A non-binding questionnaire on next week's Undergraduate Student Government elections ballot will ask students to express their views on a number of issues including opening the budget, a student activities fee and the timing of spring break.

"A lot of students don't have time to come to meetings. It gives us a chance to find out what they want," said South Halls Senator Bobby Zoldos of the questionnaire.

This questionnaire is not the first USG has placed on a voting ballot. In 1987, a referendum appeared on the ballot asking voters if they would support a University-operated federal credit union on campus. That referendum also asked students if they would favor the credit union be located in the campus bookstore where Mid State Bank & Trust Co.currently operates.

"I think (the questionnaire) will clear up in a lot of minds what the students are thinking on certain issues," said Donn Wonderling, town senator.

A senate committee decided upon by the questions, said Chris Gazze, East Halls senator and sponsor of the resolution. "We chose the most important questions facing the student government."

The questions which will appear on the ballot are:

-- Do you feel that a line item University budget, with the exception of individual salaries, should be open and available to the public?

According to other indirect polls, 80 percent of the students are in favor of an open budget, Gazze said. But the results of the question may prove ineffective in swaying the adminstration's opinion, he added.

Wonderling said the question referring to the open budget should bring out the silent majority.

If the students vote in opposition of an open budget, Zoldos said he like to discover why students voted that way, considering the results of previous surveys.

-- Currently, a portion of the University's general funds budget is allocated to fund student activities. Would you be in favor of separating this amount from tuition payments in the form of a student activities fee, which would be used and administered directly by students to fund clubs and organizations, purchase or provide facilities for student activities, or possibly be used to expand the HUB at some later date?

By separating the student activities fee from tuition, students, not the administration, would be in charge of collection and dispersion of the money, through a student budget organization Wonderling said. He added that the separation of the activities fee from tuition will not cause tuition costs to raise.

-- Would you like to see spring break moved back a few weeks to the middle of March?

Although USG has no direct power to change the time of spring break, it does have the power to mold opinion, Zoldos said.

Gazze said he does not believe the administration takes a strong stand on the timing of spring break and is therefore more likely to work with the students.

If the decision is made to move spring break, it will not be in effect for a few years because the scheduling of the break is decided upon in five year blocks, he added.

-- Do you feel that the administration of this University gathers and considers sufficient student opinion before making its decisions?

In the past, student leaders have claimed the administration does not pay sufficient attention to student input. Sponsors of the questionnaire plan to use the results as a representation of student opinion and present their findings to the admininstration.

As for administration reaction to the results, Sean Wilson, East Halls senator, said there will probably be "more of what has happened this year - the lack of communication because of strong feelings and verbal attacks."

"I don't think the answers are going to change the opinions of the administration," Zoldos said. But they will be "a basis for us to go on," he added.

-- The final question asks students which factor was most influential in deciding their vote for USG president and vice president. The answers include campaign paraphernalia, candidates views as expressed in debates, The Daily Collegian's endorsement, friends' opinions and other.