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riversedge

(70,954 posts)
Thu Dec 7, 2023, 07:59 PM Dec 2023

Penn loses $100 million donation over antisemitism hearing

Source: axios.com



3 hours ago -


A University of Pennsylvania donor is withdrawing a gift worth around $100 million to protest the school's response to antisemitism on campus.

The big picture: The final straw for Ross Stevens, founder and CEO of Stone Ridge Asset Management, was Tuesday's widely criticized congressional testimony by Penn president Liz Magill.
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Stevens, in a letter from his lawyers to Penn, alleges that the school has violated the terms of the limited partnership agreement, including its anti-discrimination and anti-harassment policies.

Referring to Penn, Stevens writes: "Its permissive approach to hate speech caling for violence against Jews and laissez faire attitude toward harassment and discrimination against Jewish students would violate any policies of rules that prohibit harassment and discrimination based on religion, including those of Stone Ridge."....................................

Read more: https://www.axios.com/2023/12/07/upenn-antisemitism-magill-100-million-donation







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University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill testifying in front of Congress. Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images.
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Penn loses $100 million donation over antisemitism hearing (Original Post) riversedge Dec 2023 OP
WOW! elleng Dec 2023 #1
Penn president Liz Magill is also ..."STUPID" Stuart G Dec 2023 #2
Ah, yes, my alma mater. They wasted a lot of time being politically correct 50 years ago. DFW Dec 2023 #3
UPENN President just resigned LetMyPeopleVote Dec 2023 #4
Suppose there is a connection? sarisataka Dec 2023 #5

Stuart G

(38,527 posts)
2. Penn president Liz Magill is also ..."STUPID"
Thu Dec 7, 2023, 08:55 PM
Dec 2023

She will lose her position over this comment. She hasn't got a "clue" according to Stu.

She is so "sure" that she can say "anything at all" Just like Trump.

DFW

(54,875 posts)
3. Ah, yes, my alma mater. They wasted a lot of time being politically correct 50 years ago.
Thu Dec 7, 2023, 09:21 PM
Dec 2023

Plus ça change, as they say in Quimper….

sarisataka

(19,456 posts)
5. Suppose there is a connection?
Sat Dec 9, 2023, 06:05 PM
Dec 2023

Last edited Sat Dec 9, 2023, 08:43 PM - Edit history (1)

She just happens to tender her voluntary resignation after her comments cost the University $100 million. Monday it may have been less voluntary.

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