In response to Undergraduate Student Government (USG) President Galen Foulke's University Park Undergraduate Association (UPUA) initiative and his establishment of Students for Real Advocacy, the Senate debated USG executive branch motives at last night's meeting and is in the process of creating separate referenda questions.

On Monday, Foulke announced the creation of the student group Students for Real Advocacy.

The new group is responsible for administering referenda questions regarding the restructuring of the current student government, claiming it could not be done successfully through USG.

"We believe USG is so far beyond fixing that there is no reason to fix it," USG Chief of Staff and Students for Real Advocacy President Andrew Reeve said.

Members of the Senate defended the current structure and constitution of USG.

They also argued that executive efforts should have been taken to improve USG now instead of developing an entirely new organization to eventually replace it.

Numerous senators said they felt as if the Students for Real Advocacy, many of whom are also USG executive branch members, are using the shortcomings of USG as a platform for supporting UPUA.

"[Executive members] should have been making USG better for the past two years instead of running it ineffectively to benefit [them]," Town Sen. Nick Stathes said.

Senators referred back to the USG oath of office, which states that all USG members must "preserve, protect and defend the constitution."

"Seventy percent of the oath discusses upholding the constitution," said South Halls Sen. Henry Hund. "[Adams'] and Foulke's opinions are immediate grounds for resignation."

Other members of the Senate also suggested the resignation of the involved executive officers for using their power to create referenda outside of USG.

Foulke was not present at the meeting last night.

However, USG Vice President Luke Adams said Students for Real Advocacy was created because the first referendum question was considered unconstitutional in Court.

"Every referendum has to evoke policy change in the constitution," said Adams. "Even if we wanted to, we couldn't run the first question by USG."

Last night, the Senate presented eight referenda questions -- all of which have been considered constitutional -- for students to answer when they vote in the upcoming March elections.

USG will have to act on the students' answers to those eight questions.

The Senate Vice President Alex Ibrahim said some of the questions were written with respect to the recent issues regarding restructuring of USG.

"This is the real way to make change," Ibrahim said. "These are binding decisions."

Legislation was also passed mandating Foulke to present a head elections commissioner to the Senate for consideration on Feb. 14.

"One of the best ways to make USG a worse place is for the president to not appoint a commissioner," Hund, a co-drafter of the legislation, said.