Wharton junior Nick Greif was elected chairman.

Members of the UA remain divided about the alleged confrontation between outgoing Chairman Alec Webley and newly elected Speaker G.J. Melendez-Torres.

Over the past few weeks, students have asked the Social Planning and Events Committee and the University Special Events Committee to revise selection criteria for future Spring Fling performers.

The Council, comprised of directly elected students from Temple, Drexel and LaSalle Universities, among other schools, was created by a consortium of Philadelphia-based student leaders to address issues of common interest.

Writer and director Troy Duffy, producer Chris Brinker and actor David Della Rocco from cult series The Boondock Saints will speak to the Penn community as Social Planning and Events Committee Film Committee’s keynote speakers this Friday.

The body eliminated the Ivy Council's funding from the budget and voted against the Social Planning and Events Committee’s amendment calling for a $15,000 increase in contingency.

Wharton and Engineering sophomore Justin Warner has been removed from the Undergraduate Assembly due to “excessive meeting absences,” according to a statement by UA Chairman Alec Webley, a College junior.

On Sunday, College junior Ali Huberlie was elected the new chairwoman of the Student Activities Council.

The Nominations and Elections Committee released the packets Monday for students interested in running for the Undergraduate Assembly, Class Boards, UA president and UA vice president.

At the Undergraduate Assembly’s meeting Sunday night, members of the body, the Budget Committee and student groups came together for the “very first ever budget hearing,” according to College junior and UA Chairman Alec Webley.

The Undergraduate Assembly released its annual budget recommendations on Sunday, which included cuts to various groups.

In a marked break from tradition, the Social Planning and Events Concerts Committee will announce the first of three Spring Fling performers Monday by way of a scavenger hunt.

The Social Planning and Events Committee chose “Some Flings Do Come True” as its theme for Spring Fling 2010, which will take place April 16-17.

At the UA’s weekly meeting on Sunday, the body discussed Penn’s 898-RIDE escort system, potential changes in the school year calendar, the Columbus Boulevard Shuttle project, the departure of two UA members and the annual Budget Recommendations.

Overall, the UA has seen a 3.76 percent budget increase due to funding gains from the Board of Trustees, according to UA Chairman Alec Webley, a College junior.

Lucia Xiong stepped down on Saturday because of time conflicts, and Manya-Jean Gitter was “removed” and “chose not to contest her removal,” UA Chairman Alec Webley said.

At the UA’s weekly meeting, the agenda included the passage of the Upgrading Academic Testing Environment Resolution, the acceptance of the Lunar New Year’s Contingency request, a discussion of the NEC’s budget and a project update for texting and e-mailing the UA.