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Harvard's President Resigns After Backlash Over DEI Policies: The Full Story Unfolded

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Harvard's præsident, Claudine Gay, trådte tilbage efter massiv modstand mod universitetets manglende diversitets-, ligheds- og inklusionspolitikker. Hedgefondschefen Bill Ackman gik til angreb med en 4000-ords rants mod Harvard's bestyrelse og krævede deres afgang. Den kontroversielle milliardær Elon Musk gik endnu skarpere til værks og udtalte, at DEI blot er et andet ord for racisme. Diskussionerne udløste en bølge af reaktioner og debat omkring magtstrukturen og politikkerne på det prestigefyldte universitet.

På en mere let note, Lake Superior State University frigav deres 'Banished Words List' for 2024, hvor 'cringe-worthy' ord som 'hack', 'rizz', og 'slay' blev bandlyst. Denne humoristiske tradition har fortsat i årtier og tilføjer et strejf af latter til sprogverdenen. På trods af de kontroversielle diskussioner omkring ord og politikker, er det tydeligt, at ord stadig har magt til at forme og ændre vores opfattelser og handlinger i verdenen.

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Harvard President's Resignation: The Word That Undid Claudine Gay (The New York Times)

The fate of Harvard's president is the latest evidence of a deep crisis in American academia.

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Word of the Day: dhow (The New York Times)

The word dhow has appeared in three articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on Oct. 5 in “U.S. Sent Munitions Seized From Iran to Ukraine” by ...

Word for Word 1/3/24 | The Standard Newspaper (Waukon Standard)

We started out in Nashville, traveled down to Atlanta, rode over to Birmingham and also spent time in Montgomery and Selma in Alabama before making the loop ...

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Bill Ackman Goes on 4000-Word DEI Rant After Harvard Prez ... (Daily Beast)

Hedge fund manager Bill Ackman also called for members of the Harvard Corporation who fought to keep Claudine Gay in office to resign.

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Bill Ackman demands Harvard's board resign in 4000-word screed ... (New York Post)

Billionaire Bill Ackman posted a 4000-word essay in the middle of the night about how his alma mater's diversity, equity and inclusion policies are "the ...

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'Banished' words of 2024 released by Michigan university ... (The Hill)

Earlier this week, Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste. Marie continued its decades-long tradition of banishing a list of popular words from the ...

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Hack, rizz, slay and other cringe-worthy words to avoid in 2024 (Texas Public Radio)

If New Year's resolutions include improving vocabulary, then the 2024 Banished Words List slaps.

LSSU offers its 'iconic' Banished Words List for 2024 (Escanaba Daily Press)

SAULT STE. MARIE — At the end of the day, Lake Superior State University slays once again, leaving a lasting impact on the linguistic world with the ...

INCARNATE WORD 83, OUR LADY OF THE LAKE 74 (The Advocate)

Team Rebounds: 1. Team Turnovers: 1. Blocked Shots: 3 (Helterhoff, Powell, Rand). Turnovers: 16 (Law 4, Gil 2, Helterhoff 2, Hristopoulos 2, ...

Word Game: Jan. 3, 2024 (The Mercury News)

TODAY'S WORD — CHERISHES (CHERISHES: CHER-ish-ez: Holds dear; feels affection for.) Average mark 23 words Time limit 35 minutes Can you find 28 or more ...

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Former Harvard head said she was called 'N-word,' got death threats (Reuters)

Former Harvard President Claudine Gay said she received emailed death threats and was called the "N-word" countless times prior to resigning after her ...

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Six-word stories: Tell the IJ what you want to do in 2024 (Marin Independent Journal)

We spent the last month reflecting on what the last year brought us — the good times and the ones that, well, we're ready to forget.

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Danny Gokey Explains Biblical Goal Setting: 'Be Doers of the Word' (Movieguide)

As people jump into their New Year's resolutions, Christian artist Danny Gokey shared a reminder of what Biblical goal-setting looks like.

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Elon Musk says 'DEI is just another word for racism' (Business Insider)

Musk was responding to Bill Ackman's essay criticizing DEI.

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Bill Ackman blasts Harvard diversity policy in 4000 word essay (The Independent)

The Pershing Square CEO, himself a Havard alumnus, posted a 4000 missive on X in which he called for overhaul of university's board.

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