The ASUO senate meeting, held May 8, 2024, saw a nearly three-hour public comments session as community members and students spoke on the topic of a “Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions” resolution, which was received by senators the night before the meeting, and added to the agenda three hours before the meeting at 4 p.m.
The resolution passed, with 15 senators voting yea, one nay, six abstaining, and one absent.
Demonstrators walk to the ASUO senate meeting to address the proposed BDS resolution. The ASUO senate meeting, held May 8, 2024, saw a nearly three-hour public comments session as community members and students—many of whom were associated with the ongoing encampment demonstration or one of various Jewish student groups which have opposed the encampment—spoke on the topic of a "Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions" resolution, which was received by senators the night before the meeting, and added to the agenda three hours before the meeting at 4 p.m. (Alex Hernandez/Emerald)
