The Government of the Student Body voted to support Iowa State President Martin Jischke’s pledge for an alcohol-free campus and greek system during Veishea by a vote of 28-4-2.

GSB president Rob Wiese said he was happy with the vote.

“We worked hard all summer on saving Veishea, and now it looks like it could happen,” Wiese said.

Wiese said he did not want the the senate to postpone the bill. “The senators showed some leadership and didn’t table the bill again,” he said.

Wiese said he called Jischke right after the vote on his cellular phone. He said Jischke “was pleased” with GSB for passing the resolution.

Jilene Hamill-Wilson, non-traditional, voted against the resolution. “I’ve talked to older students, I’ve talked to younger students; I don’t see anybody who will give up alcohol,” she said.

“The attitude is, ‘you can’t make me not drink,'” Hamill-Wilson said.

Hamill-Wilson said she favored a one-year moratorium in memory of Harold “Uri” Sellers, who died as a result of a stab wound at last year’s Veishea celebration.

“I’m for the moratorium with the idea that it would give Veishea council more time to plan changes,” Hamill-Wilson said.

Milton McGriff, non-traditional, said he voted against the resolution because it was “cosmetic.”

“[The pledge is] unworkable, it is cosmetic, and I think we’re just kidding ourselves,” McGriff said.

McGriff said he also supported a moratorium. “Taking a year off is more substantial than the pledge,” he said.

“I want to save Veishea,” McGriff said.

Wiese said he felt the senators who voted against the pledge did so reasonably. “They voted how they thought for their constituents,” he said.

Kathleen MacKay, dean of students, said the pledge is also intended to apply to off-campus students.

“The hope is that people even off campus will abstain or drink responsibly,” she said.

MacKay also said the university would not have jurisdiction for off-campus parties. “The arm of judicial can’t reach off campus unless it would endanger the university,” she said.

Senators voting against the resolution were Hamill-Wilson; McGriff; Lee McMillan, business and Yasmin Blackburn, off-campus.

Bryan Burkhardt, engineering, said he hoped the resolution would be taken seriously. “It’s as cosmetic as you want it to be,” he said. “Take it seriously.”

Veishea executive council, the Panhellenic council and Inter-Fraternity Council are expected to vote on the Veishea pledge today.