The Illinois Student Senate held its weekly meeting last night despite inclement weather and the closure of the University.

As ISS officers and members of various committees gave their weekly reports, Student Body President Ryan Ruzic, senior in LAS, informed delegates that the Student Disciplinary Committee has officially made a ruling with regard to Unofficial St. Patrick’s Day.

As per a suggestion made by Chancellor Richard Herman, the committee voted that any student caught disrupting class on Unofficial will be subject to possible dismissal from the University. Ruzic made it clear that student members of the committee had voted against the measure only to be overruled by the faculty majority.

“I’m hoping that the Chancellor will choose to inform students about this punishment,” Ruzic said. “If you have any friends who are planning on disrupting class on Unofficial, you might want to warn them not to.”

A resolution supporting student government at Penn State and a referendum to instate new student fees were also brought to a vote.

The Penn State resolution offers support to members of that University’s recently dissolved student government, who feel that their body was dissolved and replaced unfairly. Problems involving the constitution, recent elections and questionable moves by Penn State administrators raised eyebrows among other student governments in the Big Ten.

All in-conference schools have been asked to pass a resolution decrying the new student government and recognizing the old as the legitimate voice of the student body.

“We felt that the way in which they were dissolved was unfair,” said Ariel Avila, senior in Business and ISS vice president. “This (resolution) urges the administration to help the two competing student governments find a fair way to resolve this.”

The resolution passed unanimously after very little debate.

Next, senators considered a measure to instate a $5-per-semester student fee that would be used to fund sustainable building, green energy practices and campus engagement on sustainability issues.

The resolution passed by a majority of approximately two-thirds.