Members of the South Halls Residence Association discovered last night that due to constitutional problems, their registration as a student organization has been revoked.

SHRA's constitution has been a source of contention between the residence hall government and Undergraduate Student Government Chief Justice Dennis Pollard for two years. Pollard addressed the Association of Residence Hall Students for the first time about the situation at last night's ARHS meeting.

"I've tried to get the South Halls Residence Association up to par with the other residence associations for two years," Pollard said. "I'm not going to put myself on the line again."

South Halls President Bobby Zoldos said he was not warned of the action until he received a letter from Pollard in his mailbox about 4 p.m. yesterday.

Zoldos said although he was aware the chief justice had problems with the constitution, Pollard never specified his complaints.

"I don't understand what it is that's wrong," he said. "He should circle it in red pen like a teacher does."

Although Pollard said many problems exist, Zoldos said he could think of only one -- the fact that Beaver Hall is constitutionally included in South Halls, but has been classified as a Pollock Hall dorm for about the last 10 years.

"If he tells me what's wrong, I will fix it," he said.

Pollard informed SHRA that it could no longer hold meetings or fundraisers on campus, advising it to "cease functioning immediately."

Pollard's announcement comes two weeks before the March 21 USG/ARHS elections. New area executives and representatives will be elected then, but unless SHRA submits a new constitution, the organization -- now officially defunct -- will be disbarred from the elections.

ARHS members asked for more time to revise SHRA's constitution. Pollard responded by saying that his office hours were from 2 to 2:30 p.m. yesterday, but that he would make time later in the week to meet with representatives from SHRA.

ARHS President Brien Kocher informed the council that the USG Supreme Court had requested that South Halls ARHS representatives not be permitted to vote or be included in quorum. Three representatives from each area can exercise these rights on council.

However, ARHS voted 16-0-0 to allow the two representatives from South Halls to continue to vote and be included in quorum, since they answer to the higher body of ARHS and have no vote in SHRA matters.

But Zoldos must relinquish these privileges since he is a voting member of SHRA, Kocher said.

Under Zoldos, SHRA has staffed Redifer Commons from 9 p.m. to midnight, allowing the commons to remain open 24 hours. SHRA members also planned to open a new weight room this week and were expecting to hold a fashion show Thursday night, said Zoldos, who will run for re-election if SHRA survives the semester. He did not know if the plans would follow through.

Zoldos said he plans to meet with Mel Klein, director of the Office of Unions and Student Activities, today to discuss his response to Pollard's announcement.

In other business, ARHS members debated the future of ARHS Cinemas, a fundraiser which has lost money for the organization.