The Harvard University Campus Defends Antisemitism: After All, The School’s Athletic Director Has Come to an End
“President Trump is punishing our students and hurting our economy, all as part of his agenda to silence anyone who disagrees with him,” she said. “The only ones who benefit from Donald Trump’s actions are China and other countries who are already recruiting these students. It’s exactly the opposite of America First.
Harvard’s 42 varsity sports teams are the most in the nation, and Sportico reported last month that 21% of the players on the school’s rosters for the 2024-25 seasons — or 196 out of 919 athletes — had international hometowns. The site noted that some could be U.S. citizens or green card holders who wouldn’t need one of the international visas at issue in an escalating fight premised by the administration’s assertions that the school failed to protect Jewish students from antisemitism.
The AP asked the athletic director about the impact of the visa ban but she declined. The school’s main media information office didn’t immediately respond to the request for comment. Three Harvard coaches did not respond to the AP’s request.
Harvard called the action unlawful and said it is working to provide guidance to students. President Alan Garber, noting that he is himself Jewish, said last month after filing a lawsuit to halt a federal funding freeze that the school “will continue to fight hate with the urgency it demands as we fully comply with our obligations under the law. That is not only our legal responsibility. It is our moral imperative.”
Harvard’s ability to enroll international students was revoked by the Department of Homeland Security, due to their decision to allow anti-American radicals to assault Jewish students on campus. The move could force as many as 6,800 foreign students at the school outside of Boston — more than a quarter of its total enrollment — to transfer or leave the country.
The Men’s Heavyweight Team: International Students – What Do They Want? A Quiz for the Kids: Stereolab, Music: Oh, Mary!
Seven of the eight rowers on the men’s heavyweight crew team that just won the Eastern Sprints title — and is headed to the national championships — list international hometowns on the school’s website. Mick Thompson, the leading scorer last season, and Jack Bar, who was a captain, are among a handful of Canadians on the men’s hockey roster; 10 of the 13 members of the men’s squash team and more than half of the women’s soccer and golf rosters also list foreign hometowns.
❓ Quiz: If you love a challenge, this quiz could be for you. I believe that you can do better than I did, even though I found myself with an “OK” score. You have to take your knowledge to the test.
America’s Test Kitchen has released a cookbook called food: Mostly Meatless: Green Up Your Plate Without Totally Changing the Meat, which features mostly vegetarian recipes that look and feel similar to meat.
There is a theater Mary Todd Lincoln is portrayed as a woman who has become addicted to alcohol in the Broadway comedy Oh, Mary! Cole Escola, who wrote the play and stars as Mary, discusses the show’s success with Fresh Air.
🎵 Music: Stereolab returns with a new album for the first time in 15 years. Robert Moore of 90.9 The Bridge in Kansas City joins Stephen Thompson to talk about the group’s new music and the other best albums out this week.
Source: Harvard’s ability to enroll international students revoked. And, summer book releases
Paul Pee-wee as Himself: A story of two international students in the U.S.: Should they express their views on the war in Gaza or remain silent?
📚 Books: There are several great fiction and nonfiction titles being published this summer. NPR critics cannot wait to read 17 of the books in the Books We Love series.
I watch TV. The two-part HBO documentary Pee-wee as Himself features footage and thousands of photos from the late Paul Reubens’ life and career. The character of Pee-wee Herman was created by entertainer Paul Reubens.
International students in the U.S. are grappling with a difficult decision: should they express their views on the war in Gaza or remain silent? The Trump administration wanted to deport some universities students based on their remarks about the war in Gaza. However, the government has indicated it will continue to cancel some students’ visas, citing national security concerns. Two international graduate students who were in the final weeks of their academic programs decided not to be deported because of the risk of losing their visas. The two students discussed how that decision impacted their lives and plans for the future.
Source: Harvard’s ability to enroll international students revoked. And, summer book releases
The High Court of Appeal for the Interior Minister’s Order to Fire Two Employees in Washington, D.C. During the January 21, 2016 Attack, Rodriguez allegedly killed two Israeli Embassy employees
The Supreme Court granted the Trump administration’s request to fire the heads of two independent agencies. The two individuals fired were a member of the National Labor Relations Board and Merit Systems Protection Board. The 6-3 ruling is temporary but shows how the court views the president’s power.
Elias Rodriguez, who is suspected of killing two Israeli Embassy employees outside a Jewish museum in Washington, D.C., has been charged with first-degree murder, the murder of foreign officials and other crimes. The attack was being investigated as a possible hate crime. The day before the attack, Rodriguez flew to the nation’s capital from his home in Chicago. He also purchased a ticket for the museum event, which was a mixer for young diplomats, just three hours before it began.
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