Senate members of the Undergraduate Student Government (USG) nostalgically passed their last piece of legislation at the final meeting last night. New senate members will take up their positions after today's election.
Though there were barely enough senators present to hold a meeting, USG passed legislation rescinding the $15 fee to replace student's unreadable identification cards.
Currently, students are required to pay a $15 fee in order to replace cards that are unreadable or depreciated.
The legislation deals specifically with cards that have become worn out, and does not deal with cards that have been lost, stolen or broken.
"It is unacceptable," said South Halls Sen. Brock Coleman. "When IDs are worn out, they can't be used."
Senators also discussed the success of last week's tuition rally, held in front of Old Main. Senate governmental relations director Vicky Cangelosi said about 180 students returned surveys distributed at the rally with good feedback.
Of the returned surveys, students reported the No. 1 thing the administration can do to cut back tuition is to sell the two university-operated airplanes and opt to fly commercially. The students also suggested fixing old buildings and allowing the university to advertise more on campus.
Cangelosi said she plans to bring a detailed summary of the survey results to Old Main and Penn State President Graham Spanier's office on Friday.
USG Senate President Andy Banducci addressed senators for the last time, advising them to participate in the elections.
"Remind everybody on everybody's buddy lists to vote," he said. "As student leaders, we want to make sure that the voter turnout is high."
Banducci also addressed USG's less-than-ideal year. "No senate is perfect, and we are never going to have a perfect government, but this is what we've got," he said.

