In the wake of Pitzer President Melvin Oliver’s veto of the suspension of the Haifa study abroad program, some are calling for his ouster.
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Pitzer College bans Claremont Independent, non-TSL news sources from Haifa vote
Pitzer College is banning The Claremont Independent from attending Thursday’s College Council vote on Haifa.
EDITORIAL BOARD: Today, we stand with The Claremont Independent and other news outlets
Today, Pitzer College committed an egregious assault on the free press by banning a college media site from covering the upcoming Haifa vote.
Pitzer College Council schedules vote on suspending Israel study abroad program
After months of heated debate, the Pitzer College Council, a governance board comprising students and faculty, will vote at its March 14 meeting whether to suspend its study abroad program with Israel’s University of Haifa. While the Council’s vote is technically a recommendation to the president of the college, decisions
Students, alumni seek to be more involved in debate over Pitzer motion to suspend University of Haifa program
Pitzer College students and alumni expressed concerns over the lack of transparency and procedural ambiguities of a controversial faculty motion to suspend a Pitzer study abroad partnership with the University of Haifa. The motion discussed by students and faculty at a Pitzer College Council meeting Nov. 26 was originally intended
Pitzer president decries motion to suspend Israel study abroad program
Suspending Pitzer College’s study abroad program with the University of Haifa in Israel would be a “major blow” to the college, Pitzer President Melvin Oliver said in a Pitzer College Council meeting Nov. 29. The Council, a student and faculty governance board, is expected to vote on the motion at