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'Pilot' dupes college officials
The Raleigh News & Observer ^
| 4/09/05
| ANDREA WEIGL
Posted on 04/14/2005 5:07:39 AM PDT by Hatteras
'Pilot' dupes college officials Meredith student got free tuition
By ANDREA WEIGL, Staff Writer
RALEIGH -- In January 2002, Lisa Jane Phillips strode onto the campus of Meredith College in her U.S. Air Force captain uniform. The 34-year-old Cary woman left school a short time later because she was being deployed to Afghanistan as a pilot, or so she said.
When Phillips returned to Meredith a couple of months later, she had tales of missions to Iraq and elsewhere. She wore her military uniforms and flight suits, decorated with 10 medals, to classes. She talked about being wounded.
Meredith officials waived her tuition -- $42,178 all told -- because of her military service.
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TOPICS: Extended News; Miscellaneous; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: impersonator; military
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To: Fierce Allegiance; Future Snake Eater
I gotta rush out the door to work. I'll be back with y'all later.
To: Hatteras
A modern Captain of Copenhaagen, eh?
To: R. Scott
Agreed. Besides, I have yet to meet a real military hero who bragged like this woman.
The quite sergeants who are real laid back and minimize their achievements for instance, you see them in their dress uniforms and the have badges and medals you would never have guessed they had by what they said.
To: michaelt
Well, new medals come out every day but "Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence"?
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posted on
04/14/2005 6:57:43 AM PDT
by
R. Scott
(Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
To: csvset
WOW! She was really, really, REALLY young for that one!
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posted on
04/14/2005 7:00:32 AM PDT
by
R. Scott
(Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
To: RightOnline
I thought (was hoping?) that Hanoi John taught people a lesson.
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posted on
04/14/2005 7:01:28 AM PDT
by
R. Scott
(Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
To: R. Scott
She was really, really, REALLY young for that one!Perhaps it was one of those " past lives " experiences...
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posted on
04/14/2005 7:07:44 AM PDT
by
csvset
To: Mamzelle
Re: #9
Up yours!
Signed
"an arrogant, strutting jerk" ex Army Aviator.
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posted on
04/14/2005 8:05:16 AM PDT
by
Dedbone
To: Future Snake Eater
No, that's the new student body president at NCSU right across the street from Meredith. Did he win? I missed the final score. Got a link?
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posted on
04/14/2005 9:32:01 AM PDT
by
John O
(God Save America (Please))
To: R. Scott
Officially, it's the C. Montgomery Burns Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence. Homer Simpson is the only recipient, as far as I know. ;-)
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posted on
04/14/2005 9:37:11 AM PDT
by
michaelt
To: Dedbone
But, can you fly a plane? Can ya, can ya?
LOL...
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posted on
04/14/2005 9:43:14 AM PDT
by
Mamzelle
To: Mamzelle; Dedbone
<< But, can you fly a plane? Can ya, can ya? >>
Sure can!
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posted on
04/14/2005 11:37:30 AM PDT
by
Brian Allen
(I fly and can therefore be envious of no man -- Per Ardua ad Astra!)
To: Hatteras
I read the whole thing. but I have to admit that I had my reservations about opening a link called "new sob server..."
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posted on
04/14/2005 11:44:59 AM PDT
by
Old Professer
(As darkness is the absence of light, evil is the absence of good; innocence is blind.)
To: John O
He certainly did. 58% to 42%! Here's the
link to the story, and
here's a link to video of the results being read (it's kind of a long download, but it's hilarious to watch).
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posted on
04/14/2005 12:00:52 PM PDT
by
Future Snake Eater
(The plan was simple, like my brother-in-law Phil. But unlike Phil, this plan just might work.)
To: Old Professer
Too funny. They are a liberal rag so maybe they do serve a few S.O.B.s...
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posted on
04/14/2005 12:08:01 PM PDT
by
Hatteras
To: Future Snake Eater
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posted on
04/14/2005 12:33:34 PM PDT
by
John O
(God Save America (Please))
To: csvset
A lot of people believe in reincarnation
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posted on
04/14/2005 12:42:32 PM PDT
by
R. Scott
(Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
To: michaelt
I thought it had a familiar ring to it.
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posted on
04/14/2005 12:44:04 PM PDT
by
R. Scott
(Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
To: general_re
You forgot the 3 Miraculous Medals, the Order of the Red Star, the Croix de Guerre, 2 Alsen Crosses, and the Zulu War Medals
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posted on
04/15/2005 2:36:46 PM PDT
by
PatoLoco
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