Undergraduate Student Government (USG) will have to vacate its office tomorrow, possibly to make room for administrative office space, a HUB advisory board representative said yesterday.

USG received a letter Monday from Stan Latta, director of unions and student activities, stating that the group had the remainder of the semester to relocate to a significantly smaller office space.

The group is pursuing legal consultation after being told that it will no longer have its office in the HUB a year and a half before its contract should be up for review.

"We're not lawyers," USG President Nick Stathes said. "But we've talked to some, and they said we have a good case against the university."

The space originally built for USG about five years ago is now intended to be transformed into a Student Affairs office during the summer, said Brian Ault, at-large representative on the HUB advisory board.

"The problem I have is that [Latta's] turning a large, pretty popular student office into an office for paid staff," Ault said. "That definitely does not have student interests at heart."

Stathes said USG has two lawyers in mind and will disclose its decision once one has been chosen. He said both of the lawyers are anticipating the case and will work for free.

"Not only should we have [our office space] legally," Stathes said, "we're the student government; we're one of the largest student organizations on campus."

He said just because the university no longer recognizes USG as the official student voice, students are still interested.

"It's just another typical move by the university in silencing the student voice and sneakily taking away student rights," Stathes said.

The main problem students said they have with the relocation is the reluctance and absence of Latta.

Ault said Latta has not been present in any HUB advisory meetings this semester.

Phone calls to Latta's office were not returned by deadline.

Mike Tomaselli, HUB advisory board chairman, said since Latta was preoccupied with the proposed programming board, the HUB advisory board accomplished little this semester.

"What's the point of having [the advisory board] if they don't take student input," he said.

Student groups are usually notified of their allocated space at least three weeks before the semester ends and then have an opportunity to appeal the decision.

Ault said all of this year's letters going to organizations that applied for HUB offices should be sent by the end of the week -- days before the semester comes to a close.

The meeting held annually for appeals has also been canceled.

"Because it took them so long, these student groups are suffering," Tomaselli said.

Ault said the HUB advisory board is usually responsible for deciding which groups are allocated offices, and Latta determines which space they are given, but Ault has doubts that the board's recommendations will be considered this year.

"Usually, in the past, [Latta] has listened to us verbatim," he said. "He may or may not this year."

Tomaselli said his concern is making the allocations process fair for all student groups and has requested a HUB advisory board meeting for tomorrow; he is still waiting on confirmation from Latta. Stathes is scheduled to meet with Latta tomorrow morning -- the day USG is supposed to move out and Latta's earliest available appointment this week.