Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, September 08, 1981

CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS % 4505 Maryland Parkway Las Vegas, Nevada 89154 Telephone (702) 739-3477 AGENDA Senate Meeting #39 Moyer Student Union Building Room 201 » 9-8-81 4 p.m. I. Call to Order II. Roll Call III. Approval of Minutes #38 IV. Executive Board Announcements V. Executive Board Nominations A. Elections Board 1. Jamie Cotel B. Student Services Committee 1. Lynn Muserelli 2. Mark Vokitz VI. Committee Reports A. Appropriations Board B. Elections Board C. Entertainment and Programming Board D. Organizations Board E. Radio Board F. Publications Board G. Bylaws Committee H. Student Services Committee I. Other Committee Reports VIII. New Business IX. Open Discussion X. Adjournment VII.-, Unfinished Business A. College Senate Seats Vacant vote 1. College of Arts & Letters a. Mary Rene Alu b. Karen Cohen 2. Hotel College a. Catherine Clay b. Pam Jacka c. Mark Welker Senate Seat CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS 4505 Maryland Parkway Las Vegas, Nevada 89154 Telephone (702) 739-3477 TO: CSUN Senate and Executive Board FROM: Rick Oshinski, CSUN Senate President DATE: September 3r 1981 RE: Additions to the agenda. Please add to your agenda the following items under Unfinished Business, item A. Vacant College Senate seats (vote) 3. University College (2) Vote for 1 seat a. Steve Nitzschke 4. Science, Math & Engineering 1. Daisy Chentes This item was inadvertently left off the agenda. Thank you Senate Meeting #39 Moyer Student Union Building Room 20 3 4 p.m,: 9-8-81 Call to Order Senate President Oshinfeki called the thirty-ninth meeting of the Consolidated Student Senate to order at 4:00 p.m. Roll Call Members in Attendance Kayla Ratzlaff Larry Hamilton Lynn Best Jeff Wild Ginger Clayton-excused late Cathy Powell David Campbell Lee Drizin Greg Goussak MaryBeth Nitzschke Charles Bloom Greg Akers Tony Castanon Karen Cohen Pat Thomas Approval of Minutes #39 There being no further additions or corrections the minutes of Senate Meeting #39 stood approved. Executive Board Announcements A. Vice President's Announcements Vice President Levins announced the Appropriations Board meeting to be held on September 9 at 1:45 p.m. in her office. She also informed the Senate that she is investigating to find legal service to consult the students at UNLV, and other various duties. B. Senate President's Announcements Senate President Oshinski announced that Danee Collins withdrew her nominations for the college of Arts & Letters, and that Epilogue pictures will be taken at the next Senate meeting. It was announced that members serving on-the Faculty-Senate committes, should be aware that the committees are now meeting, it is important to attend all meetings or to send a proxy. Executive Board Nominations A. Elections Board 1. Jamie Cotel B. Student Services Committee 1, Lynn Muserelli 2. Mark Vokitz I . II. III. IV. V. Senate Meeting #39 Page 2 9-8-81 Senator Hamilton moved to approve the Executive Board Nominations as a whole. The motion was seconded. The motion passed with 13 in favor. Committee Reports A. Appropriations Board There was no report. B. Elections Board There was no report. C. Entertainment and Programming Board There was no report. D. Organizations Board Robin Starlin read the minutes of the Organizations Board, meeting held on 9-3-81. The board approved CSUN recognition to the following organizations: College Republicans of Southern Nevada Par Excellence Kappa Sigma Society of Physic Students Sigma Nu Alpha Kappa Psi TKE Sigma Gamma Epsilon FMA RSA The board approved Greg Goussak as Vice Chairman, and the board approved a matching funds request tc . Sigma Gamma Epsilon for $138 to correct an error in names of last year. Senator Powell moved to approve. The motion was seconded. There being no further additions or corrections the minutes stood approved as read. E. Radio Board There was no report. F. Publications Board There was no report. G. Bylaws Committee Chairman Wild read the minutes of the meeting held on 8-25-81. There were no actions items at the meeting except the board will be regualarly every other Wednesday at 3 p.m. Senator Goussak moved to approve. The motion was seconded. There being no further additions or corrections the minutes stood approved as read. H. Student Services Committee Chairman Goussak read the minutes, the committee approved a $150 in funds to revitalize and establish the CSUN test file, and the board resinded the motion to allow a student to receive 1 blue book per visit. Senator Goussak moved to approve. The motion was seconded. There being further additions or corrections the minutes stood approved as read. V I . Senate Meeting #39 Page 3 9-8-81 I. Faculty-Senate Senator Goussak informed the Senate that he attended the Faculty-Senate meeting today and informed them about Elections and blue books. It was impression the Faculty is willing to work together with CSUN. VII. Unfinished Business A. College Senate Seats-Vacant (vote) Each Candidate would give a 3 minute speech followed by question and answer period. 1. College of Arts & Letters a. Mary Rene Alu b. Karen Cohen Mary Rene was not present, Karen Cohen gave a breif speech. Mary Rene Alu received 0 votes, and Karen Cohen received 11 and 3 abstentions. Karen Cohen was elected the Senator for the College of Arts and Letters. 2. Hotel College Catherine Clay, Pam Jacka and Mark Welker were all present at the Senate meeting. Senator Campbell moved that there be a primary and general vote. In the primary Catherine Clay -6 Pam Jacka-2, and Mark Welker-6. In the General Catherine Clay-8 Mark Welker-7 and 1 abstention. Catherine Clay was elected the Senator for Hotel. 3. Science, Math and Engineering Daisy Chentes was present.at the Senate meeting. There was a motion to approve Daisy Chentes. The motion was seconded. The motion passed with 16 in favor. 4. University College Greg Gossak moved to approve Steve Nitzschke as the Senator for the University College. The motion was seconded. The motion passed with 17 in favor. VIII j: New Business A. Nominations 1. University College Senator Castanon nominated .Tana Philbrock. Senator Clayton moved to close nominations. The motion was seconded. The motion passed with 17 in favor and 1 opposed. B. Request for Funds President Ravenholt informed the Senate that he will be submitting a proposal to the City of Las Vegas to receive $91,000 in funds for the Radio Station. With the money saved he would like to in the future request funds to allow the library to stay up 24 hours. Senate Meeting #39 Page 4 9-8-81 IX. Open Discussion President Ravenholt announced that it is confirmed that Peter Frampton will be appearing at UNLV on October 4, Senator Nitzschke spoke about the outcome of the ROTC committee recommendation to keep ROTC as a permanent facility on the UNLV campus. Phil Horn announced that the movies for Wednesday and Thursday would be Animal House and Blues Brother, and he announced the ATO Budweiser Bash on Saturday. Senator M.tNitzshcke and Campbell asked Senate President Oshinski about investigating the use of secret ballots. Senator Hamilton announced that Pep Rally Friday. Senator Campbell asked about name plates for the Senators. President Ravenholt informed the Senate that each Senator receive a football ticket for each home game. Senate President Oshinski announced that he was impressed by the Yell, and pleased that Playfair came to campus. He welcomed back Senators S. Nitzschke, Cohen, and Clay. Also lie commented that the reason there are no longer names plates because they cost approximately $40 for the Senate and Senators change so often throughout the year. X. Adjournment Senate President Oshinski adjourend the meeting at 4:53 p.m. Resuectfully^ubmitted by, Respectfully Prepared by, Rick Oshinski CSUN Senate President Robin Starlin CSUN Senate Secretary