City University of New York committee attempts to repair damage done by veto of playwright's honorary degreeThe trustees of the City University of New York (CUNY) are meeting on Monday night to try to repair some of the damage done to its reputation after an honorary degree was withheld from the award-winning playwright Tony Kushner on the grounds that he was not sufficiently pro-Israel.The seven-member executive com…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:56AM on May 9, 2011