Mariko Peterson, co-president of the Student Health Advisory Committee, explained to the Government of the Student Body at Wednesday night’s meeting what happened to HIV testing at the Thielen Student Heath Center.

Peterson said HIV testing isn’t something that was taken away from ISU students by the university; rather, the state of Iowa is giving it to people who need it more.

Peterson explained that Iowa is moving its resources toward high-risk areas in the state. She also told the senate which tests are still available at the health center.

During the comments from the executive branch portion of the meeting, Ames City Council liaison Paul Keppy announced that the City Council capital and regular operating budgets are finished.

Keppy mentioned that Veishea received funding, as did the Campustown Action Association.

Laura Imming, from the Synchronized Skating Club, asked the senate to ratify a debt contract with the club. Imming said she was unsure of how the group got into debt, but she thought it came from how the budget was written from last year. Imming said the group plans to raise the money to pay back GSB before the end of the year, because the group plans to disband after this year.

The group did receive the $370 it asked for to pay back the Ames/ISU Ice Arena.

The senate allocated $31,000 to the Student Activities Center to modernize the events authorization process.

Vice speaker Jacob Wilson said he didn’t believe GSB should fund the entire amount requested and that the university should help.

An amendment was eventually made to cut the $31,000 in half, but the representatives from the Student Activities Center didn’t believe they would be able to continue with the project if they didn’t receive the entire amount, and the amendment failed.

The SAE International Club asked for $6,041.28 for two trips.

The club built two cars — a formula car and an off-road car — and plans to take one to a competition in Washington and the other to a competition in California.

There was much debate among the senators after it was mentioned that the group has received money from the Engineering Student Council in the past.

The bill was ruled out of order by Vice President Chandra Peterson, but the decision was overruled with a vote.

Engineering Senator Erik Hofstad said he wasn’t concerned about the group getting funded for this particular trip from the Engineering Student Council, because no one is currently getting funding from the council.

Senator Tyler Albaugh said senators should look at the by-laws more carefully, adding that GSB doesn’t have enough money to fund groups that can get funding elsewhere.

The senate cut each suggested item by 25 percent, and the total amount allocated to the SAE International Club was just more than $4,000.

A representative from facilities planning and management asked the senate to approve a bill for $7,000 to replace campus directory maps. These maps are typically updated every two years but have not been updated since 2006.

There was a lot of debate over whether funding maps was an appropriate expenditure of student money. However, Senator Anthony Maly said not funding the maps just because the university can’t afford it right now is weak reasoning. The vote was eventually postponed for one week.

The Navy Marine Corps Drill Team received $460, a portion of what they asked for, to go to the University of Memphis National Drill Team competition.

A second read was waived on the University Museums’ Brunnier Bash bill, and the group was allocated the $1,760.50 for which they asked.