The Government of the Student Body will continue discussing the Varsity Theater bill, but passed an amendment changing $75,000, which is earmarked for the continued operation of the Cyclone Cinema for the 2011 fiscal year, to $60,000 because estimations have changed.

Greta Johnson, the student representative on the Iowa Board of Regents, spoke at Wednesday’s GSB meeting.

Johnson gave the GSB an update on what to expect at Thursday’s regents meeting.

“We will be voting on the proposed 6 percent tuition increase for in-state students, and four percent increase for out-of-state students,” Johnson said.

Johnson told the Senate of rumors circulating that are about students possibly getting back their $100 surcharge, after the state granted an unexpected $31 million back to education funds, and asked for its opinion on the subject.

Senator Anthony Maly said “I’m kind of torn, we’ve already been charged for it and our financial aid has already went through … if we get it back now it would be like a fun tax return.”

Senator Michael Heilman said giving back the surcharge could be a mistake. “I don’t think we should credit back the surcharge, there could be substantial debt issues next year, or other areas of campus that could use the money,” Heilman said.

Representatives from the Student Activities Center came to the meeting to discuss modernizing the events authorization account.

The request was for $35,000 to build a new program which would switch the events authorization process from a paper process to online, and was passed by the Senate.

Some benefits of an online program would include electronic approvals from advisors and officers, students would have the ability to track events throughout the authorization process and would allow advertising on the public Web site for events.

The cost comes from 575 hours of development at $60 an hour.

Connect, an on-campus Christian organization, received its requested $2,115 from the GSB to hold its annual Gospel Extravaganza in Stephens Auditorium.

The group has been hosting the event for four years, and had an attendance between 250 and 400 people last year, said Maria Joseph, president of Connect.

Joseph said the group is taking advantage of advertising possibilities this year, and is expecting a large turnout.

The group was able to fundraise $3,500 and raised $305 itself.

The event will be free and open to everyone in the community.

Ratifying the ISU Synchronized Skating Club’s debt contract was tabled as no one from the club attended the meeting.