By Jeremy Pelzer

Student government editor

The office of the student vice president for financial affairs could be history by the end of the semester, said Student Body President Katie Cox.

Cox said she plans to work with the Student Senate’s constitutional review committee to change the position to student vice president for business affairs by the April elections.

Cox said the duties of the student vice president for financial affairs could be improved.

“I don’t necessarily feel that the duties that the position holds are as significant as the other (executive) positions,” Cox said.

The student vice president for business affairs’ job would resemble the administration’s office of the same name, Cox said. In addition to chairing the Apportionment Board, the holder of the office would also have additional duties, such as being a representative on construction boards, she said.

Tommy Brewer, the current student vice president for financial affairs, previously said “Right now, my position usually involves dealing with the Apportionment Board and not a lot beyond that. This office could do more.”

Brewer said he understood what Cox was doing.

“If she wants to mirror what the administration position looks like, I can understand that,” Brewer said.

However, Brewer said that any additional duties to his position, which comes with a tuition waiver, would be hard to maintain.

“It probably is possible for someone to (be able to) have more duties,” Brewer said. “But I personally would not be able to deal with an additional workload.”

Cox said that in order for the position to be changed, the constitutional review committee would first have to make a recommendation to the Student Senate. If the senate approved the change, the motion would go before the students in a referendum.

Cox said she plans to have the proposal before the student body by the April elections.

The move would come during the busiest part of the year for Brewer’s job: chairing the AB as budget proposals are submitted for next year.

The five fee-funded boards AB allocates money to – Sports and Recreation; “Players,” a dramatic organization; the University Board; the Student Senate; and the AB itself – all had to submit their budget proposals for next school year by today, Brewer said.

Over the next few weeks, the AB will hear presentations from each board detailing exactly where its money would go, Brewer said.

“Then we’ll sit around and decide how much money we can give them,” Brewer said.

After the AB works with each board to revise and streamline their budget, they submit the proposals to the Student Senate for approval.

The AB was supposed to meet Thursday to discuss two additional allotment requests from the UB and the Athletic Department, but account technician Sha Woodard was away on vacation.

Instead, Brewer said, the AB will hold a special meeting on Monday to consider the two requests.

The Athletic Department is asking the AB to help absorb some of the costs of buying tickets for the Ohio Valey Conference men’s basketball tournament next week.

While admission to basketball games is usually free, Brewer said that as a NCAA event, students would have to pay admission.

The Athletic Department would purchase 1,000 to 2,000 tickets and distribute them free to Eastern students, Brewer said.

The UB request would go toward Spring Fling activities, Brewer said.

No place and time has been set for the Monday meeting, he said.