“Don’t use the vending machines!” House of Representative freshman Trevor Raborn cries, a wad of rectangle brochures clutched in his right fist. It’s Tuesday morning and he’s poised in the center of the Breezeway, passing out dollar-bill-shaped flyers which instruct students to “Boycott the Vending Machines.”

Raborn’s the newest protester after senior pre-law major Josef Palermo successfully led an anti-vending machine protest march from the Breezeway to President Frank Brogan’s office on April 17.

“I feel this protest is justified because there has been enough students who feel they want answers,” Raborn said.

This arrives in the wake of Lawrence Davenport’s resignation on April 2. The former University Advancement Executive Vice President’s severance package totaled $577,950, which Brogan stated was funneled directly from vending machines around FAU. Brogan awarded the entire severance to Davenport even though an official resignation disqualifies former employees from the package.

On April 17, Brogan said the information regarding Davenport’s resignation was “for the best interest of FAU,” yet declined to elaborate why the amount was dispersed to an exiting vice-president. Brogan’s ambiguous motives, Raborn said, was what drove him to take Palermo’s reins in this recent protest rally.

“When Brogan came out and said he didn’t feel the need to explain his motives to the student body, that was enough to get me to question what’s going on,” Raborn said.

Check out the University Press this Thursday for in-depth coverage of the on-going Davenport issue.