THE TOWER
by Miriam Pollock
April 2015

One of the most prestigious universities in the United States recently fell victim to anti-Israel madness. How did it happen? And how can it be prevented on other campuses?

“Stanford ID?” said one of the two men stationed at the entrance to the hall. I held out my student ID, feeling like I was breaking some rule even though I had every right to be there. Silently, they waved me in. I looked around, trying to decide where to sit. It was 6:30 PM on Tuesday, February 10, 2015; about halfway through my junior year at Stanford. It should have been a normal Tuesday. I should have been working on my paper, which was due the next day, or my presentation, or fuelling my caffeine addiction. I probably would have been taking some stupid quiz on BuzzFeed to find out which member of One Direction I was going to marry. Instead, I was here in this staid room at the student union, waiting to hear the fifteen members of the Stanford Undergraduate Senate discuss and then vote on whether Stanford should divest from Israel. READ MORE