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NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

The Independent UK

Scourge at home, 'superstar' in international markets

Jacinda Ardern may have been increasingly unpopular with businesses in New Zealand, but international trade relations experts say we've benefitted from her status abroad.

Newsroom.co.nz

‘You People’ weighs down powerhouse cast with maddeningly obvious racial humor

Heavy-handed Netflix comedy puts Eddie Murphy, Jonah Hill and other greats into conversations that lack any nuance.

Chicago Sun-Times

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"Harvard Reverses Course on Human Rights Advocate Who Criticized Israel"

From the New York Times (Jennifer Schuessler & Marc Tracy): The Harvard Kennedy School reversed course on Thursday and said it would offer a fellowship to a leading human rights advocate it had previously rejected, after news of the decision touched off a public outcry over academic freedom, donor influence…

Reason

Harvard reverses decision on role for Israel critic after outcry

Kennedy School dean initially refused ex-Human Rights Watch head Kenneth Roth a fellowship over criticisms of Israel

The Guardian - US

Harvard-Trained Former PBOC Deputy Governor Appointed Beijing Mayor

Yin Yong replaces Chen Jining, who was named Shanghai’s Communist Party secretary

Caixin Global

What connects apocalyptic drama The Last of Us to Ted Cruz and Gores Al and Vidal?

Connections are everything, as we trace the links between scriptwriter Craig Mazin and his college roommate Cruz, via Harvard chums Al Gore and Tommy Lee Jones, to Richard Harris’s son Jared

The Guardian - UK

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Study: Exxon Mobil accurately predicted warming since 1970s

A new study says Exxon Mobil’s scientists were remarkably accurate in their predictions about global warming

The Independent UK

College Football 150 National Championship All-Time Season Rankings. Where Does 2022 Georgia Rank?

150 Best College Football National Championship Season Rankings. The best national title runs in the history of college football

USA Today Sports Media Group

Harvard Kennedy School Dean Rejects Proposed Fellowship, Allegedly Based on the Person's "Anti-Israel Bias"

The proposed fellow would have been Kenneth Roth, former head of Human Rights Watch, and apparently a highly prominent expert on the subject.

Reason

Harvard rescinds fellowship offer to leading rights activist

Harvard University has rescinded a fellowship it had offered to a leading human rights activist over what he says was his group's criticism of Israel

The Independent UK

Economists fret over perils ahead for global growth

The world economy looks to be transitioning to a more difficult era in which interest rates will be higher, geopolitical tensions greater and uncertainties more pronounced.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Is there something about Americans that makes us football addicts?

I teach a course on the intersection of sports and religion in North America, and I ask students whether there is something about American society that draws us to the violence of football. Why, for instance, despite the NFL’s best efforts, has American football not caught on elsewhere in the…

Los Angeles Times

HRW former head denied Harvard fellowship over ‘anti-Israel bias’

Kenneth Roth, the longtime head of Human Rights Watch, had his fellowship offer rescinded.

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Fortune

The Winklevoss twins are in another mess—and it has to do with crypto

“The idea in your head that you can quietly hide in your ivory tower and that this will all just magically go away, or that this is someone else’s problem, is pure fantasy,” Cameron Winklevoss wrote to former friend Barry Silbert.

Chicago Sun-Times

There’s always a need for gun safety with the number of firearms rising

When so many lives are at stake and gun violence has surpassed car accidents as the leading cause of the deaths of American children, there is no such thing as too much information surrounding gun safety.

Tribune News Service

US news alters law school rankings after Yale, Harvard quit

US News & World Report pledged to modify its law school rankings after a growing number of institutions, including Yale and Harvard, called the rankings “flawed.”

Ballotpedia

Federal opposition to ESG in 2023

From state treasurers divesting pension and operating funds from BlackRock and other ESG providers to state attorneys general investigating the same providers over the impact of ESG on assorted policy matters, state officials led the pushback against environmental, social, and corporate governance investing in 2022.

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Chicago Tribune

Commentary: Antonin Scalia and the uncertain future of legal conservatism

During her 2010 Senate confirmation hearings, centrist-liberal Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan famously allowed that “we are all originalists.” In a 2015 interview at Harvard Law School honoring her then-colleague Justice Antonin Scalia, Kagan proclaimed that “we are all textualists now.”

Reason

US News Makes Beneficial Changes to its Law School Rankings System

Downgrading reputational surveys and abolishing points for per-student expenditures are steps in the right direction.

Tribune News Service

No. 4 Kansas grinds past Harvard in final nonconference test before Big 12 play

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Kansas’ No. 4-ranked men’s basketball team will take a sparkling 11-1 record into the start of Big 12 Conference play against Oklahoma State on New Year’s Eve.

The Independent UK

Ex-Harvard coach, dad acquitted in admissions bribery case

A former Harvard fencing coach was acquitted Wednesday of charges that he accepted more than $1.5 million in bribes in exchange for designating a wealthy businessman’s two sons as recruits to help secure their admission to the elite university

Nottingham Post

Nottinghamshire school pupil earns full scholarship to Cornell University in New York

She is a straight A* student - and her four year scholarship covers all costs, including flights, accommodation and food during her studies. The school wishes her every success

USA Today Sports Media Group

2023 NFL draft: Princeton WR Andrei Iosivas a name to watch for Chargers

The Chargers have the need for speed this upcoming offseason.

Newsroom.co.nz

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