Government of the Student Body President and senior in political science Emily Jensen threw a good-natured jab at the University of Iowa on Wednesday night.

Representatives from both the University of Iowa and the University of Northern Iowa were present at the weekly GSB meeting. The representatives were in Ames to attend the Iowa Board of Regents meeting, which also took place Wednesday.

After Peter McElligott, student body president of the University of Iowa, joked that he did all the work among the three, Jensen fired back.

“Well, we all know about students from [the University of] Iowa,” Jensen said.

Amid the laughter of the ISU senators, McElligott asked, “Which way downtown?”

The Senate also addressed more serious issues, including the mysterious resignation of Senator Charles Wakefield, senior in computer engineering.

Wakefield apparently turned in his resignation to Senate Speaker Jonathan Richardson, senior in chemical engineering, last Friday but withdrew it soon after.

“I resigned due to personal issues,” Wakefield said.

He said after being urged by several senators not to resign, he withdrew his resignation. Wakefield was reseated at Wednesday night’s meeting.

After Wakefield’s status was cleared up, the Senate began to attack an unusually crowded agenda. A total of 11 bills and resolutions were slated to be discussed at the meeting, despite recent concerns that the Senate was not producing enough legislation.

The first bill of the evening was passed without debate, effectively reclaiming GSB funding left over from a surplus in Political Action Week’s budget.

The excess money was directed to the GSB Student Appreciation Account.

“The account is used to fund events that must be entertaining and social, open to all students and free,” said GSB Finance Director Jason Carroll, graduate student in civil, construction and environmental engineering.

A resolution to support higher funding for Parks Library was tabled until next week’s meeting.

Senator Jonathan Mullin, graduate student in chemistry, offered one reason to support the additional funds.

“If you’ve ever viewed any of the study rooms, they’re old, and they smell funny,” he said.

The most fiery debate of the night was sparked by, appropriately, a request for money to buy fireworks.

Representatives from the Indian Students’ Association were on hand to request GSB funding for a Diwali Night celebration for Nov. 11.

They explained that Diwali, the ‘Festival of Lights,’ is similar to a New Year’s celebration. It traditionally features fireworks and candles.

The debate over funding the event continued past publication time.