RFT gives Schlafly the “star” treatment
Did you catch the front of this week’s Riverfront Times?
It’s probably not what Washington University administrators want parents — many who have spent more than $125,000 on four years of education — to see when they come to town for tomorrow’s graduation ceremony.
The alt-weekly gives Phyllis Schlafly, the conservative icon who will be honored by Wash. U. on Friday, the star treatment, giving her a faux place on the St. Louis Walk of Fame.
The paper’s tab cover, which hit stands yesterday, features a mock-up of a Schlafly star on the Loop.
Inside, the paper groups Schlafly with other “snubbed St. Louis celebs,” including Russell Bliss (who sprayed harmful dioxins that shut down the town of Times Beach) and Stagger Lee (whose slaying of Billy Lyons in a St. Louis tavern has inspired musicians from Elton John to the Grateful Dead).
Of course, Schlafly is not exactly snubbed. Despite pressure from students and faculty, Wash U. Chancellor Mark Wrighton will still get an honorary degree from the school on Friday, even though he personally “strongly” disagrees with her views.
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Why are there so many at Wash U, RFT & St Louis Post Dispatch who are totally against the morals, convictions and beliefs that built this country? You wouldn’t like our founding fathers either, I fear. That’s too bad for you.