Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, August 12, 1980

A CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS 4505 Maryland Parkway Las Vegas, Nevada 89154 Telephone (702) 739-3477 AGENDA SENATE MEETING #13 August 12, 1980 Moyer Student Union Lounge 203 I. Call to Order II. Roll Call III. Approval of Minutes #12 IV. Executive Board Announcements V. Executive Board Nominations A. Organizations Board, Chairperson 1. Susana Reyes VI. Committee Reports A. Appropriations Board B. Elections Board C. Entertainment & Programming D. Publications Board E. Radio Board F. Ad Hoc Fee Investigation Committee G. Ad Hoc Transportation Committee VII. Old Business A. Philosophy Department, request for funds (from table) B. Resolution, Russian Basketball in U.S., Senator Corbett C. Re-Evaluation of USUNS dues & grant, Senator Corbett, (Discussion item) VIII. New Business A. Construction of Intramurals Office, $2,600., Senator Corbett B. Delay of Senate Meeting of August 21, 1980. IX. Open Discussion X. Adjournment MINUTES Senate Meeting It 13 August 12, 1980 Moyer Student Union Buidling Room 203 I. Call to Order The thirteenth meeting of the Consolidated Student Senate was called to order at 4:00 p.m. by the Senate President. II. Roll Call Members in Attendance Dorothy Halpin Tom Foskaris Rick Oshinski Mac Jackson Scott Karosa Kelly;Campbe11 Dale Hulen Tim McGarry-excused late Skip Kelley -excused absent Mike Taylor-unexcused absent David Martinez-excused absent Martha Boos Joe Petrizzo Derrek Yelton Ray Corbett Sandy Williams Denise Rajnovich -unexcused absent Lisa Rollins Claire Dowell Howard Reign- excused absent III. Approval of Minutes #12 There being no further additions or corrections the minutes of Senate Meeting #12 stood approved. IV. Executive Board Announcements A. Temporary Parliamentarian Senate President Burzinski announced that his Pro Tempore Senator Kelley would be late, therefore, he asked past Senate President Lorraine Alderman to be temporary parliamentarian.. There were no objections by the Senate. B. President's absence President Chanos announced that he would be out of town August 19 and 26. C. ROTC President Chanos informed the Senate of a letter sent to him by President Goodall establishing a committee to investigate the permanency of the ROTC program on the UNLV campus. Minutes-Senate Meeting if 13 August 15, 1980 Page 2 D. Minority Affairs President Chanos announced that a Minority Affairs committee is beginning to be formed. Professor Fitzgerald will help with the formation of this committee. The club will go to the Board of Regents for funding. D. Homecoming Theme President Chanos gave his view on the homecoming theme. He believes that the Roman Bachannalian theme is a good choice. Also, he urged all Senator's to support the recommendation of the Entertainment and Programming Board. F. RSgis tration Vice-President Reyes announced that CSUN will have two tables set up in the Student Union during registration. Ann Senator who wishes to work or have information distributed at the table contact Vice-President Reyes. G. Plus-Minus Vice-President Reyes announced to the Senate that she would be talking to President Goodall soon about the plus-minus grading sustem. We are hoping to receive President Goodall's support for opposing the system. H. Senate President's Announcement Senate President Burzinski announced that he would be out of town August 19-'31• Senate President Pro Tempore, Senator Kelley, will be serving in his place. He briefly mentioned the letter he sent out concerning unexcused absences, and hoped every Senator understood the policy for excused and unexcused absences. Also, he commented on the letter from Governor List concerning a Senate resolution passed. V. Executive Board Nominations A. Organizations Board, Chairman Susana Reyes Senator Hulen moved to approve Susana Reyes as Organizations Board Chairman. The motion was seconded. Much discussion took place. After much discussion Senator Karosa called for the question. The motion was seconded. The call for the question passed unanimously. The vote was taken, Susana Reyes called for a roll call vote. Dorothy Halpin-no Sandy~~Williams-no Rick Oshinski-no Lisa Rollins-no Kelly Campbell-no Claire Dowdll-no Scott Karosa-no Tom Fosarkis-yes Joe Petrizzo-no Mac Jackson-yes Derrek Yelton-no Dale Hulen-yes Ray Corbett-no Martha Boos-yes The motion failed with ten• opposed and four in favor. VI. Committee Reports A. Appropriations Board There was no report. B. Elections Board Chairman, Martha Boos, read the minutes of the Elections Board. She announced that Denise Rajnovich had been elected Vice-Chairman. She also announced that the filing dates of Senate elgciions would be September 22-26, manadatory candidates meeting September 29. Elections will be held October 15-16. Minutes-Senate Meeting f'13 August 12, 1980 Page 3 Election filing fee will be $15.00. Senator Karosa moved to approve. The motion was seconded. There being no further additions or corrections the minutes stood approved as read. C. Entertainment and Programming Board Chairman, Radford Smith, read the minutes of the Entertainment and Programming Board. He announced that each Senator had been given a film list that had been approved by the board. Also the board had chosen to remain with the Roman Bachanallian theme for homecoming. Senator Oshinski. moved to approve the minutes. The motion was seconded. Discussion took place. There being no further additions or corrections the minutes stood approved. D. Publications Board There was no report. E. Radio Board There was no report. John Nennstrom announced, however, that the sub-committees had met. Some programming ideas were discussed. It was discussed that the Radio Station would broadcast high school football games once a v/eek. Also the Radio Station will be taking a survey concerning programming. A' report was not given only suggestions. F. Ad Hoc Fee Investigation Committee President Chanos announced that he would be going before the Board of Regents August 28-29 to justify the 10% per credit fee justification. G. Ad Hoc Transportation Committee There was no report. VII7 Old Business A. Philosophy Department, request for funds (from table) Senator Foskaris moved to remove the request for funds from the table. The motion was seconded. The motion passed uanaimously. At this time Dr. Tominaga from the Philosophy Department v/as introduced and present to answer questions. The Senators asked Dr. Tominaga a number of questions. It was announced that the first collequim would be held September 9, 1980. Senator Yelton moved to appropriate up to $600 for the Philosophy Department's first speaker in their colloquium" ^with the matching funds restrictions. Discussion took place. President Chanos moved to amend the main motion to waive the matching funds restrictions,appropriate $600 excatly and to recommend the Philosophy Department pursue additional lectures through the CSUN Entertainment and Programming Board. The amendment was seconded. Discussion took place. There was a call for the question on the amendment to the main motion which passed with eleven in favor and three opposed. The amendment passed with thirteen in favor and two opposed. Discussion took place on the main motion which read as follows: To appropriate $600 to the Philosophy Department Colloquim for the first speaker in their Colloquim, Maurice Cleavlin to speak at UNLV on September 9, 1980 and to recommend they pursure additional .lectures through the CSUN Entertainment and Programming Board. The call for the question passed unanimously. The main motion passed with twelve in favor and one abstention. Senator Boos moved to adjourn for five minutes. The motion was seconded. The motion passed with 12 in favor and 3 opposed. Minutes-Senate Meeting 13 August 12, 1980 Page 4 Senate President Durzinski called the meeting back to order at 6:03. B. Resolution, Russian Basketball in U.S. Senator Corbett spoke to the Senate about his resolution. Senator Corbett feels should not mix atheltics and politics. Some other type of sanction can be used. Senator Corbett moved to approve the Resolution. The motion was seconded. Senator Boos said that CSUN should not urge the Russian team to come to the United States. Senator Hulen called for the question. The motion was seconded. The call for the question passed with 12 in favor and 3 opposed. The main motion to approve the resolution passed with 11 in favor and 4 opposed. C. Re-Evalaution of USUNS dues S grant Senator Corbett moved to table until the next Senate meeting when David Martinez USUNS President would be present. . The motion was seconded. The motion passed unanimously. Senator Hulen asked'the Executive Board to stop process on the checks concerning the dues and grant. VIII. New Business A. Construction of Intramurals Office, $2,600 Senator Corbett gave a brief presentation to the Senate concerning the Intramural office expansion. He explained that he was asking to approve $1000 out of his own budget and $1600 out of the general account. Senator Hulen moved to table the request for funds. The motion was seconded. Discussion took place. Sehator Kelley called for the Question. The motion was seconded. The call for the question passed unanimously. The vote to table the request until Senate Meeting If 14 passed unanimously. B. Delay of Senate Meeting of August 26, 1980. Senator Oshimski moved to approve delaying Senate meeting U15 to be held on August 26, 1980. The motion was seconded. The motion passed with thirteen in favor, one opposed, and one abstention. C. Committee• Reports Senator Oshinski moved that each board and committee give their minutes to the Senators. The motion was seconded. Discussion took place. It was suggested that perhaps the minutes could be placed in a central location for all the Senators to read them before thr meeting. Senator Karosa called for the question. The motion was seconded. The call for the question passed unanimously. The main motion failed with four in favor, seven opposed, and two abstentions. IX. Open Discussion Senator Burzinski informed the Senator of a Senator's table that will be in his office. This table will be for the Senator's to work at, also he is getting a phone for the table for Senator's to use. Senate President Burzinski reminded the Senator's that he will be gone for two weeks. Senator Corbett thanked the Senate for their support on his resolution. Don Dechler, a representative for wholesale vitamins, spoke to the Senate briefly.He explained that the vitamins would be sold by the Entertainment and Programming Board secretary. The vitamins being sold can help organizations raise money. Minutes Senate Meeting (}13 August 12, 1980 Page 5 Senator Campbell asked the Senate to have all information to be voted on or dicussed at the Senate meetings ,in the Senator's boxes by Monday at 3:00 p.m. President Chanos announced that he was pleased with the Philosophy Department allocation of funds. President Chanos moved to adjourn. The motion was seconded. The motion passed with twelve in favor and three opposed. Respectfully Submitted by, Respectfully Prepared by, Martin J. Durzinski CSUN Senate President Robin Starlin CSUN Secretary