MU policy allows for pagan holidays, There may be no: ; other U.S. school; with such a guideline

From: Charleston Daily Mail | Date: November 1, 2007| Author: TOM BREEN | Copyright information

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

When George Fain visits a grave today to mark a pagan holiday, she won't have to worry about the work she's missing in her classes at Marshall University in Huntington.

That's because her absence on the Samhain holiday has been approved by the school, which for the first time is recognizing pagan students' desire to be excused from class for religious holidays and festivals.

The university with an enrollment of about 14,000 may be the only school in t...

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