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Wesleyan University (CT) Agrees To Board Divestment Vote And Reconsidering Academic Partnerships With Israel For No Disruption Of Reunions and Commencement

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 19, 2024 47 Comments

The Wesleyan President and administration rightly are seen as giving in to extortion in order to preserve peace at reunions and commencement. In so doing, they have dangled the possibility of the university entering into some form of divestment or academic boycott of Israel in front of students .... Even if Wesleyan ultimately rejects these measures, it has done tremendous damage.

NIH Official Finally Admits American Taxpayers Funded Gain-of-Function Virus Experiments in Wuhan, China

Posted by Leslie Eastman on May 19, 2024 33 Comments

National Institutes of Health principal deputy director Lawrence Tabak's testimony suggests "subject matter expert" is another word for liar.

Pasadena City College Holding Special Graduation Ceremony for Illegal Immigrant Students

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 19, 2024 5 Comments

“UndocuGraduation”

Protests Planned in Norfolk, MA Against Turning Former Prison Into Illegal Immigrant Shelter

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 19, 2024 30 Comments

"Norfolk has a population of about 11,500 and voted heavily in favor of President Joe Biden in 2020"

U. Pennsylvania Students Arrested While Attempting to Take Over and ‘Occupy’ Campus Building

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 19, 2024 3 Comments

"19 arrests following the protest at the university's Fisher Bennett Hall"

It’s Different When Democrats Do it Week at Legal Insurrection

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 19, 2024 2 Comments

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Sorry big donors, universities “take you for granted. They have no respect for you.”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 18, 2024 36 Comments

"They're happy to take your money, but you're not getting the influence you think you're getting by donating. What I do think they fear tremendously is cutoff of government funding, federal funding particularly, but also state funding. That is the hammer over their head."

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Gavin Newsom Touts California Plan to Combat Homelessness As a ‘National Model’

Posted by Stacey Matthews on May 18, 2024 30 Comments

"the state of California has seen a decline in veteran’s homelessness. We have a national model. What Proposition 1 did is it reinforced that model."

Eighty-Four Percent of Measles Cases During Chicago’s Outbreak Tied to Venezuelan Migrants

Posted by Leslie Eastman on May 18, 2024 15 Comments

Among the others infected, four were from Peru, two from Ecuador, one from Chile and a further one whose origin country was not known.

Harvard Students Accused of Assaulting Israeli Classmate Face Criminal Charges

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 18, 2024 7 Comments

"charged with misdemeanor assault and battery and with violations of the Massachusetts Civil Rights Act"

Anti-Israel Student Protesters Intrude at Home of U. Michigan Regent

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 18, 2024 43 Comments

"The tactics used today represent a significant and dangerous escalation in the protests that have been occurring on campus."

Serious Complaints Pile Up Against Anti-Israel Encampment at DePaul University

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 18, 2024 1 Comment

"As of May 15, the university reported receiving more than 625 complaints from neighbors and community members."

Court of Appeals: Maryland Parents Can’t Opt-Out K-5 Kids from Public School LGBTQ Curriculum

Posted by James Nault on May 18, 2024 44 Comments

From the dissent: This ruling "forces the parents to make a choice—either adhere to their faith or receive a free public education for their children. They cannot do both."