• footfaults [none/use name]
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    7 months ago

    The donors and the administration don't give a fuck about what a model UN senate faculty Senate and student government says. They don't have any power.

    • ClimateChangeAnxiety [he/him, they/them]
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      7 months ago

      It very much depends on the school. Some they have basically no power, but at some they have binding powers. I’m pretty sure Columbia is the latter but I’m not that familiar with it.

      • bbnh69420 [she/her, they/them]
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        7 months ago

        Even the schools that pretend to have binding/meaningful senates, there’s usually a presidential veto that ultimately works for the board of trustees (the biggest Zionists in the school system). There was a college in California where students and staff voted twice in the last 5 years to divest from Israel and were vetoed both times