The wandering Student Government Association meeting was held on the third floor of Swenson Hall Monday night. It was a small and intimate gathering, with only five of the seven senators in attendance.

The special elections for the empty Senate seats will be held on Monday October 3 and Tuesday October 4 from 10 to 2. You will be able to cast your ballot in any of four locations; the Yellowjacket Union Plaza (if the weather is nice, or in the Shippar Atrium if the weather is poor), at Swenson Hall, in Holden Fine Arts Building, and at Markovich Wellness Center. An extra effort is being made to get as many students to vote because of the number of seats that are open.

Dr. Stephen Rosenberg, representing the Faculty Senate, spoke at some length about a measure that had just been passed by the Undergraduate Affairs council, changing the way grade point averages are computed. Grade point averages have been computed to three places past the decimal point, and then rounded up. The new system will truncate the GPA after the third place. An example given was that grades of B+ and two D+'s, resulting in a GPA of 1.9996 would have been rounded up to 2.0, a score good enough to graduate or participate in many activities. Under the new system, this grade would be a C-.  The old method of computing grades is the system used by 70% of the University of Wisconsin system. The measure still must be approved by Chancellor Wachter before it can be put into effect.

Ann Miller, Assistant Dean of  Students, had a few more details on the new student identification cards that are compliant for the new voter ID laws. The voter ID will be offered for no charge if you turn in your current ID when you get it. Also, the ID's are only good for two years, again to be compliant with the new laws.