The Marquette Student Government Senate voted to authorize the spending of $25,000 from unanticipated revenue from the student activity fee at its meeting Thursday night.

"I would like to not speak in favor of this bill," said Pat Landry, a Straz Tower senator and College of Arts & Science sophomore. "It is not because I don't like what's in the bill; I would like a week to show it to my constituency."

The Senate could not delay the vote because the MUSG programming board needed to start planning for events that were allocated in the bill, according to Jon Dooley, MUSG adviser and assistant dean of student development.

"If the bill is delayed a week, it is possible that people won't be available to come to campus," Dooley said. "This bill should have been brought to your attention last week."

The Senate did not meet two weeks previous because of a conflict between its normal meeting time and the men's basketball game against Georgetown.

Tim Smith, a College of Business Administration senator and sophomore, asked if the Senate could only pass the time-sensitive allocations and wait another week for the allocations that were not time-sensitive.

The bill was passed in its entirety 25-4 with one abstention.

Some of the spending includes $11,200 going toward student organization allocations. The percentage of the budget consisting of the student activity fee will now be 35.8 percent, which is above the 33 percent minimum, said Kori Fojtik, MUSG financial vice president and a College of Business Administration junior.

The spending will also include money for an additional speaker and concert for this semester.

MUSG will allocate $2,500 to address a change in how sales taxes are charged to bring MUSG in compliance with university expectations and state law, Fojtik said.

Old and damaged chairs in the communication, financial and executive board offices in the MUSG office will be replaced at a cost of $1,500.

MUSG will also fund $1,300 for a diversity event.

"The money is going to be spent in a practical way," Sara Stellpflug, a College of Arts & Science senator and sophomore, said before the bill was passed.

The money came from an excess of funds from the student activity fee. Before the end of each school year, the MUSG budget is written for the next school year. MUSG budgets revenue from the student activity fee based on the number of students attending the next school year, according to Dooley.

"There are more students on campus this year than were budgeted for at the end of the last school year," he said.

Also at the meeting, John Connors, a College of Business Administration sophomore, resigned his Senate seat representing Schroeder Hall. He left his seat to pursue other work opportunities, according to Dek Glynn, MUSG legislative vice president and a College of Arts & Sciences senior.

Brian Henry, O'Donnell Hall senator and a College of Communication freshman, replaced Connors as chairman of the Student Organizations Committee.

Glynnis Hokenson, a Cobeen Hall senator and College of Arts & Sciences freshman, was elected to fill Connors' vacancy on the Student Organization Allocation committee.