Student Senate officers clap during a Student Senate general body meeting Dec. 2 in the Student Government Chambers. It was the last senate meeting of the semester.
The Student Government provided updates to several resolutions during its final meeting of the semester Tuesday.
Resolution 25-20, “Textbook Sell Back Drive,” was killed during a committee meeting. Academic Affairs Chair Emman Khan said the resolution aimed to bring awareness to the UTA Bookstore’s textbook sell-back program.
“A lot of people on campus didn’t even know that you could do that,” Khan said.
Andres Morales, Student Government vice president, presents Sraavya Maulika Yenugapalli, College of Engineering senator and Ms. UTA, with the Senator of the Month award during a Student Senate general body meeting Dec. 2 in the Student Government Chambers. The meeting wrapped up with no resolutions introduced.
She said the resolution was killed because the bookstore only accepted books low in stock. Students also would not get 100% of their money back, and the sell back is facilitated by Follett, not the UTA Bookstore.
“There were so many different limitations to what could and couldn’t be sold and how much money you would get back,” Khan said.
Resolution 25-24, “Peace, Prayer, Permanence,” was also killed. The resolution aimed to create a prayer room for Muslim students.
Student Affairs Chair Roberto Sok said based on previous research done by the committee, they discovered that creating a prayer room designated for Muslim students would violate the First Amendment and that UTA as an institution could not show favoritism to one religion over another.
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