At the senate meeting on March 6, SGA passed the fentanyl testing strip bill and discussed a resolution about upholding DEI.
According to Speaker of the Senate, Greg Abdukar-Duru, senate has between $4,000 and $5,000 left in funding for this semester. He said, if necessary, they could reallocate some money from SGA’s reserve fund, the CarryForward fund, to fund events if they run out of money.
Fentanyl Test Strip Bill
Senate unanimously passed the Fentanyl test strip bill, which will allocate $2,158.20 to order 2,000 fentanyl test strips to be distributed at MOSAIC and the Wellness Center.
Asher Early, senator of clubs, organizations and Greek life, presented the bill, which he has a personal tie to. “A little over a year ago, my cousin overdosed on fentanyl. He was given a Xanax that was laced,” said Early. “I think that having test strips is a means of staying safe and preventing accidental overdoses for people that might be given a drug that they would take.”
According to the CDC, 68% of all opioid related deaths in America in 2022 were from fentanyl.
This is the third year in a row that SGA has provided fentanyl testing strips to students.
DEI Resolution Discussion
Senator of Innovation Isabella Polombo and Senator of Military Affairs Catalina Moheit presented a resolution that is still in progress. If passed, the resolution would establish SGA’s commitment to uphold a list of DEI executive orders that have been revoked under the Trump administration.
“Our intent with this resolution is to make a stand as students since we do have a voice that people who are employed here, higher-ups, don’t necessarily have,” Moheit said.
Polombo said she has collaborated with multicultural unions, clubs and organizations on campus and is still in the process of getting feedback from some of them.
The resolution is still in progress, but Polombo said she hopes to present it to the Board of Regents at their meeting on April 10.
“This is arguably our most important resolution we’ve made this year,” Speaker Greg Abdukar-Duru said.
In other news:
- The vice chancellors are coming to senate on April 3 to facilitate a discussion about DEI guidelines and federal regulations that have been established under the Trump administration.
- SGA is sending a group of their students to the state capital on March 20 to meet with CU lobbyists and sit in on a committee to see how policy is discussed. They are planning another capital trip for later in the semester which will aim to send leaders of multicultural unions so they can better assist with crafting the DEI resolution.
- Senate unanimously confirmed sophomore finance major Liam Martin to serve as a justice on the judicial board.
- BAC has allocated $8,998.62 of the $20,000 set aside for ROAR Daze at the beginning of the academic year, an annual week of student life activities that occurs in the spring. ROAR Daze will be the week of April 7.
Graphic via The Scribe archives.