After Divestment: The Devil’s Advocate

By Jason Willick April 24, 2013

This piece was originally published in the Daily Californian. The Associated Students of the University of California (ASUC) Senate’s deeply misguided vote to divest UC funds from companies affiliated with the Israeli military is, in one sense, utterly irrelevant. Despite its best efforts, the coterie of far-left activists that dominates student politics rarely influences university policy — Chancellor…

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The Roller Coaster Ride of Zionism on California Campuses

By Shani Chabansky January 7, 2013

Last winter, I attended the second Occupy Oakland port shutdown, along with hundreds of other students. At a midday rally, Angela Davis, one of my greatest heroines and a professor of my alma mater, addressed the crowd. My heart soared as she spoke of the “wins” of the first port shutdown. However, my beating pulse…

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