William Katz: Urgent Agenda
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SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – AT 11:55 P.M. ET: FINALLY, WE WIN ONE – FROM FOX: At Ohio State University, a Chinese student took tests for Chinese classmates for cash last year, guaranteeing an A. At the University of California, Irvine, some international students used a lost-ID-card ruse to let impersonators take exams in place of others. At the University of Arizona, a professor told of Chinese students handing in multiple copies of the same incorrect test answers. A flood of foreign undergraduates on America’s campuses is improving the financial health of universities. It also sometimes clashes with a fundamental value of U.S. scholarship: academic integrity. A Wall Street Journal analysis of data from more than a dozen large U.S. public universities found that in the 2014-15 school year, the schools recorded 5.1 reports of alleged cheating for every 100 international students. They recorded one such report per 100 domestic students. Maybe all is not lost with the young generation. HILLARY WINS ANOTHER – FROM FOX: Hillary Clinton on Sunday won the Puerto Rico Democratic Primary, inching closer to getting enough delegates to clinch the party’s presidential nomination. After a blowout victory Saturday in the U.S. Virgin Islands and a decisive win in the U.S. territory, Clinton is now 28 delegates short of the 2,383 needed to win the nomination, according to an Associated Press count. The results were slow to arrive on Sunday, as officials counted ballots by hand and focused first on releasing results tied to the island's local primary elections, said Kenneth McClintock, Puerto Rico's former Democratic National Committeeman. "We just won Puerto Rico! ¡Gracias a la Isla del Encanto por esta victoria!" tweeted Clinton. She'll essentially clinch the nomination on Tuesday, when California and New Jersey vote. But that assumes the loyalty of the superdelegates pledged to her. I wouldn't be surprised if Bernie Sanders, who's turning out to be the consummate homewrecker, tries to pry them away. A LITTLE LATE – FROM THE HILL: Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton called for a stop to violence at Donald Trump's campaign rallies in an interview that aired Sunday, blaming the presumptive Republican presidential nominee for setting a "very bad example." "This has to end. He set a very bad example. He created an environment in which it seems to be acceptable for someone running for president to be inciting violence, to be encouraging his supporters," Clinton said on CNN's "State of the Union." "Now we're seeing people who are against [Trump] responding in kind. It should all stop. It's unacceptable." A recent Trump rally in San Jose, Calif., was marred with violence by anti-Trump demonstrators. It can't be denied that Trump has made some very foolish statements in egging on his supporters at rallies. And it's happening on other issues as well. He has simply got to impose some discipline on himself. His campaign right now, which should be setting the stage for a national effort based on major issues, is still in "destroy everyone" mode. Many in the voting public are clearly turned off, and a late Reuters poll shows Hillary Clinton regaining her past, strong lead over Trump. You have to know how to run for president. June 5, 2016
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