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Friday, May 23, 2014

University divestment scorecard, 2014, shows BDS losing badly

The Mike Report asked me if I had a scorecard of how resolutions to divest from Israel have been doing on university campuses this year. I knew that most had failed but I didn't have all the details, so I asked StandWithUs, who have been very involved in the issue, if they could help.

Their beautiful chart that they sent is too nice to keep to myself:

UCLA
Divestment
Student Government
Defeated
February, 2014
Loyola University of Chicago
Divestment
Student Government
Passed, but vetoed
March, 2014
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Divestment
Student Government
Defeated
March, 2014
University of Michigan - Dearborn
Divestment
Student Government
Passed
March, 2014
Arizona State University
Divestment
Student Government
Defeated (tabled indefinitely)
March, 2014
University of New Mexico
Divestment
Student Government
Defeated
April, 2014
Arizona State University, Downtown Campus
Divestment
Student Government
Defeated
April, 2014
UC Santa Barbara
Divestment
Student Government
Defeated
April, 2014
UC Riverside
Divestment
Student Government
Defeated in February, brought back and passed by one vote in April
February-April, 2014
Cornell University
Divestment
Student Government
Defeated - tabled indefinitely
April, 2014
San Diego State University
Divestment
Student Government
Defeated
February-April, 2014
Wesleyan
Divestment
Student Government
Passed
May, 2014
University of New Mexico
Divestment
Graduate Student Senate
Passed, then rescinded
April-May, 2014
UC Davis
Divestment
Student Government
Defeated
April-May, 2014
University of Washington
Divestment
Student Government
Defeated
May, 2014
DePaul University
Divestment
Referendum
TBD
April-May, 2014
UC Santa Cruz
Divestment
Student Government
TBD
May, 2014



This means nine times divestment failed, either by a direct vote or by a vote to table the motion indefinitely, which is effectively the same thing. Twice it passed only to become rescinded or vetoed.

It only passed for real three times out of fourteen.

So when I say that BDS on college campuses has run out of steam - this is what I mean.

My guess is that the Israel haters, consistently losing  on campus, will next start to resorting to online polls in student newspapers to "prove" that they are still relevant.

H/t Mike Report and StandWithUs. Here's a cartoon in Mike Report than sums it up: