Some student government members feel ASMSU's Student Assembly has turned its back on the undergraduate student body.

In a meeting on Jan. 27, Student Assembly members passed a bill to officially oppose the open alcohol ban. The bill said the assembly would "use any and all means at their disposal to prevent the passing of the university's ordinance."

And on Thursday, the MSU Board of Trustees unanimously passed an ordinance banning open alcohol on campus.

College of Human Ecology Representative Jared Rapp said members who were responsible for upholding the assemblies' decision to oppose the alcohol ban did not work to the best of their abilities.

"We could have done more to prevent this ordinance from being passed," he said.

Also at the meeting, the assembly passed a bill to run advertisements in The State News to promote student attendance at the MSU Board of Trustees' Thursday meeting.

Rapp said he was upset the advertisements did not run.

"ASMSU (officials) had representatives' authorization to the spend the $4,000 for ads to promote constituency awareness," he said. "It was up to (ASMSU's) administration to make sure the bill got acted on."

Student Assembly Chairperson Andrew Schepers said there was an error with processing paper work.

"We just didn't get it together," he said. "It was not my intention to upset anyone."

Schepers said the money allocated for the ads will stay in the account and will be used as a resource to fund other events that might arise.

Schepers also said he spoke frequently with the administration concerning the alcohol ordinance.

"I tried by my utmost means to communicate effectively," he said. "I apologize if students feel that I did not do what I said."

Undergraduate University Division Representative Scott Lachman said assembly members should stand behind Schepers' actions regardless of what happened.

Lachman said the $4,000 was not worth spending on ads and it could have been spent elsewhere in the university.

"The assembly elected a chairman and we have to trust his expert judgment," he said.