The amendment suggested changing the bill to recommend the proposals as the council's own, rather than simply supporting the coalition's demands. It also altered several of the bill's proposals.

Seton and Redmond said the amendment was designed so the council could support the issue more strongly.

"It's important for the U.C. to say something on it's own on this issue," Seton said. "Many people care about this issue...We have to do more than just supporting another group."

But coalition and council members said the amendment diverged too much from the bill's intentions.

"It would detract from what the coalition is trying to do," said John Paul Rollert '00. "With this amendment, the U.C. comes first and the coalition comes later."

A part of the amendment that proposed creating a rape crisis center in conjunction with University Health Services (UHS) drew the most fire from the coalition.

"We definitely do not envision a room in the basement of UHS that no one knows about," Karteron said. "People don't want to go to UHS when they have the flu, let alone when they've been raped."

The bill passed with Seton and Redmond's amendment, despite pleas from coalition members and Karteron's withdrawal of her support of the bill.