By Mary Jester
Asst. Campus Editor

A resolution will be presented at PSG's meeting tonight to censure Busch Voigts, student body president, in regards to a comment he made to the Exponent.

The Exponent reported on April 6 that "Voigts later said he fully supports the University's decision to not immediately join the Worker's Rights Consortium and disagrees with Purdue Student Government's official position to support the consortium."

The censure will be made to officially admonish Voigts for his behavior, and it will appear on his record.

Maarten Rothman, a PSG senator, said in Voigts' interview with the Exponent that Voigts said this was another example of PSG jumping to conclusions. Rothman said the comment was a direct insult to the Senate. "It's not going to make PSG look effective," Rothman said.

Voigts said they don't understand that the question was a personal question. "It was my opinion. Anytime that someone asks my opinion, I'm going to give them my opinion."

Rothman said Voigts was not properly exercising his duties by making those comments. He said Voigts should have voiced his opinion to the Senate during their meeting, but didn't.

Voigts said, "My opinions were the same opinions that I expressed in the Senate meeting."

"If the question would have been what is PSG's consent on the issue, then that would have been given instead of my opinion," said Voigts.

"I think it's ironic for the fact that they're trying to pass this minutes before I'm stepping down. There's really no reason for this besides to make the papers. … All this does to me is make me look bad. It's my time to step down and let the new guys take over PSG," said Voigts.

This meeting will be the final meeting for Session 26 and will begin Session 27. The new president and vice president of PSG will be sworn in. Greg Martin, PSG president pro tempore said this meeting will serve as a conclusion for the work PSG has done this year.

Martin said, "I think the Senate this year seems to be more representational of Purdue student body than it has in the past. The Purdue Student Government this year in particular has been a strong voice for the students and the University."

Voigts said, "Looking back over this past year it's just been amazing what PSG has accomplished beginning the recruitment manuals, safety ride, e-mail stations, free chlamydia testing."

"Jim Vaca and Pat Mondi will do an excellent job. Personally, I'm ready to step down and focus on my future endeavors. I look forward to hearing about next year's success with Jim as the president," said Voigts.

A recommendation will be made to the Senate concerning development of student housing areas off campus. Brad Windler, a PSG senator, said the recommendation involves selecting areas for students to live off campus.

There are neighborhood associations which try to keep the amount of students living in their neighborhoods at a minimum. "By setting aside areas for students to live, this eases the pressure on neighborhoods," said Windler.

Windler said it is likely that students would be more lenient towards other students in regards to noise complaints. An increase of apartments for students would also increase the competition, thereby reducing prices of rent.

Windler said he would like to see more student complexes built, but he wants them to be incorporated into the overall picture. He said the discussion now will affect how this issue is handled in 10 to 20 years.