Head of nation’s largest 4 year university system resigns under fire In this Nov. 4. 2017 file photo. then Fresno State president Joseph I. Castro waves to the crowd before an NCAA college football game against BYU in Fresno. Calif. | Gary Kazanjian. File/AP Photo By Chris Ramirez 02/17/2022 11:17 PM EST California State University’s chancellor announced late Thursday he would resign. effective immediately. amid allegations he mishandled sexual misconduct complaints involving a top administrator at Fresno State while he was serving there as campus president. Joseph I. Castro’s announcement comes after the CSU Board of Trustees met for hours behind closed doors to decide whether to open an investigation into the head of the nearly 500.000 student system. “While I disagree with many aspects of recent media reports and the ensuing commentary. it has become clear to me that resigning at this time is necessary so that the CSU can maintain its focus squarely on its educational mission and the impactful work yet to be done.” Castro said in a press release. Lawmakers and faculty had been calling for the CSU to open an internal investigation into the chancellor since early February. when USA TODAY reported Castro failed to respond to sexual harassment claims against a top administrator he had recruited to the campus. The probe comes years after a national reckoning around sexual harassment and assault on college campuses that forced many universities to strengthen their policies. When Castro was president of Fresno State. USA Today reported. Castro did not punish the administrator. Frank Lamas. despite internal campus investigations that found Lamas responsible for sexual harassment. the news story found. Instead. Castro praised Lamas in performance reviews and endorsed him for a lifetime achievement award. The campus administration received at least 12 complaints over the six years Lamas worked on campuses. leading student affairs and enrollment management. according to the news report. Three weeks before Castro was named chancellor in September 2020. Castro and Lamas entered a settlement agreement that barred Lamas from working for CSU. In return. Lamas was guaranteed $260.000. full benefits and a letter of recommendation from Castro to any other college jobs Lamas applied for. USA Today reported. Castro apologized in an open letter to students and faculty at Cal State. saying he regretted offering Lamas the letter of recommendation. He added that Lamas was removed from campus immediately after a formal Title IX claim was filed against Lamas in 2019. A growing number of faculty and state lawmakers had been calling for an investigation. outraged at the report. Such behavior happens “all the time.” CFA North Associate Vice President Meghan O� ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUjqimBzJh8

Donor site linked to Canada trucker protest gets hacked The crowdfunding site that raised money for the Canadian “Freedom Convoy” of truckers protesting COVID 19 vaccine mandates was taken offline after a reported hack that included leaking of donors’ personal information. Visitors to the GiveSendGo website were redirected to a separate domain — GiveSendGone[.]wtf — which showed a video loop from the Disney animate hit film Frozen. The video included captions criticizing the site and its donors as “grifters and hatriots” who were using the platform to “fund an insurrection.” The hack was first reported by Daily Dot journalist Mikael Thalen. According to The Verge. the names. email addresses. ZIP codes. and country of origin of some 93.000 donors was leaked to a hosting website called “Distributed Denial of Secrets.” More than half of the donors are based in the United States. GiveSendGo bills itself as “the number one Free Christian crowdfunding platform.” It was founded in 2014 as an alternative to GoFundMe. which had removed campaigns that were deemed too controversial. Texas and three other states announced last week that they would investigate GoFundMe after the service blocked users from donating to the Canadian truckers’ protest. which had raised some $8 million. The company. which cited “police reports of violence and other unlawful activity.” said it made the decision because crowdfunding campaigns that give to causes that include an “occupation” violate its user policy. GoFundMe said it would refund all donors. After GoFundMe’s ban. donors migrated to GiveSendGo. which became the most popular crowdfunding platform for those looking to support the Canadian truckers. The Canadian government invoked emergency powers in an attempt to break up the protest that has blockaded traffic and disrupted commerce between the US and Canada. Canadian banks have also frozen accounts tied to donors. GiveSendGo released a statement saying that it “was attacked my malicious actors” on Sunday who were “attempting to eliminate the ability of its users to raise funds.” “There was a broadcasted breach showing one such actor illegally hacking into GiveSendGo and distributing the names and emails of the donors of the Freedom Convoy Campaign.” The statement said that no credit card information was leaked in the hack. GiveSendGo said that its IT personnel spotted the hack and “shut down the site to prevent further illegal actions.” “We are in a battle.” the site said. “We didn’t expect it to be easy. This has not caused us to be afraid.” “Instead. it’s made it even more evident that we can not back down.” #Sports ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hvhA2Zazuo

More COVID money won't cover up Biden's failures After pumping trillions of dollars into the economy over the last year. the Biden Administration is reportedly coming back to Congress to demand even more money to deal with the president’s COVID 19 crisis. Indeed. 2021 was a year defined by crisis. Inflation reached a forty year high; the southern border experienced the biggest surge in illegal immigration in a generation; and now America under President Biden is facing a nationwide COVID testing shortage. FILE —Registered nurse Bryan Hofilena attaches a 'COVID Patient' sticker on a body bag of a patient who died of coronavirus at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Los Angeles. Tuesday. Dec. 14. 2021. According to data collected by Johns Hopkins University. deaths in California from the coronavirus topped 80.000 on Friday. Feb. 4. 2022. Another 3.900 people are expected to die by month’s end. even as infections. hospitalizations and intensive care cases fell almost as fast as they had climbed during the omicron wave to eh pandemic. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong. File ) The President is desperately hoping that throwing more money at the problem will help clean up – or at least cover up – the mess he has created. But the truth is that this crisis is not about a lack of tax dollars at his disposal. but rather a lack of leadership in the White House. and Democrats’ fundamental dishonesty with the American people about... #Sports ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PU5TYIyXaAM

Between Russia and Ukraine. Americans say either stay out or side with Ukraine CBS News poll A slight majority of Americans would prefer the U.S. stay out of any negotiations around the situation with Russia and Ukraine. while those who would take a side say the U.S. should stand with Ukraine. They cite stopping further Russian influence in the region and defending democracy as top reasons. The proportion saying that the U.S. should stay out is driven by Republicans and independents. while more Democrats feel the U.S. should side with Ukraine. Meanwhile. President Biden gets mixed marks on his approach toward Russia. Democrats and a plurality of independents think Mr. Biden's approach is right. While Republicans would prefer the U.S. stay out of the Russia Ukraine situation. at the same time. they are critical of Mr. Biden's approach to Russia. with most Republicans calling it 'too friendly.' and a quarter calling it 'too hostile.' They overwhelmingly disapprove of how he is handling issues with Russia more broadly. Beyond partisanship. there are generational differences. too. There is more support for U.S. siding with Ukraine among older Americans. whose views may be shaped by memories of the Cold War. Younger Americans. particularly those under age 30. are inclined to feel the U.S. should stay out of the situation. Some of this generational divide in views concerning Russia was evident in CBS News polling conducted in June ahead of President Biden's summit with... #Sports ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjwcO6TpG5c