Pitzer Students Threaten “Unrest” If No BlackRock Divestment
After the Pitzer Student Senate voted 16-1—with many abstentions—in favor of a motion to divest Pitzer College’s endowment from a BlackRock-managed fund, students threatened “unrest” if the president of the college does not meet their demands. Pitzer College president Melvin L. Oliver previously vetoed a student and faculty decision to boycott Pitzer’s study abroad program in Israel. After one student mentioned Pitzer President Melvin Oliver’s previously vetoed student motion