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Behind the many symbols on this campus, there is an idea. It's the idea that Princeton stands for

an American education. The idea that a university is a place where men of learning believe in young

men of ambition and are given the opportunity to start them on their way.

James Arthur Hogue had always been light on his feet. Back in high school, in 1977, he ran the fastest

two-mile race in Kansas to become the state champion. That accomplishment landed him a spot on the

University of Wyoming's varsity track team as a freshman, but he dropped out a year later.

After recording disappointing finishes that consecutive meets, everyone was bigger,

stronger and faster than James all of a sudden. Sometimes you don't realize how slow everything

moves in Kansas until you leave. In 1980, James Hogue enrolled at the University of Texas in Austin,

but failed to make the cross-country team there. Instead of running track, James was running out

of money. His financial woes forced him to drop his classes to semester before graduating. He had

also been arrested for the first time while in Austin. James had stolen a bicycle frame and received

three years probation. In 1984, James Hogue left Texas without a degree and without any remaining

collegiate eligibility to compete athletically, unless he qualified for the Olympics in 88,

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