In a letter outlining its decision, the board said that "your serious record of violent crime" and other factors "demonstrate that you pose a serious threat to community safety and welfare".
Surely graduates who went to good institutions, have a good record of achievement, studied serious subjects (in particular STEM subjects) and undertook a range of extracurricular activities, have a good chance of graduate employment.
"If it turns out that she has a serious criminal record of her own, perhaps it would be more typical.
But the team behind the venue has a serious track record of doing things right, and the name is definitely a selling point, keeping people guessing wildly about what it all means.
"Somebody like Perry is a very reputable candidate, he has a very serious record, he's demonstrated a lot of ability to do what needs to be done," said Denise Dahlberg, 55, a campus minister at Dartmouth.
He dismisses comparisons between Reagan and Trump largely because Reagan had a serious ideology and record of accomplishments.
Moyes has not shown a sure enough touch on the pitch or in the markets to provide a compelling case to stay - and the question remains whether a man who has no serious track record of silverware would have the reputation and profile to attract stellar names to Old Trafford without the cushion of Champions League football to fall back on.
But this is a serious distortion of its record.
Furthermore, a serious lack of age recording was observed, breaking the BES recommendations.
Ellen Mittelman Scarsdale, N.Y., July 26, 2009 To the Editor: Your assertion ("Partisan or Not, a Tough Course on Health Care," Political Memo, front page, July 26) that bipartisanship was "exhibited" in the enactment of Medicare is a serious distortion of the historical record.
