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| Saudis Send 6,000 On Scholarships To US |
| 2006-03-25 |
| About 100 new Saudi Arabian students are enrolling this summer at the University of Arizona. The added enrollment could signal the reverse of a post-September 11th trend of declining international students in the United States. The students are part of a new large-scale scholarship program by the Saudi government. It'll send about 6,000 students to American universities this year after just 1,442 Saudi students had visas to study in the US in 2004. About 80 of the students are already at the U of A. They're enrolled in English-immersion classes before they start their academic programs in the fall. After 9-11, new federal procedures and delays in obtaining US visas caused a decline in foreign students in the United States. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #9 I hope Homeland Security has them bugged and trailed every which way. Some will learn, some will turn, and some will lead directly to people and activities they thought could be hidden until they went boom. And, the university gets lots of money, and the local students are exposed to the rare pleasure of dealing with young Saudi asses. ;-) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-03-25 22:21 |
| #8 Lennin was wrong. We'd sell 'em the rope, turns out the commies couldn't tie a knot. |
| Posted by: 6 2006-03-25 19:27 |
| #7 Headlines in todays "Arizona Daily Star" tout high increased enrollment of Saudi for the University of Arizona. As Lenin wisely noted, the capitalists will sell the rope to hang themselves with... |
| Posted by: borgboy 2006-03-25 16:47 |
| #6 All hail your future masters and overlords... if you plan to vote Democratic in 2008. |
| Posted by: Darrell 2006-03-25 13:52 |
| #5 Yale needed to round out its Islamofascist enrollment |
| Posted by: DMFD 2006-03-25 13:22 |
| #4 There are a few in that number who are actually bright and have potential, but that's merely rare serendipity. The vast majority are the offspring of the Royals and their favored clans on the Saudi equivalent of a world tour. If you ask yourself who would be allowed this privilege, and nobody leaves without running the gauntlet, the answer is easy: the privileged. There is no serious consideration of merit in Saudi society. A little "seasoning" before they join the ranks of the Saudi elite. They haven't figured out anything at all. |
| Posted by: Grim Grin 2006-03-25 13:08 |
| #3 Boooom. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2006-03-25 12:03 |
| #2 Nope, this is good. It means that, for better or worse, they've figured out their future lies with us. Their first team comes here to learn about the future, their second team goes to Madrassas to learn the past. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-03-25 10:54 |
| #1 screw that. |
| Posted by: newc 2006-03-25 10:48 |