Black Caucus passed a new constitution last night, the first revision of the group's document since 1979.

Members voted on the constitution at last night's general assembly meeting in the Paul Robeson Cultural Center. Because a quorum of 33 percent of the caucus's paying members was not present, officers allowed the new document to pass with a majority vote of those present.

"It's very rare that we ever get our whole membership at a meeting," said caucus President Walter Mosley. He estimated the caucus's current membership at 242.

The new constitution defines offices and committees that did not exist in 1979, Mosley said. Drafters followed Undergraduate Student Government guidelines in constructing the new document, he said.

The constitution will be sent to the USG Supreme Court for approval. Although he was not certain of USG's criteria for new constitutions, Mosley said he expects the document to be passed by the court.

"We thought what we put in was fair to all students, not just black students," he said.

Officers closed the second part of the meeting to the press. Caucus Vice President Tara Webb said members wished to privately discuss a matter sensitive to the black community. She said she could not comment further on the matter.

"It's not something that's ready to be publicized," she said.