After waiting all semester for a report on changing the Undergraduate Student Government (USG), the group's leaders say they want to focus mainly on implementing proposed changes in the spring.

USG Vice President Luke Adams said he and President Galen Foulke have wanted to concentrate solely on the changes since they saw a draft of the report about midway through the semester.

He added that the pair's other platforms, including incorporating small amenities on campus to improve students' experiences and making the campus a more welcoming and accepting environment, will be less of a priority so they can see the changes adopted.

The report was released with recommendations and a new constitution to Foulke on Tuesday morning.

The commission, which formed a year ago, suggested that USG be replaced by a 34-member University Park Undergraduate Association.

"That was pretty much the highlight of my semester," Foulke said Tuesday.

Adams said a series of referenda will be held by the beginning of next semester. He added that the document is not perfect, but they will "work out the kinks."

"We'll take as much feedback as we can," Adams said. "But we won't let it interfere with our timetable."

Foulke worked earlier this semester with the Envisioneers to implement Loopfinder, a tracking system to locate the Loop. However, Foulke said the Centre Area Transportation Authority decided to pick up the project instead.

The pair formed two focus groups of students to plan improvements to on-campus recreational space and to help find a new area for fields displaced by construction.

Foulke and USG Multicultural Affairs Director Ryan Bennington have also started discussions about compiling a list of values that would hold Penn State students and organizations accountable.

Bennington hopes to have the values implemented by the end of next semester.

Ace Ekhtiarzadeh, social awareness director, and Kyle Metzgar, governmental relations committee chairman, have worked for eight months with the state House education committee to give civic-minded groups a $250,000 state grant. Metzgar said the legislation, which has up to 27 sponsors, including Rep. Lynn Herman, R-Centre, should be in committee this week or next week.

Metzgar has traveled to Harrisburg twice this semester to lobby for higher state appropriations and discuss with state representatives ways to ensure higher education will not be significantly affected by cuts in spending.

Jane Richardson will replace Ekhtiarzadeh, who is graduating this semester, as social awareness director. She said she plans to hold an event that would showcase what civic-minded engagement means at Penn State.