Anthony Ashmall, the senator for the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciencesresigned from the Student Government Association (SGA) Senate as announced during their meeting on Oct. 26.
“There was a conversation with one of our senators because of some of the things that came up on social media and things of that sort,” Senate Leader Bhagya Shrisaid to the Senate. “Senator Anthony has formally resigned from the Senate. I just wanted to make all of you aware of that. So that’s just the conversation that we had, and that’s the solution that we came to.”
Ashmall was not in attendance at the meeting. Shri declined to comment further.
Ashmallhad been elected on April 20 during the 2026-27 school year.
Fatima Malik, the student body vice president, approved the minutes from the last meeting and, based on a question, clarified what goes into the roles and requirements of being an SGA committee member.
Lee Parker, the Instruction and Outreach librarian for CMU Libraries, presented on affordable course material options for students. He discussed course reserves, documents on demand to request from other libraries and equipment checkout for items like computers and calculators.
Malik shared a QR code for attendees to submit questions for an upcoming Town Hall event with President Neil MacKinnon, Vice President of Student Affairs Shawna Patterson-Stephens and Provost Paula Lancaster.
The Senate unanimously approved nominations for Serafina Boonstra and Katelyn Hinojosa to the Hardship Committee.
The Senate has been working to phase out single-use plastic water bottles on campus by June 30, 2031. The university has started to sell aluminum bottles of water in Woldt Market, Kesseler Market and at athletic events as an early step in the process.
After talking with members of the Senate, Parking Services repainted lines in Lot 22, a commuter lot, so the lines, including parking spaces designated for faculty, are all the same color.
Constitutional amendmentswere approved by the House nearly unanimously. The House also approved a merging of the House and Senate. The vote was passed by a 51-2-5 vote.
