Assault victim criticizes campus’s handling of incident
More information has been divulged about a student who was assaulted April 1 on Sproul plaza while tabling for a pro-Palestinian group. Read More…
Tag Archives: divestment
Climate remains tense in wake of Landgraf’s decision not to veto
ASUC President Connor Landgraf announced Tuesday that he will not be vetoing SB 160, a bill that seeks the divestment of ASUC funds from companies associated with the Israeli military and encourages the UC to do the same. Read More…
Landgraf announces no veto on divestment bill SB 160
ASUC President Connor Landgraf has announced that he will not veto SB 160, the controversial bill passed last week that divests ASUC funds from companies affiliated with the Israeli military and encourages the UC to do the same. Read More…
Reflections on divestment: The first step toward peace is collaboration
Let’s get this straight: Wednesday’s ASUC Senate meeting was not just about supporting human rights through targeted divestment. No one will refute the challenge faced by Palestinians living in Gaza and the West Bank, but there is another narrative that was conspicuously absent in the language of SB 160, “A Read More…
After divestment
The Devil's Advocate
The ASUC Senate’s deeply misguided vote to divest UC funds from companies affiliated with the Israeli military is, in one sense, utterly irrelevant. Despite its best efforts, the coterie of far-left activists that dominates student politics rarely influences university policy — Chancellor Birgeneau helpfully reminded us that the regents’ investment portfolio will Read More…
Chancellor Birgeneau issues response to ASUC vote on divestment
Following the ASUC Senate’s vote to divest from companies affiliated with Israel’s military, Chancellor Robert Birgeneau issued the following statement to the campus community.
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ASUC Senate passes Israeli divestment bill SB 160, 11-9
In a dramatic vote that was emotional for all sides, the ASUC Senate voted 11-9 to divest from companies affiliated with Israel’s military early Thursday morning. Read More…
Updates, tweets and photos from ASUC divestment meeting
A large number of students and faculty are expected to attend Wednesday night’s ASUC meeting, where the senate will discuss two opposing bills related to divestment from Israeli-affiliated companies. Read More…
Divestment debate: Echoes of Apartheid
Perspectives on Israel-related divestment as the ASUC Senate considers bills connected to the topic
Last Monday, after much dialogue and debate, the Organization of African Students unanimously decided to support the ASUC bill that calls for divestment from companies profiting from, or investing in, the occupation of the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip. The decision to support divestment is a result Read More…
ASUC Senate to revisit Israel divestment
The ASUC Senate will be revisiting one of UC Berkeley’s most contentious issues with the introduction of a bill that calls for the divestment of all ASUC and UC funds from any companies associated with the Israeli military or settlement activity in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Read More…