This week’s meeting of the Student Government Association was brief in comparison to last week, as the senate burned through the four items on their agenda in just under an hour.

The meeting began with a presentation from the Saint Louis University Barnes & Noble Bookstore by Tricia Polly, the bookstore’s Textbook Manager.

Starting in the Fall of 2011, the bookstore will be starting a program which will allow students to rent books for less than half the price of buying the book new.  The bookstore is working on making as many books as possible rentable online or in the store, and all payment methods will be acceptable.

Next, senate discussed the bill to amend the bylaws to restructure the association’s diversity, inclusion and social justice efforts, which would include creating a new service leadership committee and changing the name of the Vice President for Diversity and Social Justice’s title.

The only complaints with the bill that were voiced were hesitations about the name change.

“I have a problem with the name change, but they worked really hard on this,” Arts and Sciences Senator Jimmy Meiners said. “For what they want to do, this amendment is the best option.”

After a passed amendment to the bill to keep the position’s name the same, proposed by Fusz Hall Senator Caroline Rutledge, the bill was tabled for a week and will be voted on during next week’s senate meeting.

The meeting wrapped up with the approval of new senators for next year’s senate and an allocation annual funding to the women’s water polo team. The team missed the meetings and funding process this year because of a miscommunication between them and the finance committee. Their budget was reviewed over the Easter break, in time for a vote during this week’s senate meeting. The team was allocated $4,110 in annual funding by a unanimous vote among the senators.