[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 3986]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




      CONGRATULATING ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY'S SESQUICENTENNIAL

  Mr. OBAMA. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Judiciary Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 
53, and that the Senate then proceed to its consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 53) congratulating Illinois State 
     University as it marks its sesquicentennial.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. OBAMA. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motion to 
reconsider be laid upon the table; that any statements relating thereto 
be printed in the Record, without further intervening action or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 53) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                               S. Res. 53

       Whereas Illinois State University marks its 
     sesquicentennial with a year-long celebration, beginning with 
     Founders Day on February 15, 2007;
       Whereas Illinois State University is the oldest public 
     university in the State of Illinois;
       Whereas Illinois State University has 34 academic 
     departments and offers more than 160 programs of study in the 
     College of Applied Science and Technology, the College of 
     Arts and Sciences, the College of Business, the College of 
     Education, the College of Fine Arts, and the Mennonite 
     College of Nursing;
       Whereas Illinois State University is 1 of the 10 largest 
     producers of teachers in the Nation, and nearly 1 in 7 
     Illinois teachers holds a degree from Illinois State 
     University;
       Whereas Milner Library at Illinois State University 
     contains more than 3 million holdings and special 
     collections;
       Whereas Illinois State University is ranked nationally as 
     one of the 100 ``best values'' in public higher education; 
     and
       Whereas Illinois State University participates in the 
     American Democracy Project, an initiative that prepares 
     students to engage in a competitive global society: Now, 
     therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate congratulates Illinois State 
     University as it marks its sesquicentennial.

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