Vassar Trustees threaten to garnishee $900K
if Student Association endorse #BDS
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The Vassar Student Association (VSA) Executive
Board was informed last week that if it were to pass a BDS amendment,
the colleges Board of Trustees would remove student control
of college funds for student activities, amounting to around $900,000.
The resolution, authored by Vassars Jewish Voice for Peace and
Students for Justice in Palestine, encourages the reconsideration
of Vassar Colleges economic contributions to human rights violations
worldwide. It also included an amendment to the VSAs
bylaws prohibiting VSA from using funds to purchase
items from Sabra, Tribe, Ben & Jerry’s, Hewlett-Packard
Company, Ahava, General Electric, Eden Springs, Motorola, Caterpillar,
G4S, and Elbit Systems.