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Retired Army Lt. Gen. Robert Caslen, pictured in 2014 when he was superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. On Wednesday he resigned as president of the University of South Carolina. Seniors at the University of South Carolina had already dealt with one disaster the pandemic when they took their socially distanced seats at the school s commencement ceremony last weekend. Then came another train wreck. The university s president, Robert Caslen, delivered a speech so bungled with the wrong school name and closing remarks lifted nearly word-for-word from another famous commencement address that it prompted widespread criticism from social media users to state legislators in South Carolina. ....
University Of South Carolina President Resigns After Plagiarizing Part Of Speech By Becky Sullivan May 13, 2021 Seniors at the University of South Carolina had already dealt with one disaster the pandemic when they took their socially distanced seats at the school’s commencement ceremony last weekend. Then came another train wreck. The university’s president, Robert Caslen, delivered a speech so bungled with the wrong school name and closing remarks lifted nearly word-for-word from another famous commencement address that it prompted widespread criticism from social media users to state legislators in South Carolina. Now, less than a week later, Caslen has resigned. ....
LOOKING back at the early years of the 19th century, Glasgow was fortunate that several individuals simultaneously came to the fore who would have a huge impact on the development of the city. Last week I told the story of the remarkable Kirkman Finlay, the merchant who almost single-handedly boosted Glasgow’s trading links by using his political links to take on the East India Company in Parliament and end its monopoly of trade with Asia in 1813. Finlay was rightly lauded for his contribution to Glasgow long before he died at the home he built, Castle Toward on the Cowal peninsula, in 1842. ....
EVEN while Britain was at war with France, Glasgow was getting on with the two great activities that would spur the city’s massive growth in the 19th century – trade and manufacturing. In November 1806, having won the Battle of Jena, Napoleon Bonaparte issued his infamous declaration of Berlin or Berlin Decree. Translated into English, it begins: From our Imperial Camp at Berlin, November 21, 1806. Napoleon, Emperor of the French and King of Italy, considering: 1. That England does not admit the right of nations as universally acknowledged by all civilized people. You will note that Napoleon makes the common mistake at the time and refers to the United Kingdom as England. Too many people around the world still do so. ....