UT students honor memory of Holocaust survivors
Similar to the sound of a tornado warning in the states, two sirens will pierce the air in Israel in the next 24 hours, bringing traffic and society to a standstill.But these will not be calls of...
View ArticleSG debates divestment resolution
Students debated a Student Government resolution that would support divestment of the University of Texas Investment Management Company (UTIMCO) from corporations that supporters said facilitate in the...
View ArticleBDS legislation would isolate UT's Jewish community
Mukund Rathi’s editorial“Support for BDS is support for justice and open dialogue,” published on April 14, is particularly ironic considering that Rathi has previously refused to engage with Jewish...
View ArticleSG should vote down divestment bill
Last month, this board asked Student Government to vote down a resolution that offered nothing but obsequious promotion and praise of the State of Israel. We did so not because we disagreed with the...
View ArticleStudent leader avoids issue of Palestinian human rights
Tracy Frydberg’s editorial response“BDS legislation would isolate UT's Jewish community” entirely avoids the points that my original article makes. I make two key points: First, that Unify Texas is not...
View ArticleDivestment resolution heads to SG Assembly for vote
The Student Government Legislative Affairs committee voted down three proposed amendments to a highly-discussed divestment resolution Thursday and subsequently sent the resolution to a vote by the full...
View ArticleBDS movement's motives go beyond just seeking justice for Palestinians
Recently, the Palestine Solidarity Movement, in concert with other forces, proposed a resolution in Student Government urging the University of Texas Investment Management Company to divest itself from...
View ArticleFormer SG leaders sign open letter in opposition to BDS resolution
Seventeen former Student Government leaders signed a letter addressed to the current SG executive board and Assembly, urging them to oppose a divestment resolution set to be voted on Tuesday night.The...
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After weeks of debate, UT SG votes against divestment resolution
After weeks of contentious debate, the Student Government Assembly voted against a divestment resolution which would have asked the UT System Investment Management Company (UTIMCO) to pull investments...
View ArticleAR 3 failure will increase debate, not end it
I am writing as a UT graduate, a Jew and a member of the Austin chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace to express my admiration for the Palestinian and Palestinian solidarity activists who introduced the...
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