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☆ Greg Lukianoff Is Getting Back to the Basics on Free Speech on Campus - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-06 | by ( Jane Coaston | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

At colleges and universities across the country, from Cal Poly-Humboldt to Columbia, students have been protesting against the war in Gaza. The protests have generated another round of discussion (and endless takes on the internet) about free speech on college campuses. What about universities that purportedly champion free speech suddenly deciding that maybe there’s such a thing as too much freedom of speech? And, personally, I want to know why we pay so much attention to Ivy League schools most of us didn’t go to. I spoke with Greg Lukianoff, the president and C.E.O.

Persons: Greg Lukianoff, Rikki Schlott Organizations: Cal Poly, Humboldt, Ivy League, Foundation, Rights, FIRE’s Student Network Conference Locations: Columbia, Gaza

☆ Where Protesters on U.S. Campuses Have Been Arrested or Detained
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( The New York Times | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Campuses Have Been Arrested or DetainedPolice officers and university administrators have clashed with pro-Palestinian protesters on a growing number of college campuses in recent weeks, arresting students, removing encampments and threatening academic consequences. More than 2,300 people have been arrested or detained on campuses across the country. Tenn. Texas Utah Vt. Va. Wash. W.Va. Wis. Wyo. Tenn. Texas Utah Vt. Va. Wash. W.Va. Wis. Wyo. Since then, tensions between protesters, universities and the police have risen, prompting law enforcement to take action in some of America’s largest cities.

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☆ A Small Campus in the Redwoods Has the Nation’s Most Entrenched Protest
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-29 | by ( Jonathan Wolfe | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When university administrators across the nation worry about the potential fallout from campus protests, they may have Siemens Hall in mind. The building at California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt, includes the campus president’s office and has been occupied for a week by pro-Palestinian protesters who barricaded themselves inside and fought off an early attempt by the police to remove them. Protesters have since tagged walls and renamed it “Intifada Hall” by ripping off most of the signage on the brick exterior. The school, situated more than 275 miles north of San Francisco among the ancient coastal redwoods that drip with fog mist, is the site of the nation’s most entrenched campus protest. It has gone well beyond the encampments on student quads elsewhere; at Cal Poly Humboldt, protesters took over the power center of the campus and have rejected increasingly desperate entreaties from officials for them to vacate the premises.

Persons: Tom Jackson Jr Organizations: Siemens, California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt, “, Gaza, Cal Poly Humboldt Locations: San Francisco

The California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt campus will be closed and move to a remote format until the end of the semester due to the continued occupation of at least two campus buildings, according to a statement on Friday. “Campus is now closed through May 10, and work and academic instruction will be remote as individuals continue to occupy Siemens Hall and Nelson Hall East,” the statement said, adding that protesters have attempted “several times to break into multiple locked buildings with the intention of either locking themselves in, vandalizing, or stealing equipment.”The decision is not entirely unexpected as school officials previously said in an update that the campus would remain closed over the weekend and that they were considering keeping it closed beyond that. Demonstrators were given until 5 p.m. Friday to leave with a guarantee of no immediate arrest. CNN has reached out to the university for comment regarding the situation on the campus. Cal Poly Humboldt is a public university in Arcata, California, approximately 275 miles north of San Francisco.

Organizations: California State Polytechnic University, Siemens Hall, Nelson Hall East, CNN, Cal Poly Humboldt Locations: Humboldt, “, Arcata , California, San Francisco

☆ Lessons From a 20-Person Polycule
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Interviews Daniel Bergner | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +17 min

Relationships With More Than One PersonKatie I started by dating somebody on an ENM app who was in a different polycule who was connected to someone in this polycule. He’s married, and his wife and I are metamours, which is simply a word for my partner’s partner. Resources always help, books like “The Ethical Slut” and “Polysecure.” But undoing the monogamous script, the socialization, is really, really difficult. One of their husbands is one of my best friends and occasional sexual partner, and I do have sex with my wives, but we’re not romantically involved. It’s, I’m doing these things, I’m going to be gone for these two weeks, what do you need from me?

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☆ Miki Agrawal has moved on from Thinx. She hopes you have, too.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( Claire Landsbaum | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +23 min

Agrawal, a 45-year-old serial entrepreneur who founded the period-underwear company Thinx and the bidet startup Tushy, has always poured herself into her businesses. That July, Agrawal gave birth to her son, Hiro Happy Horn Agrawal. AdvertisementAfter leaving Thinx, Agrawal, pictured here in her Texas home, poured her energy into her bidet startup Tushy. Before Thinx, before Tushy, Agrawal was an analyst at Deutsche Bank, working in an office near the World Trade Center. In 2011, she cofounded period-underwear company Thinx with her twin sister, Radha, and a friend, Antonia Saint Dunbar.

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☆ I'm a first-generation HBCU graduate. I'm now broke and lonelier than ever without my college friends for support.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-05 | by ( Imani Herring | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Now that I'm a broke, jobless graduate, I feel lonelier than ever without my Spelman sisterhood by my side. AdvertisementI'm feeling much lonelier now that I'm a graduateIt's been almost a year since I left Spelman with my degree, honors, and accomplishments. I cheer my college friends on from behind my phone screen and wish I were there with them, sharing in their celebrations like before. I'm trying to find happiness in my post-grad lifeI don't want my peak to be college, so I've looked to other avenues for community. So, for now, I'll stick to crocheting little lemon pouches and granny squares, hoping I can see my college friends again soon.

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☆ America's 'deskless' hourly wage workers will reveal the most about how AI changes jobs
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-30 | by ( Rachel Curry | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

In that majority lies a pressing question: How will the introduction of artificial intelligence impact hourly workers? 'Deskless workers' and technologyRegardless of the perspective, hourly workers and the people who manage them are actively seeking technology solutions to help streamline their workflow. For example, robotics-enabled sorting and small item picking is infiltrating the logistics industry, which is traditionally staffed by hourly workers on the warehouse floor. "This will be the decade of hourly workers that are focused on delivery of services that require human touch," she said. One thing that hourly workers, like all workers, aim for is a sense of meaning on the job.

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☆ If you're cool with polyamory and monogamy, you might be ambiamorous
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-27 | by ( Julia Pugachevsky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A sex educator said ambiamorous people might defer to the relationship style their partner wants. AdvertisementMaybe you've decided that you're ready to be in a polyamorous relationship after only being in monogamous ones. Ambiamorous people are flexible to new relationship stylesUnlike polyamorous people, ambiamorous ones are fundamentally open to new relationship styles. That being said, "changing one's relationship structure from monogamy to polyamory — or vice versa — doesn't make one ambiamorous," she said. "While having labels that explain one's identity or preferences is wonderful, what's most important is that one's relationship style is healthy, loving, and emotionally supportive," she said.

Persons: —, Antonia Hall, — doesn't, she's, Hall Organizations: Service, Business

☆ Lee Hoyang, Prolific K-Pop Producer and Songwriter, Dies at 40
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-25 | by ( John Yoon | More About John Yoon | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Lee Hoyang, a prolific producer and songwriter of South Korean pop music who was professionally known as Shinsadong Tiger and who helped create some of the biggest K-pop hits of the 2010s, died in Seoul on Friday. It did not mention the cause of death, but said that a private funeral was being held in Seoul. Mr. Lee was often credited with shaping the musical style that defined K-pop in the early 2010s: catchy, upbeat and repetitive with a strong hook. Among the hits were “Roly-Poly” and “Bo Peep Bo Peep,” both by T-ara; “NoNoNo” by Apink; and “Bubble Pop!” by HyunA. “He created an exciting, funky, beat-driven K-pop style that continues to be repeated over and over again,” said Do Heon Kim, a pop music critic in South Korea.

Persons: Lee Hoyang, Tiger, Lee’s, Lee, “ Bo Peep Bo Peep, ”, Heon Kim, hasn’t Organizations: TR Entertainment Locations: Korean, Seoul, South Korea

☆ I'm getting my husband's girlfriend a gift for Valentine's Day
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-14 | by ( Lelia Gowland | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

When he started dating Pippy, at first, I felt unsettled by their closeness. It was from Pippy, Cole's girlfriend. But Cole's relationship with Pippy escalated more quickly than any of Cole's others, which left me unsettled. At one point, after the three of us struggled to navigate their escalating relationship, Pippy suggested she and I go for a walk. AdvertisementThis Valentine's Day, I'm more excited to celebrate my relationship with Pippy than I am to celebrate my 13th Valentine's Day with my husband.

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For polar bears, the climate change diet is a losing proposition, a new study suggests. With Arctic sea ice shrinking from climate change, many polar bears have to shift their diets to land during parts of the summer. Usually polar bears eat high-fat seals while based on sea ice, near where the seals are. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service lists polar bears as a threatened species “due to the loss of its sea ice habitat." When polar bears have sea ice, they feast on seals.

Persons: Anthony Pagano, fatten, Pagano, Andrew Derocher, ” Derocher, ”, Derocher, Karyn Rode, “, ” Rode, Kristin Laidre, Laidre, Stephanie Windeler, ___ Read, Seth Borenstein Organizations: Nature Communications, Geological Survey, Data, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, University of Alberta, University of Washington, Canada, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Associated Press Locations: U.S, Hudson, London, AP.org

☆ I'm poly and live with my husband and boyfriend. We make $155,000 combined and can finally buy a house.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Jennifer Martin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

I'm a millennial, which means I, like so many in my generation, have had a rough time financially. AdvertisementTo be clear, Ty and Daniel don't date; we're not a throuple. I date both men separately, and they don't date each other. Since he's not their legal guardian and I'm not his legal spouse, shared finances over a long period would help in court. But putting Daniel and Ty on a loan together is another way to ensure we're connected legally and financially.

Persons: —, I'm, homeownership, Daniel, polyamory, We'd, Ty, Daniel don't, we're, We're what's, he's, Jared Soares, haven't, we've, It's, who's Organizations: Service, Business, Finances, BI

☆ CSU faculty strike: Thousands of Cal State faculty walk off the job, beginning a massive five-day strike
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Samantha Delouya | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Faculty and supporters picket during a strike at the California State University, Northridge campus in Los Angeles, California, US, on Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. Jill Connelly/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesVillanueva Bernal said one of her children attends a Cal State school, one of two public university systems in California. In a statement, Cal State said the CFA’s demand for a 12% raise, along with other economic demands, are “financially unrealistic.”“Their request far surpasses the state funding increase that the CSU received in last year’s state budget ($227 million) and is more than the entire budget of Cal Poly Pomona ($369 million),” Cal State said. The union has been bargaining with Cal State since May, and the university system has offered a 5% raise each year over three years. However, CFA has argued that Cal State can afford their proposals.

Persons: ”, “, Elaine Villanueva Bernal, Jill Connelly, Villanueva Bernal Organizations: Los Angeles CNN, California State University, California Faculty Association, ”, CFA, Cal State, CSU, Cal State University, Cal State University Long Beach, Faculty, Northridge, Los Angeles Times, Bloomberg, Getty, Cal Poly Pomona, Cal, management’s Locations: Cal State University Long, Los Angeles County, ”, Los Angeles , California, California

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (AP) — The family of a California college student who vanished nearly three decades ago sued the school on Thursday, alleging it caused Kristin Smart's murder through negligence. Smart, then 19, disappeared from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo on the state’s scenic Central Coast over Memorial Day weekend in 1996. Those students said Flores had stalked and harassed them in the months leading up to Smart's disappearance. Instead, our family has been left to grieve her absence for 27 agonizing years,” a family statement said. The family only realized Cal Poly's alleged negligence after that apology because relatives didn't have any access to the university's investigative file, according to the lawsuit.

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☆ Henry Kissinger, as Seen, and Skewered, by Comics
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Maya Salam | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In a November 1976 episode of “Saturday Night Live,” Gilda Radner, in her recurring impression of Barbara Walters — a.k.a. Baba Wawa — interviews Henry Kissinger, played by John Belushi. After inquiring about his “silly, silly” accent, which she says “really, really irritates” her, Radner asks Belushi to repeat after her: “I am a really, really fat, roly poly diplomat.” He does. In a 1987 episode of “S.N.L.,” his religion comes up again in a sketch called “The Assimilated Jew’s Hanukkah.” In it, Al Franken imitates Kissinger, who is selling an album of Jewish Christmas songs. I told him that if it hadn’t been for the Xmas bombing, he’d have the tickets.”

Persons: Gilda Radner, Barbara Walters — a.k.a, Henry Kissinger, John Belushi, “, Radner, Belushi, roly, ”, Al Franken, Kissinger, Franken, “ Kissinger Organizations: Baba Wawa, SNL, he’d Locations: Baba, North Vietnam

☆ I got married quickly in my 20s after getting pregnant. Now I'm 53, divorced, and solo polyamorous — and I'll never go back to monogamy.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-19 | by ( Serafina Kenny | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

After they divorced, she discovered polyamory and has been solo polyamorous for three years. Solo polyamory means having multiple partners, no primary partner, and an independent lifestyle. Solo polyamory means I have multiple relationships, but my primary relationship is with myselfTo me, solo polyamory means having relationships that are fulfilling, meaningful, and loving, but my primary relationship is with myself. I don't know if I'll be solo polyamorous forever, but I'll never go back to monogamy. I could see myself having one primary relationship later in life.

Persons: Jennifer Keller, —, who's, I'm Organizations: Service Locations: We're

☆ Dow forecasts lower-than-expected net sales in Q4 on low prices, weak demand
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The Dow Chemical logo is displayed on a board above the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly after the opening bell in New York, U.S. on December 22, 2015. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 24 (Reuters) - Dow Inc (DOW.N) forecast average net sales for the current quarter below analyst estimates on Tuesday, as the chemical maker continues to navigate weak demand and low prices for its products in key markets. Dow reported a sequential decline of 7% in prices of their products in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and India, primarily due to lower feedstock and energy rates. However, the company added it expects to see benefits from rising oil prices in the next few quarters. Prices of Dow products such as polyethylene, poly vinyl chloride and other base metals increase on the back of rising crude oil.

Persons: Lucas Jackson, Dow, Howard Ungerleider, Jeffrey Tate, Sriraj Kalluvila, Vinay Dwivedi, Krishna Chandra Organizations: Dow, New York Stock, REUTERS, Dow Inc, Saikeerthi, Thomson Locations: New York, U.S, China, Europe, East, Africa, India, Bengaluru

☆ How surging trade with China is boosting Russia’s war
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Karen Gilchrist | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +15 min

Mikhail Tereshchenko | Afp | Getty ImagesThe defense ministries of China and Russia did not respond to CNBC's request for comment on the trade flows. Trade of 'dual-use' goods spikesTotal bilateral trade between Russia and China hit a record high of $190 billion in 2022, up 30% from 2021. Semiconductor sales to Russia from China and Hong Kong more than doubled in 2022 as Western sanctions took hold. Meantime, construction equipment has played an "underappreciated" but significant role in China's contribution to Russia's war efforts, having helped bolster its defenses against Ukraine's counteroffensive, Joseph Webster, senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, said. The findings add to the growing list of Chinese goods and companies reported to be supplying Russia's military, including state-owned enterprises.

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☆ Value investing is having a moment in China. Here are some funds that are winning
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-20 | by ( Evelyn Cheng | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

They are: BOCIP China Value A Fidelity China Focus A Dist USD Ninety One GSF All China Eq A Acc HKD The first two have a value-style tilt – and not only beat the MSCI China Index in the first half of this year, but also in all of 2022, according to Morningstar. Although both value and growth China funds have generally posted losses over the three years ended July 2023, growth has lagged value by 12% a year, Liang said. However, she was quick to point out that just focusing on a single investment style such as value versus growth isn't enough. In terms of Morningstar's fund ratings — based on factors the firm calls people, process and parent — Schroder's ISF China Opps and FSSA China Growth have gold ratings for strong performance in the "people" and "process" categories. Closely watching valuations helped Schroders China's portfolio manager take some timely profits on "some overheated information technology" stocks, Liang said.

Persons: Warren Buffett, –, Claire Liang, Morningstar's, Liang, Benjamin Graham's, Goldman Sachs, It's, Timothy Moe Organizations: Morningstar, Fidelity, Acc, China, House Research Institute, Netflix, Suzhou Maxwell Technologies Locations: China, Fidelity China, Asia, Suzhou

The one unanimous conclusion they came to was that Beijing wants a greater state presence in these sectors. Kroeber says the crackdowns are about "defining what the state does, what the private sector does, and creating a more limited sandbox for the private sector to play in." That has left investors now picking the state over the private sector. The CCP's July Politburo meeting reinforced the message, with the top policymaking body pledging to put a floor under the property sector, help indebted local governments heal and boost consumer demand. Huang Yan, general manager of private fund manager Shanghai QiuYang Capital Co, said Beijing will crack down on any sector seen as increasing people's economic burden.

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☆ Too Many Cats, Too Few Vets: New York City Animal Shelters Are Bursting
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-13 | by ( Erin Nolan | More About Erin Nolan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“She is the cutest, roly-poly, delicious dog,” said Katy Hansen, the director of marketing and communications for Animal Care Centers, which runs New York City’s public animal shelters. She said it was hard to believe Brooklyn had been living at the shelter for six months. The city’s shelter animal population has exploded, with many animals waiting weeks or months without being adopted. Because of overcrowding, dogs at the Manhattan shelter are being kept in makeshift kennels in offices, and stacks of cat cages line the halls. The cat population has grown to the point that last month, Animal Care Centers said it was “closed for cat intake.” But the organization’s contract with the city requires it to take in animals in need, and Ms. Hansen said hundreds of cats had been accepted since the announcement.

Persons: ”, Katy Hansen, Hansen Organizations: Animal Care, Animal Care Centers, Care Centers Locations: Brooklyn, Manhattan, roly, New York

☆ China's real estate market roiled by default fears again
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Evelyn Cheng | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesBEIJING — Two years after Evergrande's debt troubles, worries about China's real estate sector are coming to the forefront again. In late July, its top leaders indicated a shift toward greater support for the real estate sector, paving the way for local governments to implement specific policies. For the last several years, Chinese authorities have attempted to curb debt-fueled speculation in the country's massive — and hot — real estate market. Real estate and related industries have accounted for about a quarter of China's economy. He pointed out that since China started its deleveraging campaign in 2016, it is very unlikely the state would step in to bail out real estate developers.

Persons: Qilai Shen, Dalian Wanda, Liu Haibo, Sandra Chow, Nomura, Chow, Evergrande, Redmond Wong, —, Wong, Vanke, that's Organizations: Country Garden Holdings Co, Bloomberg, Getty, BEIJING, Reuters, CNBC, Country, Asia Pacific Research, CreditSights, Fitch, Saxo Markets Hong, China's, House Research, Stock, Poly Development, Research Locations: Baoding, Hebei province, China, Dalian, Hong Kong, Beijing, Saxo Markets Hong Kong

HONG KONG/NEW YORK, July 31 (Reuters) - For all the excitement whipped up in China's markets by the Politburo last week, foreign investors say policymakers' words will have to be matched by substantive action to clean up an ailing property sector before confidence recovers. "The question is what resources they will deploy, because China is still very focused on de-leveraging and preventing financial risks." Absolutely, and urgently," said Qi Wang, the chief investment officer (CIO) of MegaTrust Investment (HK), a boutique China fund manager specializing in domestic Chinese A-shares. Mark Dong, general manager of Minority Asset Management, based in Hong Kong, has reduced his exposure to the property sector. The safest bets in the sector, he said, had come down to state-owned companies such as China Resources Land (1109.HK) and Poly Property (0119.HK).

Persons: Tara Hariharan, Qi Wang, Wang, Mark Dong, Bo Zhuang, Loomis, Weng, Rob Hinchliffe, Hinchliffe, Mei Leong, Xie Yu, Georgina Lee, Shen Yiming, Jason Xue, Ankur Banerjee, Tom Westbrook, Vidya Ranganathan, Simon Cameron, Moore Organizations: HONG KONG, MegaTrust Investment, Asset Management, Loomis Sayles Investments, Eastspring Investments, PineBridge Investments, China Evergrande Group, HK, China Resources, Poly Property, Thomson Locations: HONG, China, Hong Kong, Loomis Sayles Investments Asia, Shanghai, New York, Singapore

☆ One dead as rare summer storm hits Netherlands
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Bart H. Meijer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

In Amsterdam, several people were injured as dozens of trees were toppled by the storm, damaging cars and houseboats along the city's canals. The storm, named Poly, is the Netherlands' worst ever during the summer months and its strongest overall since January 2018, weather agency Weeronline said. The last heavy summer storm was in 2015 and was the first in over a century. The summer storm is causing much damage as trees are heavy with leaves and many of them have become brittle during an unusually long dry spell in May and June. The storm will move east over the north of the country and is expected to become less intense during the afternoon.

Persons: Weeronline, Bart Meijer, Toby Sterling, Andrew Heavens, Jan Harvey, John Stonestreet, Alexandra Hudson Organizations: National Meteorology Institute, Arriva, Alexandra Hudson Our, Thomson Locations: AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, Haarlem, Amsterdam, Noord, Holland, Amsterdam's Schiphol

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