The calculator bill was stuck down?? NO WAY.
The Commonwealth Times recently reported on the SGA Senate Bill, which would have reccomended that Ti-89 calculators be allowed in all classrooms. What the article failed to highlight is that the bill was not stuck down but purposefully dropped, and that by doing so the student body lost out. I, Jessica Lee, was the Senator who amended the bill, and unfortunatley caused its demise. However, if the bill’s sponsors hadn’t selfishly dropped the legislation, it would have saved students huge amounts of money. The bill after my amendment would have stated that students MUST be informed of their class’s policy on caluclators before they even add it to their schedule. I personally am ashamed that two of our Senators would remove this bill just because they didn’t get their way. Sen. Michelli stated he brought forth this bill because he bought an advanced calculator, and didn’t find out he couldn’t use it until two days before the exam. If this bill was in place then he wouldn’t have bought the calculator in the first place, or at least would have had time to save for a new one. I know it may be too late for these two Senators to save money by being able to use their nice caluculators, but I wish they would give the rest of the students a chance to not even be in that horrible situation!
Unfortunatley, it is too late for any other Senator to resubmit the bill for this year, but beleieve me, it will be passed in the fall. I just know its going to be too late for many.
Friday, Mar 27, 2026