The final meeting of the Government of the Student Body Senate for the 2013-14 academic year met April 23 to discuss a large array of issues, including a funding bill for the Bike Share Program, the security breach, the Financial Counseling Center, and the Veishea Task Force.

The Bike Share Program funding bill was delayed as the Senate debated its late addition to the agenda. 

GSB President Hillary Kletscher explained that putting the bill on this semester’s agenda would allow the Senate to avoid feeling “obligated” to pass funding.

“[Last semester], we had a lot of senators felt like they had to fund it,” Kletscher said. “Like they didn’t have a choice. We’re trying to do this so that you have a choice.”

Several senators expressed reservations regarding the bill, taking into consideration the last meeting of the Senate and the program’s final presentations that take place afterward. The bill failed by a vote of 14-11-1, meaning the bill will not be discussed again until the fall semester.

The final presentations for the program will be at 10 a.m. May 9 in the Campanile Room of the Memorial Union.

Chief Information Officer Jim Davis approached the Senate to discuss the recent revelations of a security breach on campus.

“The first part of February, there was a group that was scanning campus networks across the United States,” Davis said. “They installed software that generated bitcoins. They were looking for a number of servers they could pull together to have enough computational power to generate these bitcoins.”

Davis explained that the server breached had old class lists, which contained Social Security numbers. Social Security numbers were the common logins before university IDs were introduced in 2005.

Davis said that the university had hired a company to set up a call center to address concerns, contact affected students and provide credit monitoring.

Keith Bystrom, associate legal counsel for Iowa State, approached the Senate to discuss proposed changes to the student disciplinary regulations. This is the third time in the past six years that Bystrom has addressed GSB.

“This is mainly because the United States Department of Education keeps issuing new regulations as to how we have to address student disciplinary issues,” Bystrom said. “Under the Violence Against Women Act and the Clery Act, there are changes and additions that we need to clarify.”

There was also an update to the closing Financial Counseling Center from Senior Vice President of Student Affairs Tom Hill. Hill presented his plan for the Office of Student Affairs, whose primary focus will be on student loan debt.

“The latest data indicates that the number of students graduating with debt and the average debt are decreasing,” Hill said. “This will be an attempt to continue that trend.”

Another highlight of the meeting was Kletscher’s address regarding the Veishea Task Force, which plans to meet for the first time April 24 and is open to the public. There will also be an Open Forum from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union for all students to address their concerns to the task force April 25.

“Some of the questions we may pose will be about the future of Veishea, the purpose of Veishea and what Veishea means to students,” Kletscher said. “The goal is to get input from the students.”

For questions or comments for the task force, you can email the group directly at [email protected] or GSB President Kletscher at [email protected]