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Mike Lee was disciplined after striking a deal with student protesters. The agreement included an unusual embrace of an academic boycott of Israeli universities. Sonoma State University President Mike Lee has been placed on administrative leave after sending a campus-wide email about a deal with pro-Palestinian protesters that led California State University system officials to accuse him of insubordination.

“We keep speaking on never again,” says Sonoma State Prof. Diane Parness. “It seems that every few years, a new genocide or potential genocide erupts.”

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Readers discuss the decisions facing college graduates. Also: Lindsey Graham’s prediction; housing discrimination; babies and minimalism.

Were fighting losing battles to adapt to climate change. Fewer fossil fuels, more clean energy. Police, not citizens, should defend community.

The Jewish News of Northern California

Bruce VanHook, who manages the cemetery, was there at 6:30 a.m. “Between him and I, we have patrolled for probably the last two hours and we cannot see anything that is similar to a monkey,” Bittner said. The cemetery does have a flock of wild turkeys, he said. “Wild turkeys nest in trees, so the question is were they nesting in the trees, because whoever filmed and put on social media, it was through the power lines because you can see the power lines in the video.” Bittner said that m...

Monkeys were reportedly on the loose in Cincinnati. Police have yet to find them. Kaanita Iyer, Sarah Brookbank, Cameron Knight and Jeanne Houck, USA TODAY © Kareem Elgazzar/The Enquirer A Cincinnati Police officer searches a wooded area for monkeys reported to be on the loose, Thursday, April 8, 2021, at St. Josephs Cemetery in the East Price Hill neighborhood of Cincinnati. The report may have been misinformation, but Cincinnati police Sgt. Jacob Hicks said Thursday morning...