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Posted: Friday, 03 July 2009 10:45AM
Report: Giannoulias aide helped get teen in to UI
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CHICAGO (AP) - According to a published report, a campaign adviser to state Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias helped a politically connected applicant get in to the University of Illinois.
The Chicago Tribune reported Friday that the applicant had ties to a politically connected Greek Orthodox priest.
The Rev. Alexander Karloutsos says he reached out to Giannoulias adviser Endy Zemenides. He, in turn, e-mailed a university provost in February 2008 on the student's behalf.
The teen was subsequently lifted from the school's waiting list and accepted.
Zemenides says he wasn't acting as a representative for Giannoulias. And a spokesman says Giannoulias knew nothing about the admissions inquiry.
After the student's admission, the priest helped with a Giannoulias fundraiser that brought in $120,000.
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