Ivy League
The letter asks Harvard's governing body to “resist political pressures” to oust Claudine Gay, who came under fire for her remarks at a congressional hearing.
"It’s no secret that celebrity professors are thought to be great for universities... but these benefits come with a cost."
Outrage ensued over a clip of various academic leaders at a congressional hearing, even though they repeatedly condemned antisemitism while there.
The "Last Week Tonight" host unspooled a supercut of the Fox News personality bragging about his alma mater.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
The Ivy League school cited the "extraordinary stress" that its campus has been under within the last few weeks.
Larry Fife Giberson, who graduated from Princeton earlier this year, was sentenced to two months behind bars.
The Ivy League school's president vowed that the person or people behind the threats will be "punished to the full extent of the law."
The firm Davis Polk said that its decision, affecting Harvard and Columbia students, is "appropriate" to "provide a safe and inclusive work environment."
"My mom is infinitely proud of all of her children, but I wonder if she wasn’t at that moment just a little bit ashamed of me."
Meanwhile, CEOs on social media are asking for the students' names to be made public for blacklisting purposes.