The Undergraduate Senate will meet tonight to approve the appointment of program and service directors, despite some uncertainty concerning the legality of the proceedings.

The Associated Students constitution states that appointments for program and service directors must be approved by a simple major-ity vote of both the Senate and the Graduate and Professional Student Council.

However, the split between ASUA and GPSC could cause problems in the approval process, according to ASUA Adviser Jim Drnek.

"They need to sign the separation agreement before anything is official," Drnek said.

ASUA President Rhonda Wilson said that because of the impending separation, she does not think GPSC will want to be involved in the approval process.

Wilson said she and GPSC President Alex Sugiyama have agreed that until an agreement is signed, the GPSC will defer their right to vote on matters concerning ASUA programs and services.

But Drnek said he is still uncertain whether ASUA has the legal authority to give final approval for directors without approval from the GPSC.

"Because of the split, we don't know what is going on around here a lot of the time," he said.

Sugiyama said the council is not interested in their right to vote.

"GPSC has left and is leaving ASUA," he said.

Drnek said if there is any conflict about the constitutionality of the approvals, the matter will be addressed by the ASUA Supreme Court.

Reporter Tom Collins contributed to this report.

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