The Undergraduate Student Government Senate effectively lifted its censor of USG President Justin Zartman last night.

Two weeks ago, the senate voted to censure Zartman by censoring him from speaking on behalf of the student body about University Park Allocation Committee issues. Zartman's censor will be lifted if he agrees to support a revised proposal to reform UPAC, which was approved by the senate last night. Zartman met with several senators last week to discuss the proposal.

Town Sen. Rob Michaels, who asked for the censor two weeks ago, said it was time to remove it so progress could be made on UPAC reform. He said he imposed it because he heard Zartman was going to veto any proposals to reform UPAC.

"I don't think the censor was good for senate," Michaels said. "If the president is willing to sign this, it deserves go to through."

Zartman could not attend the meeting because it started an hour earlier than normal and he was helping with yesterday's elections. After the meeting, Zartman said he had not seen the proposal in its final stage, but if it had not changed since the meeting last week, he would sign it.

He said he was glad he and the other senators were able to reach a compromise to allow for the censor to be lifted.

"I don't think it should have been in place at all," Zartman said. "I'm glad we worked something out."

The original plan focused on large allocations, making UPAC more open to students, and relaxing its guidelines on how groups have to apply for funding. Town Sen. Jason Covener said the compromised plan will not look at large allocations, for now.

The best thing for senate to do is to put it on the back burner, Covener said.

Senate endorsed the new proposal on behalf of the student body and will continue to ask for student input on the issue, according to the resolution. A final proposal will be submitted to UPAC early next semester.

Monday night, USG Academic Assembly attempted to reverse the censor by passing legislation authorizing Zartman to speak for assembly and its constituents. But the assembly does not have the constitutional power to revoke the censor because the USG Constitution only gives the senate that power.

Academic Assembly President Loren Filson said yesterday that assembly never intended to remove the censor and only was encouraging the senate to do so.

She added that assembly should be consulted regarding UPAC reform, because UPAC allocates money for causes that improve the educational climate at Penn State.

Senate President Sean Clark said Monday that UPAC also gives money to enhance student life and the out-of-class experience, which is a social issue. UPAC is "a senate issue far more than it could ever be an academic issue," Clark said.

In regards to assembly not being consulted on the censor of Zartman, Clark said last night that the USG constitution gives that right solely to the senate.

Filson spoke to the senate last night about UPAC reform, saying she expected senators to come to assembly to answer any questions and ask for input from the members.

"I expect that you will include soliciting the input of Academic Assembly," Filson said, "so that way there is no miscommunication."