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| For $100,000 a year salary, Oren was not around the campus much, but he suddenly had an assistant for his mostly empty office. Faculty and staff were paid a pittance, but not the new assistant. |
In ex-state legislator's corruption trial, jury told that job for vet's mother part of kickbacks:
"FAYETTEVILLE -- A job for a Gold Star mother was part of kickbacks to then-Sen. Jon Woods in return for state General Improvement Fund grants to Ecclesia College, the government argued Friday.
Helping the mother of his childhood friend who was killed in combat in 2011 was an act of compassion, the defense contended.
Oren Paris III, president of Ecclesia at the time, agreed on Aug. 5, 2013 to a request by Woods to hire Elizabeth Newlun as his personal assistant, emails and text messages between him and Woods show. Woods texted Paris an electronic copy of an application form for improvement-fund grants the same day, according to records presented at Woods' trial in federal court."
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