IUSA

The Indiana University Student Association (IUSA) is the undergraduate student body government at Indiana University Bloomington in Bloomington, Indiana. IUSA consists of the following three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial. In addition to these three main branches, IUSA is also responsible for the Assisted Inter-Organization Development Funding Board, also known as IUSA AID Funding Board. The IUSA Funding Board allocates funds for student programming and initiatives.

"At its core, IUSA is a congregation of Indiana University students that work to protect student rights, enrich student life, and improve Indiana University. Students join together to voice common concerns, hopes, grievances, and most importantly, to take action to realize an even stronger University."

Historically, this student group's leaders and the campus generally was very active in the late 1960s and 1970s against the Vietnam War and for progressive causes, according to the IU Alumni Magazine.

IUSA has led the fight for campus daycare, more liberal rules for students, and against tuition increases. In 1996, IUSA passed a resolution chastising former U.S. Rep. John Hostettler, who represented Bloomington at the time, for wanting to abolish the popular Federal Direct Student Loan Program.

Indiana University has a long history of student government. In 1912, the first the university's first Student Council was appointed. In 1944, after a period of disinterest, the "Student Council" was recreated. In 1948, the Student Council was renamed the "Student Senate," and, then, in 1967 it was renamed the "Student Government." Between 1974-75, the Student Government was given the name it holds today, the "Indiana University Student Association."

The IUSA executive branch will have all powers necessary and proper to fulfill their duties and the mandates of the IUSA Congress.

After review by the IUSA Supreme Court, the Amplify for IUSA ticket was disqualified for discrepancies and violations of the Election Code. The decision was very heavily split, but INtouch for IUSA was chosen to take over although it did not receive the majority of votes.

The IUSA Legislative Branch consists of the IUSA Congress. The Congress has sixty-two seats, with half of the seats reserved for Academic Representatives drawn from each degree granting unit of IU and the other half reserved for Residential Senators drawn from each of the residence halls, off-campus students, the Greek community, and Family Student Housing.

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