#senate resolution

UC Berkeley student senate: Staff should take pay cut to finance on-campus abortions

The University of California in Berkeley (UCB) could provide on-campus access to abortions if a student senate bill successfully sways the administration. Senate Resolution 69 (SR 69), a bill that would bring abortion providers to campus clinics, passed a final round of voting Wednesday during a weekly student senate meeting. The bill argues that inaccessibility to abortion is a violation of…

Whereas: recycling stimulates the economy and plays an integral role in sustaining manufacturing in the UnitedStates;

Whereas: in addition to residential recycling, the scrap recycling industry in the United States manufactures recyclable materials collected from businesses into commodity grade materials;

Whereas: those commodity-grade materials are used as feedstock to produce new basic materials and finished products in the United States and throughout the world;

Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the Senate -

Expresses support: for improvement in the collection, processing, and consumption of recyclable material throughout the United States in order to create well-paying jobs, foster innovation and investment in the United States recycling infrastructure, and stimulate the economy of the United States;

Expresses support: for a competitive market place for recyclable materials;

Expresses support: for policies in the United States that promote recycling of materials, including paper, which is commonly recycled rather than thermally combusted or sent to a landfill;