Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, June 02, 1993

CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS OFFICE OF THE SENATE PRESIDENT A G E N D A SENATE MEETING NO. 23-20 W E D N E S D A Y , JUNE 2, 1993 T H O M A S B E A M ENGINEERING R O O M A-107 6:00 p.m. I. CALL TO ORDER II. ROLL CALL III. APPROVAL OF SENATE MINUTES NO. 23-19 IV. ANNOUNCEMENTS V. SENATE COMMITTEE & EXECUTIVE BOARD NOMINATIONS VI. UNFINISHED BUSINESS A . Approval of Ed Marshall as the Organizations Board Director; B . Approval of a $300.00 per month stipend and a 24 credit fee waiver for the Organizations Board Director out of the 2704 (org) account starting June 1, 1993 to April 30, 1994; C. Approval of Jami Nalder as the Entertainment & Programming Director; D . Approval of $300.00 per month stipend and a 24 credit fee waiver for the Entertainment & Programming Director out of the 2705 (E&P) account starting June 1, 1993 to April 30, 1994; E. Approval of Rachel Kiecker as the Student Services Director; F. Approval of $300.00 per month stipend and a 24 credit fee waiver for the Student Services Director out of the 2706 (student services) account starting August 1, 1993 to April 30, 1994; G. Approval of, but not to exceed, $2,900.00 for a departmental computer/printer (14-inch color monitor hard drive and 3i VGA; 8 pages per minute laser-print; cable) out of the 2702 (general) account; H. Approval of Senate Bill 23-03 (Rules Bylaw) which changes Senate Bylaw 31 the Senate Rules Committee Bylaw. VIII. NEW BUSINESS A . Approval of 1992-93 CSUN Budget Line Item Transfers of $21,500.00: 1. $10,000 from 2706 Student Services Professional Salary Line; and 2. $ 5,7500 from 2705 (E&P) Operating Line; and 3. $ 5,750 from 2711 (NSA) Operating Line to be TRANSFERRED TO: UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89154/(702) 739-3477 SENATE AGENDA 23-20 p a g e two VIII. NEW BUSINESS CONT. $1,500 to 2702 (general) Student Wages Line; and $15,000 to 2703 (KUNV) Operating Line; and $5,000 to 2706 (student services ) Operating Line; (PENDING EXECUTIVE B O A R D APPROVAL ON JUNE 1, 1993) B. Approval of FY 1993-94 CSUN Budget; C. Over-ride of Presidential Veto of New Business Item D from Senate Meeting 23-19. (This was put on the agenda at the request of Senate President Benneman to give the Senate the discretion to over-ride the Presidential Veto) IX. OPEN DISCUSSION X. ADJOURNMENT POSTED IN A C C O R D A N C E WITH THE N E V A D A OPEN MEETING LAW: Moyer Student Union 1st Floor Humanities 1st Floor Beam Hall 1st Eloor Wright Hall 1st Floor Engineering 1st Floor Senate Bill No. 23-03 Submitted by Senator Rosenthal SENATE BYLAW 31 SENATE RULES COMMITTEE (Effective: March 15, 1990, revised March 30) I . MEMBERSHIP A . The Senate Rules Committee shall be composed of six (6) Senators serving in the current session of the CSUN Senate. B . Five (5) of the members will be designated as voting members and one (1) will be designated as the chairman of the committee. C . Quorum will consist of at least four (4) committee members: three (3) voting members along with the chair. [D. Members of the committee shall be appointed by the Senate President at the first official meeting of the new Senate session.] Members of the committee shall be nominated by the Rules Committee Chairman and [appointed]approved by the Senate. [ E. Upon the creation of a vacancy in the committee, the Senate President shall appoint a Senator to fill that vacancy at the Senate meeting immediately following the creation of the vacancy.] [F]E. If a charge is levied against a member of the committee he/she shall be prohibited from participating as a member of the committee during that particular investigation. This member is also prohibited from, voting in such a circumstance. [G]F. If, for any reason, a member is unable to participate in a particular case, then the [Senate President]Rules Chairman shall reserve the right to appoint an alternate for the duration of the case. I I . CHAIRMAN A . The chairman shall preside over all committee meetings. B . The chairman shall assign excused/unexcused absences to members of the committee. C . The chairman shall be empowered to vote only in the case of a tie. D . The chairman shall notify a Senator who is being investigated by the committee in order that the Senator may appear on his own behalf at the meeting when the action is being taken. E . The Committee shall nominate and approve a voting member of the committee to serve as the vice-chairman. F . The Vice-Chairman will preside over the committee only in the absence of the chairman. When acting as the chairman, the vice-chairman is granted all the rights and privileges bestowed upon the chairman. G . The vice-chairman forfeits his voting privileges when acting as the chairman of the committee. I I I . DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES A . The committee shall submit, for Senate approval, a set of rules that Senator will be required to follow for the current session of the Senate. These rules must be submitted on either the first or the second meeting of the committee. B . These rules become official upon being approved by the Senate. C . The committee will be responsible for ensuring that all Senators are complying with all rules that are approved in the above manner. D . Members of the committee [must] should report possible violations to the established rules to the committee at the next scheduled meeting after the infraction is discovered. The actions of the committee upon hearing the case for any violations include the following: bringing up charges for impeachment, referring appropriate cases to the Judicial Council or Student Conduct Board, and dismissing the case. E . Any CSUN member may report an infraction to the committee for purposes of investigation by the committee. F . A report by the committee must be given at each senate meeting. G . When discovered, the committee chair must make a motion at the next official Senate meeting, to levy charges of impeachment. University of Nevada, Las Vegas Student Government Office of the President DISTRIBUTION NOTICE TO: Executive Board Senate Members Judicial Council N O T I C E OF V E T O AS the duly-elected Student Body President of CSUN Student Government, and as the chief administrator of the government and legal head of the above-stated organization, and therefore responsible for the administration of all executive branch actions of CSUN Student Government; AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CSUN CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE V, SECTION C (3), in which I AM empowered to veto, as a whole, any Senate action, within forty-eight (48) hours of adjournment of Senate Meeting No. 23-19, held on Wednesday, May 19, 1993 at 6:00 p.m. in the Thomas Beam Engineering Room A-107 at which the following legislation was passed, to wit: VIII. NEW BUSINESS: ItemD. _A£provaJ of^ but not toexceed, $6_,682^45 to_pay_for_printin<j costs of_a_Student_Mnancial_Aid_Handbook out of_ the 2705_(E&P)_account^ SO DONE THIS 18th DAY OF MAY, 1993 JO ST CO -LAS VEGAS 4 5 0 5 SOUTH MARYLAND PARKWAY • LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 8 9 1 5 4 • ( 7 0 2 ) 7 3 9 - 3 4 7 7 • FAX ( 7 0 2 ) 5 9 7 - 4 6 0 6 Office of the President University of Nevada, Las Vegas Student Government DATE: May 25, 1993 TO: All CSUN Senators FROM: Joel S. Kostman, Student Body President RE: VETO MEMORANDUM I am writing this memorandum to you in regard to the veto that I made regarding New Business Item D, from the Senate meeting on May 19, 1993 (23-19). Originally, I voted yes on this item in the Executive Board meeting on May 5, 1993. There were two reasons for my "yes" vote. First, I felt that an amount like this one was comparable to that of a large E & P event. (As most of you are aware, our "large" E & P events this year catered to very minuscule crowds). My though was; for the same basic amount, we could touch 20,000 people. Second, I voted "yes" to enable the Senate to have input on this issue. My decision to veto was based on several matters that were brought to my attention after the Executive Board meeting in which this item was approved. Student enrollment has not dropped significantly (if at all) at UNLV. What has changed our budget however, is the number of credits that undergraduate students are enrolling for. Remember, we only get $2.45 per credit from undergraduate students when these same students take 7 or more credits. Due to this decrease in the coming fiscal year, we are faced with various budget cuts that must be made to offset our own predicaments. I can not in good faith recommend that we give another department on campus nearly $7,000.00 when we are facing budget cuts that exceed this very amount! As for the possibility of another department losing student employees, we face that 4 5 0 5 SOUTH MARYLAND PARKWAY • LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 8 9 1 5 4 • ( 7 0 2 ) 7 3 9 - 3 4 7 7 • FAX ( 7 0 2 ) 5 9 7 - 4 6 0 6 Faculty/Staff Spotlight Joanne Goodwin (History) presented a paper, T h e Policy Construction of W o m e n ' s Work," at the 24th annual meeting of the Western Association of Women Historians, held at the Stanford Sierra Camp, S o u t h LakeTahoe. Ray Rodriguez ( U N L V Student Health Educator) received the Gary Collie Memorial Award from the Citizen Committee o n Victim Rights. The award recognizes the exceptional professional contributions made in providing direct services and raising awareness for the needs and rights of crime victims. Richard Powell (ICS) recently pre-sented two papers - "Instructional Tasks and C l a s s r o om Climate: Case Studies of Second-Career Student Teachers" and " B u i l d i n g an Interdisciplinary Team Culture: Seventh Graders' Perspectives" (with Rebecca Mills, ICS) - at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. Murray Rothbard (Economics) deliv-ered a paper o n T h e Origins of the Welfare State in America" at a confer-ence o n The Welfare State, held by the M i s e s Institute of A u b u r n University at Lake Bluff, III. Leslie S a g e ' s (Physics) article "Molecu-lar G a s in Early-Type Galaxies V: NGC 4691" (co-authors Wiklind and Henkel) was published in the March issue of Astronomy and Astrophysics. Raymond Carraway (A/C S h o p ) was named Employee of the M o n t h for April 1993 by the Quality of Service/Issues Committee, formed to recognize Facilities Maintenance personnel who have performed duties above and beyond their normal responsibilities. Laura Gutierrez Spencer (Foreign Languages) wrote two articles which have been published in Nuestras Mujeres: Hispanas of New Mexico, Their Images and Their Lives, 1582-1992. The biographical sketches are of Virginia C h a c o n and Maria Gutierrez Spencer, a prominent .abor leader and a pioneer in bilingual education. Margot Colbert and Louis Kavouras (Dance Arts) presented a concert of dance works at the S u n r i s e Library Theatre. The concert, which consisted of several dances including four premieres - Colbert's "Synapse: Circuit, Short Circuit" and "Zipp the Interplanetary Traveler" and Kavouras' "Ogunquit, Maine' and "Falling Down" - represented the first of many collaborative concerts by Colbert and Kavouras in Las Vegas. Leslie Cummlngs' (Food & Beverage) article " S o l id Waste Minimization and the Foodservice Marketing Mix" recently appeared in the inaugural issue of the lournal of Restaurant and Foodservice Marketing. Felicia Campbell (English) was elected president of the Popular Culture Association. S h e took office last month at the annual meeting in New Orleans, which was attended by approximately 2,400 scholars. S h e a l s o presented a paper, "Women and Solitude," and, as editor of Popular Culture Review, partici-pated in a panel d i s c u s s i o n on publica-tion. S h e continues as executive-director of the Far West PCA, which will meet Feb. 4-6, 1994 at the Imperial Palace. Bill M o o d y (English) attended a book signing reception for his recently published book, The )azz Exiles (University of Nevada Press). The event, held earlier this month at Bookstar, featured live music and refreshments. Margaret B. H a r p ' s (Foreign Lan-guages) manuscript T h e Portrayal of Community in Rabelais's Quart Livre" has been accepted for publication by Peter L a n g Publishers. Michael Sullivan (Finance) presented a paper, "Corporate Affiliation, Firm Size, and the Structure of Corporate Owner-ship in lapan," at the Seventh Annual Small Firm Financial Research Sympo-s i um in L o n g Beach. Calif. Dennis L. S o d e n (Environmental Studies) received a contract from Nova Science Publishers for a book tentatively titled Science Policy. ~ PUNCTUATION TIP Here's a punctuation tip that's often forgotten yet easy to remember with a little help: commas a n d periods always go inside closing quotation marks. She said, " I ' d rather be watching Star Trek.' ' I ' d rather be watching Star Trek,' she said. Robert Boehm (Mechanical Engineer-ing) was the co-author of three papers presented recently at the International High Level Radioactive Waste Confer-ence: "Experimental Studies to Calibrate Unsaturated Flow M o d e l s " (with students M. Krotke, S. Thota, and X. Xu); "Determination of Water Content in Unsaturated Flow Experiments Using TDR and Capacitance" (with student X. X u and U N L V Electrical Engineering Professor R. Venkatasubramlan); and "Inference of Moisture Content in Unsaturated Media Using Ultrasonics" (with student S. Thota). $ & & & £ Personnel News For more information about the following items, including state announcements and job vacancies, call Human Resources at 895-3504. Internal job announcements for classified divisional/promotional exams are posted in all university colleges, Affirmative Action, Human Resources, and other designated areas. Detailed job descriptions can be obtained from Human Resources. Salaries reflect boifi employer-paid and employee/employer-paid retirement plans. PROFESSIONAL VACANCIES Residential Life Coordinator - Student Services; Manager of Technical Services - TeleMedia Services; Assistant Director - Student Financial Services; Computer < Programmer-Student Financial Services; Registered Nurse - Student Health Center. For details, contact the departments directly or call Affirmative Action at 895-3773. CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS OFFICE OF THE SENATE PRESIDENT MINUTES SENATE MEETING NO. 23-20 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1993 THOMAS BEAM ENGINEERING ROOM A-107 6:00 p . m . I . CALL TO ORDER SENATE PRESIDENT BENNEMAN calls the meeting to order at 6:15 p.m. I I . ROLL CALL PRESENT Senator Boixo Senator Martin Senator Pida Senator Pobst Senator Romero Senator Rosenthal Senator Siciliano Senator Smith Senator Yan ABSENT Senator Birdsell (excused) Senator Fisher (unexcused) Senator Jackson (unexcused) Senator Mangual (unexcused) Senator Nalder (excused) Senator Stephenson (unexcused) Senator Turner (unescused) Senator Vodrazka (excused) Senator Yohe (unexcused) Senate President Benneman ruled the meeting out of order because it did not meet quorum. SD Bud Benneman Senate President MM IJJl^MJA Chrisi Winkels Senate Secretary UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89154/(702) 739-3477