The University of Michigan, which has worked with Shanghai Jiao Tong University in Communist China since 2005, suddenly announced it was ending the partnership.
Last October 31, Rep. John Moolenaar (R-MI), the chairman of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, wrote a letter to University of Michigan President Santa J. Ono, warning him of the risks of a partnership with the Chinese university. His letter came in the wake of five Chinese nationals from the Joint Institute studying at the University of Michigan being charged with <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/02/us/5-chinese-nationals-charged-with-covering-up-midnight-visit-to-michigan-military-site/index.html">deliberately concealing</a> their unauthorized visit to Camp Grayling in northern Michigan. Those nationals came from China to Michigan as students through the joint institute partnership.
“Shanghai Jiao Tong plays a critical role in the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) military-civil fusion strategy,” Moolenaar <a href="https://selectcommitteeontheccp.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/selectcommitteeontheccp.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2024-10-31%20-%20Letter%20to%20U-M%20re%20Research%20Security%20House%20Select%20Cmte%20CCP.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>. “Through its extensive military-aligned departments and laboratories, advanced dual-use research programs, and large-scale operational training platforms, Shanghai Jiao Tong drives the PRC’s military modernization and intelligence capabilities. For example, the university is currently home to several national-level laboratories, including three defense-related laboratories. This military-academic integration enables Shanghai Jiao Tong to make significant contributions to the PRC’s most sensitive defense programs, including nuclear weapons, carrier rockets, satellites, nuclear submarines, and fighter jets.”
“Research performed at the Joint Institute advances the PRC’s defense and intelligence capabilities,” he added. “For example, Institute researchers have helped the PRC achieve advancements in defense technologies from propellant combustion modeling and solid rocket fuel research to anti-corrosion technology for military aircraft developed with People’s Liberation Army (PLA) researchers. They have worked on projects to improve CT imaging technology for detecting flaws in advanced military equipment, which appears to have leveraged Department of Defense- funded research from University of Michigan faculty.”
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“International academic partnerships have deeply enriched our academic offerings and strengthened the global education of our students, and we will continue to pursue partnerships around the world as part of our academic mission,” Ono <a href="https://record.umich.edu/articles/u-m-to-end-partnership-with-shanghai-jiao-tong-university/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stated</a> regarding the termination of the partnership. “As we do so, we must also prioritize our commitment to national security.”
“International experiences are vital for our students in this interconnected world,” he said. “We remain committed to supporting U-M’s international students and will continue to foster international partnerships that advance knowledge and cross-cultural understanding and ensure our campus remains a vibrant community where scholars from around the world can thrive.”
Georgia Tech <a href="https://www.gatech.edu/news/2024/09/06/georgia-tech-exit-georgia-tech-shenzhen-institute" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a</a><a href="https://www.gatech.edu/news/2024/09/06/georgia-tech-exit-georgia-tech-shenzhen-institute" target="_blank" rel="noopener">nnounced</a> the termination of the Georgia Tech Shenzhen Joint Institute in September. The House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party noted in July 2023 that then-Chairman Mike Gallagher (R-WI) of the committee and Chairwoman Virginia Fox (R-NC) of the Education and the Workforce Committee sent a letter to the President and Chancellor of the University of California Berkeley warning them about Berkeley&#8217;s joint institute with Tsinghua University and the Shenzhen government in China.

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The University of Michigan announced on Thursday that it has eliminated diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) statements from its faculty hiring, promotion, and tenure processes.
Some university community members celebrated the <a href="https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2024/12/05/um-to-no-longer-use-diversity-statements/76773567007/?taid=6751ad37cc54680001f03993&amp;utm_campaign=trueanthem&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">decision to scrap</a> the DEI statements, which individuals were asked to provide to demonstrate what they&#8217;ve done and plan to do to advance such policies. They said the statements were used as ideological litmus tests and enforced intellectual conformity.
&#8220;I applaud the provost for ending the practice of requiring diversity statements,&#8221; said Sarah Hubbard, one of the regents on the eight-person board overseeing the university. &#8220;This policy change removes a barrier to diversity of thought on campus by eliminating the ideological litmus test.&#8221;
Provost Laurie McCauley announced the decision on Thursday after forming a faculty committee to review the use of diversity statements.
“Critics of diversity statements perceive them as expressions of personal identity traits, support of specific ideology or opinions on socially-relevant issues, and serve as a ‘litmus test’ of whether a faculty member’s views are politically acceptable,” the committee stated in a report. “Thus, as currently enacted, diversity statements have the potential to limit viewpoints and reduce diversity of thought among faculty members.”
While the University of Michigan Board of Regents is set to meet on Thursday, Hubbard says she doesn’t expect it to address any other DEI issues at this time.
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The University of Michigan’s decision follows the Massachusetts Institute of Technology&#8217;s <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/05/06/us-news/mit-bans-controversial-diversity-statement-hiring-requirement-they-dont-work/">announcement</a> over the summer that it would discontinue using DEI statements in the hiring process.
“Requests for a statement on diversity will no longer be part of applications for any faculty positions at MIT,” one MIT representative said at the time.
“My goals are to tap into the full scope of human talent, to bring the very best to MIT, and to make sure they thrive once here,” MIT President Sally Kornbluth said. “We can build an inclusive environment in many ways, but compelled statements impinge on freedom of expression, and they don’t work.”
Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences also announced this summer that it would <a href="https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2024/6/4/dei-faculty-hiring-stopped/">discontinue</a> the use of diversity statements in its hiring process.

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A fight broke out between <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/michigan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michigan</a> and Ohio State Saturday afternoon following the Wolverines&#8217; 13-10 upset victory over the No. 2 ranked Buckeyes.
The brawl erupted after Michigan football players brought a school flag onto the field after the win and tried to plant it at center field at Ohio Stadium, commonly referred to as &#8220;The Horseshoe&#8221; by Ohio State fans.
Police used pepper spray to breakup the altercation that ESPN <a href="https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/42703166/police-probing-use-pepper-spray-ohio-state-michigan-melee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> lasted for approximately five minutes.
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A fight has broken out between Michigan and Ohio State after The Game <a href="https://t.co/XPwdAjfYzN">pic.twitter.com/XPwdAjfYzN</a>
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Ohio State Police said in a statement that &#8220;officers from multiple law enforcement agencies assisted in breaking up an on-field altercation.&#8221;
&#8220;During the scuffle, multiple officers representing Ohio and Michigan deployed pepper spray,&#8221; the statement said. &#8220;OSUPD is the lead agency for games &amp; will continue to investigate.&#8221;
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Following the game, officers from multiple law enforcement agencies assisted in breaking up an on-field altercation. During the scuffle, multiple officers representing Ohio and Michigan deployed pepper spray. OSUPD is the lead agency for games &amp; will continue to investigate.
— OSU Police (@OSUPOLICE) <a href="https://twitter.com/OSUPOLICE/status/1862981455153893623?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 30, 2024</a></blockquote>
Buckeyes head coach Ryan Day later blamed Michigan for starting the melee by planting the flag.
&#8220;I don&#8217;t know all the details of it, but I know these guys are looking to put a flag on our field and our guys weren&#8217;t going to let that happen,&#8221; Day said. &#8220;I&#8217;ll find out exactly what happened. But this is our field and certainly we&#8217;re embarrassed of the fact that we lost the game, but there&#8217;s some prideful guys in this team that weren&#8217;t going to just let that happen.&#8221;
Wolverines head coach Sherrone Moore said that emotions were running high on both sides.
&#8220;I did see they had the flag and guys were waving it around and their guys charged us. There&#8217;s emotion on both sides,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It can&#8217;t happen. Rivalry games get heated, especially this one, it&#8217;s the biggest one in the country, so we got to handle that one better.&#8221;

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A Chinese student at the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/university-of-michigan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">University of Michigan</a> was charged on Wednesday after he allegedly voted early on Sunday despite his non-citizen status, according to <a href="https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/10/30/chinese-university-of-michigan-college-student-voted-presidential-election-michigan-china-benson/75936701007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Detroit News</a>, which added that the Chinese national&#8217;s vote will still be counted.
Michigan Democratic Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and the Washtenaw County Prosecutor&#8217;s office revealed two charges against the 19-year-old student, who was not identified, in a statement on Wednesday. While the Chinese national is in the U.S. legally with a Green Card, he is not a U.S. citizen, but according to the secretary of state&#8217;s office, the Chinese student successfully obtained a ballot and cast his vote at an early voting location.
The Chinese student reportedly contacted the local clerk&#8217;s office after voting and asked if he could get his ballot back. The Detroit News reported that &#8220;two sources familiar with Michigan election laws&#8221; said election officials cannot retrieve the illegally cast ballot after it went through a tabulator, a rule that prevents ballots from being tracked back to specific voters.
Michigan&#8217;s voter ID <a href="https://www.michigan.gov/sos/-/media/Project/Websites/sos/05mcalpine/photo_id_flyer.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">law</a> allows people to show a current &#8220;student photo ID card from an educational institution.&#8221; The law also allows people to sign &#8220;an affidavit attesting that they are not in possession of photo identification.&#8221; Michigan is a vital battleground state in the upcoming election and has been a major focus of the campaigns of both former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris.
The Chinese student was charged with perjury — making a false statement on an affidavit for the purpose of securing voter registration — and being an unauthorized elector who attempted to vote, according to The Detroit News. Attempting to vote as an unauthorized elector is punishable by up to four years in prison while perjury can result in up to 15 years in prison.
&#8220;We’re grateful for the swift action of the clerk in this case, who took the appropriate steps and referred the case to law enforcement,&#8221; Benson and Washtenaw County Prosecutor Eli Savit said in a joint statement. &#8220;We are also grateful to law enforcement for swiftly and thoroughly investigating this case.&#8221;
&#8220;Anyone who attempts to vote illegally faces significant consequences, including but not limited to arrest and prosecution,&#8221; the statement added.
In a message from Ann Arbor, Michigan, City Administrator Milton Dohoney Jr. to city council members, Doheney Jr. said that it appears &#8220;the student was fully aware of what he was doing, and that it was not legal.&#8221;
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&#8220;Through a series of actions, the student was apparently able to register, receive a ballot and cast a vote,&#8221; Dohoney wrote. &#8220;Based upon the scenario that we’re hearing this morning, the student was fully aware of what he was doing, and that it was not legal.&#8221;
On Wednesday, Benson blasted people who have been questioning the security of the upcoming election.
&#8220;We know adversaries to democracy right now are trying to create chaos and confusion and sow seeds of distrust around our very clear and legitimate and accurate and secure processes of running elections, not just in Michigan, but around the country,&#8221; she told CBS News&#8217; &#8220;Face The Nation.&#8221;
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Here’s Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson claiming Michigan’s voting systems are “secure.” <a href="https://t.co/YgDYnzocMj">pic.twitter.com/YgDYnzocMj</a>
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Non-Citizen From China Charged After Casting Ballot In Michigan. His Vote May Still Count.

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The University of Michigan spent about $100,000 celebrating its “DEI 2.0” plan, which included an espresso bar, hip-hop performance, and a lecture connecting “critical race theory and hip-hop.”
The event took place in October 2023, but the details <a href="https://www.thecollegefix.com/umich-spends-100k-on-dei-2-0-launch-cotton-candy-cart-hip-hop-performance/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">were provided</a> to The College Fix via a public records request last month, which reported the findings last week.
The university’s public affairs department <a href="https://record.umich.edu/articles/dei-summit-to-explore-critical-race-theory-hip-hop/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> the event, which is an annual DEI Summit, saying it would “celebrate the 50th anniversary of hip-hop and highlight its intersection with critical race theory, celebrating and exploring the power of storytelling as a driving force for social change.”
The event included “a roundtable discussion with hip-hop artists and critical race theory experts” and performances from Rapsody and others.
“Diversity, equity and inclusion are core values at the University of Michigan,” university spokesperson Colleen Mastony told the Fix in a statement.
“The university’s DEI efforts are far-reaching in ways appropriate to the size, scope, and complexity of our university – spanning across 51 units of the university and serving functions that support our over 50,000 students and over 50,000 employees,” she added.
As The Fix noted, the university spent around $60,000 on its two keynote speakers, paying hip-hop artist, producer, and activist David Banner $25,000 for a 10-minute speech and his participation in a 45-minute moderated roundtable discussion. Hip-hop artist Rapsody was paid $35,000 for a musical performance and her participation in the roundtable discussion. The contracts for each included first-class air travel and coach tickets for their traveling companions, along with transportation, lodging, and meals for two nights.
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The university also spent another $32,564 on catering, audio equipment, decorations, and photography. This included a $1,750 mobile espresso cart, a $395 photo booth, and a $550 cotton candy cart.
In the past few months, several university systems have dropped DEI mandates, including <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/university-of-north-carolina-repeals-dei-mandates-pledges-to-focus-on-institutional-neutrality" target="_blank" rel="noopener">most recently</a> the University of North Carolina. The leadership board that governs the university system&#8217;s policies voted in May to repeal previous diversity, equity, and inclusion policies. The school will instead have new neutrality-focused guidelines, and the university <a href="https://www.northcarolina.edu/apps/policy/doc.php?type=pdf&amp;id=147" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> it was committed to free speech, academic freedom, and accepting different viewpoints and people.
A Texas law also banned DEI programs and offices at public universities, which led to 60 DEI employees <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/at-least-60-staffers-laid-off-at-university-of-texas-as-dei-ban-takes-effect" target="_blank" rel="noopener">getting laid off</a> at the University of Texas-Austin.
Harvard University has also recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/harvard-nixes-dei-statements-as-requirement-for-faculty-employment-applications" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ended a requirement</a> for faculty to sign DEI statements as a condition of employment.

University Spent $100k To Celebrate New DEI Initiative That Included Espresso Bar And Hip-Hop Performance

A crowd that gathered at the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/university-of-michigan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">University of Michigan&#8217;s</a> Big House — the largest football stadium in the U.S. with a seating capacity of nearly 108,000 — cheered as police officers responded to pro-Palestinian protesters who disrupted the school&#8217;s Saturday commencement ceremony.
The Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestine-gaza-war-colleges-universities-campus-protests-ad9deb304a49edbb52f5ae607f08cecd" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that the protest — which included about 75 people, many of whom wore keffiyehs — happened at the start of the event in Ann Arbor.
&#8220;Regents, regents, you can’t hide! You are funding genocide!&#8221; they chanted while holding up signs with various slogans.
The protesters were prevented by law enforcement from reaching the stage and further disrupting the event. They were moved to the back of the stadium where they remained until the event was over, the report said.
Michigan student Benny Shaevsky, who was at the event, said that the protesters &#8220;continued to disrupt throughout the ceremony.&#8221;
As the leftist protesters attempted to ruin the ceremony for everyone else, numerous people shouted at them.
“You’re ruining our graduation!” one person shouted.
At another point, a group of students chanted at the protesters &#8220;shut the f*** up!&#8221;
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Marching towards the stage. REMOVE THEM NOW <a href="https://twitter.com/UMich?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@UMich</a> <a href="https://t.co/zLWozsDoko">pic.twitter.com/zLWozsDoko</a>
— Benny Shaevsky (@brshaevsky) <a href="https://twitter.com/brshaevsky/status/1786771545345388660?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 4, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Large protest <a href="https://twitter.com/UMich?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@UMich</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/RubinReport?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RubinReport</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/thestustustudio?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@thestustustudio</a> <a href="https://t.co/TXKRjHk7gi">pic.twitter.com/TXKRjHk7gi</a>
— Benny Shaevsky (@brshaevsky) <a href="https://twitter.com/brshaevsky/status/1786769921008947579?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 4, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Pro-Palestine student activists raised slogans at the commencement ceremony of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/classof2024?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#classof2024</a> at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor today. The police intervened to push back the protestors to a corner of Michigan stadium but let them continue the sloganeering. <a href="https://t.co/9P9TWp4cBs">pic.twitter.com/9P9TWp4cBs</a>
— Bharti Jain (@bhartijainTOI) <a href="https://twitter.com/bhartijainTOI/status/1786867418498789869?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 4, 2024</a></blockquote>
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BREAKING: Police Officers Remove Protesters From The University Of Michigan’s Commencement Ceremony
These people are so fòòlish!!! 
Do they not know what country they live in? DISGUSTING <a href="https://t.co/TTR7DByfue">pic.twitter.com/TTR7DByfue</a>
— 🕊 𝓐𝓷𝓷 𝓲𝓼 𝓡𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽 🕊 𝐗𝐋𝐕 (@Ann_Lilyflower) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ann_Lilyflower/status/1786815092173992283?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 4, 2024</a></blockquote>

Commencement Ceremony Held At University Of Michigan Amid Ongoing Pro Palestinian Protests On Campus

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A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/transgender" target="_blank" rel="noopener">trans-identifying</a> male athlete sparked backlash after he was scheduled to compete in a women&#8217;s water polo championship for a second time.
Alicia, formerly Johnny, Paans, 31, a graduate student at the University of Michigan and member of the women’s water polo team, <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/05/02/us-news/michigan-trans-athelete-alicia-paans-causes-outrage-at-national-water-polo-tournament/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">is set</a> to compete starting Friday in this year&#8217;s Women’s National Collegiate Club Championship at Texas A&amp;M.
Last year, Paans was <a href="https://collegiatewaterpolo.org/hail-to-the-victors-no-2-university-of-michigan-takes-advantage-of-no-4-university-of-california-santa-barbara-8-6-to-claim-2023-womens-national-collegiate-club-championship/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">playing</a> on the women&#8217;s team when they beat University of California Santa Barbara 8-6 in the championship game.
He scored several goals in the two games leading up to the championship game. Both games were blowout wins for Michigan.
The women&#8217;s water polo team recently promoted Paans as &#8220;player of the week&#8221; on their Instagram page.
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Paans also reportedly uses the women&#8217;s locker rooms, <a href="https://reduxx.info/trans-identified-male-set-to-compete-in-national-womens-water-polo-championship-for-second-time/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Independent Council on Women’s Sports (ICONS), which cited parents of Paans’ opponents.
“This year’s national championships are shaping up to be a tragic deja vu of domination for the female opponents who simply seek a fair chance to succeed,&#8221; ICONS co-founder Marshi Smith said, <a href="https://reduxx.info/trans-identified-male-set-to-compete-in-national-womens-water-polo-championship-for-second-time/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Reduxx.
Backlash erupted on social media, too. One X user compared the situation to &#8220;allowing LeBron James into the WNBA.&#8221;
&#8220;Other than possibly basketball, water polo may involve the most dramatic difference in ability/performance between men &amp; women,&#8221; the X user <a href="https://twitter.com/GregMoo73564054/status/1785397489153233295" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>. &#8220;I played H2O polo, and the difference is incredible between men and women&#8230; starting with a HUGE advantage with hand size, but also lower body strength to get out of the water, and upper body strength to rip shots. plus HUGE difference in acceleration.&#8221;
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Back in January, the Collegiate Water Polo Association <a href="https://collegiatewaterpolo.org/collegiate-water-polo-association-releases-transgender-athlete-appeal-process/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released</a> a policy on trans-identifying athletes competing on the team of the opposite sex.
The policy says trans-identifying male athletes must provide proof that their testosterone levels are below a certain level. Athletes may also appeal if they believe their circumstances are &#8220;exceptional,&#8221; the policy says.
“The Collegiate Water Polo Association is committed to fostering an inclusive and equitable sports environment for all those who wish to participate,” the policy states. “This policy aims to provide guidelines for the participation of transgender athletes at the collegiate club level, ensuring fairness, respect, and equal opportunities for all.”
The controversy comes after earlier this month, the Biden administration unveiled new Title IX regulations blocking schools from enforcing blanket bans on transgender-identifying males in girls’ sports at public schools.
Title IX is the 1972 federal civil rights law prohibiting sex-based discrimination at schools that receive federal funding. The new rules are set to take effect in August.

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University of Michigan head football coach <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/university-of-michigan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jim Harbaugh</a> is reportedly leaving the school after winning a national championship this year and is joining the NFL as the new head coach of the Los Angeles Charges.
&#8220;Jim Harbaugh is leaving Michigan to accept the head coaching job with the Los Angeles Chargers,&#8221; ESPN&#8217;s Adam Schefter said. &#8220;The Chargers get their man while the national champions now have a head-coach opening.&#8221;
Harbaugh has had multiple successful coaching stints as a head coach, including at Stanford, Michigan, and the San Francisco 49ers.
Michigan <a href="https://www.nfl.com/news/chargers-moving-to-hire-jim-harbaugh-as-head-coach">reportedly</a> extended an offer to Harbaugh that would have made him the highest paid coach at the college-level but he turned it down and opted to go back to the NFL. Harbaugh led the team to a 34-13 win over the Washington Huskies in the College Football Playoff National Championship earlier this month.
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Harbaugh&#8217;s departure from Michigan comes as the program was engulfed in a sign-stealing scandal that could have resulted in him being charged with major NCAA violations, according to <a href="https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/as-jim-harbaugh-negotiates-with-chargers-michigan-now-willing-to-grant-immunity-for-ncaa-violations/">CBS Sports</a>. The scandal was reportedly a large part of his contract negotiations with the school because he wanted the school to provide him with immunity from termination.
&#8220;Under the NCAA&#8217;s coach responsibility provision, which was strengthened just one year ago on Jan. 1, 2023, Harbaugh would be charged with a Level I violation in the sign-stealing scandal if any member of his staff is found to have committed a Level I violation,&#8221; the report said. &#8220;The charge itself cannot be argued; however, the severity of the penalty can be debated before the NCAA Committee on Infractions. The Level I finding would remain on Harbaugh&#8217;s record no matter his level of compliance, monitoring or diligence in the matter.&#8221;
Harbaugh and Michigan were also under NCAA investigation for alleged recruiting violations during the coronavirus pandemic, the report said, noting that he was charged with a Level I violation for allegedly misleading NCAA investigators over the alleged infractions.
The report added that had Harbaugh stayed at Michigan he could have been &#8220;on the hook for substantial legal fees&#8221; to fight both cases, according to legal experts in the sports world.

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Adapted from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/why-brian-kelly-won-t-leave-lsu-for-michigan-ron-slay">“Crain &amp; Co.,”</a> January 24, 2024. 
Jake Crain: Brian Kelly would be clinically insane to leave LSU for Michigan. Why? Not because Michigan isn&#8217;t a fantastic job or that there&#8217;s anything wrong with Ann Arbor, but because he&#8217;s already at a place where, believe it or not (at least in my opinion), it&#8217;s easier to establish dominance than at Michigan.
Brian Kelly left Notre Dame, which is an established brand in college football, to go down to Baton Rouge. He saw what Bama looked like in the tunnel before they got run over in the National Championship when he was the head coach of the Fighting Irish. He wanted to be able to recruit and sign the best of the best, a true even playing field. Louisiana is a state filled with talent every year to the brim from the top to the bottom, from the east to the west. And LSU is the only power in that state. There is no Sparty and nobody’s spurning LSU to go to Louisiana Tech. (Sorry guys.) But Kelly has already found success there, and he&#8217;s building a monster in a place where the biggest monsters roam. He’s compiled an elite staff around him, and he just had the Heisman winner. Why would you leave Baton Rouge where you have all of this momentum to go follow the greatest season ever in Michigan history? There&#8217;s nowhere to go but down.
Michigan&#8217;s going to remain relevant regardless of what Harbaugh does, but the best chance to win bigger for longer is at LSU. Some will say the SEC is the toughest conference in the country. That is true, but the Big Ten just added Oregon, Washington, USC, and UCLA. It&#8217;s not getting any easier, and there’s no division, which will create more division. Ryan Day is trying to put the new Justice League together at Ohio State through the transfer portal, and Brian Kelly has already shown that he can succeed in the SEC. He won the West in year one and the emperor Nick Saban just left Tuscaloosa. 
The fact of the matter is you can&#8217;t make work-place decisions based purely on emotion and fandom. And though Kelly&#8217;s accent may be fake, his chance to dominate is not. While some may believe the smoke if Harbaugh does leave to go to the Chargers or the Falcons, it smells like a Jimmy Sexton special to me, which is always a good play.
Harbaugh hasn&#8217;t gone anywhere yet, but we keep hearing that for Brian Kelly, it&#8217;s a dream job. Michigan is an incredible place. They just won the National Championship. Nobody&#8217;s saying that Michigan is a bad job. But when LSU gets hot, they can get hotter than just about anyone. For Brian Kelly, he’s already there. He’s already established. He’s gotten the hard part out of the way. He won early, he won the West. Yes, he lost to Georgia in the SEC Championship game, but he beat Alabama’s Nick Saban. Then in year two, his defense got run through like a finish line, but he had the Heisman winner. He has an elite staff, he’s recruited really well, and it seems like a pretty good fit.
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David Cone: Brian Kelly is not leaving LSU. No way. I agree that this feels like a Jimmy Sexton special to try and get a bigger contract or a new extension. It’s not because I view LSU as that much better of a job than Michigan. I see them both as the top six or seven jobs in the country.
I do find a couple of things interesting though. First, Brian Kelly is the winningest coach in Notre Dame history. He left and gave that up to go to LSU for a lot of the reasons we always talk about; you can put a fence around that state and the high school recruiting is better there in that state. Also, from a historical and traditional perspective, Notre Dame and Michigan are very similar. So I think it&#8217;s interesting Brian Kelly had to watch Michigan go undefeated and win the National Championship. That is what Jim Harbaugh was able to do at a very similar Midwestern school that Kelly was not able to accomplish while he was at Notre Dame. Then, two of the last three coaches at LSU have been rumored to be leaving LSU. The Les Miles thing was a caveat, and I think it&#8217;s a completely different situation.
Ultimately, we still don&#8217;t even know if Jim Harbaugh is going to leave. Harbaugh may remain at Michigan — even though the news could break any minute that he&#8217;s going to be the next coach of the Chargers. So we&#8217;ll have to see. But from my perspective, Kelly has gotten the hard part out of the way. He already built the foundation at his new place, he took the risk which paid off early, he won the SEC West, and he just landed the number one quarterback in the 2025 class. I don&#8217;t see Brian Kelly going anywhere.
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Jake Crain is co-host of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/%22https://www.dailywire.com/show/crain-and-company/%22">“Crain &amp; Company”</a> the Daily Wire’s sports show hosted by former athletes and coaches Jake Crain, Blain Crain, and David Cone. Follow him: @JakeCrain_
David Cone is a co-host and producer of the Daily Wire’s sports show Crain &amp; Company, as well as a contributor to Morning Wire. David is also a former quarterback for the University of Michigan. You can follow him on Twitter/X and Instagram at @davidadamcone

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University of Michigan head football coach Jim Harbaugh, who led his team to a national championship victory over the Washington Huskies earlier this month, briefly addressed the crowd gathered for the 51st annual <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tens-of-thousands-expected-to-join-march-for-life-in-snowy-d-c" target="_blank" rel="noopener">March for Life</a> in Washington, D.C., on Friday. 
Harbaugh <a href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?533055-1/pro-life-advocates-supporters-attend-march-life-rally">appeared on stage</a> to introduce one of the rally’s speakers, former NFL tight end Benjamin Watson, but before he introduced Watson, the Michigan coach gave the crowd some encouragement. 
“Thank you all for being here. It’s a great example that you’re setting,” Harbaugh said. “It’s a testimony to the sanctity of life.” 
“It’s a great day for a march!” Harbaugh added as snow fell on the crowd that had braved the below-freezing temperature to attend the rally and march. “This is football weather! Let’s go!” 
The 2024 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZErpllQ1u8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">March for Life</a> is expected to attract between 50,000 and 100,000 people, according to the organizers. Those who spoke at the rally included House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), and Focus on the Family President and CEO Jim Daly.
Harbaugh, who played quarterback for Michigan and for five different NFL teams, has been interviewed by multiple NFL teams interested in hiring him as their head coach following his 15-0 national championship run at Michigan. The Daily Caller met up with the coach at the march on Friday and asked him what the pro-life cause means to him. 
“You know, we all talk about human rights. There’s really no rights that are important unless you have the right to life,” Harbaugh <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2024/01/19/coach-jim-harbaugh-march-for-life-michigan-wolverines/">told</a> the Caller. “This is a great day for a march. It’s a great day for the sanctity of life, and football weather. Let’s make it a great day.”
Harbaugh, who is a Catholic, has been unabashed in stating his beliefs on the sanctity of life inside the womb. The coach even said in 2022 that if one of his players or staff members were involved in an unplanned pregnancy and felt they or the mother couldn’t care for the child, then Harbaugh and his wife would help raise the baby.
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&#8220;I&#8217;ve told [them] the same thing I tell my kids, boys, the girls, same thing I tell our players, our staff members. I encourage them if they have a pregnancy that wasn&#8217;t planned, to go through with it, go through with it,” Harbaugh <a href="https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/34295976/michigan-wolverines-football-coach-jim-harbaugh-says-help-raise-baby-member-family-program-involved-unplanned-pregnancy">said</a>. “Let that unborn child be born, and if at that time, you don&#8217;t feel like you can care for it, you don&#8217;t have the means or the wherewithal, then Sarah and I will take that baby.&#8221;

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Adapted from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/jim-harbaugh-michigan-win-the-2024-national-championship-tim-brando" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“Crain &amp; Co.,”</a> January 9, 2024. 
Jake Crain: Michigan took on Washington in the College Football Playoff National Championship game last night — the game that the whole college football season comes down to. It was the Midwest versus West Coast. Smash-mouth versus spread-it-out. The Great Lakes versus, well, the ocean. Like I said yesterday, this matchup wasn&#8217;t the Coca-Cola classic that we&#8217;re used to seeing with the team representing from the South; however, I also said I didn’t think that meant it wouldn’t be as delicious. After all, in the long run, it&#8217;s better for you to have an alternative every once in a while.
That&#8217;s why I called last night’s national championship matchup “The College Football Natty Zero Sugar.” We haven&#8217;t seen an SEC-teamless-Natty since the inception of the College Football Playoff in 2014. But make no mistake, this wasn’t a mistake. These two teams are elite and both have a roster full of the unteachable intangible — which is experience.
Now, both identities are polar opposites — there&#8217;s more than one way to skin a cat — but they&#8217;re both as deadly in effectiveness. Before the game, I said it was no time to get cute. It was no time to reinvent the wheel. It was time to dance with the one that brought you. One, if by ground in Michigan, and two, if by air in Washington. I predicted we should have been in for a doozy of a matchup either way, especially in a year where more teams have been capable of winning the whole thing than ever before. And my hope was that maybe, just maybe, this year will be the new norm (and not just a parody of so-called parity). 
Then we all watched Jim Harbaugh and Michigan win the 2024 National Championship. To the Washington fans, players, and everyone associated with the Huskies program, be upset; it’s tough. You don’t know if you will get back to this stage. You don’t know if you’re ever going to get back to this stage. But those young men have nothing to be ashamed of. Michael Penix Jr. did not have his best game last night, but he has nothing to be ashamed of what they accomplished to elevate Washington to another National Championship — the first one since 1991. They wanted to win it. No one plays this game to lose. No one puts in all the work to finish second, especially with the veterans they had on this team with the way they played all year. But Kalen DeBoer proved that not only can Washington get there, but they have the potential to win.
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This was a dog fight. It showed the type of team, culture, and young men that DeBoer is cultivating. Early in the game, it looked like it was going to snowball, but they were able to regroup and stay in the fight — especially the Washington defense. I know at the end it unraveled a bit in the last two possessions, but Washington’s defense kept them in that game. They showed a ton of fortitude, and this is only just the beginning. I’m excited to see where they go from here. 
Typically, each day on our show, I regale listeners and watchers with an epic monologue that sets up the day, gives hope, happiness, friendship — all those good feelings. But today&#8217;s a special day after Michigan won the National Championship last night. It makes sense, then, that I kick it over to my Nephilim friend, six-foot-seven former Michigan quarterback, David Cone.
David Cone: That’s a lot to live up to, but today, I’ll speak to the news of the National Championship. I’m often asked why I chose to play football at Michigan. The short answer is: because they gave me a shot. And every day since I set foot in Ann Arbor, I have been proud to be a part of that brotherhood. 
It feels like I speak for many when I say, Michigan ever winning another championship on the national stage began to feel unattainable. One reason for this is that the Southeastern conference has been the dominant force in this sport for more than a decade. The second reason is that the Buckeyes proved to be the gold standard in our own conference for more than a decade. And then the 2024 season happened.
I want to speak directly to the players, the coaches, and staff members inside of Schembechler Hall, many of whom I played with and played for. This is your achievement. You’ve made a lot of people proud along the way, but you did this. You just won the first National Championship in the history of Michigan football. Why do I say that? Because every title up to this point was claimed or awarded by the media or by the coaches.
Not this time. This was won.
People asked all season, “Who Michigan had beaten”? The answer is everyone.
You beat your rival. You won your conference. You went toe-to-toe with the greatest coach in college football history, Nick Saban, and came out on top. Then you finished by holding the most prolific offense in the country to 13 points. Jim Harbaugh, this championship is on you, all because when things got tough in 2020, you pointed at yourself and said this isn’t good enough. We haven’t been good enough, but we will be.
Whatever happens to this group in the days and weeks to come, just know, we all can’t wait to see what you accomplish next. Some of you will play professionally, some will start businesses and become husbands and fathers. Whatever you do, use this moment as a stepping stone to further achievement in life, and take pride in the fact that you men, in that locker room, are now responsible for the greatest season in the history of Michigan football.
Go Blue.
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Jake Crain is co-host of <a href="\&quot;https://www.dailywire.com/show/crain-and-company\&quot;">&#8220;Crain &amp; Company&#8221;</a> the Daily Wire&#8217;s sports show hosted by former athletes and coaches Jake Crain, Blain Crain, and David Cone. Follow him: @JakeCrain_
David Cone is a co-host and producer of the Daily Wire’s sports show Crain &amp; Company, as well as a contributor to Morning Wire. David is also a former quarterback for the University of Michigan. You can follow him on Twitter/X and Instagram at @davidadamcone

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The University of Michigan has built a sprawling diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) bureaucracy, which now boasts over 500 jobs dedicated to advancing the agenda, and costs the university more than $30 million every year according to an analysis by one of its own professors.
The university has at least 241 employees whose main duties “are to provide DEI programming and services as either their exclusive or primary job responsibility,” according to an <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WbFztg7z0oQKdNlL73L6q9FeMaCSucq0/edit">analysis</a> conducted by Mark Perry, an economics professor at the University of Michigan-Flint, on behalf of <a href="https://www.thecollegefix.com/umich-now-has-more-than-500-jobs-dedicated-to-dei-payroll-costs-exceed-30-million/">The College Fix</a> reveals.
Full-time DEI staff at the university cost the institution an estimated $30.68 million every year, with $23.34 million for staff salaries and another $7.44 million for benefits. The total sum could pay for in-state tuition and fees for 1,781 undergraduate students, according to Perry, who is also a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute.
Some DEI staff at the University of Michigan raked in enormous salaries, with Tabbye Chavous Sellers, UM’s Vice Provost for Equity and Inclusion &amp; Chief Diversity Officer, enjoying a whopping $402,800 a year, roughly double what the average full-time professor on campus makes in a year.
But Sellers isn’t the only one pulling in a lucrative salary while engaging in DEI work. Thirteen DEI staff members earn over $200,000 every year while another 66 make more than $100,000 per year. The average yearly salary for DEI staff members is $96,000 not including benefits.
In addition to the full-time DEI staff members, there are also another 76 faculty and staff members who serve as “DEI Unit Leads,” who push the diversity agenda across the university’s various schools in service of the institution’s <a href="https://report.dei.umich.edu/">five-year DEI plan</a>.
When accounting for those who push the DEI agenda in both full-time and part-time capacities, as well as unfilled positions and those who further DEI at the institution on an unpaid basis, it “brings the total number of UM employees who advance DEI on either a paid or unpaid basis to well more than 500 and possibly as high as 600,” Mark Perry explained.
The University of Michigan disputes the findings, however, calling the analysis “misleading&#8221; and claiming “Diversity, equity and inclusion are core values at the University of Michigan. As such, there is not a specific budget set aside for diversity outreach and recruitment.”
“Most employees working on DEI are not solely dedicated to DEI efforts but do so in addition to their other roles and responsibilities,” a university spokesperson continued. “The university’s DEI efforts are appropriate to the size, scope, and complexity of our university – spanning the university, including 51 units over our three campuses, our academic medical center, and our over 100,000 students and employees.
The institution’s five-year academic plan mandates that DEI practices be implemented across the university, with even non-academic units like its botanical gardens, IT department, art museum, and athletics, among others, each being required to adopt a DEI plan.
Perry blasted the institution’s DEI bureaucracy, asserting that the University of Michigan’s diversity plans “are reminiscent of the Soviet Union’s and Communist China’s five-year central plans to achieve ‘Ideal Communist Societies’ which are examples of top-down oppressive bureaucratic blueprints to socially engineer outcomes decided by the top leadership of the dictatorial regimes.”

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