Student Senate members had a lengthy but positive discussion at Wednesday night’s meeting.

Members made suggestions for the survey recently approved to hand out to students.

The survey will ask students about their knowledge of how their tuition and student fee money is being spent. Once enough information is gathered, senate members Isaac Sandidge and Karen Armour plan to hand out roughly 200 surveys to students next week. They hope they can get the surveys back within three weeks so they can organize an event as soon as possible.

“We’re thinking about having a ‘Show Me The Money’ type thing,” Sandidge said. “Every fee has a fee board that the money goes through.”

Student Senate Speaker Adam Martinelli presented to the senate Wednesday what the new Student Government Web site will look like. Martinelli worked with Web designer Tyler Bartholomew to update the Web site.

The Web site could not be updated and linked to eiu.edu because the password could not be provided this week. Martinelli promised next Wednesday would be the day the Web site would be completed.

In other business, “One Campus, One Community” was passed 24-0 with no abstentions. The event cost $170, mostly paying for Wal-Mart doughnuts and orange juice so volunteers meeting outside Old Main can get a snack before picking up trash in the Charleston community. The cleanup event will take place Saturday.

The senate also tabled a proposal for throwing a pizza party for President Bill Perry called “Pizza With the President” on Nov. 7 in the student recreation center.

The total cost for the pizza party will be $301.08.

Senate member Jeff Melanson also announced Wednesday night the first meeting of his Suicide Awareness Initiative will be at 8:15 p.m. today in the Bridge Lounge, following his attendance at the Apportionment Board meeting.

The Suicide Awareness Initiative Committee will be meeting with the Apportionment Board tonight to request money to pay for events and focus groups.

Currently, the committee is not a part of Student Government, Melanson said, and has no official actions yet for its approval.

The Apportionment Board meets at 7 p.m. in the Arcola-Tuscola Room of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.