The Associated Students of Madison unanimously voted to remove its two-year term limit for representatives at its meeting Wednesday.
Representatives could not serve more than two years on ASM as the ASM Constitution stood.
But with the change, a term served during a student's first year at UW-Madison will no longer count towards the limit.
Additionally, undergraduate terms will not count towards a student's career as a graduate student, professional student or special student.
At previous meetings some ASM members expressed concern that such a change would prevent new people from becoming involved in ASM, but Vice Chair Adam Johnson does not think that will be the case.
""I have seen firsthand many good people leave ASM prematurely simply because they couldn't be on council, and I think this helps solve some of that problem while the natural check of the collection assures that everyone still has a chance,"" Johnson said.
Also at the meeting, Mudit Kackar was appointed to serve as a Student Council Representative for the School of Engineering, and Ellen Leedle was appointed to serve as a Student Council Representative for the School of Letters and Science.
Leedle said although she did not have any specific ideas in mind, she was excited to be able to speak her mind on Student Council.
""I think that not enough students on campus are involved and you don't really need to have a project in mind to be involved,"" Leedle said. ""That's kind of a misconception about this organization.""
In other business, ASM agreed to give the Wisconsin Alumni Student Board $25,000 to fund the All Campus Party scheduled for April 14-21.
The All Campus Party is a free, alcohol-alternative party that seeks to bring together UW-Madison students based on their mutual appreciation of UW, according to the event's website.
