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Show RHSA constitution Questions focus on appropriations The Resident Halls Student Association (RHSA) Constitution received final approval from Student Affairs Committee Tuesday. The Committee had some questions concerning how appropriations ap-propriations would be approved by the University, but passed the constitution anyway. The Constitution was ratified by the resident halls students Thursday, Thurs-day, with 96 percent of those voting approving the constitution. With a 60 percent turnout, the resident halls assured Student Affairs Committee that a majority of students were in favor of RHSA, although the International House had less than 50 percent turnout, due to some questions about representation. Out of power According to the Constitution, each resident hall with more than 200 residents has a vice-president of RHSA. Austin, Ballif and Van Cott have between 300-500 students, but the International House has only 55 students. They do have representation in the House of Delegates, but a small core of the international students felt left out of the power of RHSA; most of these students declined to vote on the question, so the International In-ternational House voted 21-6 for ratification. Apportionment approval was left undetermined by the Constitution. As Harris Vincent of the Dean of Students staff clarified it, official bodies of the University, such as Union Board, the Associated Students of the University of Utah (ASUU) and RHSA, must have their budgets approved by some department of the University because the University forcibly collects the money from students. Budget approval RHSA must have somebody approve its budget, but the Constitution only says, "approved by Student Affairs Committee or to whom it delegates its authority." The committee agreed to decide on whom to give the authority to before RHSA makes its budget. The likely choice will be Housing Advisory Committee. Student Affairs Committee also agreed to allow the American Independent Party's campus chapter to sell "Schmitz for President" bumper stickers and copies of "None Dare Call it Conspiracy" to help pay for political literature on campus. Ron Holt, a representative of the party, said, "We'll probably only make $10 or so." A group of independent students were allowed to ask for space in the Union to set up a booth for a petition for Snowbird to lower its student rates. Usually, only registered organizations can use rooms and space in the Union, but the Committee informally granted the request. |