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CNN —As one of the lead negotiators for students protesting inside the grounds of Columbia University, Mahmoud Khalil said his primary objective was to get the university to sever all financial ties with Israel. Khalil said Columbia never put anything in writing, instead making offers verbally. But without a firm promise, Columbia’s offer didn’t go far enough for Khalil and other protesters, since the university had previously rejected divestment proposals. Khalil said they then presented Columbia with another offer: Rather than dump Israel-tied investments, Columbia could instead divest from weapons manufacturing companies and any companies complicit in violating international law. NYPD officers in riot gear march onto Columbia University campus, where pro-Palestinian students are barricaded inside a building and have set up an encampment, in New York City on April 30, 2024.

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☆ How Kyrsten Sinema — who once said she could 'do anything' if she lost reelection — can get rich now that she's retiring from the Senate
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-05 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Kyrsten Sinema once said she could "do anything" after leaving the Senate, according to one book. Now that she's retiring, Sinema has all kinds of get-rich-quick options available to her. According that book, Sinema told the Utah Republican that she didn't care about winning reelection, a prospect that had long been imperiled by breaking with her party on government spending and the Senate's "filibuster" rule. Former Sen. Ben Sasse is set to make millions from his new role as a college president. Tasos Katopodis-Pool/Getty ImagesSinema could also seek to become a college president, as she purportedly once told Romney — and she could get rich doing it.

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☆ McConnell staked his legacy on a border-Ukraine deal. He may be too out of step with the GOP to save it.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-05 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

He also joined with other top House Republicans Monday afternoon to implore Senate Republicans to kill it. McConnell is already facing one key defection: Sen. Steve Daines, who leads the Senate GOP's campaign arm, is lined up against the bipartisan deal. "This bill unites Senate Democrats and sharply divides Senate Republicans," Lee said in another post. Since then, a group of Senate Republicans has continued to be vocal about the difficulties of having a GOP leader who has an at best icy relationship with Trump. As of this writing, there's a chance a majority of Senate Republicans will stand against their leader.

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GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida is under NCAA investigation a year after a failed name, image and likeness deal worth more than $13 million with former signee Jaden Rashada. Because we follow NCAA policies about maintaining confidentiality, we are unable to offer additional comments.”Political Cartoons View All 253 ImagesIt’s the second NCAA investigation for Florida in the past four years. Rashada signed with Florida last December only to be granted his release a month later after his NIL deal fell through. Florida coach Billy Napier has repeatedly said NCAA rules prohibit him from providing details about what went wrong with Rashada. It’s unclear when Napier realized the deal was falling apart or how much he even knew about the NIL deal.

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(AP) — Longtime Omaha community activist Preston Love Jr. has announced he is seeking the Democratic nomination to challenge Republican U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts for the seat Ricketts was appointed to fill last year. Love, 81, launched his campaign Wednesday in north Omaha before a crowd of about 100 with the endorsements of some of the state's top Democrats, including state party executive director Precious McKesson and state Sen. Tony Vargas. Ricketts also gave more than $1 million to the political action committee Conservative Nebraska, which ran a slew of attack ads against Pillen’s primary opponents. It is the second time the state party has backed Love for the Senate seat — although the first time came under unusual, scandal-plagued circumstance. Love is the founder and executive director of the nonprofit Black Votes Matter Institute of Community Engagement and an adjunct professor of Black studies at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

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☆ Trump killed off the last prominent anti-Trump Republican by barely firing a shot: a requiem for Chris Christie
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-10 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Christie carried his warnings as far as a podcast hosted by former top aides to President Barack Obama. It didn't work. Minus jokes about Christie's weight, Trump barely commented on his former ally's candidacy. Jeb Bush, the original anti-Trump Republican, and didn't work for Christie either. And then, in two straight presidential cycles, Christie decided to bet his hopes on New Hampshire.

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☆ I'm 79 and work out 6 days a week. I do it to have strong bones, and it makes me happy.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Jane Ridley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

She does press-ups, sit-ups, and other exercises six days a week. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Six times a week, starting at 7:30 a.m., I make sure I do 90 minutes of exercise. AdvertisementI'll kick things off with 30 minutes on my elliptical machine, followed by 30 minutes on the Peloton.

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☆ New College Is a Haven for Harvard Refugees
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Richard Corcoran | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

After Hamas's atrocities in Israel, one would expect universal condemnation from U.S. college administrators. The University of Florida's Ben Sasse showed Harvard how to do it. Images: AFP/Getty Images/Zuma Press Composite: Mark KellySarasota, Fla.Anti-Semitism has reared its ugly head at Harvard. Since Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre of some 1,400 Israelis, Jewish students there have reportedly been bullied, intimidated, spat on and, in at least one case, physically assaulted. Student-led protests call for the destruction of Israel and the Jewish people with chants of “Intifada!

Persons: Florida's Ben Sasse, Mark Kelly Sarasota Organizations: The University, Florida's, Harvard, Getty Locations: Israel, Fla, Palestine

☆ Kyrsten Sinema said she doesn't care if she loses reelection because she 'saved the Senate by myself' and can go serve 'on any board I want to,' book says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Bryan Metzger | Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Kyrsten Sinema doesn't care one bit if she wins re-election, according to a new book. Sinema told Romney said she saved the filibuster and the Senate and that's "good enough for me." AdvertisementAdvertisementSen. Kyrsten Sinema will face an exceedingly difficult re-election race in Arizona next year, if she chooses to run. I can do anything," she told Romney, according to the book. "I saved the Senate filibuster by myself.

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☆ The Marxian Roots of Campus Anti-Semitism
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-15 | by ( Barton Swaim | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

After Hamas's atrocities in Israel, one would expect universal condemnation from U.S. college administrators. The University of Florida's Ben Sasse showed Harvard how to do it. Images: AFP/Getty Images/Zuma Press Composite: Mark KellyIf you thought claims of anti-Semitism on university campuses were exaggerated, you can’t think it after the past week. The spectacle was appalling: university presidents responding to the murder of hundreds of Jews by pretending that the fault lies partially with Israel and that reasonable people can differ over whether Hamas’s atrocities are justified; student groups issuing letters proclaiming solidarity with Hamas; campus protesters brandishing signs bearing such slogans as “resistance is justified” and “from the river to the sea”—the latter signifying the goal of extirpating all Jews from Israel.

Persons: Florida's Ben Sasse, Mark Kelly Organizations: The University, Florida's, Harvard, Getty Locations: Israel

☆ Egypt Can Save Gaza’s Civilians
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-14 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

After Hamas's atrocities in Israel, one would expect universal condemnation from U.S. college administrators. The University of Florida's Ben Sasse showed Harvard how to do it. Images: AFP/Getty Images/Zuma Press Composite: Mark KellyIsrael’s defensive operation in Gaza will be difficult and bloody, as the military tries to weed Hamas terrorists out of a densely populated urban environment. Lest American or European politicians or commentators suffer any confusion about who is ultimately responsible for what comes next, here are a few facts:

Persons: Florida's Ben Sasse, Mark Kelly Israel’s Organizations: The University, Florida's, Harvard, Getty Locations: Israel, Gaza

☆ Ben Sasse’s Letter on Israel to Jewish Gators
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Trump kept a 'hit list' with pictures of the Republicans who voted to impeach him on his White House desk, Cassidy Hutchinson says in new book
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Cassidy Hutchinson said she was asked to make a "hit list" of the Republicans who voted to impeach Trump. Hutchinson said White House chief of staff Mark Meadows asked her to make a chart with their photos. Trump then kept the chart of the 10 House Republicans on the Resolute Desk. Hutchinson wrote that Trump then kept the list of the disloyal Republicans close by. In particular, he made it his mission to drive out the 10 House Republican lawmakers who voted to impeach him and the 7 Republican senators who later supported his conviction.

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☆ University of Florida president Ben Sasse says professors shouldn't feel stifled by the state's new law stipulating they can't 'distort' history in their teachings
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-10 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Ben Sasse told The New York Times that professors shouldn't feel stifled by a new Florida law. "You want to actually be teaching debates that allow people to get inside texts and wrestle," he said. Sasse, a former Nebraska senator, took over the reigns of the University of Florida earlier this year. In July, SB 266, which mandates that professors cannot "distort" historical events, became Florida law. "There's nothing that's going to keep a University of Florida professor from teaching that," he told the newspaper.

Persons: Ben Sasse, shouldn't, Ron DeSantis, Sarah McBride, Trump Organizations: New York Times, University of Florida, Service, Nebraska Republican, Gov, Republicans, Yale University Locations: Florida, Nebraska, Wall, Silicon, United States

☆ The Great College Pricing Sham
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-10 | by ( James S. Murphy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +21 min

I use quotation marks, because merit aid is granted to half the students at public colleges and 84% at private colleges. Today the average merit-aid discount at private colleges is $23,000 — leaving the student to cover the remaining $30,000 or $40,000. At four-year public colleges, tuition now accounts for 52% of operational revenue, versus 48% from state funding. To make college more accessible, we need to make greater public investments — at both the state and federal levels — in higher education. James S. Murphy is a higher education policy analyst at Education Reform Now.

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☆ How Ben Sasse Became a Combatant in Florida’s Education Wars
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Michael Sokolove | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Sasse’s words sometimes tumble out in a kind of techno-futurist patois that can be hard to follow. In response to a question about his perceived invisibility on campus, he veered off into something about the future of pedagogy. Later, he added, “What will today’s generic term ‘professor’ mean when you disaggregate syllabus designer, sage-on-the-stage lecturer, seminar leader, instructional technologist, grader, assessor, etc. ?”Sasse is not the first politician to lead a big public university. Oliver Grundmann, a professor in the College of Pharmacy, told me that members of the campus community were worried because of the positions Sasse took in the past.

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☆ High school shop class is back—and it's showing students alternatives to 'traditional college'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Thirty years ago, high school shop class seemed on track for extinction. And during the 2016-2017 school year, 98% of public school districts offered CTE to high school students, though the types of programs varied widely, according to the Department of Education. Here are two key problems in the workforce that high school CTE seeks to address:Expensive college degreesCollege was the primary postgrad pathway modeled at Rosalyn Jones' high school in New Jersey. "Definitely in high school, they pushed college first like it's kind of the only option," says Jones, 25, who attended high school from 2012 to 2016. She says her high school offered a woodshop class as a course, but she says there was no CTE requirement.

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☆ The story behind Einstein's most iconic photo and how it was almost lost to history
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-25 | by ( Mike Rucker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Albert Einstein's most iconic photo of him sticking out his tongue was almost lost to history. Author Mike Rucker explains how Einstein's fun and curious nature played to his greatness. The photo was taken by Arthur Sasse, on March 14, 1951, Einstein's 72nd birthday. Einstein rarely let others get in the way of his fun. According to Walter Isaacson's biography, "Einstein: His Life and Universe," the personality traits that contributed most to Einstein's greatness were curiosity and nonconformism.

☆ The Justice Department investigated Jeffrey Epstein's death. Then it went silent.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +25 min

Jeffrey Epstein's death in a federal jail was seen as a shocking Justice Department failure. But more than three years later, the office still hasn't released its report into the circumstances of Epstein's death. "We all took it by surprise," Mark Epstein told Insider. Barr tasked the Justice Department's inspector general, Michael Horowitz, and the FBI with investigating "the circumstances of Mr. Epstein's death." Mark Epstein told Insider that he spoke to his brother about once a month in the years before his death.

☆ Pete Ricketts is sworn in as Nebraska's next senator
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-23 | by ( Reuters Editorial | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

US VideosPete Ricketts is sworn in as Nebraska's next senatorPostedNebraska's former Republican Governor Pete Ricketts was sworn in on Monday (January 23) as the state's next U.S. senator by Vice President Kamala Harris, after being appointed to fill the seat left vacant by former Senator Ben Sasse.

☆ Former Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts to Fill Vacant U.S. Senate Seat
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( Shannon Najmabadi | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Jim Pillen speaking in Lincoln, Neb., after the Nebraska gubernatorial election was called in his favor in November. Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen on Thursday appointed his predecessor to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Ben Sasse , a Republican who resigned earlier this month to become president of the University of Florida. Pete Ricketts , a Republican who served two terms as Nebraska’s governor, will hold the seat until a special election is held in 2024 in the solid conservative state. He would have to run again in 2026 to serve a full six-year term in the Senate.

☆ Nebraska Gov. Pillen appoints former Gov. Pete Ricketts as Ben Sasse's Senate replacement
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Summer-Concepcion-Byline-Jm.Jpg | Summer Concepcion | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

Ricketts, a Republican like Pillen and Sasse, will serve two years ahead of a 2024 special Senate election. Sasse, a vocal critic of former President Donald Trump and his supporters, officially resigned from the Senate on Sunday. Pillen said Ricketts was tapped for Sasse’s seat after more than 100 people applied and nine were interviewed. Following Pillen’s remarks, Ricketts thanked the governor, saying he was proud to support his campaign, and also thanked Sasse for his service. A top political ally of Pillen, Ricketts endorsed Pillen to succeed him and was a favorite to replace Sasse.

☆ One of the most powerful rich families in American politics just got their son in the Senate
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ricketts' family owns the Chicago Cubs and has broadly supported conservative causes. Ricketts will replace former Republican Sen. Ben Sasse who left the chamber. Pete Ricketts will be joining the US Senate, an appointment that caps his political comeback and cements his family, which owns the Chicago Cubs, as one of the most powerful forces in American politics. Sen. Deb Fischer, a two-term Republican incumbent and loyal ally of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, is also up for reelection then too. Along with owning the Cubs, the Ricketts family has long been among the biggest funders of Republican campaigns.

☆ Former Nebraska Governor Ricketts to become U.S. senator
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( Katharine Jackson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

WASHINGTON, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Nebraska's former Republican Governor Pete Ricketts is due to become a U.S. senator after being appointed on Thursday to fill the seat left vacant by Republican Senator Ben Sasse. In an anticipated move, Nebraska's Republican Governor Jim Pillen announced the appointment of his predecessor at the state Capitol on Thursday morning. Ricketts, 58, served two terms as Nebraska's governor, wrapping up his second term last week. The senator was one of seven Republican senators who voted to impeach then-president Donald Trump. Ricketts' appointment will not alter the balance of power in the Senate.

☆ Republican Ben Sasse says he's 'sad' for 'needy and desperate' Trump in parting shot before leaving the Senate
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-09 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

GOP Sen. Ben Sasse offered a parting blow to Trump as the Nebraskan leaves Congress. Sasse, who is moving on to academia, said it's "sad" the former president is so "needy and desperate." The Nebraska Republican also praised Trump for appointing conservative judges. Sasse formally resigned from the Senate on Sunday to become the next president of the University of Florida. Ricketts ran unsuccessfully for the Senate in 2006, losing handily to then-Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson.

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