Headline: CSL loses authority over chartering new organizations over Winthrop Students for Life
Byline: Chase Duncan, Guest Writer
The Winthrop Council of Student Leaders (CSL)has lost its authority to charter new student organizations after it denied chartering to a Winthrop chapter of the pro-life advocacy organization Students for Life America (SFLA), following an unanimously approved resolution by the Board of Trustees.
Winthrop President Edward Serna announced in a campuswide email message sent out on April 7 that after looking into CSL’s review process for multiple new student organizations, including the denied charter request from SFLA, he rescinded the denial of WSFL on February 17, 2025.
The email included a link to the resolution passed by the Board of Trustees that removed chartering privileges from CSL.
“On April 4, 2025, the Board of Trustees una...