Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, September 6, 1990

CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS OFFICE OF THE SENATE PRESIDENT AGENDA SENATE MEETING 2 0-2 4 SEPTEMBER 6, 1990 5:00 P.M. MSU 201 I. CALL TO ORDER II. ROLL CALL III. APPROVAL OF SENATE MINUTES 2 0-2 3 IV. ANNOUNCEMENTS V. BOARD, COMMITTEE, AND DIRECTOR REPORTS VI. EXECUTIVE BOARD NOMINATIONS VII. UNFINISHED BUSINESS A. APPROVAL OF THE VACANT LIBERAL ARTS SENATE SEAT 1. JEFF GEIHS 2. CRYSTAL ORTEGA 3. MIKE YOUNG 4. MICHAEL PACE B. NOMINATION/APPROVAL OF THE VACANT PERFORMING ATRS SENATE SEAT 1. TODD ESPLEND 2. KEVIN STEVENS C. NOMINATION/APPROVAL OF THE VACANT HEALTH, PHYSICAL EDUCATION SENATE SEAT D. NOMINATION/APPROVAL OF THE VACANT STUDENT DEVELOPMENT SENATE SEAT 1. WENDY FENMARK 2. PAULA DUZOWSKI E. NOMINATION/APPROVAL OF THE VACANT EDUCATION SENATE SEAT 1. MARGARET MOODY VIII. NEW BUSINESS A. APPROVAL OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD NOMINATIONS UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS. NEVADA 89154/(702) 739-3477 CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS OFFICE OF THE SENATE PRESIDENT AGENDA SENATE MEETING 2 0-2 4 PAGE 2 VIII. NEW BUSINESS B. APPROVAL OF A .50 PER HOUR WAGE INCREASE AND A 6 CREDIT FEE WAIVER INCREASE PER SEMESTER OUT OF THE 9 00 ACCOUNT FOR THE SENATE SECRETARY (NEW RATE WOULD BE $5.50 PER HOUR AND A 12 CREDIT FEE WAIVER PER SEMESTER). IX. OPEN DISCUSSION X. ADJOURNMENT /GBP UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS. NEVADA 89154/(702) 739-3477 CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS OFFICE OF THE SENATE PRESIDENT SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA SENATE MEETING 20-24 SEPTEMBER 6, 1990 5:00 P.M. MSU 201 VI. EXECUTIVE BOARD NOMINATIONS A. Approval of Alex deHondol to the Appropriations Board. VIII.NEW BUSINESS C. Approval of Mark Landwehr as Sports Editor of the YELLIN' REBEL. D. Approval of Debbie Tubbesing as Entertainment Editor of the YELLIN' REBEL. IX. OPEN DISCUSSION X. ADJOURNMENT / bjb UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS. NEVADA 89154/(702) 739-3477 6/5/90 FUNDING REQUEST TO C3UN FOR UNLV CAREER PLANNING ?< PLACEMENT CENTER CAREER LIBRARY RESOURCES HARDWARE 1 IBM PS/2 Model 30-286 Imb RAM/30mb HD computer $2112.00 1 IBM Printer Cable $25.00 1 IBM Laser printer (-for printing resumes etc.) $1400.00 1 IBM 1Mb Memory Upgrade (-for Laser Printer) $260.00 TOTAL = $3797.00 SOFTWARE 1 year licensing SIGI CAREER PLANNING PROGRAM Selected software programs for job search and job market information. $1000.00 TOTAL = $2700.00 BOOKS/REFERENCE DIRECTORIES S< VIDEO TAPES Selected employer S< career opportunity directories $700.00 Subscriptions to periodicals (vacancy listings) $200.00 Video tape programs for student viewing $100.00 TOTAL = $1000.00 TOTAL REQUESTED = $7497.00 CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS OFFICE OF THE SENATE PRESIDENT TO: Student Government Senators ^ FROM: Gina B. Polovina, Senate Presiden^S^S/ DATE: August 30, 1990 RE: Senate Attendance Policy MEMORANDUM While it remains the descretion of the Senate President to deter-mine whether an absense is to be recorded as excused or not, it has become necessary to create an actual policy stating the criteria as to attendance for senate meetings. Attendance at the senate meetings for the Senators is MANDATORY and an absence from a meeting will be deemed excused ONLY for the following reasons: (1) extreme illness (2) unforseen and uncontrollable emergencies. If it becomes necessary to miss a meeting, it is the respon-sibility of the Senator to contact the Senate President no later than 12 noon on the day of the scheduled senate meeting. Failure to do so will result in an unexcused absense. GBP/bjb UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS. NEVADA 89154/(702) 739-3477 PROGRAM GUIDE Summer/Fall 1990 University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S. 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The latest Reggae, Calypso, Soca, and Afro-Beat. Spice up your weekend with Reggae Happenings, Saturdays at 6pm. It'll make you feel Irie. ROCK AVENUE - KUNV's daily offer-ing of alternative Rock. Punk, New Wave, New Music, Post Modem, Industrial, Ska, Garage, Dance, Whatever, you'll hear it on the Rock Avenue nightly from 8pm to Midnight and from 2am to 10am. Times vary on weekends. SABADO ESPECIAL - Three hours of top notch programming in Spanish. Mu-sic, information, events listings, Sabado Especial has it all from 8-1 lam, Saturdays SECOND OPINION - Join host Erwin Knoll, editor of the Progressive magazine as he talks with leading, dissident thinkers and activists. Ecology, economy, human rights, and more are discussed Tuesday at 7pm and Wednesday at 10:30am SOUNDS OF THE CENTURY - Often overlooked, Classical music of the 20th century is presented on this program pro-duced in conjunction with UNLV's De-partment of Music. John Cage, Charles Ives, Phillip Glass, and Laurie Anderson are just some of the composers featured Tuesdays at 11am. SPORTS TALK - Not just sport's scores. Not just batting averages. But opinionated discussions and stimulating talk about sports. Fridays at 10am. SPOTLIGHT ON THE ARTS - A look at the arts on campus and around town. Includes a calendar of activities and airs Tuesdays at 10:45am. SYNTHESIS - musicalmindmeld. Can Gong Egg their Magma with a Soft Ma-chine during a Hawkwind with Henry Cow? Sundays at 10pm. THIS WAY OUT - The internationally produced and distributed lesbian and gay radio program. Provides a summary of na-tional and international news in or affect-ing the lesbian/gay community. Airs Tues-days at 7:30pm. TIME OUT FOR HEALTH! - A co-pro-duction of KUNV and UNLV's Student Health Center, this weekly fifteen minute program covers issues related to sport's medicine, dieting, stress, cancer, alcohol-ism, and more. Airs Tuesdays at 10am. VARIANCES - Vive La France! French music, culture, and information for the French speaking community. Also an ex-cellent program for French language stu-dents. Sundays, 11am. VARIEDES Y THEMAS - Latin Folk music from Central and South America. Travel to Columbia, Mexico, Peru, Cuba, Nicaragua... in Spanish, Saturdays at 11am. WOMEN'S VOICES - When was the last time you heard a woman sing. We mean really sing. That long!? Then tune in Women's Voices every Sunday at 2pm and make up for lost time. WORD UP! - Rap music, not for the week-kneed. Street-beat-funk in an industrial style Fridays at 8pm. CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS OFFICE OF THE SENATE PRESIDENT MINUTES SENATE MEETING 2 0-2 4 SEPTEMBER 6, 1990 5:00 P.M. MSU 2 01 I. CALL TO ORDER Senate President Polovina called the meeting to order at 5:03 pm. ABSENT Ed Marshall [unexcused] II. ROLL CALL PRESENT Bud Benneman Marie Bernardi Kelly Best Kim Elliott Lauren Field Rob Fitzpatrick [late] Jorge Gonzalez Kara Kelley- Michael Murphy Gary Ogren [late] Albert Tabola [late] Ken Tomory Monica Ricci Roderick Colebrook Julia Ramsey III. APPROVAL OF SENATE MINUTES 20-23 Motion to approve by Sen. Kelley. CORRECTIONS: USSA is actually UNSSA, Liberal Arts nominee's name spelled Dubowsky. Motion car-reid by voice vote. IV. ANNOUNCEMENTS VICE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE FOUNTAIN had no announcements. SENATE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE BENNEMAN stated that the Retreat is tentatively schelduled for two weeks from Saturday [September 22] and will probably be held at the Sky Mountain Ranch. He said that he is trying to contact University motor pool vehicles for the trip up. He also explained that the Retreat will be set up in two parts, 1] workshops/seminars and 2] fun/food/beverages. It will run from about 10 am to 3 pm, and we will be back in time for the football game. SENATE PRESIDENT POLOVINA stated that she wanted to reaffirm the agendas for Director meetings. She invited any interested parties to go to the Faculty Senate meeting on Tuesday, September 11th at 12:15 pm in MSU 201. She informed the Senate that Kim Kershaw resigned her Education Senate Seat. She informed those UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS. NEVADA 89154/(702) 739-3477 SENATE MINUTES 2 0-2&Y 2 IV. ANNOUNCEMENTS, CONTINUED Senate candidates in the audience that the Registrar is very busy at this time with paperwork, and that due to late registration, the grade verifications will not be done for at least two weeks. She also informed the Senate that leaving the meetings early will be treated similarly to Senate attendance, with only those "Serious and Compelling" reasons being accepted, effective at the next meeting, explaining that having to attend class is not an acceptable excuse. V. BOARD, COMMITTEE, AND DIRECTOR REPORTS LIZA GRIPENTROG spoke for Entertainment and Programming. MELANIE ROSENBER spoke for Appropriations. LARRY HOLMES was not at the meeting to speak for Business Serv-ices . RICHARD CROW spoke for the Yellin' Rebel. MIKE KENNEDY spoke for NSA. JOHN YNIGUES spoke for Publications. MIKE BARCLAY spoke for the Judicial Council. PAUL PRATT spoke for Elections. MARLO MENEZ spoke for Student Services. TRACI SMITH spoke for OSI. ROB ROSENTHAL was not at the meeting to speak for KUNV. KEN TOMORY spoke for SHC. KIM ELLIOTT had no report for By-Laws. JORGE GONZALEZ spoke for Rules. TAMMY FOUNTAIN spoke for the Organizations Board. SENATE PRESIDENT POLOVINA MOVED OUT OF THE ORDER OF THE DAY TO GO BACK TO ANNOUNCEMENTS. IV. ANNOUNCEMENTS PRESIDENT BUNIN stated that he wanted to do a rare thing: apologize to Vice President Ackerman concerning the comments from Senate Meeting 20-23. He discovered that Isabelle Emerson spoke up without any encouragement or urging of Vice President Acker-man, that it was just a coincidence that they both had the same idea at the same time. He stated that the Organization Board Policy needs some changes, concerning the separation of O-Boards between the MSU and CSUN as well as wanting to get a funding in-crease from $400.00 to $500.00. SENATE PRESIDENT POLOVINA stated that if any of the Senators have not completed new grade verification forms and information forms, to please do so. VI. EXECUTIVE BOARD NOMINATIONS A. APPROVAL OF ALEX DEHONDOL TO THE APPROPRIATIONS BOARD. SENATE MINUTES 2 0-2&Y 3 VII. UNFINISHED BUSINESS A. APPROVAL OF THE VACANT LIBERAL ARTS SENATE SEAT 1. JEFF GEIHS 2. CRYSTAL ORTEGA 3. MIKE YOUNG 4. MICHAEL PACE David Mimoun was nominated by Pres. Polovina. MIKE YOUNG SPOKE. B. NOMINATION/APPROVAL OF THE VACANT PERFORMING ATRS SENATE SEAT 1. TODD ESPLEND-nomination withdrawn by Pres. Bunin 2. KEVIN STEVENS C. NOMINATION/APPROVAL OF THE VACANT HEALTH, PHYSICAL EDUCATION SENATE SEAT Joel Kostman was nominated by Sen. Pres. Pro Tern Ben-neman. D. NOMINATION/APPROVAL OF THE VACANT STUDENT DEVELOPMENT SENATE SEAT 1. WENDY FENMARK 2. PAULA DUBOWSKY PAULA DUBOWSKY SPOKE. E. NOMINATION/APPROVAL OF THE VACANT EDUCATION SENATE SEAT 1. MARGARET MOODY THERE WERE NO NEW NOMINATIONS. VIII. NEW BUSINESS A. APPROVAL OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD NOMINATIONS Motion to approve by Sen. Pres. Pro Tem Benneman. Motion passed by voice vote. B. APPROVAL OF A .50 PER HOUR WAGE INCREASE AND A 6 CREDIT FEE WAIVER INCREASE PER SEMESTER OUT OF THE 9 00 ACCOUNT FOR THE SENATE SECRETARY (NEW RATE WOULD BE $5.50 PER HOUR AND A 12 CREDIT FEE WAIVER PER SEMESTER). Motion out of order according to By-Law 29. C. APPROVAL OF MARK LANDWEHR AS SPORTS EDITOR OF THE YELLIN' REBEL. Motion to approve by Pres. Bunin. Motion passed by voice vote. SENATE MINUTES 2 0-2&Y 4 VIII. NEW BUSINESS, CONTINUED D. APPROVAL OF DEBBIE TUBBESING AS ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR OF THE YELLIN1 REBEL. Motion to approve by Sen. Ricci. Motion carried by voice vote. POINT OF INQUIRY BY PRES. BUNIN - is the Senate waiving the elec-tions by-laws or are the old rules still in effect? PAUL PRATT RESPONDED - the old rules are still in effect. IX. OPEN DISCUSSION SEN. OGREN had no comments. SEN. FITZPATRICK had no comments. SEN. COLEBROOK stated that it was good to be back and apologized for the problem which led to the cancellation of the BSA party on Saturday night. He also invited everyone to the BSA party scheduled for Friday, September 21, at the T&M from 10pm to 2pm. SEN. BUNIN had no comments. SEN. BEST said that it is becoming a problem with the timing of the Senate meetings as some of the colleges are scheduling most of the upper division classes in direct conflict with the present time of the meetings. He asked if he has to resign his Senate Seat just to get an education. SEN. COLEBROOK stated that there is reason in what Sen. Best said, and that education is first and foremost. SEN. BUNIN stated that the Senate meeting is normally scheduled and that there cannot be limits on the time of the meetings and still the ability to get the agenda done competently and/or fairly. SEN. FIELD stated that today's meeting was inconvenient. SEN. BERNARDI said that there must be a set time, and that she had registered according to the time initially set when she was appointed. SEN. OGREN stated that his understanding is that the time of the Senate meetings was initially set due to a need generated by a person at the Yellin' Rebel and said that Friday afternoons would be better as there are no classed at that time. PRES. BUNIN stated that he agreed with both sides as both have merits, but that it must be remembered that the problem is with certain colleges scheduling classes in time frames that limit participation of the said colleges. SENATE PRESIDENT POLOVINA stated that the belief that the meet-ings were scheduled around newspaper is incorrect, that they are scheduled on Thursdays due to the tradition time of the Executive Board meetings. She stated that everyone must remember that the Senate is an elected post and that no one is forcing anyone to be a member of the Senate, and asked what the good of changing the meeting time would be, as any one person would still be unable to attend. She stated that at the point now, the Senate meetings will continue to be on Thursdays at 4:00 p.m. SENATE MINUTES 2 0-2&Y 5 IX. OPEN DISCUSSION, CONTINUED SEN BEST reiterated that the problem is with the science colleges scheduling lab courses in conflict with the Senate meetings. PRES. POLOVINA stated that the best solution at this time is for a survey of classes offered to be conducted on the time con-straints . SEN. RICCI stated that there should be leniency to leave early if there is no fear of losing quorum. PRES. POLOVINA stated that each Senator who leaves early is not doing their job and representing their colleges. SEN. BEST said that during the summer meetings, policy was that if quorum was reached, absences would be excused. PRES. POLOVINA explained that that was due to the extenuating circumstances due to summer vacation, and that the normal school year is different. PRES. BUNIN stated that the point is to find if there are certain majors that won't be represented due to time conflicts. SEN. COLEBROOK said that no matter what is said, if quorum is met, and a person has to leave, then they should be allowed to go, otherwise it is unfair. PRES. POLOVINA stated that as an elected official, it is a Senator's job to attend the whole meeting. SEN. TABOLA asked if this discussion could be finished later. SEN. FIELD stated that there was a problem with quorum because so many of the Senators were leaving the meetings. PRES. POLOVINA stated that this discussion was limited to two more speakers only. THERE WAS NO MORE DISCUSSION. SEN. MURPHY had no comments. SEN. RICCI had no comments. SEN. KELLEY thanked Mike and Paula for coming to the meeting, stating that the process to become a Senator is long, but that HE he hoped that they will make it. SEN. ELLIOTT had no comments. SEN. GONZALEZ stated that the Agenda should be clearer. He thanked Pres. Bunin for his help of debate in High School. He said that he agreed with Pres. Polovina. He stated that his com-mittee has only one member. He asked if he could get a permanent seating chart as he liked the male-female ratio. SEN. FIELD stated that the advertisement for the Elections Board is causing problems on the same subject that was so problematical last semester. She stated that she doesn't understand how it could get in the paper after last semester's problem, suggesting that maybe a retraction could be printed. She also stated that if CSUN lets anyone put things in the paper, then maybe a com-mittee should be appointed to prevent things like that from oc-curing, as this is bad. SEN. GONZALEZ stated that the Election Policy needs to be looked at, voted in, and then implemented. SEN. FIELD asked the dates for filing. PRES. POLOVINA informed Sen. Field that it is from September 4 - SENATE MINUTES 20-2®V 6 IX. OPEN DISCUSSION, CONTINUED 17th, and that the date of the election is the first consecutive Wednesday and Thursday in October. IX. OPEN DISCUSSION, CONTINUED SEN. RAMSEY stated that it is interesting to find out about SHC, and wished Sen. Tomory good luck. SEN. BERNARDI encouraged Pres. Bunin to get the issue with the MSU building squared away, and stated that checking each college's schedules is a good idea. SEN. TABOLA said 'hi' to everyone, and apologized for missing the last few meetings, and stated that he might resign his seat as of today. He stated that Sen. Bernardi had a good point. He said that he hopes everyone has a good year. SEN. BEST said that the reason he brought it up is that everyone is at the meeting. FROM THE EXECUTIVES: VICE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE FOUNTAIN congratulated Sen. Tomory, and told him to bring back lots of toys from China. She stated that she doesn't think that CSUN could mess up elections as bad as the County did. SENATE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE BENNEMAN said that the Gallery needs to try and maintain order when others are speaking during the meetings. He stated that the subject of the MSU is giving him a pain, stating that people are beginning to try and take over our operations, and that if we do not stop it now, we'll have nothing left, and that Pres. Bunin has the right idea. He apologized to the Senate candidates for the wait. PRES. BUNIN thanked Mike and Paula for coming, stating that the grade verification forms are hard to get done at the beginning of the school year, as the registrar is swamped. He said that it was too bad about the BSA party. Concerning Elections, he said that he had talked to Paul the other day and that a 1/2 or full page ad with corrections will go in Tuesday's issue. Concerning SHC, he said that they will try to lobby on SHC's behalf and help it out with the money/tuition allocation problems. He told everyone to have a good weekend. SENATE PRESIDENT POLOVINA thanked Mike and Paula for staying all the way through the meeting. To the Senate as a whole, she stated that the decision to disregard the elections rules is ab-solutely correct. She stated that she takes full responsibility for the meeting being at 5:00 p.m. today. She stated that during the Academic Standards meeting they talked about three things: 1] extending the semester to 75 days 2] having returning students enter under the new catalog 3] increasing the minimum entrance requirements [now 2.0], She stated that these issues are very volatile, and that she SENATE MINUTES 20-2®V X. ADJOURNMENT Senate President Polovina adjourned the meeting at 6:20 p.m. 7