The proposed University Park Undergraduate Association (UPUA) received about 60 percent of student votes in Tuesday's online referendum and is now being looked at by Penn State administration for official approval.

If the university recognizes UPUA as the student representation, it will replace the current Undergraduate Student Government (USG).

"I think our evidence is very clear," USG President Galen Foulke said. "I hope to present a case that students really don't feel USG represents them and that they feel UPUA will."

Foulke said he has an appointment today with Vice President of Student Affairs Vicky Triponey to begin discussing the possibility of recognizing UPUA as the student representation.

Foulke said he hopes Penn State President Graham Spanier will approve the proposal soon after.

Penn State spokesman Tysen Kendig said Spanier was aware of the situation and would consider the referendum results as well as conduct additional research.

"This would be a major step and not something taken lightly," Kendig said.

He added that Spanier and the university would review both organizations.

"I'm sure we're going to closely examine the results of the referendum," Kendig said. "Part of the process will be to check with the minority before action is taken. We need to see if there's any reason why the will of the majority should be ignored."

USG Senate President Andy Banducci said the numbers reported in Tuesday's referendum were not a sufficient account of the student body's opinion.

Banducci said the online Web site received 4,266 valid ballots -- about 10 percent of the student body -- and about 6 percent of the student body voted to support UPUA.

Banducci said this evidence is "not even close to the standards [Foulke] should have met."

He added that the results of this vote were much closer than Thursday's, which asked students if they were satisfied with the effectiveness of USG.

"It seems like students are educating themselves more," he said. "I think [Foulke] expected to win by a much larger margin."

Banducci said he was pleased with the results and will continue educating students and the administration on the options.

"I'll remain optimistic that the administration will take this in a deliberate, thorough manner," he said. "Anything less will be a disservice to the student body."

Students for Real Advocacy President Andrew Reeve said he hopes the administration will implement UPUA by the end of the month.

Students for Real Advocacy was created solely to fund and administer the referendums, but Reeve said it will remain active until UPUA is recognized by the university.

"We're going to work now to make sure it's implemented," he said.