The Residence Hall Association voted Thursday to grant two Resident Assistants’ requests for $33 for each to attend the Illinois State Residence Hall Association conference.

One of the two RAs in attendance, Chris Edwards, a Stevenson Hall RA, asked for the money to “offset the cost” of the $98 conference.

Many voters at the meeting saw a great deal of benefits in the RAs attending the Illinois State Residence Hall Association program.

The two RAs receiving RHA funds will attend the conference with eight other RAs from Eastern in hopes of gaining new programming ideas.

In other business, Alison Mormino, Student Senate housing chair, requested students’ opinions about the Apportionment Board’s proposal to forgive the remainder of a $37,000 loan granted to the University Board in 1998. The remainder of the loan totals $11,000, with another $3,000 owed for interest, which will be required to be paid back.

Mormino explained the debt resulted from the UB not being able to sell enough tickets for a poorly planned line-up of concerts.

If the AB were to forgive the UB’s debt, she stressed, the board would not miss the $11,000 it was owed.

“The Apportionment Board really has a surplus [of money] every year,” Mormino said. “So it shouldn’t be a problem.”

When she asked for a show of hands, a vast majority of students in attendance at the meeting agreed the AB should forgive UB’s debt.