IDF targets and kills food aid workers

[Not all scoop users are created equal apparently]

Bcrape.  It's only whataboutism in the far left liberal world if they're called out for their hypocrisy.

"By not caring about any of these things equally, I'm morally superior to you who has only mentioned being concerned about couple of these things in this thread"

Lmao

[MuggsyB]

How many civilians did we kill in Dresden?  Or Mosul?  Or Hiroshima and Nagasaki?  Let I🇮🇱 defend themselves and their people. 

[MU82]

Or become child suicide bombers whose sole purpose is to service Allah with disregard for human life, including their own, hey?

As usual, hate always has a home with you.

[The Sultan]

I know Sultan is fond of saying, "Harvard will be fine."
My concern is he is correct.
Elite schools should not be fine. They should be forced to change and embrace meritocracy, the concept that made them elite.

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Are Gaza Protests Happening Mostly at Elite Colleges?
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2024/05/24/are-gaza-protests-happening-mostly-at-elite-colleges/

By matching that data to percentages of students at each campus who receive Pell Grants (which are awarded to students from moderate- and low-income families), we came to an unsurprising conclusion: Pro-Palestinian protests have been rare at colleges with high percentages of Pell students. Encampments at such colleges have been rarer still.

A few outliers exist, such as Cal State Los Angeles, the City College of New York, and Rutgers University–Newark. But in the vast majority of cases, campuses that educate students mostly from working-class backgrounds have not had any protest activity.

For example, at the 78 historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) on the Monthly's list, 64 percent of the students, on average, receive Pell Grants. Yet according to our data, none of those institutions have had encampments and only nine have had protests, a significantly lower rate than non-HBCU schools.

Protest activity has been common, however, at elite schools with both low acceptance rates and few Pell students.

When you separate out private and public colleges, the difference becomes even more stark, as the next chart demonstrates. At private colleges, protests have been rare, encampments have been rarer, and both have taken place almost exclusively at schools where poorer students are scarce and the listed tuition and fees are exorbitantly high.



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https://x.com/BillAckman/status/1794353394372452775

The correlation between the cost of going to college and the intensity of the protests is an important reflection of entitlement.

I have experienced this empirically.

I spoke at @PaceUniversity and @Columbia within 10 days of each other. Pace students were focused on learning and job attainment and @Columbia students were building encampments.

Huh.

[The Sultan]

How many civilians did we kill in Dresden?  Or Mosul?  Or Hiroshima and Nagasaki?  Let I🇮🇱 defend themselves and their people. 

I'm not sure why you see this as justification.

[The Sultan]

Because none of you give a flying fk nor did you  probably care about Assad  gassing his own people.  You refuse to identify the problem and it's not  Israel, Jews, America, or the West.   There's a reason why one million Arabs in Gaza wotk in Israel.  Everyone with a scintilla of intelligence knows what the problem is and it's not Israel.  Regardless of their current leadership. 

Man you are rivaling Douchey with your straw man nonsense.

[MuggsyB]

Man you are rivaling Douchey with your straw man nonsense.

Heisenberg isn't the problem. 

[The Sultan]

Heisenberg isn't the problem. 

lol. No. He's just a moron. If you want to hook your ride to him, feel free.

[Pakuni]

Harvard is fine for now. But if things stay the same for Griffin, Blavatnik, and Ackman do not restart shoveling money into the schools, this will become a real problem.

Harvard's got a $50+ billion endowment. It needs Bill Ackman's money about as much as you need a boost to your sense of self importance.

[The Sultan]

The idea that Harvard needs Bill Ackman is hilarious.

Typical Heisey nonsense.

[Heisenberg]

Harvard's got a $50+ billion endowment. It needs Bill Ackman's money about as much as you need a boost to your sense of self importance.

Then why did they borrow $1.5 billion when interest rates are at a 16-year high?

[Heisenberg]

lol. No. He's just a moron. If you want to hook your ride to him, feel free.

And I have a vert of more than 3 inches

[The Sultan]

Then why did they borrow $1.5 billion when interest rates are at a 16-year high?

lol. Why do you think they are doing that? Because of lack of donor support?

[MuggsyB]

lol. No. He's just a moron. If you want to hook your ride to him, feel free.

People thought Churchill was a moron and Neville was a diplomatic genius.  Stop attacking Heisey. 

[Pakuni]

Then why did they borrow $1.5 billion when interest rates are at a 16-year high?

Not for reasons you wish, I'm afraid.

https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2024/03/harvard-financials-bond-market-building-projects

[forgetful]

How many civilians did we kill in Dresden?  Or Mosul?  Or Hiroshima and Nagasaki?  Let I🇮🇱 defend themselves and their people.

This is a horrible justification. By your argument and justification, anything and everything goes for everyone. Anyone feels threatened, fair game to nuke their adversaries, civilians...fair targets.

It's a good thing most of the world disagrees with your justifications.

[Heisenberg]

Harvard's got a $50+ billion endowment. It needs Bill Ackman's money about as much as you need a boost to your sense of self importance.

The idea that Harvard needs Bill Ackman is hilarious.

Typical Heisey nonsense.

lol. Why do you think they are doing that? Because of lack of donor support?

Do you realize the Crimson is Harvard's school paper? They answered the question, and you elected to ignore it and instead linked to administration talking points in Harvard Magazine.

Since you did not read it the first time, I'll let the reporters at Crimson answer this question for you ... again.

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Harvard Plans $1.65 Billion Debt Financing Amid Donor Turmoil
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2024/2/27/billions-debt-financing/

The planned sale, which would be spearheaded by Goldman Sachs & Co. and Barclays Capital Inc., is unprecedented given its magnitude — even for an institution of Harvard's size — but remains within the normal guidelines of financial management for corporations with annual revenues that exceed $5 billion.

A University spokesperson declined to comment on the filing.

The move provides the latest glimpse into the University's financial situation which has been under stress as it faces donor backlash, a series of costly legal battles, and the threat of a possible Massachusetts endowment tax that would carry an annual cost of $1.2 billion.

The potential bond sale comes as the University — which relies on philanthropy for 45 percent of its annual revenue — has seen billionaire donors like Kenneth C. Griffin '89 and Len V. Blavatnik pause donations to the University over its handling of antisemitism on campus.

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Hedge fund manager Bill A. Ackman '88, one of Harvard's fiercest critics since Oct. 7, claimed that the recent filing is a result of a decline in alumni donations that Harvard financial managers did not predict in their forecasts.

"The model likely did not predict a decline in liquidity events from private equity, real estate, and venture capital and the dramatic decline in donations," Ackman wrote on X.

"That is likely why Harvard announced this recent bond offering, which is being done in a substantially higher interest rate environment than where the funds could have been raised a couple of years ago," he added.

Harvard now joins Princeton, which sold $600 million in bonds last week, as many higher education institutions attempt to sell debt in a deteriorating credit market. Both universities currently hold top credit ratings from Moody's and Fitch, but received a bleak outlook for the 2024 fiscal year in December.

[4everwarriors]

lol. Why do you think they are doing that? Because of lack of donor support?

. 



What makes you think you know anything 'bout donor support, hey?

[4everwarriors]

I see we have a bunch of Walmart Crimsons on Scoop, aina?

[Uncle Rico]

I see we have a bunch of Walmart Crimsons on Scoop, aina?

Harvard is thriving

[The Sultan]

Do you realize the Crimson is Harvard's school paper? They answered the question, and you elected to ignore it and instead linked to administration talking points in Harvard Magazine.

Since you did not read it the first time, I'll let the reporters at Crimson answer this question for you ... again.

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Harvard Plans $1.65 Billion Debt Financing Amid Donor Turmoil
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2024/2/27/billions-debt-financing/

The planned sale, which would be spearheaded by Goldman Sachs & Co. and Barclays Capital Inc., is unprecedented given its magnitude — even for an institution of Harvard's size — but remains within the normal guidelines of financial management for corporations with annual revenues that exceed $5 billion.

A University spokesperson declined to comment on the filing.

The move provides the latest glimpse into the University's financial situation which has been under stress as it faces donor backlash, a series of costly legal battles, and the threat of a possible Massachusetts endowment tax that would carry an annual cost of $1.2 billion.

The potential bond sale comes as the University — which relies on philanthropy for 45 percent of its annual revenue — has seen billionaire donors like Kenneth C. Griffin '89 and Len V. Blavatnik pause donations to the University over its handling of antisemitism on campus.

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Hedge fund manager Bill A. Ackman '88, one of Harvard's fiercest critics since Oct. 7, claimed that the recent filing is a result of a decline in alumni donations that Harvard financial managers did not predict in their forecasts.

"The model likely did not predict a decline in liquidity events from private equity, real estate, and venture capital and the dramatic decline in donations," Ackman wrote on X.

"That is likely why Harvard announced this recent bond offering, which is being done in a substantially higher interest rate environment than where the funds could have been raised a couple of years ago," he added.

Harvard now joins Princeton, which sold $600 million in bonds last week, as many higher education institutions attempt to sell debt in a deteriorating credit market. Both universities currently hold top credit ratings from Moody's and Fitch, but received a bleak outlook for the 2024 fiscal year in December.

So you posted something that doesn't answer the question either.  Just speculation from your boy Bill.

Regardless, Harvard is going to be fine.

[Pakuni]

Peak Heisey on display.

1. Rhetorically asks why Harvard is issuing bonds.
2. Is provided with answer explaining exactly why Harvard is issuing bonds.
3. Mad that answer doesn't fit narrative, finds older article and selectively edits it with speculation from someone uninformed.

[The Sultan]

People thought Churchill was a moron and Neville was a diplomatic genius.  Stop attacking Heisey. 

Heisey has a long history here of being wrong a lot. If you think he is a Churchillian-like figure, that says a lot about you more than anything.

[The Sultan]

What makes you think you know anything 'bout donor support, hey?

I do know that colleges and universities issuing debt is pretty common.  And it isn't usually about shortfalls in operating income or lack of donor support. It is almost always about financing of physical plant - whether new building projects or renovations. And that seems to be exactly what Harvard is doing here. 

[tower912]

Heisey said we would all be driving  electric cars by now.