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☆ This Golf Galaxy employee was so nervous he drank three beers before a crucial playoff. Here’s what happened next
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —There are a variety of methods golfers can call upon to soothe their anxiety in the face of a dreaded playoff. Three beers and eight nerve-wracking holes later, the 27-year-old stamped his ticket to his first ever PGA Tour event. Nick Bienz works at Golf Galaxy, has never played any pga tour sanctioned event, he is so nervous he’s pounding beers. He had attempted to qualify for events before, including several on the Korn Ferry Tour – the PGA Tour’s developmental circuit – but had never been so close to getting over the line. “I don’t remember hitting the putt,” Bienz added to the PGA Tour.

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☆ Opinion | Should American Jews Abandon Elite Universities?
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Bret Stephens | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The notable fact about the anti-Israel campus demonstrations is that they are predominantly an elite phenomenon. And what should those on the other side of the demonstrations — Jewish students and alumni most of all — do about it? Regarding the first question, some argue that the furor over the campus protests is much ado about not much. With notable exceptions, campus life at these schools is somewhat less roiled by protest than the media makes it seem. Outside groups, as more than one university president has told me, have played an outsize role in setting up encampments and radicalizing students.

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☆ Columbia places three administrators on leave amid investigation, cites commitment to ‘confronting antisemitism’
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Kristina Sgueglia | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Columbia University says it’s placed three administrators on leave pending a university investigation of a weeks-old incident at an alumni reunion event. The university, which reiterated its commitment to combatting antisemitism, did not share any specifics for the leave. Columbia College Dean Josef Sorett said in a statement to the Spectator that he “deeply regret(s)” his role in the texts. “The Dean of Columbia College informed his team yesterday that three administrators have been placed on leave pending a university investigation of the incident that occurred at the College alumni reunion several weeks ago,” a Columbia spokesperson said in a statement to CNN. Josef Sorett, the dean of Columbia College, said in a statement provided to CNN he was cooperating with the investigation.

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☆ 3 Columbia Deans Placed on Leave Over Conduct at Antisemitism Panel
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( Hurubie Meko | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Columbia University placed three administrators on leave this week while the school investigated their conduct at an alumni panel discussion on antisemitism last month, according to a university spokesman. The administrators were placed on leave after leaked images emerged last week showing the trio sharing disparaging text messages during the event. The panel, which focused on Jewish life on campus amid tensions over Israel’s war in Gaza, occurred during a Columbia College reunion on May 31. Ms. Chang-Kim also exchanged texts during the event with Josef Sorett, the dean of Columbia College, according to The Free Beacon. In one exchange, Mr. Sorett texted “LMAO,” for “laughing my ass off,” in response to a sarcastic message Ms. Chang-Kim had written about Brian Cohen, the executive director of Columbia/Barnard Hillel, according to The Free Beacon.

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☆ The trips Justice Clarence Thomas took with Harlan Crow — that we know of
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read previewSupreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is once again facing renewed scrutiny amid details about undisclosed trips he took with GOP mega-donor Harlan Crow. Advertisement"The Judicial Conference changed this provision last year, and Justice Thomas has fully complied with the new disclosure requirement," Berke said. GOP megadonor Harlan Crow has defended his relationship with Justice Clarence Thomas after a series of bombshell ProPublica reports. July 2019: Bali, IndonesiaThomas and Crow's 2019 Bali vacation was the centerpiece of ProPublica's original 2023 report. ProPublica previously reported on Thomas' trips to the gentleman's retreat.

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☆ These 12 colleges have produced more billionaires than any other
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Talia Lakritz | Mykenna Maniece | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

In June 2024, Forbes compiled a list of colleges with the most billionaire alumni. Of the 12 universities represented, seven are Ivy Leagues. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . In June 2024, Forbes released a list of the colleges with the most billionaires in their alumni network. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.

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☆ Come inside star-studded King’s Foundation awards
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Max Foster | Lauren Said-Moorhouse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

London CNN —King Charles III was in his element this week as he celebrated a very special moment for his foundation at St. James’s Palace in London. On Tuesday, the 75-year-old monarch attended the inaugural awards of his King’s Foundation, so we thought, why not take our Royal News readers along with us? Now, to rewind for just a moment – King Charles set up the charity back in 1990 when he was still the Prince of Wales. King’s Foundation chief executive Kristina Murrin told CNN that the charity is underpinned by the monarch’s philosophy of working in concert with nature to “build sustainable thriving communities.”King Charles III presents the Harmony Award to Ban Ki-moon, left, the former United Nations secretary-general, at the King's Foundation awards. King Charles III smells a wool sample at the King's Foundation awards.

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☆ Abortion: Trump walks fine line but allies and activists have big plans for a second term
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Phil Mattingly | Andrew Seger | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

“I believe he’ll be a pro-life president in the future also.”Many senior Trump administration alumni and allies are now mapping out and drafting policy options for a second Trump term. A second Trump term would also put back in place and expand restrictions on Title X grants – federal funds for public and nonprofit groups that provide family planning. Resurrecting these actions in a second Trump would almost entirely be up to the discretion of whomever he appoints to lead the relevant federal agencies. With Roe v. Wade’s protections erased, anti-abortion activists would like a second Trump administration to push harder than it did before – especially in restricting access to mifepristone. Abortion rights advocates worry he could play an outsize role shaping abortion restrictions in a potential second Trump administration.

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☆ Stanford University costs over $92,000 a year—how much students actually pay, according to income level
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Kamaron Mcnair | In Kamaronmcnair | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

For many college students, attending a prestigious Ivy League school is a dream come true. But many commentators and admissions experts now have a slightly wider view of schools that are on par with the Ivy League. These days, several colleges, including Stanford University, are known as "Ivy-Plus" schools. For the 2024-25 school year, tuition alone at Stanford costs $65,127. Here's how much students typically pay to go to Stanford.

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☆ With signs of an M&A comeback, Goldman Sachs' bankers are raring to win. Do they still have what it takes following a raft of partner exits?
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-12 | by ( Reed Alexander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

AdvertisementDavid Solomon Goldman SachsPressure-cooker cultureWith signs suggesting mergers and acquisitions could soon return — including the megadeals Goldman specializes in — the firm's dealmakers are itching to end 2024 on a high note. In M&A, Goldman has fallen to No. AdvertisementMark Sorrell Goldman SachsGoldman is also seeking to become more interconnected across its business lines via the One Goldman Sachs program. "They figure that if they're talking to one person at Goldman Sachs, they're talking to everybody." The result, bankers said, is an M&A machine built to withstand threats like star dealmakers leaving for more-nimble rivals.

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☆ Mistral, a French A.I. Start-Up, Is Valued at $6.2 Billion
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Adam Satariano | More About Adam Satariano | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Mistral, a French artificial intelligence start-up, said on Tuesday that it had raised 600 million euros, or about $640 million, from investors, a sign of robust interest in a company seen as Europe’s most promising rival to OpenAI and other Silicon Valley A.I. Mistral is now valued at €5.8 billion, according to a person familiar with the investment, an eye-popping sum for a company founded just one year ago by alumni from Meta and Google. Since OpenAI released ChatGPT in November 2022, investors have poured money into generative A.I. Two weeks ago, Elon Musk raised $6 billion for his start-up, xAI. OpenAI has raised roughly $13 billion from Microsoft, while another California start-up, Anthropic, has raised more than $7.3 billion.

Persons: Andreessen Horowitz, Elon Musk, OpenAI Organizations: Meta, Google, Catalyst, Lightspeed Ventures, Nvidia, Samsung, Salesforce, Cisco, IBM, BNP, Microsoft Locations: California

☆ 92-year-old just became one of America's richest self-made women—she's worth $700 million
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-08 | by ( Tom Huddleston Jr. | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Payden's assets have grown with the firm: As majority owner, she boasts an estimated net worth of roughly $700 million and is a "newcomer" on Forbes' recently published 2024 list of America's Richest Self-Made Women. "I was hired at a 25% discount because I didn't know the difference between a bond and stock," Payden told the Los Angeles Times in 1999. Within a couple years, she moved to Los Angeles to join Scudder, Stevens & Clark, a prestigious money management firm. She failed at least one of those attempts because she "didn't play golf" at an annual meeting on a men-only course, Payden told students at Notre Dame in 2011. Since then, she's built her firm into one of the largest private money management firms in the U.S.

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☆ Biden makes his play for anti-Trump Republicans he hopes can give him a second term
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( Edward-Isaac Dovere | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

Washington CNN —Donald Trump hasn’t shown much interest in reaching out to Republicans who hate him. Or, he argued, “they’re likely to stay home.”Hutchinson told CNN he won’t stay home himself, but he won’t vote for Biden or Trump. “This swath of Republican strategist types are literally begging the Biden campaign to give them a reason to support him,” a former House Republican leadership aide told CNN. “You can hold your nose and vote for Biden and not be in public screaming about it. But Purcell has also not yet heard from the Biden campaign this time.

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☆ It costs over $90,000 a year to go to Yale—but here's how much students actually pay
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Kamaron Mcnair | In Kamaronmcnair | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Like any Ivy League school, a degree from Yale University has the potential to help you go very far in life. Plus, Yale students go on to command a median salary of $95,961 a decade after starting school, according to the Department of Education's College Scorecard. For the 2024-25 school year, undergraduate tuition is listed at $67,250. Additional costs, including housing, food, materials and student fees, brings the estimated total cost of attendance to $90,975 per year. Here's what students and their families typically pay for a Yale education.

Persons: Angela Bassett, Jodie Foster, George H, Bush, George W, Tom Steyer Organizations: Ivy League, Yale University, Yale, Department, Education's Locations: Haven , Connecticut

☆ Former CIA agent: 4 powerful, underutilized phrases can help you establish credibility and earn anyone's trust
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-02 | by ( Rupal Patel | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

It is faster, and more valuable, to ask what information the other person needs, instead of trying to guess. When debating our reporting at the CIA, we always solicited disagreements because they made the our overall argument more robust. 'I don't know, but I will find out and come back to you'This is one of the most powerful and underutilized sentences you can use in stressful environments. Instead, we said, "I don't know, but I will find out and come back to you." It's the ultimate sign of humility and thoughtfulness when you can confidently say what you don't know.

Persons: Rupal Patel, I've, John McCain, —, isn't, it's, Rupal, Patel Organizations: CIA, Star, Columbia University, University of Chicago, London Business School, Residence Locations: United States

☆ The college job market offers a warning sign to the US labor market
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-31 | by ( Elisabeth Buchwald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

New York CNN —It’s almost laughable at this point when Bryn Savidge gets a job rejection email. But she is relieved to have at least secured a summer internship at an environmental science publication. But after applying to more than 100 jobs since fall, the Kenyon College grad is having second thoughts. Courtesy Bryn SavidgeOn paper, the job market looks like it’s hardly ever been better. But zooming in on the job market for recent college graduates paints the economy in a much less rosy light.

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☆ Citadel Securities Taps Goldman's Jim Esposito As First-Ever President
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-30 | by ( Reed Alexander | Michelle Abrego | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewCitadel Securities announced Thursday that Jim Esposito, a former cohead of the global banking and capital markets group at Goldman Sachs, is set to join the company as president in September. He will report to Peng Zhao, Citadel Securities' CEO, a spokesperson for the firm confirmed to Business Insider. "We are thrilled to welcome Jim to Citadel Securities during a period of significant expansion and opportunity for our firm." Bloomberg News earlier reported Esposito's appointment to Citadel Securities on Thursday. Ken Griffin, the billionaire hedge fund founder of both the asset manager Citadel as well as Citadel Securities, relocated his companies' headquarters to the Magic City in 2022.

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☆ A wave of AI 'acquihires' is coming. Here's who could be looking for deals.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-30 | by ( Rebecca Torrence | Riddhi Kanetkar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

But the tech giant's play underscores the market's demand for tech talent — and venture capitalists expect a wave of "acquihires" to hit the AI ecosystem later this year. M&A dealmaking among AI startups is already off to a strong start this year, with 55 exits recorded in Q1 of 2024, per Crunchbase data. AdvertisementThe majority of AI startups are overpriced, said Konstantin Vinogradov, general partner at Runa Capital. AI startups with revenue in the single-digit millions that raised money at unicorn valuations, Dash said, might not even have that option. Those deals don't make sense for buyers, he said, which could lead Big Tech companies or other AI startups to poach their talent instead.

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Tim Cook has delivered at least seven commencement addresses since becoming the chief executive of Apple. The superstar Taylor Swift, whose concerts have been credited with lifting local economies, addressed New York University’s graduation ceremony in 2022. Bill Gates, Oprah Winfrey, Jamie Dimon — they’ve all given graduation speeches more than once. The appeal of being a commencement speaker, however, seems to be waning. Just three Fortune 50 chief executives appear to be commencement speakers this year, as colleges have faced campus protests over the war in Gaza, student arrests and wealthy alumni threatening to break ties with their alma maters over antisemitism.

Persons: Tim Cook, Taylor Swift, Bill Gates, Oprah Winfrey, Jamie Dimon —, They’re, ”, David Murray Organizations: Apple, Fortune, Professional Speechwriters Association Locations: New, Gaza

☆ How RFK Kennedy Jr. turned from tragedy and tumult to environmentalism before becoming the face of vaccine skepticism
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-22 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Read previewRobert F. Kennedy's children have spent a lifetime trying to add their marks to their slain father's legacy. The first Kennedy to run for the presidency in decades, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is doing so without the family's well-documented loyalty. Born into privilege in 1954, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was raised between Massachusetts and suburban Virginia estates. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was later a pallbearer at his father's funeral, joined by Astronaut John Glenn and former Defense Secretary Robert McNamara. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was one of the pallbearers in his father's funeral.

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On a drizzly Saturday afternoon, hundreds of mahjong enthusiasts gathered in Downtown Brooklyn to play the 19th-century Chinese game of strategy and luck. As attendees entered the Korean food hall Hana House, they spread out over some two dozen tables. Upbeat electronic music from a live D.J. The afternoon marked the second birthday of Green Tile Social Club, a New York-based mahjong community that was hosting its first tournament. Four Asian American alumni from the University of Texas at Austin — Ernest Chan, Grace Liu, Joanne Xu and Sarah Teng — started playing together about two years ago, and it grew into the club.

Persons: Austin — Ernest Chan, Grace Liu, Joanne Xu, Sarah Teng — Organizations: Hana, Tile Social, University of Texas, Austin Locations: Downtown Brooklyn, New York

☆ Biden to deliver commencement at Morehouse College amid campus division over his presence
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-19 | by ( Michael Williams | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The commencement at Morehouse, a historically Black, all-male college in Atlanta that counts the Rev. During a Thursday news briefing at the White House, Benjamin said he and the students had a wide-ranging conversation, including on the conflict in the Middle East. “I think what’s gonna be most important are the words that the president articulates,” Benjamin said at the White House. Those cases of campus turmoil prompted Biden, in brief remarks from the White House earlier this month, to denounce some of the actions of campus protesters. And after his Morehouse speech on Sunday, Biden is set to travel to Detroit, where he will address an NAACP dinner.

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☆ Biden appears to clap after Morehouse grad calls for 'immediate and permanent cease-fire' in Gaza during commencement
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-19 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewPresident Joe Biden on Sunday appeared to clap after the valedictorian of Morehouse College called for an "immediate and permanent cease-fire" in Gaza during the school's commencement ceremony. It is my stance as a Morehouse man — nay, as a human being — to call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in the Gaza strip." Advertisement#Morehouse valedictorian, Deangelo Fletcher, calls for an “immediate and permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip” — met with applause from crowd and @POTUS behind him. "Faced with the choice of having police take people out of the Morehouse commencement in zip ties, we would essentially cancel or discontinue the commencement services on the spot." "That's why I've called for an immediate cease-fire to stop the fighting.

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☆ Live Updates: Biden to Speak at Morehouse Graduation
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-19 | by ( Katie Rogers | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

ET Maya King andImage At Morehouse College in Atlanta, discontent over the Gaza war has played out relatively quietly, in classrooms and auditoriums rather than on campus lawns. Yet Mr. Biden appears to be entering a different type of scene at Morehouse. Many started lower on the economic ladder and are more intently focused on their education and their job prospects after graduation. At Morehouse — which has a legacy of civil rights protests and is the alma mater of the Rev. “This should not be a place that cancels people regardless of if we agree with them,” David Thomas, the Morehouse president, said in an interview earlier this month.

Persons: Christian Monterrosa, Biden’s, Kamala Harris, Stephen K, Benjamin, Biden, Morehouse —, Martin Luther King Jr, ” David Thomas, Morehouse, Kitty Bennett Organizations: Morehouse College, The New York Times, Morehouse, Black, Democratic Party Locations: Atlanta, Gaza, Morehouse

☆ With an Eye to Black Voters, Biden to Address Graduates at Morehouse College
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-19 | by ( Katie Rogers | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

President Biden will deliver a commencement speech to the graduates of Morehouse College on Sunday, an appearance that will put him directly in front of 500-plus young men who represent a slice of the electorate that is drifting away from him and toward his challenger, former President Donald J. Trump. On Saturday, Mr. Biden gave a preview of sorts to a group of supporters, many of them Morehouse alumni, shortly after his arrival in Atlanta. He told them that the election was not about two candidates but about a choice between protecting democracy and letting its ideals continue to backslide. It’s about the alternative as well,” Mr. Biden said to the audience at Mary Mac’s Tea Room, a local business owned by a Morehouse alumnus. “My opponent’s not a good loser, but he is a loser.

Persons: Biden, Donald J, Trump, “ It’s, Mr, Mary Mac’s, “ Organizations: Morehouse College, Morehouse Locations: Georgia, Atlanta

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