While the Undergraduate Student Government has been known this semester for coalitions, conflicts and censors, its leaders are proud of what has been accomplished this semester.

USG President Justin Zartman said he was happy with the progress that has been made on the platform issues he and Vice President Amanda Hudnall have been working on.

"If not completely done, they are right on the verge of being completed," Zartman said.

Their goal to make housing easier for students to find has been nearly met with the implementation of an online apartment guide. It can be accessed from the USG Web site, and will have pictures of the apartments posted in the future, Zartman said. He is also meeting with officials from housing to discuss how to help students who do not receive housing contracts.

The Community Education Department, headed by Director Rubina Javeri, held a retreat for student leaders at the beginning of the semester and is working with the university administration on a diversity sticker campaign and diversity audits.

Javeri said the stickers, which would be offered to downtown businesses, would give a number for students to call if they have experienced discrimination in the community. The audits would be targeted for classes classified as Diversity Focused and allow students to rate how much they learned about diversity.

Zartman and Hudnall are also looking to implement a late-night shuttle running from downtown back to campus and the outlying townships. Zartman has been in discussions with Tom Gibson, assistant vice president for auxiliary and business services.

Gibson said adding extra bus service is expensive, and he has contacted his counterparts at other Big Ten schools to find out ridership and other information about their buses.

Hudnall said she would like to see a trial program before the end of their administration and implementation soon after.

"I would like to see an acceptance by the university," Hudnall said.

As for the idea of having students get Exercise and Sport Activities credits for attending recreational sports classes, Hudnall has reached a compromise with the ESACT department. She said there was a concern among faculty that there would be no way to judge if students who were left on their own to attend rec sports classes had learned anything.

A new class will be offered next semester that will combine the independence Hudnall was looking for and the instruction the faculty wanted. John Pfau, director of the ESACT program, said Introduction to Cardiovascular Health will be a 75-minute class offered for one credit. The first part of the period will be a lecture format, discussing health and fitness issues. The rest of the period will involve modules, where several rec sports classes will be offered to students to rotate through during the semester.

"I'm happy with that," Hudnall said. "We've been able to relay to them this is where ESACT is going in the future."

Pfau said the ESACT department is moving in several directions, and this class format is just one of them.

Senate President Sean Clark said it was a "contentious semester but a good semester" in the senate. The senate has been working with State College borough and attending council meetings. The senate passed a resolution in September opposing a plan to put cameras on apartment balconies, and Clark said the senate's quick response made it a non-issue by the next week. He has personally been working on a report on judicial affairs, which he plans to issue next semester.