The Undergraduate Student Government (USG) Senate passed legislation last night to air portions of their weekly Senate and Academic Assembly meetings on PSN-TV to increase student awareness of USG activities.

Town Sen. Chris Winn said USG-TV is designed to be one more line of communication with students.

The pilot was approved by PSN-TV last Friday.

The 22-minute show will combine the weekly Senate and Academic Assembly meetings with commentaries by senators and representatives to recap important facts, USG Public Relations Director Jacqueline Berchielli said.

This broadcast is a good way to make USG more appealing and help students know who their representatives are, she said.

"We want to make this something that Penn State students want to watch," Berchielli added.

USG President Galen Foulke and Vice President Luke Adams will provide commentary on the first broadcast Senate meeting.

Adams said he thinks people who can watch the Senate and Academic Assembly meetings from the comfort of their own home may be curious enough to turn it on.

"I think some people will watch," he said. "I want people to know we are real people, and we are not as boring as everyone thinks we are."

Winn said the first broadcast is scheduled to air in the upcoming weeks, although the time has not yet been determined.

Governmental Affairs Director Katie Streaker of Council of Commonwealth Student Governments also spoke to the Senate to introduce their new project, which is known as the Rally in the Rotunda.

"[Rally in the Rotunda] has proven to be an effective way to get legislators' attention to increase state apportions to our university," she said.

Rally in the Rotunda will be held at 1 p.m. on March 15 in Harrisburg.

The transportation has not been finalized, Streaker said, but her committee is hoping for at least 600 students to participate.

The University of Pittsburgh, as well as Temple University and Lincoln University, will also join Penn State in Harrisburg.

Among other things, the rally will feature three speakers, which will be named at a later date.

Students can then lobby their legislator to decrease the university's tuition or sit in on sessions for the House of Representatives or the Senate in the Capitol Building.

"It's a good opportunity for students to get the whole experience," Streaker said.