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In stock market terms, what Randa Ryan did when she spent $28,000 of university money on items from her own store was a form of insider dealing. It’s illegal. The feds have sent people to prison for it.

At the University of Texas, however, athletic director Steve Patterson calls it “mistakes were made” and says she was acting with the “best of intent.”

“Texas just doesn’t get it,” writes the daily’s Kirk Bohls. “Where’s the accountability? I’m betting Charlie Strong would suspend Randa indefinitely.”

He might, if Randa were a student football player, but otherwise political correctness may be stronger than Strong at THE university.