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| 200-plus at Furman opposing Bush visit
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| President to speak at graduation
| By MEG KINNARD | Associated Press | Tuesday, May 13, 2008
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| COLUMBIA -- More than 200 Furman University students and faculty
| members are objecting to the school's first visit by a sitting
| U.S. president, criticizing the Bush administration's handling
| of the Iraq war and environmental issues.
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| President Bush is scheduled to give Furman's graduation speech on
| May 31 at this fairly conservative school of 2,625 undergraduate
| students with Baptist roots in the state's traditionally
| conservative Upstate region.
| ...
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--bks
