Higher Ed in Hot Water, Rep. Ocasio-Cortez Lashes Out at Biden Administration Over UN’s Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Resolution | Dec. 11

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🗓️ 11 December 2023

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TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: University presidents continue to face blowback over antisemitism testimony. Harvard President Claudine Gay is in hot water with plagiarism allegations. The Biden administration slaps a fine on a Christian college. AOC is angry at the Biden administration over a UN resolution. Instructors and parents fight back against men entering female dance competitions. Relevant Links Listen to other podcasts from The Daily Signal: https://www.dailysignal.com/podcasts/ Get daily conservative news you can trust from our Morning Bell newsletter: DailySignal.com/morningbellsubscription Listen to more Heritage podcasts: https://www.heritage.org/podcasts Sign up for The Agenda newsletter — the lowdown on top issues conservatives need to know about each week: https://www.heritage.org/agenda Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Virginia Allen and this is the Daily Signal Top News for Monday, December 11th.
0:08.0	Here are today's headlines. The fallout over the House anti-Semitism hearing continues.
0:25.0	The hearing took place last week and has received a great deal of attention.
0:30.0	Why?
0:31.0	Because university presidents who testified seem unable to denounce calls for the genocide of Jews on their campuses.
0:40.0	Even some elected Democrats who are typically favorable to the universities have criticized the testimony.
0:45.8	Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro called the remarks from University of Pennsylvania President Liz McGill shameful.
0:54.4	McGill resigned on Saturday following her testimony at the hearing and the intense blowback
1:00.2	that she received in response. According to NPR,
1:04.0	McGill issued a statement saying,
1:06.0	it has been my privilege to serve as president
1:09.0	of this remarkable institution.
1:11.0	It has been an honor to work with our faculty, students, staff,
1:15.4	alumni, and community members to advance Penn's vital mission.
1:19.8	Miguel will vacate the president position but will remain a tenured faculty member at Pennsylvania's Cary Law School.
1:29.0	Harvard President Claudine Gay is also in hot water after the school's board of directors met on
1:34.8	Sunday to discuss the problem of anti-Semitism on the Harvard campus.
1:40.2	Gay is not just receiving pressure due to her testimony at the House hearing, she's now facing allegations of plagiarism. According to a report from activist Christopher Rufo, gay plagiarized multiple sections of her 1997 PhD thesis.
1:57.0	Rufo accused Gay of plagiarizing Carol Swain, a conservative scholar who has been a guest on this show.
2:04.0	Rufo called on Gaye to resign.
2:06.0	He wrote on X, I earned a master's degree from Harvard's night school,
2:11.0	not nearly as prestigious as the graduate school, but if I had
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