The Government of the Student Body Senate’s discussion on the Browsing Library and Chapel ended — possibly for good — Wednesday after senators shot down two resolutions.

A resolution, introduced by Sen. Ginger Cowger at the Oct. 11 meeting, had requested that the two rooms be relocated in the final Memorial Union renovation plans. It was rescinded by a unanimous vote, meaning it never existed.

Cowger, who made the motion to withdraw the resolution, said she originally felt the resolution offered a compromise between keeping the Browsing Library and Chapel where they are and completely removing them from the Union.

“I wanted to make this issue a nonissue,” she said. “Instead it has made us bitter and it has divided us.”

The original vote on the resolution, taken Oct. 18, was declared unconstitutional at last week’s meeting because a senator who shouldn’t have been seated cast a ballot.

The GSB also shot down a resolution asking the state Board of Regents to postpone renovations to the Union until next summer.

This resolution, proposed by Sen. Matthew Goodman, failed by a 23-6 vote. However, Goodman said seeking approval by the Regents was the Senate’s last resort after the Union Board of Directors declined to reevaluate the smoking ban in the Trophy Tavern. The ban is to take effect Nov. 17.

“I don’t think they care about what we think,” he said. “The board is not getting our input. It’s ignorance, and that’s what angers me.”

GSB President Dan Mangan disagreed. He said the resolution’s impact would cause GSB to lose all credibility with the Regents because it was such a late proposal. Mangan also said postponing renovations until the summer would interfere with major conferences that are already scheduled to be held in the Union. Mangan’s view won the support of several senators.

“I don’t think we have the power to do what this [the resolution] says,” Sen. Robert Livingston said.

The future of the Browsing Library and Chapel now lies in the hands of the Union Board of Directors, Mangan said. Its Dec. 7 decision will be based partly on a professional survey being conducted by the Student Union Board with assistance from the statistics department.