The number of students who applied this fall under the university’s early action program — giving them the possibility of an admissions decision in December instead of March — fell about 17 percent, the university said last month.
University needed to protect its profitability more than it needed to protect her
Dr. Gay and other officials released a letter to the university community acknowledging “feelings of fear, sadness, anger and more.”
Not the first time she has been criticized for not doing enough for the Jewish community on campus
Instead of following established university procedure, we had a corporation granting access to self-appointed advisers and carrying out reviews using mysterious and undisclosed methods.”
Insinuating that Gay was not treated fairly by the people who should have been making the decision because of public pressure
“Republican congressional leaders have declared war on the independence of colleges and universities, just as Governor DeSantis has done in Florida. They will only be emboldened by Gay’s resignation.”
Using someone from the Harvard faculty body and likening issues across the country, states, and educational systems to each other to show a potentially deeper problem
“I admire Claudine Gay for putting Harvard’s interests first at what I know must be an agonizingly difficult moment,”
Highlights her character, recognizes that she is not making this decision for herself
Washington Free Beacon, a conservative online journal that has led a campaign against Dr. Gay over the past few weeks.
Did not know that they were targeting her for an extended period of time
she took office just as the Supreme Court rejected the use of race-conscious admissions at Harvard and other universities.
Context of when she took office is very critical - affirmative action ending means it may have been important for people to see universities uplifting POC
She also became a major target
Acknowledges that she has been criticized from the beginning of her tenure, word choice
defended her academic record and suggested that she was the target of highly personal and racist attacks.
Blunt summarization of her statement, but a little late into the story
Dr. Gay, Harvard’s first Black president and the second woman to lead the university,
Mention of race and gender
after her presidency had become engulfed in crisis over accusations of plagiarism and what some called her insufficient response to antisemitism on campus
Allegations and criticism mentioned in lede
Harvard President Resigns After Mounting Plagiarism Accusations
focused on plagiarism
academics and students are obligated to write their own sentences and give credit when words originate with someone else, using quotation marks, footnotes in the right place, block quotes, and the like. “The apparent failure to use quotation marks means that David Canon’s authorship over these words is suppressed, even though Canon is mentioned elsewhere,”
Goes back to basic principle that if students are held to a certain standard, so should the adults enforcing that standard
she is both the president of Harvard and the center of a very politically charged story.
Acknowledges that this could have been more damaging to the credibility of the school if she stayed on as president
Canon told CNN on Tuesday: “I am not at all concerned about the passages in the Free Beacon article concerning my work. Both Dr. Gay and I are defining basic terms. Good definitions of these terms would have to use similar language or they would not be accurate. This isn’t even close to an example of academic plagiarism.”
Interesting that the person who she has been accused of plagiarizing does not characterize it as such
found they did not meet the punishable threshold of research misconduct.
University did not think that she had done anything bad enough to be punished
her 1997 PhD dissertation to correct instances of “inadequate citation,” adding to the ones she issued earlier to a pair of scholarly articles she wrote in the 2000s.
Allegations are from a long time ago, but still a big deal considering that she is the president of Harvard
Tensions have surged on some college campuses
Not a problem solely at Harvard
undone in part by an ongoing plagiarism scandal and a disastrous congressional hearing last month
Acknowledges both aspects of why she was criticized
“remarkable resilience in the face of deeply personal and sustained attacks.”
Another mention of Harvard acknowledgment from a different organization
“it has been distressing to have doubt cast on my commitments to confronting hate and to upholding scholarly rigor — two bedrock values that are fundamental to who I am — and frightening to be subjected to personal attacks and threats fueled by racial animus.
Specific focus on part of her statement about racial attack
That timing indicates Gay was already planning to resign before new plagiarism allegations emerged that were first reported by the Washington Free Beacon on Monday.
jumps to conclusions based on timeline, not included in most of the other stories I have read
end of the presidency of the first Black president and second woman in Harvard’s nearly 400-year history.
Mentions race and gender in fourth paragraph, but longer sentence/more information provided to indicate importance?
“It is with a heavy heart but a deep love for Harvard that I write to share that I will be stepping down as president,”
Statement quoted in second paragraph
firestorm of controversy at the university.
Does not reiterate the content she is facing
Harvard President Claudine Gay resigns after plagiarism and campus antisemitism accusations
Focused on plagiarism and antisemitism
o the U.S. Education Department
Not as much information included about plagiarism
“What I should have had the presence of mind to do in that moment was return to my guiding truth, which is that calls for violence against our Jewish community — threats to our Jewish students — have no place at Harvard, and will never go unchallenged,”
Seems that ultimately she does condemn antisemitism but difficult because it is no longer in the context of the situation where it mattered more
“events on campus and the painfully inadequate testimony reinforced the idea that I cannot make the sort of difference I had hoped.”
Demonstrates Jewish population did not feel supported
Gay said it depended on the context, adding that when “speech crosses into conduct, that violates our policies.”
Specific quote from her testimony - first one I have come across in my reading
the problems at Harvard are much larger than one leader.
Does not attribute the problems solely to Gay
“an attack on every Black woman in this country who’s put a crack in the glass ceiling”
Referencing the fact that she was the first of her kind at Harvard
“I think it was about time that Claudine Gay resigned,”
Not popular amongst Jewish population at Harvard
“Racist mobs won’t stop until they topple all Black people from positions of power and influence who are not reinforcing the structure of racism,”
Reinforced themes that are introduced in Forbes article of stereotypes in the workforce working against Black people
as a Jewish student he’s noticed fellow members of the Jewish community have felt uncomfortable with the climate on campus.
Another Jewish perspective, similar to the Fox News article
personal attacks and threats fueled by racial animus.”
Talking about racial attacks
“This is the poison” of diversity, equity and inclusion ideology, said Rufo, who has led conservative attacks on DEI both in business and in education.
Very divisive rhetoric
Christopher Rufo, an activist who has helped rally the GOP against higher education, said he’s “glad she’s gone.”
White man
The Harvard Corporation said the resignation came “with great sadness” and thanked Gay for her “deep and unwavering commitment to Harvard and to the pursuit of academic excellence.”
Doesn't mention anything about attacks she faced
conservative activists
word choice - conservative
The Harvard Corporation, Harvard’s governing board, initially rallied behind Gay, saying a review of her scholarly work turned up “a few instances of inadequate citation” but no evidence of research misconduct.
Word choice of originally - demonstrates concrete change in position
amid plagiarism accusations and criticism over testimony at a congressional hearing where she was unable to say unequivocally that calls on campus for the genocide of Jews would violate the school’s conduct policy.
Lede reiterates headline and goes more into depth about antisemitism
Harvard president Claudine Gay resigns amid plagiarism claims, backlash from antisemitism testimony
Focused on antisemitism and plagiarism
heightened scrutiny of allegations that she plagiarized parts of some of her published works and in the wake of a controversial appearance before Congress last month.
Essentially a restatement of the lede - very to the point, does not leave much room for interpretation
individual."
Statement doesn't include part about racial attacks
the university's first Black president,
Mention of race in the third sentence
following new accusations of plagiarism.
Plagiarism mentioned in the lede
Harvard University President Claudine Gay resigns
Very neutral headline, does not give any indication as to why she resigned
a congressional investigation into antisemitism at Harvard.
Specifically at Harvard
Harvard President Claudine Gay Resigns, Shortest Tenure in University History
Headline doesn't talk about allegations, but does mention length of tenure
Gay confronted scandal after scandal during her brief tenure at the helm of Harvard, making national headlines again following her congressional testimony about antisemitism on college campuses and the emergence of allegations of plagiarism in her scholarship
Acknowledges that her entire presidency has been tumultuous, although not necessarily due to her own actions
Claudine is a person of great intellect, integrity, vision and strength.
Backs up Gay's character
commitment to the institution and its mission is deep and selfless,”
Restating everything to be about the university itself
thanked her for her service to the University
Shows that they are not necessarily parting on bad terms
Donors, too, have been both privately and publicly halting their financial contributions to Harvard.
Demonstrating the more important risk as to why this is a big issue
ocus on the institution rather than any individual,
About success of Harvard above anything else
Harvard’s first Black president and former dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
Doesn't mention anything explicit about her position as a woman
she has shown remarkable resilience in the face of deeply personal and sustained attacks,
Harvard itself acknowledged the racism
They both later issued statements that said they should have been clearer in condemning such speech.
While they do not cite or provide a source to the statements, clear indication that Gay does not support antisemitism, although it may have been too little too late
The Harvard Corporation several weeks ago said that an “independent review” of Gay’s published academic work had found several instances where she failed to adequately cite a source, and that she was requesting changes to two articles to correct that failure. But additional claims of plagiarism followed that statement, up to and including Monday, even as Gay said she was standing by the “integrity of my scholarship.”
Goes into more depth about the issue at hand
eported that a new unsigned complaint filed with Harvard had six new allegations of plagiarism against Gay
Gives a source as well as specific information about the claim
Gay, who was the first Black person and only the second woman to serve as Harvard’s president,
Mentions race/gender, but also information about tenure
Harvard University President Claudine Gay resigned Tuesday amid new allegations of plagiarism, becoming the second Ivy League leader to step down after controversy over their congressional testimony last month about antisemitism on campus
Long lede, talks about both allegations/critiques
“Two down,”
Implies that these presidents are being targeted and it will stop at nothing to force them into resignation
Harvard University President Claudine Gay resigns amid plagiarism claims
Focused on plagiarism
Amidst all of this, it has been distressing to have doubt cast on my commitments to confronting hate and to upholding scholarly rigor—two bedrock values that are fundamental to who I am—and frightening to be subjected to personal attacks and threats fueled by racial animus."
Not acknowledged again in article
despite widespread plagiarism allegations
Cites to another Fox News story, not explicitly about the plagiarism allegations
calls for intifada or the genocide of Jews on campus violated their institutions' codes of conduct or policies against bullying and harassment. All three faced harsh backlash for failing to clarify and insisted more context was needed.
Demonstrates what was going on in the country at the time regarding antisemitism
the rot in our most ‘prestigious’ higher education institutions and deliver accountability to the American people."
Ironic that she is making this statement since she graduated from Harvard herelf
devoid of the moral leadership and academic integrity required of the President of Harvard.
Reminding people that Harvard is an esteemed academic institution, providing justification for calling for resignation
which she was accused of multiple instances of plagiarism in scholarly works.
Doesn't go into much detail, link goes to another Fox News story
Gay issued an apology and the university's board ultimately decided to stick by her
Gay acknowledged that she might not have taken the best course of action in the testimonies
"I hope that the plagiarism, while serious, will not overshadow what remains a serious issue on our campus: antisemitism and an obsessive hatred of Israel. The next president must address the concerns of the Jewish community on day one.
Implying that Gay did not do enough for the Jewish student community during her tenure as president
the plagiarism in Gay’s work was part of a clear pattern
Strong implication on Gay's character
a Harvard University Jewish student leader
Including the student perspective
antisemitic plagiarist president
Very strong, aggressive labeling
antisemitism, plagiarism controversies
Specifically mentioning both of her major controversies
Black female leaders must be perfect and are never given the same room as their counterparts to make a misstep or a mistake. In an ideal world,
Recognizes that Gay made a mistake, but also says that she was not given the opportunity to come back from that mistake
No amount of wealth, achievements, accolades, or notoriety will offer safety and protection in an anti-black world.
Indicates society is against Black people inherently
faced an onslaught of microaggressions, outright falsehoods, and demands for irrelevant information.
Reminiscent of continuous onslaught of criticism Gay faced
The inspection and interrogation that leaders face is even more severe for Black women leaders, especially those who are the “firsts.”
Acknowledgment of Gay's role as the first Black president of Harvard
Being excellent for Black folks, and especially Black women, will not shield you from harm.
Insinuating that Black people, specifically and especially Black women, are more likely to be criticized even with demonstrated accomplishments
Hannah-Jones holds a master’s degree from the university
Interesting that she has received some education from there
Hannah-Jones epitomized “Black excellence,”
Using a pop culture term to help anyone who may be reading the article understand the reporter's opinion of Hannah-Jones' career and accomplishments
It should be noted that the university did eventually grant Hannah-Jones tenure after much public criticism
Provides a little more clarity to the situation, almost an opposite situation of what Gay was in
For Nikole Hannah-Jones, being a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer for the New York Times Magazine wasn’t enough for the University of North Carolina.
Strong language, making implication about overall character of the University of North Carolina
Gay’s experience is not unlike that of other prominent Black women leaders;
delves into Gay in comparison to other Black women
In addition to the backlash Gay and other university presidents faced after a congressional hearing, Gay experienced more scrutiny after plagiarism allegations.
Indicates that plagiarism allegations were something other people who received backlash for their testimonies did not receive
first Black president
Another mention of race right from the get go
Claudine Gay Resigns From Harvard: Why Black Excellence Is Never Enough
Indicates that the story will discuss nuance of race in some way
there is a need to solve the national security and data concerns associated with the platform but added that banning TikTok would be disastrous for creators, organizers and activists.
TikTok has become a source of income for many Americans, but also isn't the only social media platform that has security issues
said opinions about TikTok and social media won’t “rival choice and democracy and immigration as a voting issue” in the 2024 election.
Implies that Democrats don't believe, even if voters aren't happy about the bill, they will still support the party because of other "bigger" issues
It's a flip-flop for the former president, who signed an executive order in August 2020 to ban TikTok in 45 days if it was not sold.
Going to the other side and examining alternative argument - no one is innocent in this issue
TikTok gave no indication that it would consider divesting
Goes against other statements in the article, potentially utilized to create controversy/debate
“This gives more time to make the divestment achievable,” said Krishnamoorthi, the top Democrat on the special committee investigating the CCP. “It made a lot of sense. That’s why, as you could tell, we didn’t lose any votes because of the change. In fact, we gained some votes — we went from 352 to 360 votes in the House.”
Interesting argument without a lot of data to back it up
“Senate Democrats had been pretty consistent about wanting to extend that timeline,”
Way statements are phrased seem to imply that Democrats wanted to extend the timeline in order to keep control of office
“TikTok ain’t going away. There is no more capitalistic entity than an organization controlled by the Chinese Communist Party. They’re going to sell it,”
Statement from Democratic Senator - interesting that he doesn't mention anything about Tik Tok's global markets, since it is an international platform.
The president can grant a one-time extension of 90 days, bringing the timeline to sell to one year, if he certifies that there’s a path to divestiture and “significant progress” toward executing it.
This is also interesting because not only did Biden give more time for himself to be able to use the platform, but he also gave himself a caveat to potentially extend it/get rid of it if necessary.
That means TikTok, which boasts 170 million American users, will remain a force throughout the campaign, providing a platform for candidates to reach predominantly younger voters.
In another article I annotated, it discussed how the Biden administration was using Tik Tok as a campaign resource, so this is an interesting choice to make to not only appeal to the youth, but also to continue his own campaigning on the platform.
Biden signs a bill that could ban TikTok — after the 2024 election
The headline uses punctuation to emphasize a certain part of the message. In this case, the writer seems to want to emphasize that Biden has not only passed a bill that could ban Tik Tok, but that it would take effect either after he is reelected or not in office anymore.
How Biden compares with past presidents
Biden does not have a full term under his belt, but can still be compared to up to eight-year presidents instead of just to his term up to that point. Also very few data points for a long period of time.
POLLSTER
Pulling results from multiple different polls, not providing specific information other than who ran the poll, when and where the poll was and how many people responded to it.
1/23/21
Poll is only taking place over a long period of time, but features only four data points.
dig in
Using warfare language to describe conflict between governments
Ovid Therapeutics CEO Jeremy Levin, one of the executives who signed on, previously called the case a “dagger at the heart of the entire industry.
Source - provides evidence that this is something that the medical industry is concerned about outside of the lawyer who was there representing them.
Dunks
Using sports metaphors to describe the SCOTUS case.
“When I watched the show, I could see the hurt in some people’s eyes, and it made me feel awful and regretful and sorry,”
Does not really take accountability for what he was accused of doing
The actor-musician is one of multiple child stars who were on Nickelodeon and came forward in Quiet on Set with allegations of abuse, sexism, racism and inappropriate behavior surrounding shows led by Dan Schneider in the early 2000s. Those series include The Amanda Show, Drake & Josh, Zoey 101, iCarly, Victorious and Sam & Cat.
Shows that this is something that has been in the public consciousness for a while, but the details were not highly publicized. Additionally, it demonstrates there has been a pattern of behavior.
the actor noted they weren’t friends anymore.
Shows a change in their relationship from then to now, or at least a show of support to go against the awful actions
take it a little easy on him.” He added that Peck had already reached out to him, personally, to express his support.
Defending his costar
dren should be protected
Showing support for the victims more explicitly, does not condone what actions are being speculated about
I reached out to Drake privately, but wanted to give my support for the survivors who were brave enough to share their stories of emotional and physical abuse on Nickelodeon sets with the world.
Giving a portion of Peck's statement to show that he is sympathetic
"take it a little easy on" him
Shows that there may have been criticism from public because he had not made a statement yet
“Children Should Be Protected”
Including a portion of his statement to give reader an idea of what the article will be about
“I think that young people, especially Gen Z … will do an overall cost benefit analysis of the two teams and decide which has their back and it’s clear that only one team is fighting for them — the blue team.
Confident statement that even if the ban passes, young voters will realize that Democrats ultimately have their best interests at heart over Republicans and will still turn out to vote
he party faces a messaging challenge with young voters, so it’s on them to “explain the why” of the legislation
You cannot just assume that voters will take the time to educate themselves about an issue and why their congresspeople oppose/support it, they want them to explain it
gaping holes between what young people think Biden has done and what he has actually done, so to the degree to which this would strip away a path to close that information gap — that’s detrimental to Biden and Democratic candidates
If young voters already have trouble understanding/grasping what President Biden has actually accomplished in office, taking away another form of communication will not assist them in developing further knowledge
“They’re starting to slip in their hopes and beliefs that that respect is reciprocated.”
Young voters want to be treated with the same respect they give to politicians, and this ban does not support that idea
“[It’s] a major example that I think a lot of young people would take as proof that Biden is just out of touch with young people,”
If Biden understands how much Tik Tok appeals to young people, why would he support the choice to ban it? Does not make sense in regards to keeping young voters' support
heir youth turnout program isn’t overly dependent on TikTok, pointing to their presence on other social media platforms. The adviser also cited their youth organizing efforts on college campuses. The Biden campaign recently launched a Students For Biden initiative, including endorsements from 15 youth mobilization groups.
Interesting how they are primarily only talking about other social media platforms generally, never providing specific examples, only that they have accounts on more than just Tik Tok --> it would be interesting to see the success of all of the accounts
But in February, the Biden campaign joined TikTok, posting a video of the president answering Super Bowl-themed questions. They’ve also mounted an aggressive influencer strategy, briefing nearly 70 progressive content creators ahead of Biden’s State of the Union and aiming to tap into their enormous online audience.
Although Biden is opposing Tik Tok, he is still utilizing it to his advantage. How can you hold some people to certain standards, but not yourself?
Biden has been walking a fine line with TikTok already.
Policy that is already formed against Tik Tok
who added that a potential ban won’t affect voters until it actually goes into effect, which could drag past November 2024.
Speaking more from a realistic standpoint, giving voters/American public a view into how concerned they should be about this actually happening, and when they should expect it
the app could be banned as early as October 2024, the month before the general election.
Emphasizes the critical nature of the timeline
though Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.), who lead the Senate Intelligence Committee, endorsed the House bill after the vote on Wednesday.
Potentially signifies that the Senate is in favor of supporting the bill as well, even though it hasn't passed yet
there’s a generation of voters here who feel completely left out of the political process.
How can you get people to vote if they don't feel like they have a voice?
it builds on already pressing concerns for Biden among young voters, who are particularly angry about his handling of the Israel-Hamas war
Young voters are already upset with Biden because of his actions, particularly regarding the conflict between Israel and Hamas. This ban would not bring the two "groups" any closer together
Trump offered few explanations for his turnaround, though his GOP allies acknowledge the political opening it offers.
Seems to be a ploy to get the attention of young voters rather than an actual political act against the ban
flipped his position on TikTok in recent days
Seems to pose question of whether or not Trump could take a greater stake in young voters' political opinions because of the ban
“Democrats need to reach younger voters more than Republicans need to reach them, and TIkTok is the most valuable tool to do that,” said Kyle Tharp, who is the managing director at Courier, a progressive media company. “Taking that tool away from campaigns, progressive media companies, content creators two months out from Election Day would be a net negative for Democratic candidates.”
Implying that social media, specifically Tik Tok is the best way to reach younger voters, and without it Democrats won't be able to succeed
“We need to regulate social media — not just TikTok — but all of it.”
Greater call to action --> pointing out that the national security concern shouldn't only be directed at an "other"
electoral fallout could not only depress young voter turnout but also cut off a critical channel to communicate with them
Worry that young voters will be upset about the loss of Tik Tok and also disenfranchised from voting in the next presidential election, which is this November
Biden told reporters last week that he’d sign the legislation if it landed on his desk
Biden has taken a clear-cut stance on this --> implies that he considers Tik Tok a national security threat above all else
critical voting bloc
implies they may be necessary for Biden to win reelection
sound the alarm
implies concern & need for action
Democratic strategists and White House allies are warning their party
Not all Democrats believe this is the right thing to do --> bill still has to go through the Senate