Chancellor stalls project

Special election for USU expansion postponed until March for revision

A special election to approve an expansion project for the University Student Union has been postponed until March so the California State University Chancellor's office can review the plans.

Student Union Director Eugene Minter told the Associated Students Senate Tuesday that a gradual fee system that would spread the cost of renovations over several semesters is still being discussed. Once a system is developed, a formal presentation will be made to the Senate.

"No numbers have been finalized until the Chancellor's Office [approves] the plans," Minter told the senate.

If the election had not been delayed, the A.S.I. would have had only two weeks to publicize the details of the expansion. At least six weeks of pre-election publicity, detailing the fees and how they affect students, is needed, Minter said.

Additional space for student lounges, restaurant chains, offices and event facilities are to be creates as part of the expansion project, as well as improvements to the seismic safety of the building, according to the proposal sent to the Chancellor's Office.

In other Senate news, the appointments of three students to A.S.I. positions were approved. Andrew Wilson was approved for an associate justice position in the A.S Judiciary, David Krapf as senator from the College of Liberal Arts, and Kimberly McKinney as awards commissioner.

None of the three have been finally approved, for various reasons. Krapf needs to take both a parliamentary procedure and a Senate bylaw exam. Wilson and McKinney will officially take office when and if the minutes for Wednesday's meeting are approved at next week's meeting.

Approval of minutes is an issue the Senate is searching to solve, as a search for a new recording secretary begins. Susie Connelly, the Senate's previous recording secretary, has apparently left the position, and the approval of minutes for several meetings has been postponed until a replacement is named.

A.S. Government secretary Linda Sherwood said Connelly's leaving is a personnel matter and would not comment further.

Sherwood said that the position would soon be advertised.

"I don't want any of this in the paper," Sherwood said as she walked away from questions following the Senate meeting.