If SIUC does sign a contract, half of the money to USSA will come back to SIUC in the form of a part-time USSA coordinator. The coordinator would be present on the SIUC campus, Sherman said.

The USG and USSA executive staffs would choose the person. We would come up with a job description that would help SIUC coordinate different events, Sherman said.

Besides looking into USSA, USG also lobbied for financial aid in the face of what Sherman called the most drastic cuts in financial aid history.

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As part of their lobbying effort, USG took an affordability study made by Pamela Britton, financial aid director, to the representatives. The affordability packet was designed to show representatives how important financial aid is to SIUC students.

The representatives were very impressed with the packet, Clemens said. I got the impression they were going to use it in their lobbying efforts.

David Carle, press secretary for Sen. Paul Simon (D-Ill), said the packet may be useful in lobbying other members of Congress when the fight for financial aid gets under way in the committees.