USAC Passes Divestment Resolution
By Daily Bruin Staff
Nov. 19, 2014 1:23 a.m.
More than 250 students attended the USAC meeting.
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Zawar Jafri, a member of the Muslim Student Association at UCLA, urge Undergraduate Students Association Council members to vote in favor of the resolution Tuesday night. The fifth-year political science student was one of tens of students who gave public comments to USAC.
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Students sitting in the front row of the USAC meeting held photos of their loved ones up to the council.
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Several students who were against the resolution presented to council before the discussion, saying they think the resolution is not representative of the student body.
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Students in support of the divestment resolution presented arguments in favor of it before the council moved to a discussion.
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Just before the vote, USAC President Avinoam Baral became emotional, saying he was frustrated about not being able to voice his thoughts on the resolution for the majority of the meeting.
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After discussing the resolution, a majority of councilmembers voted in favor of passing it. Just two councilmembers voted against it, and two abstained.
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Students in support of the divestment resolution celebrated together in Ackerman Student Union after the vote.
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Maryam Nouh, a fourth-year human biology and society student, embraced a friend after the resolution passed.
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Osama Al-Khawaja, a third-year computer science student at San Diego State University, waved a Palestinian flag after the vote to celebrate.
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Former USAC president Devin Murphy shows his support for the divestment resolution.
