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An anti-hate watchdog recently handed out failing grades to some of America’s most prestigious universities for their handling of antisemitism on campus, and students at the same elite institutions are speaking out, saying the findings are not surprising. “The moral corruption surrounding our elite academic institutions should be alarming to not only Jews,” University of Pennsylvania undergraduate student Eyal Yakoby …

CAPITOL HILL — House Republicans on Wednesday grilled Columbia University President Dr. Nemat “Minouche” Shafik regarding the employment of a professor who celebrated the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks as “awesome.” During the House Education and the Workforce’s hearing to discuss antisemitism on Columbia’s campus, Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Mich., condemned what he called the “perverse” statements by a tenured Columbia professor, …

Popular sayings in the English language often have multiple meanings —such as “a heart of gold” and “time is money.” Some expressions are also clever metaphors for deeper meanings. But where did they come from? Who started saying these popular phrases — and why are they so familiar today? WHY DO WE SAY ‘BREAK A LEG’ AND OTHER POPULAR EXPRESSIONS? …