Thursday, March 12, 1998 The University Daily Kansan Section A · Page 5 Students may have say in Union By Marc Sheforgen and Melissa Ng msheforgen@kansan.com mngo@kansan.com Kansan stuff writer Student Senate's finance committee demanded last night that students have a strong say in any renovations of the Kansas Union. The committee approved the proposal to use student fees for Union renovations but then passed a resolution that required students to make up no less than 50 percent of any committees pertaining to modification efforts. It's our money, and we want input on the way that it is configured so that it takes students' needs into account," said Artt Yudelson, nontraditional senator. Yudelson also said that he or other senators may work on a resolution that would give KU architecture students an opportunity to be involved with Union modifications. Jim Long, Union director, said that he thought the idea to maximize student representation was positive and that the University Memorial Corporation would cooperate with senate's efforts. The renovation proposal and the resolution concerning student involvement in decision making will go before the full senate Wednesday. In Student Rights committee, legislation to add three seats for representatives from the Native American Student Association, Black Student Union and the Hispanic American Leadership Organization passed after debate. "I want a guarantee for minority representation on Senate," said Dion Jones, holdover senator and bill sponsor. "Who's going to represent them without this?" Jones read letters from the three organizations stating their desire for the seats, but there were no representatives from the groups at the meeting. Jones said he did not think representatives were needed at the meeting because of the letters. Rachel Schwartz, Liberal Arts and Sciences senator, voted against the bill. "For something this important, I think there should have been a lot more input from the groups instead of just one-paragraph letter." Schwartz said. Student Rights committee also heard debate about two bills concerning the number of votes necessary to amend Senate Rules and Regulations. Rule 1.4 states that a two-thirds majority vote is necessary for amendment. The committee passed legislation mandating that a majority vote be necessary to change rules and regulations. This bill brings rules and regulations into agreement with University Code, which also calls for a majority vote. The bill appeared after last week's Senate meeting, when it was discovered that rule 1.4 was different from University Code, said Aaron Profit, Nunemaker senator and a bill sponsor. University Code supersedes rules and regulations. The committee did not pass a bill to change the University Code section from the majority vote to a two-thirds vote. The debate on the issue is not dead, said Kelly Huffman, Student Executive Committee chair. The bill to change University Code most likely would be brought up at next week's Senate meeting during the debate concerning the bill to change rules and regulations. 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