A change to Government of the Student Body bylaws that was intended to clarify existing bylaws has only clouded them even more, critics said.

The new bylaws, passed Wednesday, specify whether a group’s focus is considered curriculum-based or pre-professional.

Under the changes, groups are considered pre-professional or curricululm-based if their adviser, mission or intent of activities are inter-related with an academic department or occupational field.

If the group is focused primarily on development of skills, access and experience needed for a career, internship, scholarship or degree status, the group would be seen as pre-professional or curriculum-based.

Pre-professional or curriculum-based groups do not get funding under GSB bylaws.

GSB president Sophia Magill said she has received feedback from different groups asking her to veto the bill.

Magill said she will make a decision on the bill Monday.

Jason Stanek, GSB graduate senator, said he agrees the existing bylaws needed to be clarified, but does not think the proposed changes are the way to do it.

“Anybody who looks at the bylaws outside of GSB will think that they are very ambiguous,” he said.

He said it was suspicious that these bylaws would come at a time when the budget was already tight.

“Although they intended to clarify the bylaws, it has become very broad and can mean basically anything,” he said.

Stanek said if a club gives its members the necessary skills to become a professional in that field, it could be classified as pre-professional.

Jacob Larson, off-campus senator, said he thought the new bylaws made it less vague.

“There is still ambiguity, but there will always be ambiguity no matter what we do,” he said.

Larson said the people who are upset with the bill are looking at the worst-case scenario. The bill was planned during a several-month period, he said. “The institutional knowledge of this year’s senate is vastly greater than what is going to be there next year,” he said, referring to the lack of returning senators.

Sue Haug, professor and chairwoman of music, said she is concerned with the vague language used.

“I think it’s being done hastily and they need to stop and think about it,” she said.

Keith Dahlby, business manager for the ISU Ballroom Dance Company, said although he thinks the senate has an idea of what it means now, in the future, the bylaws could be interpreted by GSB in ways not intended.