The Inter-Residence Hall Association heard two Veishea resolutions and debated allotting money to a committee that is investigating the Department of Residence at its meeting last Thursday.

The first Veishea resolution said the residence hall students have already signed the Veishea pledge by signing their terms and conditions. A clause in the terms and conditions states that campus will be dry during Veishea weekend.

“All this says is that we’ve already taken the Veishea pledge,” said Director of Finance Kyle Jacobsen.

During questions of intent, Bill Wychulis, Towers Residence Association at-large, said the resolution says IRHA will not take a formal pledge for Veishea.

Wychulis said he had not spoken with President Martin Jischke about his reaction to such a resolution.

However, IRHA Advisor Ginger Olson, speaking on behalf of Department of Residence officials, said simply signing the terms and conditions is not enough.

“That statement [in the terms and conditions] depends on there being a Veishea,” she said. “There has to be a pledge to have Veishea.”

Jischke will speak to IRHA concerning Veishea issues at a special meeting Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the Wallace-Wilson Commons.

The second resolution, titled “Keeping Veishea Alive,” says IRHA will sign the Veishea pledge because the option of dry Veishea is better than no Veishea or a Veishea without use of the campus.

Also at the meeting, TRA President Brian Cameron moved to rescind funding to the Government of the Student Body Senate/IRHA Special Committee on the Department of Residence.

IRHA passed a bill on Oct. 21 to allocate $1,000 to the committee for investigating student opinion about the DOR. GSB passed a bill allocating $450 to the committee, but GSB President Matt Craft vetoed the bill.

Cameron, member of the special committee, said the veto will delay funding for several weeks.

“Right now, the committee won’t get the job done,” he said. “IRHA does all the grunt work, and we’re there for show.”

Cameron said IRHA should fund and research the investigation on its own.

Cameron’s motion met with much opposition, especially from other members of the special committee.

Jacobsen, member of the special committee, said IRHA can’t do the work itself.

“Two groups working apart on the same thing is ridiculous,” he said. “If we go out on our own, it could cost more. It’s a win-win situation for IRHA and GSB to stay together.”

President Dave Sims said he understood the frustration some members had with funding, but they weren’t obligated to be involved.

“You don’t have to be in on the committee,” he said. “Do not vote in favor of this. It is completely out of line.”

The motion failed with a vote of 7-13-4.