Vivek Ramaswamy says it's 'not productive' for companies to blacklist Harvard students who make 'dumb' statements like blaming Israel for the Hamas attacks

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Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy.

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‘A scary situation’: As Wall Street assails Harvard, students worry about their futures

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There's a growing generational rift between elite schools like Harvard and the banks and law firms that employ their graduates.

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There's an old joke that goes: The hardest thing about Harvard is getting in. But simply being on campus this week has put that idea to the test. 

Tensions are boiling over as America's elite colleges respond to Hamas' terrorist attack on Israel

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A man shouts during a pro-Palestinian demonstration on a college campus.
A Jewish counter protestor shouts at students from Brooklyn College during a pro-Palestinian demonstration at the entrance of the campus.

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Bill Ackman's misguided Harvard crusade

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Bill Ackman

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Why Harvard shouldn't cave to CEOs and share the names of students who signed a letter blaming Israel for Hamas attacks

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Bill Ackman and a picture of Harvard's campus
Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman and several other CEOs have called on Harvard University to release the names of students involved in organizations that signed on to a letter blaming Israel for the wave of Hamas attacks in the country.

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Apollo CEO is calling for University of Pennsylvania leaders to resign after he says they refused to strongly condemn antisemitism

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Marc Rowan
Marc Rowan, the Apollo cofounder and CEO, is calling for leaders of the University of Pennsylvania to step down over what he said was their lack of a strong stance on antisemitism.

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Former Harvard president Larry Summers thinks Bill Ackman asking for lists of student names is the 'stuff of Joe McCarthy'

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Former Harvard president Lawrence Summers and billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman
Former Harvard president Lawrence Summers (left) and billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman (right).

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Some Harvard students say their organizations signed an anti-Israel letter without them knowing: 'I didn't even see the statement'

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Israel Defense Forces soldiers walk through Kibbutz Be'eri where days earlier Hamas militants killed over a hundred civilians near the border with Gaza on October 11, 2023 in Be'eri, Israel. More than 100 civilians were killed at Kibbutz Be'eri which is about 12% of the kibbutz's population.

A Harvard economics professor wants Bill Ackman to know that two wrongs don't make a right

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Jason Furman (left) and Bill Ackman (right).
Jason Furman (left) and Bill Ackman (right).

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Bill Ackman says the students who blamed Israel for Hamas' attacks have to stop hiding behind the Harvard brand

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Founder of Pershing Square Capital Management Bill Ackman at Desert Smash 2023, Produced By Brand Innovators at La Quinta Resort and Club, A Waldorf Astoria Resort on March 07, 2023 in La Quinta, California.
Founder of Pershing Square Capital Management Bill Ackman at Desert Smash 2023, Produced By Brand Innovators at La Quinta Resort and Club, A Waldorf Astoria Resort on March 07, 2023 in La Quinta, California.

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