October 12, 2007

Horses, Jets, and Homework

By JOHN GRAVOIS

A lawsuit filed last week by three former professors at Oral Roberts University lays out a narrative that is about as sensational as they come in academe. They accuse the university's president, Richard L. Roberts, of using university resources to back a local mayoral candidate, which would violate the university's nonprofit status. Perhaps more outrageous is the laundry list of ways the university pays for a luxurious lifestyle for the president's family, according to the suit: The

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