Officials in the academic technology department have revised their print quota proposal after the Student Government Association passed a resolution opposing the quota on Nov. 11.

SGA President Johnathon Boles said the new proposal addresses SGA’s concerns.

Departments across campus will be affected by state budget cuts, including the Student Government Association. SGA faces budget cuts because of a state shortfall that will require the university to cut 4 percent of its budget.

Johnathon Boles, president of the Student Government Association, announced cuts to the SGA budget at the senate meeting tonight.

Boles and Administrative Vice President Reagan Gilley made the decision to cut $2,600 from the retreat budget and $1,500 from organizational aid for a total of $4,100.

Western’s community of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning and Intersex students might have a resource center again after a Student Government Association resolution passed Monday night.

University Senate members discussed campus safety and the university closing early at their meeting this afternoon.

Faculty Regent Patricia Minter said she was upset that officials told faculty the university will be closing a week early in December to cut back on energy costs.

The University Senate will meet today and is expected to discuss several new pieces of business. One is a revision to the senate charter, said Denise Gravitt, vice chair of the senate.

Students might get a break when buying textbooks, thanks to a new Textbook Subsidy Program. The Student Government Association passed a bill creating the program at Tuesday’s meeting. The program will raise money to lower the cost of textbooks at the University Bookstore, said Greensburg freshman Ronnie Santana, a senator who co-authored the bill.

A record seven pieces of legislation passed at today’s Student Government Association Meeting.

The first resolution supports direct deposit for students who work for Housing and Residence Life.

Student workers must collect their check from HRL instead of having it put directly into a bank account, said Elizabethtown senior Kendrick Bryan, author of the resolution.

Tuition payments might weigh less on minds and wallets because of the work of two Western students. Student Government Association President Johnathon Boles and Danville junior Kevin Smiley joined other students from across the state in discussing how to make college affordable at the first meeting of the Student Advisory Committee in Frankfort on Wednesday.

The amount of legislation at the Student Government Association meeting on Tuesday was the most that SGA President Johnathon Boles has seen in his four years in SGA. “Never has there been this much dedication,” Boles said. Two resolutions were up for second reading at the meeting, and nine others were presented for the first time.