| SC committee amends and adopts revised version of resolution on The Shorthorn |
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| Written by Bryan Bastible, The Shorthorn senior staff | ||||
| Tuesday, 06 October 2009 08:25 PM | ||||
What's Next?The resolution will be looked at, debated and voted on at the next Student Congress general body meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Student Congress chambers located in the University Center lower level.The committee voted for the amended resolution, 09-15, “Mavs Go Green and use Web 2.0,” five for and two abstaining from voting. The committee amended the resolution by striking out that “The Shorthorn no longer print and distribute paper editions on a regular basis, (to reduce waste and the current associated costs of printing and distribution).” Liberal Arts senator Rebekah Karth voted for the amendments and the passage of the amended resolution. “I think to eliminate printing at The Shorthorn would be a disastrous move for communication students and other students associated with The Shorthorn,” she said. She added that she doesn’t think they should kill one of the “brightest“ parts of the university. Community Affairs committee co-chair Jamilah James, who abstained from voting on the resolution, said that she did not want to comment why. The committee added an additional amendment that changed “reprinting” to “printing,” so the resolution reads “The Shorthorn maintain its current guidelines for ‘printing’ so that paper editions may be available to those who desire them.” “I think it’s great experience for all of The Shorthorn staff, and taking it [the print version] away would not be fair to them and the UTA community,” said Emily Boren, Community Affairs committee co-chair. The committee did research by talking to The Shorthorn editor-in-chief Marissa Hall, Student Publications director Lloyd Goodman, Mike Knox, student affairs assistant vice president, a President’s Sustainability Committee co-chair and other university newspapers that had both online and print versions such as Texas Christian University. Although SC President Kent Long requested more input from an employee of The Shorthorn regarding the value of the experience at the paper, the resolution passed after discussion, debate and amending. Since it got adopted in committee, the resolution will move to a general vote at the full body meeting next Tuesday. The resolution was authored by Bess Alvarez, alumna and former Student Congress vice president and self-proclaimed “avid reader of The Shorthorn.” Alvarez authored two other sustainability-related resolutions, in the summer semester, but they were not brought before SC until its first fall meeting, in September, because SC does not meet in the summer. Since it’s introduction, two out of the seven sponsors of “Mavs Go Green and use Web 2.0” removed their sponsorships and one of the sponsors resigned from SC. Views: 509 | E-mail
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