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💬 Quoted… “Former President Liz Magill last week made a very unfortunate misstep.”

  • On Saturday, University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill resigned, alongside the chairman of Penn’s board of trustees, following Magill’s controversial testimony at a Congressional hearing on antisemitism last week. In the hearing, Magill and the presidents of Harvand and MIT were each asked if calls for the genocide of Jewish people would violate the school’s harassment policy, to which Magill responded: “If the speech turns into conduct, it can be harassment, yes… It is a context-dependent decision.”

⚾🤑 Stat of the Day: The Shohei Ohtani free agency circus – which included conflicting reports of his final destination and a flight-tracking mishap involving Shark Tank’s Robert Herjavec – is finally over. The two-way superstar and reigning AL MVP signed a record 10-year, $700 million deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday, which reportedly contains “unprecedented” deferrals. For context: prior to this weekend, the largest contract in US pro sports history was Patrick Mahomes’ 10-year, $450 million deal with the Chiefs.

🤔 Did You Know?... When it comes to the airline industry, consolidation has been king. The five biggest US airlines today – Delta, American, United, Alaska, and Southwest – have acquired 42 other airline companies since 1960, per a new Axios analysis.

📰 Worth a Read: The master forgers who saved thousands of lives during World War II → (Atlas Obscura)

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