By
Emily Severson
Arizona Daily Wildcat
ASUA senators exerted their power for the last time Wednesday night when they passed several resolutions and shifted more internal funds to cover the club funding deficit.
One of the resolutions passed at the meeting in the Memorial Student Union's Rincon Room was for a funding request from the Dean of Student's office to provide financial assistance for ASUA Legal Services.
On average, ASUA turns away between six and 12 students daily who need legal advice, and the wait to receive legal counseling is usually between one and two weeks.
The request was to get funding for a full-time lawyer, said Sen. Matt Bailey. He said he hoped this would increase the amount of counseling students could receive.
The Associated Students Legal Services office serves more than 1,200 students annually. However, the University of Arizona provides the least amount of legal services to its student body compared to 29 peer schools.
"Hopefully, this will get the administration to see the great importance of this service and see it is an area that needs to be funded because it helps a lot of students," Bailey said.
The second resolution passed was one of Sen. Gino Duran's campaign promises. He introduced a resolution in support of the expansion of evening and night class availability.
The resolution states that the current UA classes offered on weekends and evenings are limited at best, and that the lack of evening and weekend classes may deprive non-traditional students. The resolution recommended that the administration expand the current Extended University program.
Duran said he realized it was too late to take substantive action on the expansion but he hoped next year's Senate would continue supporting non-traditional students.
Duran added that the UA was far behind Arizona State University in the amount of evening and weekend classes available. He said some of the resources the university has received through Campaign Arizona should be used to extend class availability.
In other business, the Senate voted to transfer $2,500 from the Arizona Students Association to club funding to cover the costs of the agenda.
Kappa Kappa Psi, a marching band honorary, received $575.40, and Sigma Alpha, an agricultural sorority, received $408.50 to attend its national conference. Also, the American Institute of Architecture Students received $389 to attend its national conference.
The Ballroom Dance Club received $171.90 for a competition, and the nUAnce Vocal Jazz Ensemble received $1,720 for a tour. Primus, a freshman honorary, received $88.60 for a club banner.
