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☆ Trump claims he has 'never been a fan' of Ken Langone, Home Depot co-founder who backed Nikki Haley
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( Brian Schwartz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Donald Trump claimed in an interview on CNBC that he had "never been a fan" of Home Depot co-founder Ken Langone, the billionaire investor who endorsed the former president's primary challenger, Nikki Haley. "Well, look, I've never been a fan of Ken," Trump said. Trump and Langone were in contact in 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic, according to archived records of the former president's schedule. In a separate interview in January, Langone said he would not support Trump if the former president were the Republican nominee. Langone co-founded Home Depot over 40 years ago, and he has a net worth of over $8 billion, according to Forbes.

Persons: Donald Trump, Ken Langone, Nikki Haley, Trump's, it's, Langone, I've, Ken, Trump Organizations: CNBC, Depot, Trump, Republican, Haley, PAC, South, GOP, Forbes, New York University Langone Health Locations: South Carolina

☆ Columbia University leaders to get grilled by Congress at antisemitism hearing
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( Matt Egan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The president and board chairs of Columbia University have agreed to testify next month at a Congressional hearing on campus antisemitism. The House Education and Workforce Committee announced Monday it will hold a hearing on April 17 featuring Columbia President Minouche Shafik and the two co-chairs of the board of trustees: Claire Shipman and David Greenwald. The Columbia president declined the invitation due to a scheduling conflict, according to the Columbia Spectator. Last month, the House Education Committee widened its campus antisemitism investigation to include Columbia and demanded the Ivy League school turn over a wide range of documents to aid that probe. Shai Davidai, an assistant professor at the Columbia Business School, called Shafik a “coward” in a fiery speech last year criticizing the university president for failing to quiet “pro-terror” voices at the school.

Persons: Minouche Shafik, Claire Shipman, David Greenwald, Shafik, Penn, ”, Virginia Foxx, Eden Yadegar, ’ ”, Yadegar, Samantha Slater, Israel, Shai Davidai Organizations: CNN, Columbia University, Education, Workforce, Columbia, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Pennsylvania, Columbia Spectator, Harvard, House, Committee, Ivy League, Israel, Columbia University Columbia, Department of Education, Columbia Business School Locations: Columbia, Israel

☆ Salesforce's behind-the-scenes co-founder is tackling Slack as software company turns 25
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-09 | by ( Jordan Novet | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +16 min

"The V2MOM had nothing about generative AI," Parker Harris, who co-founded the company with Benioff, told CNBC in an interview. Harris, a Salesforce board member and now the technology chief of Slack, which Salesforce bought in 2021, said he'd rather avoid the limelight. Without the Data Cloud, Harris told CNBC, "I think we would have been in a much worse place." He told Benioff he'd redo the plan, the person said. They'll be talking more frequently, as Harris said they're about to kick off weekly meetings on Slack and Salesforce integrations.

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☆ Bronx medical student who suddenly got free tuition after a $1B donation says the school will be a nightmare to get into now
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Mikhaila Friel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Albert Einstein College of Medicine received a record-breaking $1 billion donation for free tuition. The donation means all current and future students will receive free tuition. AdvertisementA student at a Bronx medical school that received a $1 billion tuition fee donation said he was elated, but he wouldn't want to be in the shoes of future applicants. "I still have to pinch myself and remind myself that this actually happened," Kohanzadeh told Business Insider. AdvertisementNonetheless, he said he would still encourage future students to apply as it isn't "out of reach for anyone who is extremely passionate."

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☆ A widow unexpectedly received $1 billion of Berkshire Hathaway stock. Now, she's covering Bronx med students' tuition forever.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-26 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

"He left me, unbeknownst to me, a whole portfolio of Berkshire Hathaway stock," Gottesman told The New York Times. She would donate the money in full to the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, New York's poorest borough, the Times reported. Advertisement"I wanted to fund students at Einstein so that they would receive free tuition," she told the Times. Her gift is so large that it will cover students' tuition to the medical school in perpetuity, Albert Einstein College of Medicine said in a press release. A year's tuition at the school costs over $59,000, leaving many graduates with more than $200,000 in debt, the Times reported.

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MUSKOGEE, Okla. (AP) — The hallways of Bacone College are cold and dark. In the college’s historic buildings, there are leaks to plug, mold to purge and priceless works of Native American art to save from ruin. Founded in 1880 as a Baptist missionary college focused on assimilation, Bacone College transformed into an Indigenous-led institution that provided an intertribal community, as well as a degree. Across the country, there are only a few dozen tribal colleges, according to the American Indian College Fund, a nonprofit that supports Native American access to higher education. Tribal colleges must be sponsored by a federally recognized tribe and have a majority Native student enrollment.

Persons: aren't, Nicky Michael, Woody Crumbo, Fred Beaver, Joan Hill, Ruthe Blalock Jones, Bacone, “ Bacone, ”, Robin Mayes, Michael, Gerald Cournoyer, Cournoyer, Patti Jo King, King, Bull, Custer, Johnnie Diacon, Leslie Hannah, he’s, Midgley, Chris Oberle, KOSU, ___ Graham Lee Brewer Organizations: Baptist, Muscogee Nation Tribal Council, Lakota, Center, American, Kiowa, Huber Energy, Muskogee County Sheriff’s, MHEC, Associated Press, National Register of Historic Places, American Indian College Fund Locations: MUSKOGEE, Okla, shuttering, Muscogee, U.S, Cherokee, Bacone, Oklahoma, Ataloa Lodge, Sequoyah, Tulsa, Utah, Muskogee County

☆ Meet the JPMorgan executive emerging as a dark horse to succeed Jamie Dimon
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-31 | by ( Rebecca Ungarino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Read previewA longtime JPMorgan executive who has kept a low public profile while cultivating a reputation as a successful trader with a talent for managing risk is emerging as a contender to succeed Jamie Dimon as chief executive. His new position through the internal shuffle has vaulted him more publicly and prominently into the most closely watched succession race on Wall Street. JPMorgan executive David Hudson told the publication that he returned to JPMorgan after working at Nomura in 2010 "to work for Troy." Rohrbaugh's other stops at JPMorgan have been head of global markets and head of macro markets. A senior JPMorgan executive who works with Rohrbaugh recalled that time during the pandemic.

Persons: —, Jamie Dimon, Dimon, Troy Rohrbaugh, Jennifer Piepszak, Wall, Marianne Lake, Rohrbaugh, Goldman Sachs, Euromoney, Eddie Wen, David Hudson, He's, Gary Gensler's, Goldman, Cantor Fitzgerald, Tim Soulas, Cantor, Johns Hopkins, you've, he'll, Kaja Whitehouse, Alex Morrell Organizations: Service, JPMorgan, Wall, Business, CIB, North America, Goldman, Nomura, Troy, Federal Reserve Bank of New, Global, Securities, Exchange, Banque Nationale, CooperNeff, Philadelphia Stock Exchange, World Trade Center, New York Daily News, Gilman School, Johns Hopkins University, Alpha Delta Phi, Baltimore Sun, Bloomberg Locations: Dimon, North, JPMorgan's, Canadian, Manhattan, Baltimore, Maryland, New York

☆ One of Goldman Sachs' top executives running investment banking and global markets is set to step down: Read the full memo
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Reed Alexander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Jim Esposito, one of three co-heads of Goldman Sachs's powerful global banking and markets division, is set to step down. His previous roles include co-head of the global financing group, co-head of global markets, and global co-head of investment banking. Most recently, Jim played an important role in bringing together our Global Markets and Investment Banking franchises to form the Global Banking & Markets business. Jim's passion for our distinctive culture has also been reflected in his commitment to recruiting, developing and mentoring talented individuals around the world, including the next generation of leaders across Global Banking & Markets. Prior to assuming his current role, Jim was global co-head of the Global Markets Division and before that global co-head of the Investment Banking Division.

Persons: Jim Esposito, Goldman, Esposito, He's, David Solomon, Solomon, John Waldron, Waldron, Julian Salisbury, —, Salisbury's, Eric Lane, Gregg Lemkau, Goldman Sachs, Jim, Jenn, David Organizations: Business, Goldman, Wall Street, Business Insider, Bloomberg, Tiger Global, IB, Global Banking, Markets, Management, Investment Banking, Global Markets, Global Markets Division, Global, Group, Trustees, Corporation, Brown University, Advisors, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College

☆ Cornell donor demands president step down, citing ‘toxic’ diversity policies
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Matt Egan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —The growing battle between Ivy League institutions and frustrated alumni is now playing out at Cornell University. A prominent alumnus and longtime donor is calling for the immediate resignations of Cornell President Martha Pollack and Provost Michael Kotlikoff, arguing the university’s diversity policies have created a “toxic” environment. Jon Lindseth, an emeritus member of Cornell’s board of trustees, penned an open letter demanding university leaders clean house. Lindseth’s criticism of Cornell’s DEI policies are supported by the Cornell Free Speech Alliance, an alumni group founded in August 2021 pushing to reform the university. While the website for Cornell’s board of trustees does indicate meetings are scheduled, university officials say these are not emergency meetings.

Persons: Martha Pollack, Provost Michael Kotlikoff, Jon Lindseth, Lindseth, Cornell “, ” Lindseth, Bill Ackman, Claudine Gay, Pollack, ” Kraig Kayser, ”, “, ” Joel Malina, ” Cornell Organizations: New, New York CNN, Ivy League, Cornell University, Cornell, Harvard, Cornell Free Speech Alliance, Department of Education, Committee, University and Pennsylvania, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Locations: New York, America, Israel

☆ House demands UPenn turn over trove of documents in antisemitism investigation
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Matt Egan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

New York CNN —A House committee sent a letter to the University of Pennsylvania on Wednesday demanding the school turn over documents related to an investigation into antisemitism on campus. Rep. Virginia Foxx, the Republican chairwoman of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, is requesting that UPenn respond to the document request by no later than February 7. Lawmakers launched a formal investigation into UPenn, Harvard University and MIT last month following disastrous testimony about antisemitism from the leaders of the three schools. Liz Magill stepped down last month as UPenn’s president in the wake of her testimony on Capitol Hill. UPenn did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Persons: Virginia Foxx, UPenn, “, ” Foxx, Larry Jameson, Ramanan Raghavendran, Liz Magill, Scott Bok, Foxx Organizations: New, New York CNN, University of Pennsylvania, Rep, Education, Lawmakers, Harvard University, MIT, Capitol, Harvard Locations: New York, Qatar, UPenn

☆ Meet the OpenAI mafia: These 19 former employees left the AI juggernaut and founded startups that have collectively raised nearly $8 billion
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Samantha Stokes | Riddhi Kanetkar | Darius Rafieyan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Dario Amodei, Daniela Amodei, Tom Brown, Jack Clark, Jared Kaplan, and Sam McCandlish, cofounders of AnthropicAnthropic's Dario Amodei, Jack Clark, and Daniela Amodei. Since then, the company has received billions in funding from both Google and Amazon in what some have termed an "AI arms race." CEO Dario Amodei, a former Google Brain researcher with a Ph.D. in computational neuroscience, has been writing about the cataclysmic potential of AI since 2016. Constitutional AI is partly the brainchild of two other OpenAI alums and Anthropic cofounders, Tom Brown and Jared Kaplan. Both Kaplan and Brown have worked on Anthropic's efforts to "red team" the company's flagship language model, Claude, probing for misuse possibilities.

Persons: Dario Amodei, Daniela Amodei, Tom Brown, Jack Clark, Jared Kaplan, Sam McCandlish, Anthropic Anthropic's Dario Amodei, Menlo Ventures Anthropic, Amodei's, Anthropic, —, Anthropic cofounders, Brown, Kaplan, Johns Hopkins, Claude, AGI, I'm Organizations: Google, Menlo Ventures, Bloomberg, Johns, OpenAI Locations: OpenAI, GPT

☆ British intelligence releases unseen images of code-breaking 'Colossus' computer that helped allies win WWII
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-21 | by ( Nathan Rennolds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

British intelligence has released new photos showing the World War II era "Colossus" computer. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementBritish intelligence has released "rare and never-before-seen images" of the World War II era "Colossus" code-breaking computer. It played a key role in helping the Allies win World War II. Housed at the UK's code-breaking center, Bletchley Park, 10 Colossus computers helped 550 people decrypt "63 million characters of high-grade German communications" by the end of World War II, according to The National Museum of Computing.

Persons: —, GCHQ, Tommy Flowers, Adolf Hitler, Bill Marshall, Reuters Andrew Herbert Organizations: Service, Women's Royal Naval Service, Nazi, Reuters, Microsoft Research, National Museum of Computing Locations: Nazi, France, Pas, Calais, Normandy, Nazi Germany, Europe, Bletchley Park

☆ About 60 cities and towns have restricted dollar store openings since 2018, a new report says
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

About 60 cities and towns have pushed back on dollar store openings over the last several years. Cities that have attempted to curtail dollar store openings range from a small town in Georgia to major metro areas like Kansas City. Some of the efforts have been successful, not only keeping chains like Dollar General and Dollar Tree away but also clearing the way for retailers that communities want. Last year, Dollar General opened its first store in Montana, giving the chain at least one store in each of the 48 contiguous states. Do you work for Dollar General, Dollar Tree, or Family Dollar and have a story idea to share?

Persons: —, discounter, haven't Organizations: Kansas City, Service, Dollar Locations: Kansas, Georgia, Kansas City, Stonecrest, Nottawa Township , Michigan, Montana

☆ Bill Ackman wants more college presidents to be business people. But that's not the way it works.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-05 | by ( Madeline Berg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Advancing through academia to the role of president is still the traditional route, with 54% of college presidents in the US taking this path. That's according to the American Council on Education's 2023 American College President Study, which surveyed more than 1,000 presidents. AdvertisementA 2017 Deloitte survey of sitting college presidents found they "overwhelmingly agreed" that campus leaders need academic experience. Business people aren't a popular choice for the position for several reasons, many of which have to do with a president's responsibilities. AdvertisementCautionary tales of presidents with business backgroundsWhile it's unfair to write off university leaders from business backgrounds, some recent experiments do provide a cautionary tale.

Persons: —, Bill Ackman, Claudine Gay, isn't, Ackman, Ackman doesn't, doesn't, Benjamin Ginsberg, it's, Ginsberg, Harvard's Gay, he's, Gay, Tim Wolfe, Simon Newman Organizations: Service, Harvard, Business, American Council, Study, Deloitte, Bloomberg, Johns Hopkins University, Faculty, IBM, Novell, University of Missouri, Mary's University, Education's, Futures Lab Locations: Mount St

LONDON (AP) — King Charles III caused some raised eyebrows Friday when he wore a tie adorned with a pattern of Greek flags to the COP28 climate summit days after a diplomatic spat between the U.K. government and Greece over the Parthenon Marbles. The British monarch is meant to be above politics, but many in Greece interpreted the tie as a gesture of solidarity with their cause. Charles wore it as he met British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and made a speech at the U.N. summit in Dubai. The king’s late father, Prince Philip, was born into the Greek royal family, and Charles has deep ties to the country. But officials pointed out that Charles has worn the tie before, as recently as last week.

Persons: — King Charles III, Charles, Rishi Sunak, Prince Philip, Sunak, Kyriakos, Mitsotakis, George Osborne, Britain’s Organizations: British, Greek, British Museum, museum's, Trustees Locations: Greece, British, Dubai, The, Buckingham, Athens

The former president and current front-runner for the 2024 Republican nomination will be on hand Saturday as the University of South Carolina Gamecocks host the Tigers of Clemson University, Haley's alma mater, in the annual Palmetto Bowl. Haley was governor of South Carolina until Trump tapped her to be his United Nations ambassador in 2016. “In 2016, South Carolina gave us 44 out of 46 counties – that’s not so bad,” Trump said at a state GOP dinner in August. Trump’s South Carolina and Super Tuesday romps in 2016 gave him a delegate lead he would never relinquish. “Then I go head-to-head with Trump in my home state of South Carolina.

Persons: — Donald Trump, Nikki Haley, ”, Brandon Beach, Trump, ” Haley, hasn’t, Olivia Perez, Cubas, Haley “, they’ve, —, Haley, ” Trump, “, “ I’m, ___ Barrow, Hannah Fingerhut Organizations: COLUMBIA, Republican, University of South Carolina Gamecocks, Tigers, Clemson University, Palmetto, Iowa State, Trump, “, Clemson, United Nations, Ankeny, Flagship, NFL, LSU, Washington Nationals, Associated Press Locations: alma mater, Ames , Iowa, Iowa, Georgia, Ames, South Carolina, ” South Carolina, Iowa , New Hampshire, Nevada, Trump’s South Carolina, Atlanta, Alabama, Tuscaloosa , Alabama, Ankeny , Iowa

☆ House Speaker Mike Johnson campaigned with disgraced reality TV Star Josh Duggar, one of several accused sex offenders connected to his 'mentor' Tony Perkins
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( Jacqueline Sweet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Speaker Mike Johnson campaigned with now-disgraced reality TV star Josh Duggar years ago in Louisiana. Johnson called Duggar, now in prison for child pornography, a "friend" when the two campaigned for now-U.S. According to the Washington Post, "Perkins goes way back with the Duggar family." According to the Washington Post, Perkins was close to Duggar's father Jim Bob Duggar , who served in the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1999 to 2003. Calls and emails to Perkins and Duggar family lawyers were not immediately returned.

Persons: Mike Johnson, Josh Duggar, Johnson, Tony Perkins, Bill Cassidy, —, Duggar, Perkins, Mike Huckabee, Rick Santorum, Ted Cruz, Bobby Jindal, Sen, Santorum, Raj Shah, Shah, Josh, Duggar's, Jim Bob Duggar, InTouch, Jim Bob, Paul, Pressler's, Pressler, Wesley Goodman, Perkins acolyte, Goodman, Donald Trump, Paul Pressler Organizations: Family Research, Service, Louisiana Republican, Business, Washington Post, GOP, Pennsylvania Republican, Washington , D.C, FRC, InTouch, Paul Pressler School of Law, Louisiana College, Pressler, Southern Baptist Convention, Council for National Policy, The Washington Spectator Locations: Louisiana, U.S, Washington ,, Shreveport, Arkansas, Ohio

☆ Opinion | Speech and Antisemitism on Campus
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

And he rightly suggests necessary limits on a culture of free speech, including prohibitions on harassment and targeting based on ethnic or religious identity. We can build our bastions of free speech on the foundational layers of moral clarity and intellectual integrity. To the Editor:Re “What Is Happening on College Campuses Is Not Free Speech,” by Gabriel Diamond, Talia Dror and Jillian Lederman (Opinion guest essay, Nov. 11):Protecting free speech on campus requires bravery and intellectual honesty, not partisan definitions. As Jewish students, we share in the real fear surrounding the rise of violent threats against our communities. Upholding free speech requires empathy and consistency, and we must understand that intimidation and fear on campuses are real, and they are not felt only or even primarily by Jewish students.

Persons: Jesse Wegman, Wegman, Rabbi, Ari Berman, Gabriel Diamond, Talia Dror, Jillian Lederman, ”, Eliana Blumberg Rita Feder Michael Farrell, Rosen Providence, Lawrence D, Platt Los Angeles, Joshua Rosenbaum Brooklyn, Joe Manchin, … Organizations: Hamas, Yeshiva University, Holocaust, Israel, Jewish, Brown University, College, University, Touro University Locations: Israel, Chicago, R.I, American, Europe

☆ UPenn notified the FBI about threatening antisemitic emails sent to university staff as wealthy donors threaten to pull funding
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The University of Pennsylvania has involved the FBI after some staff received threatening antisemitic emails. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe University of Pennsylvania has notified the FBI about "vile" antisemitic emails sent to its university staff, amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war and as donors threaten to pull funding. Penn Police also did a sweep of Penn Hillel and Lauder College House, but didn't find a credible threat at that point. AdvertisementAdvertisementPenn Hillel is the building where the activities of international Jewish campus organization Hillel are hosted at UPenn, while Lauder College House is a housing block. Other major donors to the university joined Rowan in pulling funding including former US diplomat Jon Huntsman, and billionaire businessmen Clifford Asness and Ronald Lauder, for whom Lauder College House is named.

Persons: —, Elizabeth Magill, Penn, Penn Hillel, Magill, Hillel, Apollo Global Management Marc Rowan, Scott Bok, Rowan, Jon Huntsman, Clifford Asness, Ronald Lauder, Asness, Bill Ackman, Ackman, Claudine Gay Organizations: University of Pennsylvania, FBI, Service, of Pennsylvania, Penn, Lauder College House, Penn Police, Jewish, Ivy League, Apollo Global Management, Rowan, Ivy League university, Harvard Locations: Israel, UPenn, Penn

☆ Billionaire investor Marc Rowan accused of using Wall Street tactics to 'strong-arm' UPenn into leadership change amid antisemitism row
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( Polly Thompson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Apollo CEO Marc Rowan halted his donations to UPenn over its response to Hamas' attacks on Israel. A Penn trustee accused Rowan of using aggressive Wall Street tactics to pressure the college. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe billionaire Marc Rowan was accused by a University of Pennsylvania trustee of using aggressive Wall Street tactics to put pressure on the college over its handling of campus antisemitism. Rowan has contacted "half of Wall Street" to discuss ways major donors can utilize their influence to try and bring about leadership changes at top schools, CNBC reported. Andy Rachleff, a trustee at Penn, told The Wall Street Journal that he saw Rowan's outspoken efforts as an attempt "to strong-arm the university using the classic Apollo playbook."

Persons: Marc Rowan, Penn, Rowan, —, Elizabeth Magill, Magill, Carolyn, Andy Rachleff, Bill Ackman Organizations: Ivy League, Service, University of Pennsylvania, Street Journal, Penn, CNBC, Wharton School's, Advisors, Wall Street Journal, Harvard, Pershing, Capital Management, Cornell Locations: Israel, UPenn, Penn, Gaza, Hamas

WASHINGTON (AP) — Before House Speaker Mike Johnson was elected to public office, he was the dean of a small Baptist law school that didn't exist. “The law school deal was really an anomaly. As dean of the proposed law school, Johnson embarked on a major fundraising campaign and described a big-dollar event in Houston with former Arkansas Gov. Bobby Jindal and Pressler, according to an account Johnson wrote in a 2011 alumni magazine. Meanwhile, the historic former federal courthouse in Shreveport that was selected as the law school’s campus required at least $20 million in renovations.

Persons: Mike Johnson, Johnson, Kevin McCarthy, It's, “, ”, Gene Mills, Johnson's, ” J, Michael Johnson, Southern Baptist Convention luminary, Tony Perkins, Jerry Falwell, “ I’m, Joe Aguillard, Mike Huckabee, Bobby Jindal, Aguillard, “ Mike, Gilbert Little, ” Johnson, Perkins, Little, Barack, Kelly, Kelly Johnson, Louis “ Woody ” Jenkins, Jenkins, Democrat Mary Landrieu, Moon Griffin, Eugene Mills, Mills, ” Mills, Johnson’s, George W, Bush’s, it’s, Lamar White Jr, Lamar, Richard Lardner, Trenton Daniel Organizations: WASHINGTON, Paul Pressler School of Law, Louisiana College, Louisiana Christian University, Republican House, Southern Baptist Convention, Family Research, Southern Poverty Law, Liberty University, Daily, ”, Arkansas Gov, Louisiana Gov, Freedom Guard, Southern Baptist Conference, Shreveport Times, ABC News, Louisiana State University, Democrat, Louisiana Family, Alliance Defense Fund, Alliance Defending, ADF, CNN, Democratic, Civil, Associated Press Locations: Louisiana, Washington, Alexandria , Louisiana, Houston, Pressler, Africa, Shreveport, Shreveport , Louisiana, everyone’s, America, New Orleans, Texas, Orleans Parish, Trump’s, Baton Rouge, New York

☆ Why Has This 258-Year-Old Mansion Been Left to Fall Apart?
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Ginia Bellafante | More About Ginia Bellafante | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Since then, millions more have been needed from elected officials to complete the work. The notion that “the board has been lax in passion is the farthest thing from the truth,” Lisa Koenigsberg, an architectural historian and the board’s chair told me. I understand the frustration and the sadness over the building,” she said. The building is the city’s responsibility.” This is a curious response in a place where public-private partnerships make most of our cultural life possible. When the preservation movement took hold in New York in the early 1960s, the goal was to prevent beautiful buildings from being destroyed.

Persons: ” Lisa Koenigsberg, Camilla Huey, Aaron Burr, Theodosia, “, ” Organizations: Parks Department Locations: New York

☆ UPenn donors were furious about the Palestine Writes Literature Festival. What about it made them pull their funds?
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +20 min

Gottheimer criticized UPenn for including Waters and Hill as festival speakers in a letter posted the day after the University released its statement. “Situating those individual Palestinians and our allies in league with actual antisemites is wholly irresponsible and dangerous.”At the festival, speakers acknowledged the allegations of antisemitism and denied them. It said they were notified 48 hours before the event Waters wished to show up in person, but that would have required additional security unavailable at short notice. ‘Felt like home’Planning the Palestine Writes Literature Festival took endless hours, according to Abulhawa. Susan Abulhawa, a Palestinian-American writer and human rights activist, speaks at a 2014 Palestine Festival of Literature event at Qasr al Qassem on June 4, 2014 in Beit Wazan, near Nablus, West Bank.

Persons: Liz Magill, Magill, Penn, Roger Waters, Pink Floyd, Rogers, “, Anne Frank, ”, Waters, Andreas Arnold, demagogue, ” Waters, Tala, Fahmawi, Josh Gottheimer, Marc Lamont Hill, Gottheimer, UPenn, ” Hill, Hill, Susan Abulhawa, Amer Zahr, Abulhawa, Ronald Lauder, Marc Rowan, Rowan, Scott Bok, ” Abulhawa, Dalia Al, Ahmad, Palestine — Ibrahim Nasrallah, Elias Khoury, Mahmoud Shukair, Habayeb, Salman Abu Sitta, Mahmoud Darwish, it’s, ” Dalia Al, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer, Gary Younge, Nguyen, Younge, Israel, Bernard Schwartz, 92NY, ” Nguyen, ‘, Rob Stothard, ” UPenn, David Magerman, Cliff Asness, Lauder, Dick Wolf, Jon Huntsman, Elizabeth Magill, John Jackson , Jr, ” Rowan, Ed Rendell Organizations: New, New York CNN, The University, Ivy League, CNN, Defamation League, ADL Philadelphia, Jewish Federation of Greater, Pink, US State Department, ADL, Democratic New Jersey Rep, University, Apollo Global Management, ” CNN, The Daily, UN, Assembly, Jewish Chronicle, New York, New York City Jewish, New York Times, Palestine, Palestinian, Facebook, West Bank, Student, Daily Pennsylvanian, Penn, Twitter, Venture, Law, Renaissance Technologies, University of Pennsylvania, CNBC Locations: New York, UPenn, Philadelphia, Israel, Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia, Magill, Germany, Nazi, Frankfurt, “ Palestine, Palestine, The, Europe, Canada, British, New, New York City, Palestinian, American, Qasr, Qassem, Beit Wazan, Nablus, West

☆ Donor revolt at Harvard and UPenn over Israel shows big checks often have strings attached
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

New York CNN —Big money donations are booming at America’s colleges, helping fund higher education for millions of students. The biggest donors often sit on universities’ board of trustees, which governs the university and selects university leadership, priorities and direction. The donor backlash at the University of Pennsylvania and uproar at Harvard University over Israel and Palestine highlight how big donations often come with demands for changes to university policy and politics. The backlash has raised questions about the influence big donors wield and pressure donors may exert over leadership, hiring decisions and academic affairs. Restricted giftsMore donations are coming with strings attached, rather than letting schools spend their donations however they want.

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☆ Family files lawsuit against Panera Bread after college student who drank ‘charged lemonade’ dies
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( Elizabeth Chuck | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

On Sept. 10, 2022, Katz purchased a charged lemonade from a Panera Bread in Philadelphia, according to the suit. It's an energy drink that has lemon flavor," said Elizabeth Crawford, a partner at Philadelphia-based law firm Kline & Specter, PC. The lawsuit alleges the charged lemonade is "defective in design because it is a dangerous energy drink." Conroy said Katz had bought at least one other charged lemonade in the days prior to her cardiac arrest. Katz's parents, who declined to speak about the lawsuit, are desperate for people to understand exactly what is in Panera's charged lemonade before they buy it, Crawford said.

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