Although restructuring attempts to change the Undergraduate Student Government to the Penn State Student Association (PSA) will not be completed by elections, work on a new constitution is continuing.

USG President Chris Saunders presented a final draft of the new PSA constitution at last night's USG Academic Assembly meeting.

Academic Assembly members will review the constitution this week and vote on it at next week's meeting, Saunders said. He added that it will be presented to the Legislation and Appropriations Review Committee today and maybe to the USG Senate at tonight's meeting.

Academic Assembly Vice President David Goldberg said he was not surprised that the final draft was presented at the meeting. He said he is looking over the Academic Assembly section, but does not see anything wrong with it. He added that he didn't see many changes from the assembly's current structure.

"We're going to remain the same," he said.

South Halls Senator Jitu Modi said work is continuing on the new constitution to keep the issue of restructuring alive. "We don't want people to forget about it," he said.

Modi said he is also reviewing the document and likes what he sees, but added that there are still revisions to be made.

Any revisions to the constitution have to go through Academic Assembly and senate. Such revisions must sit on the floor for a week and if they are approved, the constitution moves to the USG Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court may make additional revisions or approve it. If the Supreme Court makes other changes, the constitution is sent back to Academic Assembly and senate to go through the whole process again.

Saunders said he does not know how long the process will take, but he hopes it will be completed by the end of this semester.

"I hope that the senate and Academic Assembly both pass a constitution that they find will meet the needs of all organizations involved in restructuring and the student body and I hope they do it expeditiously," Saunders said.

He added that although he would like to see it go through soon, it is not in everyone's best interest for him to push it through quickly because the input of all organizations involved is necessary.

"This needs to be a group effort," he said.