A.S. Meeting #25 – March 30

Items of Immediate Consideration

Item G

The council passed a resolution supporting Assembly Bill 191.

The legislation would mandate that the secretary of state provide universities with voter registration cards for every student at the campus.

Item H

The council passed a resolution in support of the California Hope Endowment, which seeks to increase available funds for higher education by selling government lands.

The bill would create a council to determine excess lands that are currently not being used or protected. By selling these lands, the bill would create a $5 billion endowment to fund higher education.

Reports

President Jenn Pae

Pae reported that there have been delays to the North Campus Housing Project due to UC-wide debt constraints.

According to Pae, the earliest possible date of completion would be June 2009; however, this date has not been finalized.

Systemwide Committee on Legal File Sharing Representative Harry Khanna

Khanna reported that the Recording Industry Association of America has begun subpoenaing UCSD.

The subpoenas require the university to produce records of illegal file sharing on campus and could result in criminal prosecution.

Old Business

Item C

The council amended the ASUCSD Senate Bylaws to allow meetings to be closed from the public by a two-thirds vote of the senators present.

The amendment was passed in response to a recent meeting, which was closed due to the discussion of privileged information.

— Compiled by Patrick Allen

Senior Staff Writer