Senators scrapped a resolution urging Ohio University to strike down its one-year parental notification pilot policy.

Senate President Tom Ramage said the resolution was tabled at last night's meeting because of a conference next Wednesday between senate members and OU administrators.

Ramage, along with senators Pat Shea, Todd Grandaminico and Alissa Galford, will meet with OU President Robert Glidden, Mike Sostarich, interim vice president of student affairs, Terry Hogan, interim dean of students and Richard Carpinelli, director of university judiciaries, to discuss the university's position on the policy, Ramage said.

Last year's student senate also passed a resolution urging the university not to adopt the policy. But Shea, a senator-at-large, said the new resolution was proposed so this year's senate could take its own stand against the pilot policy.

"It's important for the new senate to bring up this issue," he said. "This policy is disgusting."

Senators should seek student opinion on the pilot notification policy to determine senate's future course of action, he said.

Under the university's pilot notification policy, parents of first-year students are informed by letter following their son or daughter's first Code A offense of second Code B offense. Code A offenses include intoxication and drug trafficking, and Code B offenses include open container and underage consumption violations.

In other news, Doug Franklin, assistant dean for recreation and wellness in the College of Health and Human Services, said the indoor tennis courts received very limited use. Because of this, the Division of Campus Recreation possibly will examine lowering the court fees to make them more affordable to students.

Indoor court fees range from $13 to $15 for OU students, depending on the time of play.

Although no immediate changes to the court fees are planned, Franklin said the university would not necessarily wait until the end of the year to take action. He anticipates indoor court use to increase with colder weather.

"Right now, it's very easy to take potshots at the indoor court fees when it's 80 degrees out and sunny," he said.

Senators said the indoor court fees were too expensive and unnecessary.

"The fees shouldn't be in place, because students are already paying for recreation fees," said Mike Waterhouse, senator-at-large. "Even if it would mean raising the recreation fee, it would be better than charging students to use the tennis courts."

On the record:

n Ken Brown, residence life senator, said he is researching voice mail availability to students at other Ohio colleges and determining OU students' interest in adding the feature to campus phones.

"Ninety-five percent of the students I've talked to do want the service and wouldn't mind paying an extra fee," he said.