The Undergraduate Student Government (USG) trust decided the University Park Undergraduate Association (UPUA) had not met the terms of the merger agreement between the two groups at a meeting Friday night.

As a result of that decision, the trust allocated its remaining assets, including more than $10,000, to nine different student groups.

The trust was formed to manage USG's assets after the group dissolved on Feb. 24. Before dissolving, USG mandated the trust give the assets to UPUA, but only if it met several requirements, one of which was an April 27 deadline. UPUA replaced USG as the official student voice last year.

Ralph Crivello, a member of both UPUA and the trust, said UPUA failed to meet the timeline outlined in the agreement. He said UPUA had taken a "cavalier" attitude toward the merger.

Mike Anderson, also a member of UPUA and the trust, said UPUA as a whole could not be blamed for not meeting the merger timeline, instead saying most of the blame lay with Jay Chamberlin, UPUA president. "I feel like one member acted in bad faith," he said.

Chamberlin called the deadline set by USG "arbitrary" and said UPUA did "everything in its power" to meet the requirements. "This money never even entered into my mind," he said. "It never really mattered to me at all."

While UPUA passed a new constitution that meets the merger requirements, the external board to review UPUA's constitutional amendments has not made a final decision yet.

Trust Chairman Nick Stathes said "the very process proves [UPUA has] a long way to go." He said the trust had planned to meet Thursday night, but had pushed the meeting back to Friday -- the last day a decision could be rendered -- to accommodate UPUA.

"We gave them two months to do what we asked," he said.

UPUA President-elect Hillary Lewis said she was disappointed with the decision. She said UPUA "shouldn't be punished" because of the actions of the constitutional review board.

Ultimately, the trust gave $913.90 of its cash assets to UPUA. USG's remaining contracts were transferred to the Association of Residence Hall Students (ARHS), including an estimated $2,000 pay-out from a clothing sale USG conducted earlier in the year. ARHS was given the trust's physical assets, such as cabinets, a computer, a copier and $800 of the trust's cash assets.

Groups receiving more than $1,500 from the trust included Safeguard Old State, a blog that supported USG in the past; The Lion 90.7, a student-run radio station; and The Daily Collegian. Crivello said these three groups help "foster a diversity of opinion" on campus.

Stathes said the trust gave money to "organizations that would continue to press for issues USG pressed for," including increased decision-making power for students.