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Edwards to speak on poverty for $65K
The Illini Union Board, which arranges events for the students, signed the contract with Edwards before he admitted to a tryst and would be on the hook for the full amount if it canceled the contract, the Chicago Tribune reported.
"That's one reason not to cancel," said Robin Kaler, a spokeswoman for the university at Urbana-Champaign.
Kaler told the Tribune the university called Edwards' representative to give the former U.S. senator from North Carolina a chance to withdraw but was told Edwards had added the Oct. 14 speaking date to his calendar.
Edwards is expected to speak about poverty in America.
Edwards has come under fire in the past for his speaking fees, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. In 2006, he was paid $55,000 to speak at the University of California-Davis about poverty, the newspaper said.
Copyright 2008 by United Press International
This news arrived on: 08/29/2008
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08-31-2008 23:12
Julie wrote:
sunshine49 & crone
If growing up means spewing hatred, thank you any way I will stay with my own opinions.
08-30-2008 23:35
Sunshine49 wrote:
To Julie
GROW UP!!
08-30-2008 22:36
Julie wrote:
sunshine 49 & Crone
Birds of a feather flock together, two peas in a pod. Get the message?
08-30-2008 21:19
Sunshine49 wrote:
To Crone
I like your sarcasm by saying it was "highly amusing". Yes, it is "amusing" that a man who is worth millions will give a speech on poverty and charge big bucks to do it. To bad other people who have read your post do not understand the sarcasm in your statement.
08-30-2008 18:22
Mary wrote:
Why?
Why do you have to be disrespectful.
Why can't they just say "John Edwards" The Democratic Party presidential candidate instead of being nasty and saying "Scandel tainted Democratic Party presidential candidate John Edwards" You are just a nasty person to use that insulting term. You just have to be disrespectful.
Like it proves something.
Why can't they just say "John Edwards" The Democratic Party presidential candidate instead of being nasty and saying "Scandel tainted Democratic Party presidential candidate John Edwards" You are just a nasty person to use that insulting term. You just have to be disrespectful.
Like it proves something.
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