All but 3 of more than 100 high dollar donations from Harvard employees go to Democrats: report

Harvard University's faculty and leadership donations skew heavily toward Democrats, according to donor data from the 2024 cycle.

The decision to keep Harvard President Claudine Gay in her post prompted scrutiny of the institution’s political affinity by The Center Square, which was the first to report on the Open Secrets political donation records.

The Center Square noted that "the university's insular culture and one-sided politics are under the microscope" as it found Harvard employees "flood" Democrats with donations.

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"So far in the 2024 election cycle, Harvard employees including professors and administrators have made more than 100 donations of $1,000 or more to politicians. All but three went to Democrats," it was reported. "Two of the three Republican donations went to candidates trying to take down Donald Trump in the party’s presidential primary."

This means that more than 97% of donations went to Democrats.

The report came after Harvard officials backed Gay amid plagiarism allegations and intense backlash from a congressional hearing about the rise in antisemitism on campus, where Gay appeared to equivocate on whether calls for the genocide of Jews violated the Ivy League school's rules. 

In a statement published on December 12, Harvard's high governing body "reaffirmed" its "support for Gay’s continued leadership of Harvard University" after acknowledging "a few instances of inadequate citation" in Gay's past academic work. 

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More than 500 Harvard faculty members also supported Gay in a letter to the school's board.

The donation figures underscored a Harvard student telling Fox News Digital earlier this month that the decision to keep Gay was part of a politically toxic culture on campus.

Harvard Law student Matias Mayesh said the decision to stand by Gay was about the left protecting its own, saying, "They get different treatment than us because they are different from us. The leftists will always be loyal to each other and the right will not ever be loyal to itself. The left always protects itself, and it is a perfect example in this situation." 

Stowaway from Algeria found barely alive at Paris airport

A stowaway was found barely alive in the undercarriage bay of an airplane after it landed in Paris Thursday morning, according to reports. 

Security sources told Reuters that the Air Algeria airplane had come from the Western Algerian town of Oran, embarking on the two-and-a-half hour flight to Paris Orly airport

The stowaway, who was not identified but is believed to be in his 20s, was discovered during technical checks. He had no ID on him and was taken to an area hospital in serious condition because of severe hypothermia, per AFP. 

Fox News Digital has reached out to airport officials for more information. 

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Commercial airplanes often fly at 30,000 to 40,000 feet altitude. Stowaways daring to brave the journey in the unpressurized wheel-houses and cargo holds of planes can expect to face between minus 50 and 60 Celsius as well as a lack of oxygen. 

In 2019, the body of a suspected stowaway fell hundreds of meters from a plane flying over southwest London, landing in the garden of a man's home, just missing him as he sunbathed.

In 2015, the body of a stowaway on a British Airways flight from Johannesburg to Heathrow landed on a shop in Richmond, southwest London. A second stowaway survived the 10-hour flight and was found in the undercarriage of the plane.

Reuters contributed to this report.