The “whiny”-ness here is all coming from the proponents of the resolution, I’m afraid. They didn’t do their homework, didn’t have a real proposal to present, and when it was shot down they leaped at the opportunity to spin it as “political correctness.” Pure horsepucky.
If you want the University to do something, the burden is on you to say what you want it to do. they didn’t do so, after being told in committee that the proposal needed more specifics to get favorable consideration…