The University Park Undergraduate Association (UPUA) unanimously accepted the terms of the proposed student government merger at its meeting last night.

Mike Anderson, division of undergraduate students representative, said the argument between UPUA and the Undergraduate Student Government (USG) over the state of student government had only led to "confusion and apathy" on the part of the student body. He also said that the things USG requested were not "out of line" with UPUA's goals.

"We believe that students are better represented by a unified voice," he said.

Pat Gordon, an at-large UPUA representative, agreed with Anderson.

"I think this is a positive step in reuniting Penn State," he said.

The resolution to formally accept the merger also mandated that the UPUA constitution be modified in order for students to "be involved in governance of this University" and to add more checks and balances to UPUA's structure.

Ralph Crivello, constitutional review committee chairman, said the committee had already prepared a new draft of the constitution, which took into account these directives. The internal development committee will also meet throughout the week to further discuss changes to the UPUA constitution.

If USG agrees that UPUA has made sufficient constitutional revisions to meet the merger requirements, UPUA will be entitled to USG's remaining assets, estimated at a value of $25,000.

One thing UPUA was not able to do, for the third meeting in a row, was make several amendments to the election code that were requested by the election commission. Amendments to the election code require approval of two-thirds of UPUA's members, but two-thirds of members have not shown up to the meetings in the last few weeks.

Shawn Gordon, deputy commissioner for candidacy, said the commission was "able to accommodate the lack of the amendments," but some of them had fallen by the wayside because of the wait. For example, students who are currently studying abroad will not be able to be elected this spring to serve in UPUA next year.

"It's disappointing that the organization is not under pressure to make the changes," he said.

Jay Chamberlin, UPUA president, said the association had done "everything below kicking a person out" in order to improve attendance. Revoking someone's membership would reduce the number of people the association needed present to amend the election code, but Chamberlin said UPUA needs a three-fourths vote to kick members out, so that would not be a viable option.