Multiple arrests were made Tuesday after Vanderbilt University students protested the university’s decision to remove an anti-Israel boycott, divestment, and sanctions initiative from the student ballot.
The proposed amendment to the Vanderbilt Student Government Constitution would have prevented student government funds from going to businesses that support Israel. Vanderbilt University removed the amendment from the student ballot, prompting about 30 protesters to have a sit-in in the chancellor’s office.
According to a statement obtained by the Tennessean, Vanderbilt University officials said the “student-led effort to pass a resolution proposing Vanderbilt Student Government adopt boycott, divestment and sanctions tactics did not move forward because of potential conflict with federal and state laws.”
The proposed amendment, signed by more than 600 students, followed the guidelines from the national BDS movement to prohibit spending funds on companies that
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