Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, February 15, 1990

RECEIVED CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS STUDENT COV£R«M£?JT OFOS. UWVE&SITY Of NEVADA LAS VESAS FEB 12 4 0 1 fit *SQ 'A CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS OFFICE OF THE SENATE PRESIDENT AGENDA SENATE MEETING 2 0-10 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 199 0 4:00 PM MSU 2 01 I. CALL TO ORDER. II. ROLL CALL. III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 2 0-09. IV. ANNOUNCEMENTS. V. BOARD AND COMMITTEE REPORTS. VI. EXECUTIVE BOARD NOMINATIONS. VII. UNFINISHED BUSINESS. A. NOMINATION/APPROVAL OF THE VACANT HEALTH SCIENCES SENATE SEAT. VIII.NEW BUSINESS. A. APPROVAL OF $10,000 WITH $5,000 OUT OF THE 900 ACCT. AND $5,000 OUT OF THE 9 04 ACCT. FOR OPTEL. SYSTEM. B. APPROVAL OF $698 OUT OF THE 9 01 ACCT. FOR WHEELWRITER FOR A TYPEWRITER. IX. OPEN DISCUSSION. X. ADJOURNMENT. UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89154/(702) 739-3477 CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS OFFICE OF THE SENATE PRESIDENT SUPPLEMENTAL AGEND CSUN SENATE MEETING 2 0-10 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 19 9 0 4:00 PM MSU 2 01 VI. EXECUTIVE BOARD NOMINATIONS. A. APPROVAL OF MIKE KENNEDY AS A JUSTICE OF THE JUDICIAL COUNCIL. VIII.NEW BUSINESS. C. APPROVAL OF EXECUTIVE BOARD NOMINATIONS. D. APPROVAL OF CONTRACT WITH MISTY MEMORIES FOR THE VALENTINE'S DAY DANCE AT THE RIO HOTEL FEBRUARY 10, 1990. E. APPROVAL OF $361.74 OUT OF THE 901 ACCT. FOR THE 1990 DIET PEPSI BIG WEST CONFERENCE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT. F. APPROVAL OF $4 61.94 OUT OF THE 9 01 ACCT. FOR THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF COMMUNITY BROADCASTERS. UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89154/(702) 739-3477 RECEIVED CQMSOLlMTEQ STUDENTS OWVERSITY OF HE'VABA LAS VEGAS ,FEB 20 4 i2-FH '98 CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS OFFICE OF THE SENATE PRESIDENT MINUTES SENATE MEETING 2 0-10 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 199 0 4:00 P.M. MSU 2 01 I. CALL TO ORDER: CSUN SENATE PRESIDENT GINA B. POLOVINA CALLED SENATE MEETING 20-10 TO ORDER IN MSU #201 AT 4:10 p.m. II. ROLL CALL: PRESENT: ABSENT: JORGE GONZALES KARI COZINE (UNEXCUSED) MELANIE ROSENBERG JULIA RAMSEY (EXCUSED) TRACI SMITH BUD BENNEMAN MIKE BUNIN KIM ELLIOTT JAMES SWANK ALBERT TABOLA KIM KERSHAW RODERICK COLEBROOK PAUL PRATT DAVE SPILLER NATALIE MILORO SCOTT BENNETT ROB FITZPATRICK JOHN YNIGUES ADONNA MILLER MARTIN DUPALO (LATE) DIRECTORS PRESENT: ABSENT: KAREN SPLAWN-YELL LARRY HOLMES-BUSINESS MGR. MICHELL-ENTERTAINMENT PAT TUOHY-STUDENT SERVICES JAMAL ALLEN-OSI ROB ROSENTHAL-KUNV DAN BUNIN-PUB. BOARD MIKE KENNEDY-NSA PAIGE ZIELINSKI, ELECT. BOARD UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89154/(702) 739-3477 MINUTES - SENATE MEETING 2 0-10 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1990 PAGE THREE PRESENT: LISA GRIPENTROG-ENTERTAINMENT MICHELLE BARRETTE-ENTERTAINMENT III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 2 0-09: MOTION BY SENATOR SPILLER SECONDED BY SENATOR YNIGUES MOTION CARRIED WITH 17 IN FAVOR, 0 OPPOSED, AND 1 ABSTENTION. IV. ANNOUNCEMENTS: CSUN PRESIDENT BUNIN INTRODUCED DEBRA AND STATED THAT SHE WOULD BE ABSERVING THE MEETING. CSUN SENATE PRESIDENT POLOVINA STATED THAT SHE PASSED OUT A LETTER THAT SHE RECEIVED FROM LORI WINCHELL. DAN WALL, STATED THAT THE JUDICIAL HAD A HEARING OF SENATOR PRATT VS. FRATERNITY COUNCIL. HE ALSO MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE A MEETING WITH DR. ACKERMAN. V. BOARD AND COMMITTEE REPORTS: CSUN VICE PRESIDENT ENGEL, OF APPROPRIATIONS, YIELD THE FLOOR TO SENATOR BENNEMAN TO THE REPORT. HE STATED THAT THE APPROPRIATIONS BOARD AS A WHOLE EXCEPTED THE FRATERNITY COUNCIL. HE ALSO STATED THAT ISC REFUSED THE CASE. CSUN SENATOR ROSENBURG, FOR BRANDI HOFFMAN OF SHAC, STATED THAT THIS WEEK WAS NATIONAL CONDOM WEEK. SHE ALSO STATED THAT THEY WERE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH PEOPLE NOT COMING TO THE MEETINGS. CSUN SENATOR GONZALES, STATED THAT A COMPLAINT HAS COME UP AGAINST SENATOR DUPALO. MINUTES - SENATE MEETING 2 0-10 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1990 PAGE THREE KAREN SPLAWN, OF YELLIN• REBEL, STATED THAT THE YELL WAS DOING A COLUMN ON THE ORIENTATION COMING UP SOMETIME IN JUNE. SHE ALSO STATED THAT A MEMO WAS SEND TO THE PROFESSORS TO GET A RESPONSE ON SOME ISSUES. MICHELLE BARRETTE, OF ENTERTAINMENT, STATED THAT THE VALENTINE'S DANCE WAS GOOD, BUT THE TALENT CONTEST RAN A LITTE TOO LONG. PAT TUOHY, DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SERVICES, STATED THAT THE JOB FAIR WEEK WAS A LITTE HECTIC, BUT IT WAS SUCCESSFUL. HE ALSO STATED THAT 10 APPLICATIONS FOR THE LAWYOR POSITION WAS RECEIVED AND THEY'RE CLOSE TO MAKING A CHOICE. HE ALSO MENTIONED THAT $160 WAS BROUGHT IN FROM NOTES AND $4 6 BROUGHT IN FROM THE TYPEWRITERS. JAMAL ALLEN, DIRECTOR OF OSI, STATE THAT THIS ARE GOING WELL AND THERE WILL BE TWO INTERVIEWS ON TUESDAY WITH FRATERNITY MEMBERS. HE ALSO MENTIONED THAT WE NOW HAVE A SUGGESTION BOX IN THE CSUN OFFICE. HE ALSO MENTIONED THAT THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE A LONGEST WORD CONTEST. ROB ROSENTHAL, KUNV GENERAL MANAGER, STATED THAT $1303 WAS BROUGHT IN LAST WEEK. DAN BUNIN, DIRECTOR OF THE PUBLICATIONS BOARD, STATED THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE THEIR MEETING TODAY LIKE PLANNED. HE ALSO STATED THAT SINCE THERE ISN'T GOING TO BE A YEARBOOK THEY TALKED ABOUT JUST TAKING CAP AND GOWN PICTURES AND THEY'RE GOING AHEAD WITHT THE VIDEO YEARBOOK. MIKE KENNEDY, DIRECTOR OF NSA, STATED THAT THE BOARD OF REGENCY NEEDED NOMINATIONS. PAIGE ZIELINSKI, DIRECTOR OF ELECTIONS BOARD, STATED THAT THEY HAD A CANIDATES MEETING TODAY. SHE ALSO STATED THAT THEIR GOING TO START HAVING WEEKLY MEETINGS AT 4:30 P.M. VI. EXECUTIVE BOARD NOMINATIONS: A. APPROVAL OF MIKE KENNEDY AS A JUSTICE ON THE CSUN JUDICIAL COUNCIL. MINUTES - SENATE MEETING 2 0-10 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1990 PAGE THREE VII. UNFINISHED BUSINESS: A. NOMINATION/APPROVAL OF THE VACANT HEALTH SCIENCES SENATE SEAT. 1. STACEY ALSBROOK. 2. MIKE LECAVE. 3. JASON LANDERS. MOTION TO TABLE BY SENATOR ROSENBURG. SECONDED BY SENATOR TABOLA. MOTION CARRIED WITH 17 IN FAVOR, 0 OPPOSED, AND 1 ABSTENTION. VIII.NEW BUSINESS: A. APPROVAL OF $10,000 WITH $5,000 OUT OF THE 900 ACCT. AND $5,000 OUT OF THE 904 ACCT. FOR OPTEL SYSTEM. MOTION TO APPROVE BY PRESIDENT BUNIN. SECONDED BY SENATOR BENNEMAN THERE WAS DISCUSSION MOTION CARRIED WITH 16 IN FAVOR, 0 OPPESED AND 2 ABSTENTIONS. APPROVAL OF $69 8 OUT OF THE 9 01 ACCT. FOR A WHEELWRITER TYPEWRITER. MOTION BY SENATOR ELLIOTT SECONDED BY SENATOR ROSENBURG THERE WAS DISCUSSION MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. B. MINUTES - SENATE MEETING 2 0-10 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1990 PAGE THREE C. APPROVAL OF EXECUTIVE BOARD NOMINATIONS. MOTION BY SENATOR PRATT. SECONDED BY SENATOR SPILLER. THERE WAS DISCUSSION. MOTION CARRIED WITH 14 IN FAVOR, 2 OPPOSED, AND 2 ABSTENTIONS. D. APPROVAL OF CONTRACT WITH MISTY MEMORIES FOR THE VALENTINE'S DAY DANCE AT THE RIO HOTEL FEBRUARY 10, 1990. MOTION TO APPROVE BY PRESIDENT BUNIN. SECONDED BY SENATOR SWANK MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. DAN WALL SWORE IN MIKE KENNEDY AS NEW JUSTICE. E. APPROVAL OF $361.74 OUT OF THE 901 ACCT. FOR THE 1990 DIET PEPSI BIG WEST CONFERENCE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT. MOTION BY SENATOR COLEBROOK. SECONDED BY SENATOR BUNIN THERE WAS DISCUSSION. MOTION CARRIED WITH 14 IN FAVOR, 2 OPPOSED, AND 2 ABSTENTIONS. F. APPROVAL OF $461.94 OUT OF THE 901 ACCT. FOR THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF COMMUNITY BROADCASTERS. MOTION BY SENATOR ELLIOTT. SECONDED BY SENATOR SWANK. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. MINUTES - SENATE MEETING 2 0-10 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1990 PAGE THREE IX. OPEN DISCUSSION: SENATOR DUPALO APOLOGIZED TO THE SENATORS FOR THINGS GETTING OUT OF HAND. SENATOR FITZPATRICK STATED THAT HE WAS GLAD TO APPROVE OPTEL SYSTEM FOR THE HANDICAPPED. SENATOR BENNETT STATED THAT THE VALENTINE'S DANCE TURNED OUT GOOD AND THAT HE THOUGHT THE ADVERTISING FOR PLAYBOY ON CAMPUS WAS A BAD IDEA AND MAY HURT THE COLLEGE REPUTATION. SENATOR YNIGUES STATED THAT THE VALENTINE'S DANCE WAS GOOD. HE ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE CONDOM PACKETS WERE A GOOD IDEA. SENATOR SMITH STATED THAT ON THE HANDICAP ISSUE THERE WASN'T ENOUGH INFORMATION ON IT. SENATOR COLEBROOK REMINDED SENATORS OF BSA ON SATURDAY AT 6:00 P.M. SENATOR PRATT STATED THAT THE VALENTINE'S DANCE WAS GOOD AND HE ALSO THOUGHT THAT THE PLAYBOY ADVERTISING WAS A GOOD IDEA. HE ALSO CONGRATULATED MIKE KENNEDY. SENATOR SPILLER STATED THAT THE VALENTINE'S DANCE WAS GOOD. SENATOR MILLER STATED THAT THE OPTEL SYSTEM FOR THE HANDICAPPED WAS A GOOD IDEA. SENATOR GONZALEZ STATED THAT SENATORS SHOULD STAY IN THEIR SEATS DURING THE SENATE MEETING. SENATOR MILORO CONGRATULATED MIKE KENNEDY. SENATOR BUNIN CONGRATULATED MIKE KENNEDY AND STATED THAT HE DIDN'T MEAN TO TURN THE ISSUE INTO A DEBATE. SENATOR ROSENBURG CONGRATULATED MIKE KENNEDY. SENATOR BENNEMAN STATED THAT THE MEETING DIDN'T GO AS SMOOTH AS IT SHOULD HAVE. HE ALSO STATED THAT THE OPTEL SYSTEM FOR THE HANDICAPPED WAS A GOOD IDEA. HE ALSO MENTIONED THAT HE WAS GOING TO WRITE A LETTER REGARDING THE THOMAS AND MACK CENTER PARKING ENTERANCE. MINUTES - SENATE MEETING 2 0-10 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1990 PAGE THREE SENATOR SWANK STATED THAT THE VALENTINE'S DANCE WAS GOOD AND HE ALSO STATE THAT THE OPTEL SYSTEM FOR THE HANDICAPPED WAS A GOOD IDEA. SENATOR ELLIOTT STATED THAT THE VALENTINE'S DANCE WAS GOOD. SENATOR TABOLA STATED THAT VALENTINE'S DANCE WAS GOOD AND THAT HE HAD THE CSUN VALENTINE'S DANCE SIGN AT HOME. HE ALSO STATED THAT THE OPTEL SYSTEM FOR THE HANDICAPPED WAS A GOOD IDEA, BUT HE WOULD HAVE LIKED TO SEEN SOME INFORMATION ON THIS SYSTEM. HE ALSO STATED THAT HE WAS ALSO WITH THE YELLING THAT WENT ON. SENATOR KERSHAW STATED THAT THE OPTEL SYSTEM FOR THE HANDICAPPED WAS A GOOD IDEA. SHE ALSO STATED THAT FOR THE TEACHER EXCELLANCE AWARD, THAT TAMMY FOUNTAIN IS DOING, THAT ONLY THREE NOMINATIONS HAVE BEEN TURNED IN. CSUN VICE PRESIDENT ENGEL STATED THAT SHE SUPPORTS BUD'S LETTER REGARDING THE FRATERNITY. SHE CONGRATULATED MIKE KENNEDY. SHE ALSO STATED THAT THE PLAYBOY SHOULD BE ALLOWED ON CAMPUS. CSUN PRESIDENT BUNIN THANKED THE SENATORS FOR SHOWING UP AT THE VALENTINE'S DANCE AND HE ALSO THANKED THEM FOR APPROVING THE OPTEL SYSTEM. HE APOLOGIZED FOR THE ARGUMENT THAT WENT ON. HE CONGRATULATED MIKE KENNEDY. HE ALSO MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE A DEBATE ON SATURDAY AT 6:00 P.M. IN THE BALLROOM AND ASK THE SENATORS TO PLEASE COME. CSUN SENATE PRESIDENT POLOVINA STATED THAT THE CAREER DAY WAS FUN AND PAT DID A GOOD JOB. SHE ALSO STATED THAT THE VALENTINE'S DANCE WAS FUN EVEN THOUGH THE TALENT SHOW WAS A LITTLE TOO LONG. SHE MENTIONED THAT TRACI WAS DOING A GOOD JOB AS CSUN SENATE SECRETARY. SHE MENTIONED THAT THE BSA DEBATE WAS GOOD AND TO PLEASE COME TO THE DEBATE ON SATURDAY AT 6:00 P.M. IN THE BALLROOM. MINUTES - SENATE MEETING 2 0-10 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1990 PAGE THREE V. ADJOURNMENT: CSUN SENATE PRESIDENT GINA B. POLOVINA ADJOURNED THE SENATE MEETING 20-10 IN MSU 201 AT 6:00 P.M. RESPECTFULLY PREPARED AND SUBMITTED BY: CSUN SENATE PRESIDENT