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Coming July 1, Vallejo’s Cal Maritime Academy and San Luis Obispo’s California Polytechnic State University will operate as a single university: Cal Poly. The name change — Cal Maritime Academy will officially be known as “Cal Poly, Solano Campus,” housing the “Cal Poly Maritime Academy” — comes after Thursday’s California State University Board of Trustees vote to approve a CSU Chancellor recommendation to integrate the two schools. The Times-Herald first reported on the story in June when a recommendation was made to integrate the Vallejo university with California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. The integration would be complete by the start of the 2026-27 academic year. The only degree-granting maritime academy on the West Coast and one of only six state maritime academies in the United States, Cal Maritime has experienced a 31 percent enrollment decline over the last seven years — going from approximately 1,100 students in 2016-17 to just over 750 in 2023-24, according to the CSU statement. There are 81 members of faculty, with 176 staff. The rising employment and operational costs have contributed to the fiscal crisis for Cal Maritime, which has an annul budget of $53 million. Work on the integration process is currently underway. Planning and implementation will take place over the coming months. The first Cal Poly Maritime Academy and Cal Poly, Solano Campus students enrolling as Cal Poly students will take place in fall of 2026. Integration will result in one university (Cal Poly) under one president, President Jeffrey D. Armstrong. After July, a vice president and chief executive officer will lead the Solano campus while a superintendent will be appointed to lead the Cal Poly Maritime Academy. The VP/CEO will report to the president of Cal Poly and serve on the president’s leadership cabinet. The superintendent will report to the VP/CEO. Until July 1, Michael Dumont will continue to serve as interim president of Cal Maritime. Additionally, integration will result in a single administrative structure, one budget and one of each of the appropriate shared governance structures, including faculty/academic senates, one Associated Students, one alumni association and one philanthropic foundation. The integration is considered a permanent solution and Cal Maritime will not be going back to an independent school in the future. The CSU is providing $35 million in one-time funds to support the integration that will be distributed over seven years. It is unclear at this time whether or not jobs will be lost due to the integration. A statement on Thursday by Cal Maritime said, “It is premature to begin analyzing the impact on the Cal Maritime workforce. Analysis will be needed to determine existing capabilities and future requirements. Much of the analysis will depend upon future enrollment numbers.” Workgroups were formed comprising subject matter experts from the CSU Chancellor’s Office, Cal Poly and Cal Maritime across the 23 operational areas identified as most critical to a seamless and timely integration. Those 23 groups have been consolidated into seven functional implementation teams organized under thematic work areas: academics; enrollment; student affairs; advancement, communications and external relations; financial, administrative and human resources; technology; and legal, regulatory and accreditation matters. Informed and guided by Baker Tilly — a firm with extensive national experience in this highly specialized area — the seven FIT teams are now mapping the previously identified critical issues to activities that will form the foundation of an implementation plan. CSU Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Financial Officer Steve Relyea and Deputy Vice Chancellor of Academic and Student Affairs and Chief Academic Officer Nathan Evans made the recommendation to Chancellor Mildred García during the summer. “The integration of Cal Maritime and Cal Poly will benefit the students, faculty and staff of both institutions, as well as advance the broader mission of the CSU system by enhancing the quality, diversity and sustainability of the CSU’s academic programs and services statewide,” said Relyea and Evans in a CSU statement. “In addition, it will serve industry and workforce needs of the state of California and of the nation while also supporting U.S. economic and national security interests. We are confident in our recommendation.” Garcia was also in favor of the integration. “The recommended integration of Cal Maritime and Cal Poly is an innovative and vitally necessary strategy with benefits that will be felt throughout the CSU, the state of California and our nation,” said García in June. “It provides a long-term solution to Cal Maritime’s untenable fiscal circumstances, preserves its licensure-granting academic programs so key to the maritime industry and our state’s and nation’s economy and security, and leverages academic and operational synergies between the two universities that will benefit California’s diverse students, families and communities for generations.” Numerous options were considered to preserve Cal Maritime’s unique programs while ensuring financial feasibility and sustainability. It was determined that Cal Poly was clearly the best aligned with Cal Maritime for a successful integration because the schools have similar institutions in many fundamental ways, primarily in their academic missions and learning ethos. Both institutions rely upon a hands-on approach and both offer degree programs within high return-on-investment program areas. Clear synergistic opportunities exist in multiple academic programs, perhaps most obviously within the engineering and marine science fields. Both institutions also are involved in national and economic security issues that impact the western U.S., the Pacific Rim and beyond. There is also untapped potential in the ability of the two institutions, if combined, to compete for increased federal, philanthropic and other sources of funding for national security, renewable energy and other programs. Last summer, Dumont began his tenure as interim president at Cal Maritime, taking over for Thomas A. Cropper who announced in November of 2022 that he would retire in August of 2023. The merging comes after recent controversy at Cal Maritime. A Vallejo Times-Herald report in 2021 exposed decades-long claims of sexual assault and sexual harassment, homophobia, transphobia and racism on campus and during training cruises. Cal Maritime students and employees reported accusations of rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment aboard the 500-foot ship to officials at the Vallejo campus between 2019-2022. The merger also comes two months after Dumont announced that the school will be end its longtime affiliation with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics and the California Pacific Conference, a result of the association’s recent adoption of its Transgender Participation Policy. The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, the governing body for mostly small colleges, announced with a 20-vote in April a policy banning transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports. The organization, which oversees some 83,000 athletes at schools across the country, is believed to be the first college sports organization to take such a step. Since then the school has been recognized on multiple spots on the badge-eligible list of U.S. News and World Report’s list of 2024 Best Colleges. The college was recognized for top performances in academic reputation, cost of attendance and return on investment. The college scored No. 1 for Top Public Schools and ranked No. 2 out of 103 for Regional Colleges-West. Additionally, Cal Maritime was included on Forbes’ list of America’s Top Colleges 2023. Forbes’ annual list showcases 500 of the finest U.S. colleges, ranked using data on student success, return on investment and alumni influence. Although CSU said in a June statement that the challenges the school faces is nothing new, Cal Maritime has implemented several actions to reduce expenses and increase revenues. “Cal Maritime has been part of Vallejo’s rich history and a source of pride for eight decades. Our students, faculty, staff and alumni have played an important role in the history of the state, the region and the nation,” said Dumont during the summer. “An integration with Cal Poly is an amazing opportunity to honor that legacy by preserving one of the nation’s premier maritime academies.”Incumbent Bob Casey concedes Pennsylvania Senate race to Dave McCormickSynovus Financial Corp. (NYSE:SNV) Shares Sold by Citigroup Inc.Harris: Fine Gael ‘will gain seats’ amid further fragmentation of Irish politics
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art has the most talented staff in the world. And, since 1939, they’ve shared their work with one another through employee art shows. The exhibitions are typically held every other year but are private affairs. This year, for just the second time ever, the show is open to the public. “ Art Work: Artists Working at the Met ” opened earlier this week at the famed museum and runs through Dec. 1. It features work by 640 staffers, from guards and technicians to conservators, librarians, and ticket-takers. Here, seven of them tell us about their work. Armia Malak Khalil , Senior Security Officer (Security) “Ushabti (A Substitute for the Afterlife),” 2024 Khalil grew up in Egypt surrounded by sculpture. “It’s everywhere,” the 45-year-old said. “I studied classical painting, but I taught myself sculpture copying the Ancient Egyptians.” He first came to the US in 2006. He had no family, no friends, no connections, but eventually found a community of Coptic Christians from Egypt living in Jersey City. “I started doing some wood carving for the church there,” he said. “The priest let me use a corner of the basement for my art.” He began working as a security guard at the Met in 2009 and continued making sculptures inspired by his Egyptian heritage. He based the plasticine figurine in this show on the Ushabti — statuettes that were buried next to the deceased to help them in the afterlife. “There were about 401 of them in each tomb, and I loved the idea of making my own with different materials,” said Khalil, who also has a gorgeous wooden bust, “Hope,” in another Met show, “Flight Into Egypt,” on view through Feb. 17, 2025. “It’s the first time one of us guards is in a major exhibit,” he said. “They’re all so proud of me. It’s been really so surreal, so divine.” Christopher Fahey , Storeroom One Specialist (Registrar’s Office) “And of course, the lemon disenfrancese folds in: A. ... B. ... C. ...” As a storeroom specialist, Fahey gets to handle some of the most precious objects of art in the world. “You will really be surprised at the art people send through FedEx,” the 44-year-old said. “Like really, really old art!” Fahey, who lives in Ridgewood, Queens, is a poet and mixed-media artist who uses found materials in his sculptures. He started this one with a piece of redwood that he saved from the trash at an old job. He’s spent the past two years adding scraps of paper or weaving different threads or objects onto it. “I’ve been making art like this for the past 10 years,” he said. Helping install the employee art show is the highlight of his job. “It’s a beautiful thing,” he said. “We’re all getting a lot out of working here, but [the Met is] also getting a lot from artists working here.” Amanda Kraemer, Operations Assistant, Groups & Advance Sales (Visitor Experience) “Allegory of Flowers – J Pierpont Goldfinch,” 2024 Kraemer was going through her late grandfather’s belongings when she came across a plaque he had hanging in his studio, saying “Don’t let the bastards grind you down.” “I was like, I have to somehow incorporate this into my next piece,” the 42-year-old said. She surrounded it with collaged paper flowers and birds that she painted symbolizing hope and persistence. Kraemer, who grew up and still lives in City Island, was close to her grandfather, a commercial artist who taught her calligraphy and watercolors. During a dark period in her life, her grandfather’s mantra “became a mediation for me to rise above the negativity,” she said. “This is a tribute to him.” She is excited to have it on display at the Met. The exhibit “is an opportunity for those who work here to transcend the transactional nature [people can have with] museum workers,” she said. “It gives us a chance to show visitors who really works here.” Love Ablan , Collections Photographer (Imaging) “Anima,” 2024 Ablan’s aunt and godmother, Concepcion (or Lola Go-Go to her family members), nearly wept when she saw her niece’s mixed-media photo portrait at the Met. There was a photo of her as a young girl — dressed in white at a piano recital — alongside one of her mother, Victoria, in a debutante gown in their native Philippines. “The name of the piece is ‘Anima, and it’s Latin for feminine aspects, but also soul,” Ablan explained “My godmother is the heart and her mom is the soul of my family.” Ablan grew up in Jamaica, Queens, and her “fondest childhood memories” took place at Lola’s house — eating, playing with her seven cousins and listening to her godmother play the piano. Early in her career, Ablan traveled the world studying art and working as an editorial photographer. But, two years ago, the Met came calling. Now, she lives in Harlem. “In this post-pandemic world, the only thing I really wanted was to be near my family again,” she said. Amanda Rothschild , Business Analyst (Technology) “Sink,” 2020 For the past 12 years, the 32-year-old Harlem resident has been painting pictures of sinks and drains. “I really enjoy all the different textures and shapes,” said Rothschild, who started working at the Met in 2014, initially selling tickets. “It’s an everyday object that people overlook.” When scouting for subjects, she looks for retro color palettes and interesting textures like rust or water damage. She based this particular work on a light blue sink she saw in the bathroom of a Greenpoint coffee shop. “Probably half of the pictures on my phone are just of sinks and drains in various places,” said Rothschild, who has been a part of three previous employee art shows. “My job is very technical — no one that I’m working with is talking about or working with art directly, and so this is a cool opportunity,” she said. “It’s really great to see what people do.” Aleya Lehmann , Assistant Administrator (Photograph Conservation) “Day of Night” 2013/2024 Her photographs look like Whistler paintings — moody and enigmatic. The 66-year-old artist puts as much care into them as well. She sews the garments her models wear, arranges the props and settings, and spends a weekend with her subject experimenting. Long-exposure times lead to ghostly, evocative images. Lehman has been painting and photographing for decades, but coming to the Met five years ago has influenced her art. “There was [a Richard] Avedon show here a few years ago, of his murals, and that fed into my wish to print [my photos] really large,” she said. For the show she took a work from 2013 and blew it up, printing it on a long sheet of Japanese mulberry paper. “It’s a very special place,” she said of The Met. “You feel like you’re contributing to something, whatever it is that you do in your job, whether it’s something very elaborate, extravagant, or something very day to day, you’re contributing to living history, which is definitely a unique feeling.” Solomon Azaraev, Maintainer, Masonry (Buildings) “Solverado,” 2024 Azaraev is the sole member of the Met’s mason shop. “I don’t really consider myself an artist,” the tattooed 44-year-old said sheepishly, posing with the battery-operated trunk he made, based on the Chevy Silverado. “But after 20 years being around masterpieces and creative things, I guess it rubs off a little bit,” he said with a laugh. It all started five years ago. At the time, Azaraev was in the carpentry shop and decided his crew needed something more efficient than a flat dolly to transport their tools. He constructed a mini Jeep with compartments and drawers. “My colleagues fell in love with it, and forced me into putting it in the show,” the Howell, NJ, resident said. This is his third creation. “People get a kick out of it, so I don’t mind seeing the smiles.”NoneThis screenshot from Donald Trump Truth Social account shows an image of President-elect Donald Trump and first lady Jill Biden attending the ceremony in Notre Dame Cathedral as France’s iconic cathedral is formally reopening its doors for the first time since a devastating fire nearly destroyed the 861-year-old landmark in 2019, Dec .7, 2024 in Paris. Trump’s recent summit with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and visit to Paris for the reopening of the Notre Dame Cathedral were not just exercises in negotiating trade policy and diplomacy. For Trump, they’ve also become fodder for trolling. (Truth Social via AP) This screenshot from Donald Trump’s Truth Social account shows am image of President-elect Donald Trump standing beside a Canadian flag. Trump’s recent summit with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and visit to Paris for the reopening of the Notre Dame Cathedral were not just exercises in negotiating trade policy and diplomacy. For Trump, they’ve also become fodder for trolling. (Truth Social via AP) This screenshot from Donald Trump Truth Social account shows an image of President-elect Donald Trump and first lady Jill Biden attending the ceremony in Notre Dame Cathedral as France’s iconic cathedral is formally reopening its doors for the first time since a devastating fire nearly destroyed the 861-year-old landmark in 2019, Dec .7, 2024 in Paris. Trump’s recent summit with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and visit to Paris for the reopening of the Notre Dame Cathedral were not just exercises in negotiating trade policy and diplomacy. For Trump, they’ve also become fodder for trolling. ( Truth Social via AP) This screenshot from Donald Trump Truth Social account shows an image of President-elect Donald Trump and first lady Jill Biden attending the ceremony in Notre Dame Cathedral as France’s iconic cathedral is formally reopening its doors for the first time since a devastating fire nearly destroyed the 861-year-old landmark in 2019, Dec .7, 2024 in Paris. Trump’s recent summit with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and visit to Paris for the reopening of the Notre Dame Cathedral were not just exercises in negotiating trade policy and diplomacy. For Trump, they’ve also become fodder for trolling. (Truth Social via AP) By MICHELLE L. PRICE and ROB GILLIES NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s recent dinner with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his visit to Paris for the reopening of the Notre Dame Cathedral were not just exercises in policy and diplomacy. They were also prime trolling opportunities for Trump. Related Articles National Politics | Trump names Andrew Ferguson as head of Federal Trade Commission to replace Lina Khan National Politics | Biden says he was ‘stupid’ not to put his name on pandemic relief checks like Trump did National Politics | Biden issues veto threat on bill expanding federal judiciary as partisan split emerges National Politics | Trump lawyers and aide hit with 10 additional felony charges in Wisconsin over 2020 fake electors National Politics | After withdrawing as attorney general nominee, Matt Gaetz lands a talk show on OANN television Throughout his first term in the White House and during his campaign to return, Trump has spun out countless provocative, antagonizing and mocking statements. There were his belittling nicknames for political opponents, his impressions of other political figures and the plentiful memes he shared on social media. Now that’s he’s preparing to return to the Oval Office, Trump is back at it, and his trolling is attracting more attention — and eyerolls. On Sunday, Trump turned a photo of himself seated near a smiling first lady Jill Biden at the Notre Dame ceremony into a social media promo for his new perfume and cologne line, with the tag line, “A fragrance your enemies can’t resist!” The first lady’s office declined to comment. When Trudeau hastily flew to Florida to meet with Trump last month over the president-elect’s threat to impose a 25% tax on all Canadian products entering the U.S., the Republican tossed out the idea that Canada become the 51st U.S. state. The Canadians passed off the comment as a joke, but Trump has continued to play up the dig, including in a post Tuesday morning on his social media network referring to the prime minister as “Governor Justin Trudeau of the Great State of Canada.” After decades as an entertainer and tabloid fixture, Trump has a flair for the provocative that is aimed at attracting attention and, in his most recent incarnation as a politician, mobilizing fans. He has long relished poking at his opponents, both to demean and minimize them and to delight supporters who share his irreverent comments and posts widely online and cheer for them in person. Trump, to the joy of his fans, first publicly needled Canada on his social media network a week ago when he posted an AI-generated image that showed him standing on a mountain with a Canadian flag next to him and the caption “Oh Canada!” After his latest post, Canadian Immigration Minister Marc Miller said Tuesday: “It sounds like we’re living in a episode of South Park.” Trudeau said earlier this week that when it comes to Trump, “his approach will often be to challenge people, to destabilize a negotiating partner, to offer uncertainty and even sometimes a bit of chaos into the well established hallways of democracies and institutions and one of the most important things for us to do is not to freak out, not to panic.” Even Thanksgiving dinner isn’t a trolling-free zone for Trump’s adversaries. On Thanksgiving Day, Trump posted a movie clip from “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” with President Joe Biden and other Democrats’ faces superimposed on the characters in a spoof of the turkey-carving scene. The video shows Trump appearing to explode out of the turkey in a swirl of purple sparks, with the former president stiffly dancing to one of his favorite songs, Village People’s “Y.M.C.A.” In his most recent presidential campaign, Trump mocked Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, refusing to call his GOP primary opponent by his real name and instead dubbing him “Ron DeSanctimonious.” He added, for good measure, in a post on his Truth Social network: “I will never call Ron DeSanctimonious ‘Meatball’ Ron, as the Fake News is insisting I will.” As he campaigned against Biden, Trump taunted him in online posts and with comments and impressions at his rallies, deriding the president over his intellect, his walk, his golf game and even his beach body. After Vice President Kamala Harris took over Biden’s spot as the Democratic nominee, Trump repeatedly suggested she never worked at McDonalds while in college. Trump, true to form, turned his mocking into a spectacle by appearing at a Pennsylvania McDonalds in October, when he manned the fries station and held an impromptu news conference from the restaurant drive-thru. Trump’s team thinks people should get a sense of humor. “President Trump is a master at messaging and he’s always relatable to the average person, whereas many media members take themselves too seriously and have no concept of anything else other than suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome,” said Steven Cheung, Trump’s communications director. “President Trump will Make America Great Again and we are getting back to a sense of optimism after a tumultuous four years.” Though both the Biden and Harris campaigns created and shared memes and launched other stunts to respond to Trump’s taunts, so far America’s neighbors to the north are not taking the bait. “I don’t think we should necessarily look on Truth Social for public policy,” Miller said. Gerald Butts, a former top adviser to Trudeau and a close friend, said Trump brought up the 51st state line to Trudeau repeatedly during Trump’s first term in office. “Oh God,” Butts said Tuesday, “At least a half dozen times.” “This is who he is and what he does. He’s trying to destabilize everybody and make people anxious,” Butts said. “He’s trying to get people on the defensive and anxious and therefore willing to do things they wouldn’t otherwise entertain if they had their wits about them. I don’t know why anybody is surprised by it.” Gillies reported from Toronto. Associated Press writer Darlene Superville contributed to this report. 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First batch of Canadian-made low-carbon jet fuel emerges from B.C. refineryGREENWOOD VILLAGE — The Bruins are, once again, inevitable. Cherry Creek dominated Valor Christian on Saturday in the Class 5A semifinal at the Stutler Bowl, 42-17. That sent coach Dave Logan’s squad to its seventh straight title game as the Bruins seek to get back on top after Saturday’s game was never close as the Bruins dominated in all facets. Quarterback Brady Vodicka and fellow junior running back Jayden Fox paced the offense while the Cherry Creek defense had a pair of takeaways that helped the Bruins pull away early. Fox’s 2-yard TD run put Cherry Creek up 7-0 late in the first quarter. Then an interception by Bruins senior safety Dwight Johnson, who sat down in coverage and read Dawson Olk’s pass, set Cherry Creek up in the red zone and led to Vodicka’s 23-yard touchdown run a few plays later to make it 14-0 in the waning seconds of the first. The Bruins defense had another highlight midway through the second quarter when senior linebacker Ashton Shepardson picked off a screen pass and ran it back 25 yards for a TD to extend the lead to 21-0. Valor Christian (11-2) then used an interception by senior safety Israel Waitman off a failed trick play to set up a scoring drive that culminated in do-everything junior Cash Spence’s 1-yard TD run out of the wildcat. That put the Eagles on the board at 21-7 with less than five minutes until half. But Cherry Creek had a response via Alijah Landrum-Hamilton’s 17-yd TD reception with 28 seconds left in the half. Even though the Eagles were able to muster a 45-yard field goal from senior Mason Walters at the halftime buzzer, Cherry Creek went into the locker room in command, 28-10. The Bruins got the ball to open the third quarter and marched down the field on a time-consuming drive that took 5 minutes, 11 seconds, and was polished off by Fox’s 5-yard TD run to push the score to 35-10. By the time Cherry Creek went on another clock-killing scoring drive that ate up 6:37 and was capped by freshman Elijah Cromwell’s 5-yard TD run, the Valor Christian fan section was thinning. Cromwell’s TD made it 42-10 with 9:42 left, and about seven minutes later, Olk threw a late TD pass to sophomore Jackson Coleman. Saturday marked the 12th overall meeting between the two Colorado powerhouses since they first met in 2014. Cherry Creek’s victory evened the all-time series at 6-6, though the Bruins hold a 4-1 advantage in title matchups. That included three straight wins over Valor Christian in the big game from 2020-22, as well as highlighted by a Bruins rally and late two-point conversion to deny the Eagles their sixth straight title. Cherry Creek plays Legend in next Saturday’s title game at Canvas Stadium in Fort Collins, after the Titans beat Fairview 35-21 at EchoPark Stadium. There, the Bruins (12-1) will be favored to win their fifth title in the last six years.
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Hunter Biden gun case terminated after President Joe Biden's sweeping pardonWASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge terminated the gun case against on Tuesday after President Joe Biden issued a sweeping pardon for his son. U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika closed the case the week before Hunter Biden was to be sentenced. He could have faced up to 25 years in prison, though as a first-time offender he likely would have gotten far less time or avoided prison entirely. Prosecutors opposed dismissing the case, arguing in court documents that a pardon shouldn't wipe away the case “as if it never occurred." Hunter Biden was convicted on three felonies after he lied on a federal form to purchase a gun in Delaware by saying he wasn’t a drug user in 2018, a period when he has acknowledged being addicted. The judge's order ends the case but does not toss out the conviction. The Justice Department special counsel is also opposed to dismissing a case filed in California after Hunter Biden failed to pay . U.S. District Judge Mark Scarsi in Los Angeles indicted he would dismiss the case once the pardon is formally received. Still, Scarsi was critical of the president's assertion that his son was singled out for political reasons, saying two judges had rejected similar arguments from his defense attorneys. The president's Sunday decision to go back on previous pledges and issue his son a blanket federal pardon for actions over the past 11 years has sparked a political uproar in Washington, drawing as well as Republicans and threatening to as he prepares to leave office on Jan. 20. Hunter Biden was originally supposed to strike a plea deal with prosecutors last year that would have spared him prison time, but the agreement after Noreika questioned unusual aspects of it. __ This story was first published Dec. 3, 2024. It was updated Dec. 4, 2024, to explain that the case was terminated, which ends the case but doesn’t toss out the conviction. Lindsay Whitehurst, The Associated Press
Donald Trump's Financial Legacy: Nominations and Economic AgendaActor James Van Der Beek is selling memorabilia from one of his biggest movie hits to pay for the “expensive” treatment of his stage 3 colorectal cancer. The actor announced on his Instagram last week that he’s selling signed jerseys emblazoned with the name of his character from the 1999 movie Varsity Blues . In a video promoting the endeavor, Van Der Beek, who played quarterback Jonathan “Mox” Moxon in the football flick, appears wearing the bright blue jersey and confidently spinning a football on his finger. “Excited to celebrate the 25th anniversary of #VarsityBlues with a limited edition #4 Moxon jersey—each one personally autographed by me,” the actor wrote. “100% of my net proceeds will go to families recovering from the financial burden of cancer (including my own 😇).” On Friday, he boosted the effort on his Instagram story, encouraging his followers to buy a jersey as a Christmas gift, along with a hashtag reading, “#cancerisexpensive.” Van Der Beek, famous for starring on Dawson’s Creek , revealed his diagnosis earlier this month. “I‘ve been privately dealing with this diagnosis and have been taking steps to resolve it, with the support of my incredible family,” he told People then, adding, “I’m feeling good.” A post shared by James Van Der Beek (@vanderjames) President Joe Biden caused a stir while doing some Black Friday shopping at a Nantucket bookstore. The outgoing president was spotted leaving the store with a book about the modern history of Palestinian “resistance” titled, The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonial Conquest and Resistance 1917-2017. Written by Columbia University professor emeritus and renowned Palestinian-American historian Rashid Khalidi, the book asserts that the modern history of Palestine “resistance” can “best be understood” as a “colonial war” to force an indigenous population “to relinquish their homeland to another people against their will.” Biden’s viral photo comes on the heels of a US-brokered cease-fire between Hezbollah and Israel announced Nov. 26 following months of criticism over de-escalation efforts. Biden declared, “The fighting across the Lebanese-Israeli border will end.” Although it is unclear whether Biden purchased the book for himself, Khalidi was less than impressed to see his book with the president. “Four years too late,” the author told the New York Post. 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Undoubtedly, the Ohio State-Michigan rivalry is one of the most passionate rivalries in college football. This weekend's game marks the 120th meeting of these two historic programs, dating back to 1897. Michigan leads the all-time series 61-51-6, winning the past three matchups against the Buckeyes. The Wolverines entered this weekend as 20.5-point underdogs after a disappointing 6-5 season under first-year head coach Sherrone Moore. Ohio State is looking to secure its spot in the Big Ten Championship Game, sitting at 10-1 overall and 7-1 in conference play. Before today's game, one Ohio State fan took the rivalry too far as he was caught spitting on Michigan players walking out of the locker room. Ohio State fan spitting on the Michigan players coming out of their locker room pic.twitter.com/sAlu96j4f2 Patrick Baron of MGoBlog photographed the fan, which drew plenty of harsh criticism from fans and media across the college football world. "Arrest him - also this photo is insane," Josh Pate tweeted . "Disgusting human. The college football community does not claim him," one fan posted . "No fan should ever spit on a player. This is disgusting behavior, ESPN's Emmett Golden tweeted . "So disgusting. He should be arrested," another fan posted . "This is disgusting and just plain unacceptable. Security needs to find this guy and remove him from the stadium," another fan tweeted . © Joseph Maiorana-Imagn Images Ohio State will secure a spot in the Big Ten Championship Game against No. 1 Oregon with a win. The Ducks defeated the Buckeyes 32-31 on Oct. 12 as kicker Atticus Sappington hit a game-winning field goal with 1:47 remaining. If Ohio State loses, the Big Ten championship race becomes wide open. Penn State will advance to the title game with a win over Maryland and an Ohio State loss, while Indiana will secure a spot with a win and Penn State and Ohio State loss. The Buckeyes and Wolverines are tied 10-10 with six minutes remaining in the fourth quarter. Related: College Football Star Shedeur Sanders Made History Against Oklahoma StateNone
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