Erin Kennedy, a representative from Youth and Shelter Services in Ames, sought the Government of the Student Body’s opinion Wednesday night on changing Ames’ drug paraphernalia ordinance.

Kennedy said the current ordinance is out of date, and has not kept up with the change of drug culture.

The original Ames ordinance only refers to marijuana and other paraphernalia that was applicable at the time the ordinance was created. The new proposal consists of 3 pages, instead of the paragraph that it is now, Kennedy said.

The new ordinance would also allow police officers to decide whether each charge should be considered a criminal penalty, or if the offender should be given a civil fine.

Christopher Bone, senior in agricultural systems technology and agriculture senator, expressed his fear of giving more power to officers.

“My concern is in putting a lot of power into police officials hands,” Bone said. “What happens if I get pulled over for a seat belt charge, and all the sudden get a fine for the coffee filters in my back seat?”

Kennedy said unless paraphernalia is in place with residue, its not going to be considered paraphernalia.

During special orders, Torey Robinson, junior in pre-journalism and mass communication and copy chief of the Iowa State Daily, was appointed an associate justice of the supreme court.

GSB president Jon Turk, senior in political science, announced he will be traveling to Texas Tech tomorrow for the Big 12 student government association conference during his comments from the executive branch.

The GSB director of sustainability Clayton Severson, junior in biochemistry, announced that if GSB were to cut back on its paper use by passing the “Save a Tree” bill, GSB could save up to 120,000,000 joules of energy total, which could light a 60 watt light bulb for 25 days.

The bill was amended to allow the printing of 25 copies of agendas and legislation.

The meeting also allocated $3,292.94 to the ISU Robotics Club for their trip to San Francisco for the sports show BattleBots.

The Crew Club was granted their request for $20,399 from the Capital Projects Fund for a new boat and motor.

Sean Freitag, senior in computer engineering and representative of the Cyclone Ballroom, answered questions about why the Cyclone Ballroom wants to give out free classes.

The Cyclone Ballroom usually offers lessons for $5, but free is better than $5, Freitag said.

The bill asking for $3,262 was passed.

The Senate also ratified a contract with the Aids Walk for $238.92.

The Senate gave $300 to Best Buddies Club after allocating money for a summer conference, then taking it back before the conference happened.

Tom Danielson, GSB finance director and the president of Winterfest, spoke for his bill asking for $2,046 for this year’s Winterfest activities.

This will include opening an ice rink from midnight to 2 a.m. and free skates for the first 200 students to arrive.

The cost will also cover laser tag activities and lighting the event.