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Elite US Universities Feel Heat Over Alleged Anti-Semitism

Since the start of the conflict between Israel and Hamas, prestigious US universities have come under fire, accused of not doing enough to combat anti-Semitism.

International Business Times · Dec 14, 2023

Israel-Hamas war tensions roil campuses; Brown protesters are arrested, Haverford building occupied

A weeklong sit-in at Haverford College has ended under threat of disciplinary action as U.S. college campuses continue to be roiled by tensions over the Israel-Hamas war

The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2023

Lawsuit alleges ex-Harvard Medical School professor used own sperm to secretly impregnate patient

A former professor at Harvard Medical School and founder of one of the nation's largest fertility clinics is being accused in a lawsuit of secretly impregnating a patient in 1980 after promising the sperm would come from an anonymous donor

The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2023

House OKs measure seeking university presidents’ ouster - Roll Call

Nuanced answers by elite university presidents at a House hearing on antisemitism led to a resolution calling for their ouster.

Roll Call · Dec 13, 2023

UPenn reveals interim president after Liz Magill’s ouster over antisemitism row

Liz Magill resigned over the weekend following her controversial testimony before Congress about antisemitism on college campuses

The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2023

Harvard University president Claudine Gay keeps job after antisemitism row

The university's board says it 'unanimously' stands with the president after calls for her removal

Evening Standard · Dec 13, 2023

OPINION - Harvard's Claudine Gay saga shows how the poison of cancel culture has infected US universities

If you wanted to sum up the near parodic state of liberal academia in the US, the response of the then president of Pennsylvania University, Elizabeth McGill, to a question about whether calling for the genocide of Jews violated its rules on harassment, would do the job nicely. “It’s a…

Evening Standard · Dec 13, 2023

Israel-Gaza war on US campuses: Why are top university leaders under fire?

A congressional hearing on anti-Semitism has shone a spotlight on the tensions between free speech and campus safety.

Al Jazeera · Dec 13, 2023

NFL analyst has an intriguing name for next Commanders’ general manager

Could the Commanders look to the Eagles for their next general manager?

USA Today Sports Media Group · Dec 13, 2023

One Of Frasier’s Original Writers Breaks Down Their Issues With The Paramount+ Revival, And I Can See Where They’re Coming From

Ken Levine, a writer from the original Frasier, shared some critiques he has on the Paramount+ revival.

Cinemablend · Dec 12, 2023