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Wall Street Journal
7 days ago
- General
- Wall Street Journal
Not Everything at Harvard Needs Improvement
Ben Sasse makes an important observation in his op-ed 'Can Trump Force Harvard to Improve?' (May 31): The university isn't an 'undifferentiated monolith.' It has some wonderful parts and others that are broken and need to be repaired. Mr. Sasse got to experience both as he went onto the stage of Harvard's Sanders Theatre during ROTC commissioning for his daughter. A lone heckler started to yell about the University of Florida, Gaza and genocide. The audience booed for a bit and let the heckler speak for 30 seconds. Then, as Mr. Sasse's daughter was presented as a new officer in the Air Force, the hundreds of people in the audience rose in a standing ovation. There are appalling things occurring in some corners of Harvard, including disruptive Palestinian activism at the Divinity School and ideological suppression about racial topics at the Kennedy School of Government. But there are also wonderful things at the university, such as its ROTC graduates, whose numbers have been growing in recent years, with the encouragement of Harvard's administration. Our mission shouldn't be to destroy the university. It should be to fix the broken parts and help the great parts thrive.
Yahoo
27-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Former University of Michigan president gets initial approval to lead the University of Florida
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The University of Florida's board of trustees on Tuesday approved Santa Ono to be the next leader of Florida's flagship university, though one more vote is required before it becomes official. Ono, the past president of the University of Michigan, needs approval by the governing body of the state university system before he becomes the 14th president of the University of Florida. 'The energy here at the University of Florida is palpable, and I am eager to join the wonderful students, faculty and staff of the Gator Nation," Ono said in a statement. The school's board of trustees selects the president and the appointment is subject to confirmation by the Florida Board of Governors, per state law. Ono is set to replace Kent Fuchs, who became the school's interim president last summer after ex-U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse stepped down. Sasse left the U.S. Senate, where he had represented Nebraska, to become the university's president in 2023. Sasse announced in July he was leaving the job to focus on his family after his wife was diagnosed with epilepsy. Soon thereafter, there were reports that Sasse gave six former staffers and two former Republican officials jobs with salaries that outstripped comparable positions and spent over $1.3 million on private catering for lavish dinners, football tailgates and extravagant social functions in his first year on the job. The amount was about double the spending of his predecessor, Fuchs, who was brought back to head the university on a temporary basis.
San Francisco Chronicle
27-05-2025
- Politics
- San Francisco Chronicle
Former University of Michigan president gets initial approval to lead the University of Florida
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The University of Florida's board of trustees on Tuesday approved Santa Ono to be the next leader of Florida's flagship university, though one more vote is required before it becomes official. Ono, the past president of the University of Michigan, needs approval by the governing body of the state university system before he becomes the 14th president of the University of Florida. 'The energy here at the University of Florida is palpable, and I am eager to join the wonderful students, faculty and staff of the Gator Nation," Ono said in a statement. The school's board of trustees selects the president and the appointment is subject to confirmation by the Florida Board of Governors, per state law. Ono is set to replace Kent Fuchs, who became the school's interim president last summer after ex-U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse stepped down. Sasse left the U.S. Senate, where he had represented Nebraska, to become the university's president in 2023. Sasse announced in July he was leaving the job to focus on his family after his wife was diagnosed with epilepsy. Soon thereafter, there were reports that Sasse gave six former staffers and two former Republican officials jobs with salaries that outstripped comparable positions and spent over $1.3 million on private catering for lavish dinners, football tailgates and extravagant social functions in his first year on the job. The amount was about double the spending of his predecessor, Fuchs, who was brought back to head the university on a temporary basis.
Winnipeg Free Press
27-05-2025
- Politics
- Winnipeg Free Press
Former University of Michigan president gets initial approval to lead the University of Florida
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The University of Florida's board of trustees on Tuesday approved Santa Ono to be the next leader of Florida's flagship university, though one more vote is required before it becomes official. Ono, the past president of the University of Michigan, needs approval by the governing body of the state university system before he becomes the 14th president of the University of Florida. 'The energy here at the University of Florida is palpable, and I am eager to join the wonderful students, faculty and staff of the Gator Nation,' Ono said in a statement. The school's board of trustees selects the president and the appointment is subject to confirmation by the Florida Board of Governors, per state law. Ono is set to replace Kent Fuchs, who became the school's interim president last summer after ex-U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse stepped down. Sasse left the U.S. Senate, where he had represented Nebraska, to become the university's president in 2023. Sasse announced in July he was leaving the job to focus on his family after his wife was diagnosed with epilepsy. Soon thereafter, there were reports that Sasse gave six former staffers and two former Republican officials jobs with salaries that outstripped comparable positions and spent over $1.3 million on private catering for lavish dinners, football tailgates and extravagant social functions in his first year on the job. The amount was about double the spending of his predecessor, Fuchs, who was brought back to head the university on a temporary basis.
Hindustan Times
27-05-2025
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
Former University of Michigan president gets initial approval to lead the University of Florida
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida's board of trustees on Tuesday approved Santa Ono to be the next leader of Florida's flagship university, though one more vote is required before it becomes official. Ono, the past president of the University of Michigan, needs approval by the governing body of the state university system before he becomes the 14th president of the University of Florida. 'The energy here at the University of Florida is palpable, and I am eager to join the wonderful students, faculty and staff of the Gator Nation," Ono said in a statement. The school's board of trustees selects the president and the appointment is subject to confirmation by the Florida Board of Governors, per state law. Ono is set to replace Kent Fuchs, who became the school's interim president last summer after ex-U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse stepped down. Sasse left the U.S. Senate, where he had represented Nebraska, to become the university's president in 2023. Sasse announced in July he was leaving the job to focus on his family after his wife was diagnosed with epilepsy. Soon thereafter, there were reports that Sasse gave six former staffers and two former Republican officials jobs with salaries that outstripped comparable positions and spent over $1.3 million on private catering for lavish dinners, football tailgates and extravagant social functions in his first year on the job. The amount was about double the spending of his predecessor, Fuchs, who was brought back to head the university on a temporary basis.
