democratic.”
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/14th-amendment-disqualify-trump-anti-democratic/story?id=103127631
NBC NEWS
— Democrats say “Biden and Trump are both old” and ask “So why are voters keying in on only one of them?” Biden has demonstrated way more age-related health problems than Trump.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/biden-trump-old-voters-age-issue-rcna104316
— Democrats say “What makes Trump’s lead different from past primary front-runners.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/makes-trumps-lead-different-primary-front-runners-rcna105045
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrats acknowledge that “Donald Trump isn’t backing a national abortion ban.”
https://apnews.com/article/abortion-federal-ban-trump-gop-2024-20586bbb64a511030ef58290e98f99f0
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats say “In Dueling Appearances, Trump and DeSantis Will Appeal to Social Conservatives.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/15/us/politics/in-dueling-appearances-trump-and-desantis-will-appeal-to-social-conservatives.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Romney to promote more and more and more hatred against those who do not hate Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/14/opinion/mitt-romney-senate-trump-mcconnell.html
— Democrats say “Romney’s Book Airs Senate Gossip and Laughter Behind Trump’s Back.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/14/us/politics/mitt-romney-mckay-coppins-takeaways.html
— Democrats say “A Red State Strategy to Create a Blue State Crisis.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/15/opinion/nyc-migrant-crisis-asylum-seekers.html
USA TODAY
— Democrats say “New York Mayor Eric Adam’s anti-migrant rhetoric makes him sound like Ron DeSantis. It speaks volumes about Mayor Eric Adams’ lack of executive ability that he is resorting to demonizing vulnerable people seeking humanitarian relief.” Democrats ever-increasingly promote illegal immigration.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2023/09/14/new-york-mayor-comments-immigration-demonize-border-crisis/70836311007/
NBC SAN DIEGO
— Democrats acknowledge that “Hundreds of asylum-seeking migrants gather at U.S.-Mexico Border south of San Diego prompting Ped West closure.” Democrats ever-increasingly promote illegal immigration.
https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/hundreds-of-migrants-gather-at-u-s-mexico-border-fence-to-begin-asylum-process/3305841/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration because illegals vote for Democrats. RINOs ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/biden-border-policy-immigration-migrants-175f5cf5
POLITICO
— Democrats say “Florida Republicans today will choose if they’re with Donald Trump or Ron DeSantis. Trump’s allies want to rescind Florida Republicans’ loyalty pledge requiring GOP presidential candidates to support the eventual nominee to be on the ballot for the state’s March 19 primary.”
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/florida-playbook/2023/09/15/desantis-trump-loyalty-showdown-00116214
KRESGE FOUNDATION
— Democrats say “New Education Program Officer Reuben Kapp reflects on removing barriers to higher ed.” To earn money to buy a new car to commute to/from my parents’ home in Crete to classes at UIC, I washed dishes in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights part-time during my junior and senior years at Crete-Monee High School 1964-1966 and full-time during the summer of 1965. I was the only White male who ever had that job. With the money that I earned, I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in May of 1966.
https://kresge.org/news-views/qa-new-education-program-officer-reuben-kapp-reflects-on-removing-barriers-to-higher-ed/
RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— To get a fair trial, you need to get a jury of your peers. Trump cannot get a fair trial because hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters have had far too much success in getting Trump’s peers, that is, those who share his demographics, to hate him. Trump is heterosexual, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, married, non-veteran, gun-owner, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time. I share all of the aforesaid demographics with Trump. I should write a book about those a) who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, b) who hate Trump the most, c) who they themselves share the most demographics with Trump, and d) who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2015.
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/biden_administration/can_trump_get_a_fair_trial
— Do not anticipate/expect that illegals will embrace American culture because the Democrats who brought them to America hate the American culture. According to Democrats, America is full of White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/archive/mood_of_america_archive/benchmarks/immigrants_should_embrace_american_culture_most_voters_say
CURRENT
— Wheaton College study on race: “We cannot be healed and cannot be reconciled unless and until we repent” – John Fea (COMMENT: When my wife and I got married in 1978, we bought a home in Wheaton. In 1984, we had a home built in Wheaton. I am Republican, Protestant, and German American. I should write a book about my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who demonized, denigrated, and condemned Wheaton the most as being full of Republicans, Protestants, and German Americans who were White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.)
https://currentpub.com/2023/09/14/wheaton-college-study-on-race-we-cannot-be-healed-and-cannot-be-reconciled-unless-and-until-we-repent/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Some findings:
1. The report is thorough, covering the period from 1860 to 2000. It is well done.
2. Wheaton and former University of Washington historian Tracy McKenzie served on the committee. As far as I can tell, he was the only historian.
3. The report acknowledges that Wheaton College was founded on Potawatomi land.
4. Wheaton College extension campuses in Wisconsin (Ojibwe) and South Dakota (Lakota) were also owned by native Americans.
5. Wheaton College was founded in 1853 by abolitionists. Its first president, Jonathan Blanchard, “brought impeccable credentials” to the school.
6. Students of color graduated from Wheaton under Blanchard’s presidency.
7. Following the passing of the 13th Amendment ending slavery in the United States, Jonathan Blanchard “never matched his earlier zeal for the abolition of slavery with a commensurate zeal for the promotion of racial equality.” Neither he nor his successor, his son Charles, promoted racial integration.
8. In the first 60 or so years, the number of Black students attending Wheaton “was rarely above two or three.”
9. After 1920, the campus “had become unwelcoming, if not openly hostile, to students of color.” There are documented cases in which white students refused to live with, or eat beside, Black students.
10. During the presidency of Oliver J. Buswell (1926 to 1940), Wheaton “quietly implemented an admissions practice that systematically precluded Black applicants from matriculating at Wheaton.”
11. During the presidency of V. Raymond Edman (1940-1965), Black students began to return to Wheaton.
12. During World War II, Wheaton received a “temporary influx” of Japanese and Japanese American students who would have otherwise been sent to Japanese internment camps.
13. In 1960, Edman “squashed” a report by the Anthropology and Sociology Department that rejected “a scientific basis for racial difference,” called on white evangelicals to repent of racial discrimination, and envisioned Wheaton as a leader on issues of racial reconciliation in the Christian college world. The report also called for the hiring of a Black faculty member and the lifting of unofficial restrictions on interracial dating and marriage.
14. In 1965, under the leadership of president Hudson Armerding (1965-1982), an NAACP chapter was formed at Wheaton.
15. The college was “divided on the merits of the Civil Rights Movement’s recognized leader, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.”
16. Many college alumni were outraged in 1968 when Armerding allowed Wheaton’s Edman Chapel to be used for an ecumenical memorial service honoring the recently assassinated Martin Luther King. But “while trying to respond to growing demands on campus for greater attention to issues of racial justice,” Armerding “was also determined to reassure suspicious College constituents who viewed aspects of civil rights activism as incompatible with Christian orthodoxy.”
17. During the 1980s, Wheaton created programs to attract poor and minority students, established an office of minority affairs, and formed ethnicity-specific student groups. At the same time, it struggled to diversify its faculty.)