Dan Seals, Northwestern University, and "Professor-Gate"
Back in January, the Daily Herald asked serious questions about the ethics of Illinois’ 10th District Congressional candidate, Dan Seals. Seals was representing himself as a Northwestern University professor when the truth was that he was hired as a lecturer for a one-night-per-week class for the spring quarter in the school of continuing studies. When confronted, Seals cavalierly said that was because he didn’t know the difference, but failed to revise his literature. Seals, who lives in the district in which Northwestern in located but not in the district in which he is running, and who appears to have no civic or religious ties to the community which he seeks to represent, is a newcomer to the North Shore area. For these reasons, it is likely that at the time “Professor-gate” first emerged, he was unaware of the deep emotions locals feel when the topic of Northwestern University is raised. ... Read More...
