At 5 p.m., Drew Smith, ‘27, vice president of internal affairs and president-elect of the senate, announced via Slack that a re-vote on the Turning Point USA chapter’s trial had been retracted. Smith said the original March 3 vote, which denied the TPUSA chapter a six-week trial, will stand.
Smith said the senators who initially brought forward the motion — who originally voted with the majority against TPUSA — withdrew their request to “repeal, rescind or annul” the TPUSA vote following a Senate meeting on Tuesday. The senators’ identities have been and will continue to be kept anonymous by members of the Senate executive board.
Smith said Ryan Hatfield, ‘26, chair of the Club Affairs Committee, was the first to be made aware of this retraction. He said the message was relayed to him and other members of the executive board shortly after.
Smith also said another vote on TPUSA won’t be held.
“(TPUSA) can re-apply next semester, and they will not be recognized as a club, nor have any of the privileges that come with being a senate-recognized organization this semester,” he said.
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Bravo to those voting to retract decision to allow TPUSA a trial membership. Denying TPUSA’s request for membership a great decision. TPUSA is an organization rooted in a very intolerant, hateful ideology. As such it has no place as part of our campus community. EVER.
Lehigh strikes a blow against free speech.
One wonders what Founder Asa Packer would think about this. He just might agree with TPUSA principles. But that is a debate Asa would not be able to partake in at present day Lehigh.
I am curious about one thing at Lehigh… there were anti Israel protests when Israel was trying to rid Palestine of Hamas. Where are the protests of the Iranian regime and blockage of Iranian students (like was done to jewish students) because of the 30,000+ executions of dissidents in Iran?
Answer – There won’t be any protests of this, because the ones against Israel were a display of antisemitism. Clearly the student body is more passionate about antisemitism than they are anti-mass executions..
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