IUSA passes bill seeking arrow at busy intersection

The IU Student Association closed the semester passing several key resolutions at its meeting Thursday.\nWith a vote of 31-0-0, the group passed a bill recommending a turning arrow be placed at the 10th Street and Fee Lane intersection, an idea brought up at the Nov. 30 meeting.\n"It's a good bill. I would like to see something get started," said senior Dustin Sulak, IUSA's Health, Physical Education and Recreation representative.\nSome IUSA members expressed concern the bill will only have a minimal impact, but said passing the resolution is a step toward working to relieve the congestion on 10th Street.\nThe congress also discussed a resolution to cut Commitment to Assisted Student Initiatives funding from 90 percent to 75 percent. CASI funding, which comes out of the Student Organization Fund, provides money to groups for special events. If the bill is enacted IUSA will fund student group initiatives up to 75 percent, a 15 percent reduction from current funding regulations.\n"I'm strongly in support of this bill," said University Division Representative Meredith Crain, a sophomore and member of the CASI funding board.\nA new congressman was appointed at the meeting. The Chief Justice swore in junior Marisa Zoller.\nPresident Meredith Suffron , a senior, asked the Congress for feedback on the bus plan situation. The Universal transportation plan was first proposed by IUSA last year and the trustees approved the plan in 1999, but the University is still looking to rework the original plan.\nSuffron, along with other student leaders, administrators and professional consultants, are all a part of the bus plan implantation committee that is working toward creating a new plan for IU.\nSuffron said several different plans being discussed, including scrapping the whole bus plan, adding more services and keeping everything the same.\n"I don't like the whole idea. I think it creates another monopoly on campus," said junior Ben Piper, a junior and director of IUSA's Legislative Relations Office.\nCongress members had a variety of opinions, which Suffron said she would bring back to the Committee.