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	Betty Castor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Betty Castor (born Elizabeth Bowe in Glassboro, New Jersey on May 11, 1941) is an American politician and educator who has served as Florida Education Commissioner and President of the University of South Florida.
		Castor later attended the Teachers College of Columbia University, where she was active in organizing a drive to support education in Uganda.
		Castor responded by stating that she never had sufficient evidence to fire Al-Arian, who was a tenured professor at the time.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Betty_Castor (965 words)

	Betty Castor -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Castor was born in (Click link for more info and facts about Glassboro) Glassboro, (A Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic; one of the original 13 colonies) New Jersey, where her father, Joseph Bowe, was the mayor.
		Castor later attended the (A two-year school for training elementary teachers) Teachers College of (A university in New York City) Columbia University, where she was active in organizing a drive to support education in (A landlocked republic in eastern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1962) Uganda.
		Castor responded by stating that she never had sufficient evidence to fire Al-Arian, who was a (Click link for more info and facts about tenured professor) tenured professor at the time, and by pointing out connections between ADP and the Deutsch campaign.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/be/betty_castor.htm (1062 words)

	State: Senate candidates square off in first debate tonight
		Castor, the Democrat, former state education commissioner and former president of the University of South Florida, and Martinez, the former federal housing secretary and Orange County chief executive, spent the weekend preparing for the debate.
		Castor spokesman Dan McLaughlin said the debate is crucial because it's the first debate and hurricanes had prevented voters from paying close attention to the race.
		Castor, who placed Al-Arian on paid administrative leave when he was under federal investigation, said she didn't get the information she needed from federal authorities to fire the tenured professor.
	www.sptimes.com /2004/10/18/State/Senate_candidates_squ.shtml (800 words)

	Online NewsHour \| Vote 2004 \| Key Races \| Florida Senate Race \| Betty Castor
		Castor often cites her work as the head of Florida's public schools as evidence of her ability to be an effective, consensus-building moderate.
		Castor has said, "As education commissioner, I was able to work across party lines" to raise teacher salaries and introduce initiatives to partner businesses with local schools.
		Although Castor left the university in 1999, her connection with the case was fodder for debate in the primary.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/vote2004/key-races/fl_castor.html (1150 words)

	Beaver Castor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		In Greek mythology, Castor was one of the twin sons of Leda and the brothers of Helen of Troy and Clytemnestra: see Castor and Polydeuces.
		Castor is sometimes used as a nickname for Drusus, the son of Roman Emperor Tiberius.
		CASTOR is an acronym for Cask for the Storage and Transportation of RadioactiveMaterial
	www.vermontreview.com /edge/4347-beaver%20castor.html (470 words)

	Betty Castor Has Earned Our Confidence And Support: From The Tampa Tribune
		Castor supports tax cuts for the middle class but says such cuts must be accompanied by spending reductions to reduce the deficit.
		Now his campaign is trying to depict Castor as weak because as USF president she did not fire a professor suspected of ties to terrorists.
		Castor's experiences give her an appreciation for the difficulty of investigating terrorism and have made her a supporter, with some reservations, of the Patriot Act.
	www.tampatrib.com /News/MGBKN2NS50E.html (587 words)

	CNN.com - Castor concedes Florida Senate race - Nov 3, 2004
		Castor, the state's former state school superintendent, hung surprisingly tough against Martinez, a former Cabinet official in the Bush administration, as the race headed into the final week.
		While Castor led USF to strong growth, she came under fire because of her handling of a case involving one of the university's professors, Sami al-Arian, who was suspected of raising money through university groups for Islamic Jihad.
		The two also disagreed on raising the minimum wage (Castor supported an increase and Martinez did not) and a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriages (Castor said she opposed an amendment because she believed it would be "divisive," while Martinez supported it, saying that it would restrain "activist judges").
	www.cnn.com /2004/ALLPOLITICS/11/03/senate.florida (692 words)

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	Education World ® Schoool Issues: Wire Side Chats: Betty Castor: President of the National Board of Professional ...
		Betty Castor: I came to the presidency of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards with a background as a teacher, a legislator, the Florida commissioner of education, and the chief executive officer of the largest metropolitan state university in Florida.
		Castor: One of the goals behind the creation of National Board Certification was to provide accomplished teachers with career recognition and advancement that rewards them for staying in the classroom, where they have demonstrated their ability to impact student learning.
		Castor: This teacher/policymaker collaboration around the work of the National Board is revitalizing the largest profession in America -- teaching -- and holds the potential to transform schooling, to enhance the current investment in teaching, and to build a system where increasing public investment in education is a worthy investment in the future.
	www.educationworld.com /a_issues/chat/chat013.shtml (1792 words)

	Betty Castor for Senate radio ads 20040810 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Whether Betty was teaching in the Florida classroom, creating the Healthy Kids insurance program or serving as President of the University of Southern Florida she has worked to make sure our schools create opportunity for every child in Florida.
		Whether Betty was teaching sixth grade, creating the Healthy Kids insurance program or serving as President of the University of Southern Florida she has worked to make sure our schools create opportunity for every child in Florida.
		Whether Betty was teaching in Liberty City, creating the Healthy Kids insurance program or serving as President of the University of South Florida she has worked to make sure our schools create opportunity for every child in Florida.
	garnet.acns.fsu.edu /~clf03f/CastorRadioAds0810.html (707 words)

	The Pelican File - Reporter - Bob Mahlburg
		Democrat Betty Castor changed her mind and conceded Wednesday to end one of the most bitter campaigns in state history and make Orlando's Mel Martinez the first Cuban-American to become a U.S. senator.
		In the latest chapter of a bitter campaign, Democrat Castor said that an independent group funded by a major client of her Republican opponent's law firm is behind "a last-minute smear" accusing her of being soft on terrorism.
		Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Peter Deutsch again hammered rival Betty Castor on Tuesday, saying he was "disappointed" that Castor's campaign and her latest TV ad don't explain her handling of a professor with suspected ties to terrorists.
	www.pelicanfile.com /reporter.cfm?ReporterID=1334 (1248 words)

	HILLPAC - Evan Bayh for U.S. Senate, IN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		As a college student, Betty was chosen by President John F. Kennedy to participate in a diplomatic mission to Uganda.
		Betty’s professional leadership activities range from membership on the Florida Board of Bank of America to the national board of the March of Dimes to the Executive Board of the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute.
		Betty and her husband Sam Bell III, a former state legislator, reside in Tampa.
	www.hillpac.com /candidates/senate2004/bio_senate_castor.php (445 words)

	Opinion: Betty Castor for United States Senate
		What Castor offers in this election is the same thing she has offered in most every election and office she has held.
		That's where you will find Castor, and that is why her campaign didn't need to switch messages for the general election.
		Betty Castor is in a position to help bring people together, not further alienate them.
	www.sptimes.com /2004/10/03/Opinion/Betty_Castor_for_Unit.shtml (474 words)

	FL Senate debate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Betty Castor: Abortion is a personal matter that should not be interfered.
		Betty Castor: No tax cuts to the wealthy while we are facing huge deficits.
		Betty Castor: Support the all volunteer military, not a military draft.
	archive.ontheissues.org /FL_Senate.htm (406 words)

	MyDD :: Betty Castor, Florida's next US Senator
		Amongst the candidates in the GOP primary, with the Miami Republicans already jumping Johnnie Byrd's sinking ship, and with McCullum having nowhere but down to go, Mel Martinez is going to win the Republican nomination, and he's going to be a strong candidate in the General.
		And since 2004 is the year of electability, hands down, Central Florida's Betty Castor beats the south floridian pair of Duetsch and Penelas as the Democrat most likely to beat Martinez.
		If you're in Florida, jump on board Betty Castor's campaign and help to elect her to the US Senate.
	www.mydd.com /story/2004/6/24/0952/95286 (1084 words)

	WESH.com - Politics - Martinez, Castor: Compelling Bios, Impressive Resumés
		Upon returning to the United States, she met and married Don Castor and they moved to the Miami area, where she earned a Master of Education degree at the University of Miami.
		The Castors moved to Tampa in 1968, and in 1972 she entered politics with her election to the Hillsborough County Commission.
		In 1994, Castor was named president of the University of South Florida, becoming only the second woman to head a state university in Florida.
	www.wesh.com /politics/3825320/detail.html (654 words)

	Mel Martinez - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Shortly afterward, he was scheduled to speak alongside President Bush at the 2004 Republican National Convention on September 2.
		After a general election campaign Martinez eventually defeated his Democratic opponent, Betty Castor, in a very close election.The Internet magazine Salon reported that Martinez would have rather run for governor in 2006 but the GOP convinced him to run 2 years earlier.
		Martinez's margin was deemed small enough that a winner was not declared until Castor conceded the race the day after election night.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mel_Martinez (1401 words)

	John-Loftus.com
		Betty Castor refused to determine whether Sami Al Arian's group was good or evil.
		From her own internal memos, it is clear that Betty Castor chose to hide her head in the sand.
		Castor's standards, she probably would not have fired him either.
	www.john-loftus.com /bettycastor.asp (384 words)

	MoveOn PAC
		Castor recently told a crowd of about 70 supporters at a breakfast Saturday at Bethune-Cookman College that it is "unacceptable" that America in recent years has imported 90,000 engineers and computer scientists from overseas.
		Betty Castor has been a leader in education in the state of Florida for years.
		Betty Castor is smart, tough, and not afraid to say what she means and follow her heart.
	www.moveonpac.org /give/quotes/castor.html (922 words)

	Feminist Daily News 9/1/2004: FL: Betty Castor Wins Democratic Nomination for Open Senate Seat
		Betty Castor captured the democratic nomination yesterday for the seat of retiring US Senator Bob Graham (D) in Florida with 57 percent of the vote.
		Castor is a member of the Florida Women’s Hall of Fame, having been the first woman elected to the Florida Cabinet and the first female president of the University of South Florida.
		Castor’s opponent this November will be Mel Martinez, former US Housing and Urban Development secretary, who was encouraged by the White House to run.
	www.feminist.org /news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=8620 (418 words)

	Boca Raton News challenges Jewish Journal's Endorsement of Betty Castor
		Finally, Warshal again defends Betty Castor while ignoring the facts surrounding the Sami Al-Arian episode at the University of South Florida while Castor was USF president.
		Castor has denied that she had any information from the FBI back in the mid-1990s about Al-Arian's terrorist activities that were being carried out right under her nose.
		Warshal would have us believe that Peter Deutsch is smearing Betty Castor by accusing her of inaction when it came to Al-Arian.
	www.emediawire.com /releases/2004/8/emw152571.htm (895 words)

	The Pelican File - Reporter - BETH REINHARD
		"If Betty Castor had her way, Saddam Hussein would still be butchering the people of Iraq and enslaving his own people and creating problems in the Middle East," GOP candidate Mel Martinez said Tuesday to the thunderous applause of a thousand supporters in St. Petersburg waiting to hear President Bush.
		Betty Castor's younger, male rivals for the U.S. Senate call her a "nice lady." She fits the profile.
		Betty Castor is cruising far ahead of her rivals in the Democratic race for the U.S. Senate, but she is likely to encounter rough waters once she has to face either of the Republican front-runners, according to a Mason-Dixon Florida Poll released Friday.
	www.pelicanfile.com /reporter.cfm?ReporterID=274 (2065 words)

	Keyword (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Castor are part of a new television ad released by her opponent, Republican Mel Martinez, in response to an ad in which the Democrat said she...
		TAMPA - Betty Castor's tenure as president of the University of South Florida is a major building block as she assembles support in her run for the U.S. Senate.
		Castor essentially left the matter up to law enforcement, choosing not to challenge Al-Arian in light of the twin employment protections of a union contract and academic freedom.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/keyword?k=castor (3294 words)

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