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As university presidents across the country face criticism over comments and responses following the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks in Israel, University of Chicago President Paul Alivisatos has largely stayed out of the public fray. Alivisatos did not issue a school statement or offer public comment following the attacks — a standstill tactic that has landed other leaders in hot water — but instead leaned on the school’s practice of institutional neutrality, often referred to as the "Chicago Principles."
With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
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Agree with his stance. There needs to be neutrality. You do not have to like what people say, but they have the right to their own opinion and to say it. We are going down a slippery slope if we start censuring and censoring people’s voices.
Absolutely agree. The “free speech” controversy is just camouflage for the real issue:
How do we have a not-insignificant number of the population, and especially the university population, who apparently subscribe to these vile ideas? Where did this come from?
I think we all know where it came from.