By David Freedlander 5/11/11 3:24am

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> (Jackie Snow for the New York Observer)

CUNY, or Change: The Jeffrey Wiesenfeld Guide to Campuses and Anti-Semitism With a Key to Board Politics

Jeffrey Wiesenfeld’s mother doesn’t approve.

“Vy are they bothering you?” Mr. Wiesenfeld said on Friday afternoon, channeling her Yiddish. “Vhat they want from you? They don’t pay you. You sit there and they give you problems, aggravation, vhat do you need it for? Go home, see your daughter. Vhy are you sitting there until 8:30 and they making trouble for you?” Read More

By David Freedlander 5/06/11 4:35pm

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CUNY Board to Reconsider Decision To Nix Kushner Degree

The Board of Trustees at the City University of New York has just announced that they are holding an emergency meeting Monday night to reconsider the decision to nix the honorary degree awarded to Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Tony Kushner.

“I would not ordinarily ask for a reconsideration of a decision so recently taken,” said board chairman Benno Schmidt in a statement. “But when the board has made a mistake of principle, and not merely of policy, review is appropriate, and indeed, mandatory.” Read More