Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, November 5, 2001

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Student Government Office of the Senate President Steph Davy Senate Agenda Meeting 32-01 Monday, November 5, 2001 MSU 201, 6:00PM Monica Moradkhan Education j Chris Powell Business Katie MacDorOd Hotel Administration Jessica ZarndtJ j j Health Sciences Cara Chasin Science an dM&N-Tony Salsaa Business Luke Bowland Engineering Rocco (lonialei • Liberal Arts Jason Schrock Education Giselle Stewart Urban Affairs Scott Fauske Hotel Administration Nicole Reddick Business Lauren Miller Student Development Anisa Izzolo Hotel Administration Michael Amesquita, Jr. Education Jason Chan Business Jermaine Lloyd Liberal Arts Rachael Wagner Liberal Arts Abbey Gardner Fine Arts Ashley O'Daniel Fine Arts Diana Berry Urban Affairs CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL ANNOUNCEMENTS APPROVAL OF MINUTES 31-30 and 31-34 BOARD AND COMMITTEE REPORTS A. Senate Committee Reports B. Faculty Senate/University Committee Reports C. Business Manager Report D. Directors' Reports Michael Bond- Office of Student Information A1 Heck- Nevada Student Affairs Davin Hill- Rebel Radio Ali Laman-Lyons- Elections Joseph Lucchese- Entertainment & Programming Kelly Martinez- CSUN Services E. Liaison Reports Greek Advisory Multicultural Student Affairs Residence Hall Association Student Athletics Student Health Advisory Committee ROTC C=J <1 —R>i O C O cz> r—M< -x•-• >frO_. CD > V SI1 < --< KT- I O 1TTL;R-RO -CR N C/> R-I < 5 O C5 O A: C=> >• -N —> O VJ VI. UNFINISHED BUSINESS i CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS • UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA 4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY • LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89154-2009 • (702) 895-3645 • FAX (702) 895-4606 VII. NEW BUSINESS A. Action Item: Nomination/ Election of one (1) undergraduate student to serve as senator for the College of Health Sciences; B. Action Item: Nomination/ Election of one (1) undergraduate student to serve as senator for the College of Student Development; C. Action Item: Discussion/ Approval of Senate President Pro-Tempore's pay for the duration of the 32n d session in the amount of $435.00 a month and 12 credits fee waiver for the Fall and Spring 2002 semesters; D. Action Item: Nomination/ Election of one (1) senator to serve as Senate President Pro-Tempore; E. Action Item: Nomination/ Election of one (1) senator to serve as chair of the Bylaws Committee; F. Action Item: Nomination/ Election of one (1) senator to serve as chair of the Campus Safety and Awareness Committee; G. Action Item: Nomination/ Election of one (1) senator to serve as chair of the Constitutional Revisions Committee; H. Action Item: Nomination/ Election of one (1) senator to serve as chair of the Educational Policies Committee; I. Action Item: Nomination/ Election of one (1) senator to serve as chair of the Rules and Ethics Committee; J. Action Item: Nomination/ Election of one (1) senator to serve as chair of the Scholarship Committee; K. Action Item: Nomination/ Election of one (1) senator to serve as chair of the Ways and Means Committee; L. Action Item: Discussion/ Approval of adding Jacob Adam to the OSI Board. As submitted by SENATOR MORADKHAN; M. Action Item: Discussion/ Approval of an amount not to exceed $1500.00 to the National Association for Beginning Teachers for the publication of a Methods Book written in part by UNLV students. As submitted by SENATOR BOWLAND; VIII. PUBLIC COMMENT IX. EXECUTIVE BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS AND SUMMATIONS X. GOOD OF THE SENATE XI. ADJOURNMENT Posted in accordance with Nevada Open Meeting Law (N.R.S. 241.000) at the following locations: Moyer Student Union, Frank & Estella Beam Hall, Flora Dungan Humanities, Classroom Building Complex and Thomas Beam Engineering Complex. Minutes Meeting 32-01 Monday, November 5,2001 MSU 201,6:00PM I. CALL TO ORDER SENATE PRESIDENT DAVY calls meeting 32-01 to order at 6:15pm; H. ROLL CALL PRESENT ABSENT Monica Moradkhan Nicole Reddick (Excused) Chris Powell Katie MacDonald Jessica Zarndt Cara Chasin Tony Salsaa Luke Bowland Rocco Gonzalez Jason Schrock Giselle Stewart Scott Fauske Lauren Miller Anisa Izzolo Michael Amesquita Jason Chan Jermaine Lloyd Rachael Wagner Abbey Gardner Ashley O'Daniel Diana Berry * Denotes tardiness HI. ANNOUNCEMENTS New Senators are sworn in by Justice Veronica Marsh; SENATE PRESIDENT DAVY- Congratulates the new Senators. She has name plates for everyone new, but the trophy place was closed by the time she got there. She wants to bring back the Pledge of Allegiance at the start of meetings and she makes sure no one has any problems with it; Executive Board introduces themselves: Jennifer Hale- Vice President Pro- Tempore, DJ Fauske- Vice President, Paul Moradkhan- President; APPROVAL OF MINUTES None; BOARD AND COMMITTEE REPORTS A. Senate Committee Reports SENATOR MACDONALD- The Rebel Yell Advisory Board met today and they talked about getting the Rebel Yell an advisor. There were other items, but most of them were tabled. The next meeting is December 5t h and who ever takes over that Board good luck with it; B. Faculty Senate/University Committee Reports SENATE PRESIDENT PRO-TEMPORE MORADKHAN- The Search Committee for the School of Dentistry meeting is tomorrow at 4 pm and she is excited; SENATE PRESIDENT DAVY- She is going to a meeting for the preschool next Thursday. They will be meeting with donors along with architects and interior designers. They should break ground in February and hopefully be open for the Fall; C. Business Manager Report- Pam Levins The Business Manager was out sick; D. Directors' Reports Michael Bond- Office of Student Information He takes care of the web page and helps out with advertising. He printed out the statistics from the website so everyone can see its progress; A1 Heck- Nevada Student Affairs His main duty is to attend the Board of Regents meetings and hear what they have to say. He also brings lecture series to the university and any topics that are relevant to Nevada affairs; Davin Hill- Rebel Radio Their offices have moved into Senate Chambers and they will be operating out of there for the meantime. There is a meeting tomorrow to discuss their new space; Ali Laman-Lyons- Elections (Vice President Pro-Tempore Hale speaks on behalf of the Director) There will be an Elections Board meeting tomorrow at 4pm and everyone interested in helping set the rules for the future should attend; Joseph Lucchese- Entertainment & Programming Welcome and congratulations to all the new Senators. His job is to provide entertainment and programming to the students using the resources of the campus and the community. He explains how he has exercised his mission statement of establishing relationships on campus and within the community and also bringing fun; Assistant E&P Director-Dallas Fueston- Wednesday is the next movie night. They will be showing "Swordfish" in the Ballroom at 6:45pm. He has also been working on the UNL Voice Newsletter in an attempt to get it out to all the colleges; Assistant E&P Director Steve Lockwood- He works on finding breaking bands so it can happen at UNLV. One of his goals for the semester is to establish a successful street team; Director Lucchese- They will continue with movie nights and noon scenes. They will also be having an open mic series. He is working right now with Thomas and Mack to make RebelPalooza the best; Kelly Martinez- CSUN Services She is the liaison between the student organizations on campus and student government. She is in charge of the recognition packets and also the funding requests. CSUN now has full control of the SORCE room. It is fully stocked and they are just trying to work some bugs out so it can run smoothly. Her department also provides pencils, scantrons, and telephones to the students. This week she will be trying to work on the spring packet and the SOURCE room; Liaison Reports Greek Advisory PRESIDENT MORADKHAN- Order of Omega applications have gone out to all the chapters. See Samra Dayani or Pete Glass for more information; Multicultural Student Affairs None; Residence Hall Association SENATOR CHAN- He wants to bridge RHA to the CSUN and the rest of the UNLV resources. In honor of Halloween, three vans went out into the area and collected canned goods. They had an after party in the conference room for all those that helped. The week following Thanksgiving they will be having a fitness week called Work off the Turkey. They will be sending 14 people to their conference to represent UNLV; Student Athletics None; Student Health Advisory Committee None; ROTC Mia Lopez- They had FTX training last week and attended a competition in California. They placed 8t h and they are hoping to place 1s t next year. They will be participating in the Veteran's Day Parade on the 11th. They also provide color guard services; VL UNFINISHED BUSINESS None; VII. NEW BUSINESS A. Action Item: Nomination/ Election of one (1) undergraduate student to serve as senator for the College of Health Sciences; SENATOR POWELL- Moves to waive Bylaw 4 for the duration of the meeting; Seconded by SENATOR AMESQUITA; Move into a vote; Motion carries 19-1-0; (SENATOR MACDONALD opposes); SENATOR CHASIN- Moves to open nominations; Seconded by SENATOR SALSAA; SENATOR MORADKHAN- Moves to nominate Kline Black, Andrea Dawson, Nicholas Farrey, Jason Henkle, Robert Johnson, Holly Martin, and John Sanders; Seconded by SENATOR MACDONALD; SENATOR CHASIN- Moves to allow each candidate speak for no more than three minutes followed by question and answer followed by roll call vote; Seconded by SENATOR SALSAA; Move into a vote; Motion carries unanimously; Each candidate spoke for three minutes and questions followed; Candidate Black- He has loved his academic career so far at UNLV and is very involved on campus. He is spirited and has attended almost every home sporting event. He is also a member of two choirs on campus and participates in intermurals. He is currently president of L.D.S.S.A., with is one of the largest organizations on campus. He has gained leadership experience with Boy Scouts and while assisting his the mission president for two years in the Philippines. He has learned some of how CSUN works through L.D.S.S.A. and wants to provide unity with in his college. He feels this would be a great opportunity to serve and a good way to give something back and feel a sense of accomplishment; There were questions from SENATORS ZARNDT, POWELL, SALSAA, and AMESQUITA; Candidate Dawson- She is a Pre-Nursing major and wants to be a senator so she can help students get the most out of their education. She intends to find out the goals, ideas, needs, and concerns of her constituents. She plans on doing this by talking to classes and making herself known throughout her college. She wants to get her college more involved in campus events and establish relationships. She would come to senate meetings prepared and on time. Since she plans on performing service for the rest of her life she feels this would be a good way for her to better her communication skills; There were questions from SENATORS AMESQUITA, SCHROCK, POWELL, and ZARNDT; Candidate Farrey- He believes he is qualified for the position by his previous leadership experience in other organizations and in the senate. He served as a senator since August until the end of the 31s t session. He has been on the Dean's Honor List for the past four semesters and was a past president of the Student Dietetic Association. He believes he accomplished the majority of his goals from the last session and will continue make improvements and work towards a bigger goal. Over the last session he worked a lot with Senator Zarndt and with the organizations within their college. They planned to start an e-mail list to connect all the organizations within his college and he believed that was a good start; There were questions from SENATORS ZARNDT and POWELL; Candidate Henkle- He would like to be a representative for his college. Some of his goals would be to try and meet the needs of his constituents and quickly as possible and recruit undecided students into the College of Health Sciences. He would work with Senator Zarndt hand in hand and he is prepared to face his responsibilities head on; There were questions from SENATORS WAGNER, CHASIN, POWELL, and AMESQUITA; Candidate Johnson- He is approximately a junior in the College of Health Sciences. Around the time of midterms he saw a flyer and decided to run for the open seat. He is an active person in the college and believes he is well-suited for the position. He is used to working with large groups and dealing with people from different backgrounds to work towards the common good. He has worked in D.C. as a legislative aid and with various woman's groups. Other leadership experience was gained by working with the Chamber of Commerce, rotary and business clubs, and the US Attorney's Office. He is very detail oriented and works well under pressure. He believes the senate deserves someone qualified and he is that person; There were questions from SENATORS STEWART, SALSAA, and POWELL; Candidate Martin- She is very active on campus and also throughout her church. She wants to create a medium between the senators and students. She talked to her dean and discusses the things he would like to see accomplished. He would like to see more recognition of the programs throughout the college and information put out to the students about majors in their college and scholarships available. Her goal is to improve overall communication. The dean informed her that senate had not worked well with the administration in the past and she would like to see that changed. She has leadership skills and works well with others. She has four years of experience in student council throughout high school and with Habitat for Humanity for two years; There were questions from SENATORS SCHROCK, MORADKHAN, LLOYD, CHASIN, and POWELL; Candidate Sanders- He is excited to be a senator and communicate and reach out to members of his college. He wants to find the proactive people in his college and get them involved and get ideas. He is a junior Sports Injury major. He loves to serve and with leadership comes learning. He is excited to learn, grow, and serve and he believes this is an excellent opportunity; There were questions from SENATORS CHAN, AMESQUITA, POWELL, and ZARNDT; Move into a vote; SENATOR MORADKHAN votes for Candidate Black; SENATORS POWELL, SALSAA, CHAN, LLOYD, and GARDNER vote for Candidate Henkle; SENATORS MACDONALD, CHASIN, MILLER, IZZOLO, AMESQUITA, WAGNER, O'DANIEL, and BERRY vote for Candidate Sanders; SENATORS ZARNDT, ROWLAND, GONZALEZ, and FAUSKE vote for Candidate Farrey; SENATORS SCHROCK and STEWART vote for Candidate Martin; SENATE PRESIDENT DAVY- There were five candidates receiving a vote, two did not. The top votes were six, five, and eight and its up to you how you want to proceed; SENATOR GONZALEZ- Moves to revote on the top three; Seconded by SENATOR AMESQUITA; Move into a vote; Motion carries unanimously; Revote on Candidates Farrey, Henkle, and Sanders; SENATORS ZARNDT, BOWLAND, GONZALEZ, SCHROCK, STEWART, and FAUSKE vote for Candidate Farrey; SENATORS POWELL, SALSAA, CHAN, LLOYD, and GARDNER vote for Candidate Henkle; SENATORS MORADKHAN, MACDONALD, CHASIN, MILLER, IZZOLO, AMESQUITA, WAGNER, O'DANIEL, and BERRY vote for Candidate Sanders; Results are 6-5-9; SENATOR GONZALEZ- Moves to revote on the top two; Seconded by SENATOR SCHROCK; Move into a vote; Motion carries unanimously; Revote on Candidates Farrey and Sanders; SENATORS ZARNDT, BOWLAND, GONZALEZ, SCHROCK, STEWART, and FAUSKE vote for Candidate Farrey; SENATORS MORADKHAN, POWELL, MACDONALD, CHASIN, SALSAA, MILLER, IZZOLO, AMESQUITA, CHAN, LLOYD, WAGNER, GARDNER, O'DANIEL, and BERRY vote for Candidate Sanders; The vote is 14-6 in favor of Candidate Sanders. Candidate Sanders receives the seat; SENATE PRESIDENT DAVY- Adjourns the meeting at 7:25pm for a five minute recess; SENATOR SANDERSis sworn in during the recess; SENATE PRESIDENT DAVY- Calls meeting 32-01 back to order at 7:30pm; SENATORS MACDONLAD, MILLER, and BERRY are missing; SENATORS MACDONALD and MILLER enter at 7:31pm; SENATOR BERRY enters at 7:32pm; Action Item: Nomination/ Election of one (1) undergraduate student to serve as senator for the College of Student Development; SENATOR MORADKHAN- Moves to table; Seconded by SENATOR CHASIN; Move into a vote; Motion carries unanimously; C. Action Item: Discussion/ Approval of Senate President Pro-Tempore's pay for the duration of the 32n d session in the amount of $435.00 a month and 12 credits fee waiver for the Fall and Spring 2002 semesters; SENATOR BOWLAND- Moves to approve; Seconded by SENATOR MILLER; Move into a vote; Motion carries unanimously; D. Action Item: Nomination/ Election of one (1) senator to serve as Senate President Pro-Tempore; SENATOR SALSAA- Moves to open nominations; Seconded by SENATOR IZZOLO; SENATOR SALSAA- Moves to nominate Monica Moradkhan; Seconded by SENATOR CHASIN; SENATOR MORADKHAN accepts the nomination; SENATE PRESIDENT DAVY- Closes nominations; SENATOR MORADKHAN- Moves to allow her to speak for no more than three minutes; Seconded by SENATOR AMESQUITA; Move into a vote; Motion carries 17-2-1; (SENATORS SCHROCK and SALSAA oppose, SENATOR MORADKHAN abstains); SENATOR MORADKHAN- Speaks for three minutes; Move into a vote; Motion carries 17-1-2; (SENATOR SALSAA opposes, SENATORS MORADKHAN and MACDONALD abstain); SENATOR MORADKHAN receives the position; E. Action Item: Nomination/ Election of one (1) senator to serve as chair of the Bylaws Committee; SENATOR SALSAA- Moves to open nominations; Seconded by SENATOR SCHROCK; SENATOR ZARNDT- Moves to nominate Senator Powell; Seconded by SENATOR SALSAA; There are no further nominations; Moves into a vote; By unanimous acclimation SENATOR POWELL receives the chair; F. Action Item: Nomination/ Election of one (1) senator to serve as chair of the Campus Safety and Awareness Committee; SENATE PRESIDENT PRO-TEMPORE MORADKHAN- Moves to open nominations; Seconded by SENATOR CHASIN; SENATE PRESIDENT PRO-TEMPORE MORADKHAN- Moves to nominate Senator MacDonald; Seconded by SENATOR GONZALEZ; There are no further nominations; Moves into a vote; By unanimous acclimation SENATOR MACDONALD receives the chair; G. Action Item: Nomination/ Election of one (1) senator to serve as chair of the Constitutional Revisions Committee; SENATOR SALSAA- Moves to open nominations; Seconded by SENATOR BERRY; SENATOR SALSAA- Moves to nominate Senator Powell; Seconded by SENATOR CHASIN; SENATE PRESIDENT PRO-TEMPORE MORADKHAN- Moves to nominate Senator Schrock; SENATOR SCHROCK declines; There are no further nominations; Move into a vote; Motion carries 19-1-0; (SENATOR MACDONALD opposes); With only one opposition SENATOR POWELL receives the chair; Action Item: Nomination/ Election of one (1) senator to serve as chair of the Educational Policies Committee; SENATE PRESIDENT PRO-TEMPORE MORADKHAN- Moves to open nominations; Seconded by SENATOR BERRY; SENATOR ZARNDT- Moves to nominate Senator Gonzalez; Seconded by SENATOR STEWART; There are no further nominations; Move into a vote; By unanimous acclimation SENATOR GONZALEZ receives the chair; Action Item: Nomination/ Election of one (1) senator to serve as chair of the Rules and Ethics Committee; SENATOR SALSAA- Moves to open nominations; Seconded by SENATOR AMESQUITA; SENATOR SALSAA- Nominates Senator Schrock; Seconded by AMESQUITA; SENATOR GONZALEZ- Nominates Senator Zarndt; Seconded by SENATOR POWELL; SENATOR SALSAA- Moves to allow each candidate to speak for no more than one minute followed by question and answer followed by majority vote; Seconded by SENATOR BERRY; Move into a vote; Motion carries unanimously; Both candidates speak for one minute followed by questions; There was a question for Senator Schrock from SENATOR STEWART; There were questions for Senator Zarndt from SENATORS LLOYD and AMESQUITA; Move into a vote; There are 6 votes for Senator Schrock; There are 12 votes for Senator Zarndt; SENATORS SCHROCK and ZARNDT abstain; SENATOR ZARNDT receives the chair; J. Action Item: Nomination/ Election of one (1) senator to serve as chair of the Scholarship Committee; Action Item J is out of order; K. Action Item: Nomination/ Election of one (1) senator to serve as chair of the Ways and Means Committee; SENATE PRESIDENT PRO-TEMPORE MORADKHAN- Moves to open nominations; Seconded by SENATOR CHASIN; SENATOR GONZALEZ- Moves to nominate Senator Stewart; SENATOR STEWART declines; SENATE PRESIDENT PRO-TEMPORE MORADKHAN- Moves to nominate Senator Chasin; Seconded by SENATOR SANDERS; There are no further nominations; Move into a vote; By unanimous acclimation SENATOR CHASIN receives the chair; L. Action Item: Discussion/ Approval of adding Jacob Adam to the OSI Board. As submitted by SENATOR MORADKHAN; SENATOR AMESQUITA- Moves to approve; Seconded by SENATOR MILLER; Move into a vote; Motion carries unanimously; M. Action Item: Discussion/ Approval of an amount not to exceed $1500.00 to the National Association for Beginning Teachers for the publication of a Methods Book written in part by UNLV students. As submitted by SENATOR BOWLAND; SENATOR BO WLAND withdraws his submission; Action Item M is out of order; VIIL PUBLIC COMMENT MSSP Representative- They will be having World AIDS Day to increase awareness. They will be giving out literature and organizing free HIV testing; IX. EXECUTIVE BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS AND SUMMATIONS VICE PRESIDENT PRO-TEMPORE HALE- The applications for the Student Teaching Scholarships are out. She thanks Senate President Pro-Tempore Moradkhan for her help distributing the scholarships. There are flyers in everyone's boxes on the Faculty Excellence Awards; VICE-PRESIDENT FAUSKE- Congratulates Monica on receiving her seat as Senate President Pro-Tempore and also Senator Sanders. He will look forward to working with them. Director Laman-Lyons will be holding an Elections Board meeting tomorrow at 4pm and he encourages anyone who had a problem or idea pertaining to elections to attend. He will also be submitting the names for the Scholarship Committee members. As a former senator he wants everyone to know that they are all leaders and represent their college. He is proud of the senators who brought issues to the table involving their college. Keep in mind that you are there to help and change your colleges; PRESIDENT MORADKHAN- Director Hill and David Himmel will be working out of the work room temporarily. The union went ahead and did wiring and Direct TV will be put into the Director's Chambers instead. New computers will be put into the Senate Chambers tomorrow for the senators to use. There was a Technology meeting and they discussed turning half the space of the BHS Annex into a computer lab. He could not commit to that without hearing from the Senate so there will be an informational item on the agenda next week. On November 15th there will be a Student Referendum Committee meeting at 6 or 7 pm to discuss the new union and McDermott Complex. Wants to thank the fourteen senators, directors, and Executive Board members who came to the conference meeting today. There is a Board of Regents meeting December 5t h and 6t h in the Foundation Building to discuss the possible GPA raise. Currently there is a discussion to move UNR to a 3.0 and keeping UNLV at a 2.5 and he feels like that would be a slap in the face to this university to make us the lower standard. His personal opinion is that they should raise both or neither. Congratulations all the new chairs and Monica. He looks forward to working with everyone; SENATE PRESIDENT DAVY- Wants to congratulate everyone on a good first meeting. If anyone has any questions feel free to call her on her cell phone or e-mail her. The phone list will be ready next week. Next week is her state of the senate address. Wants all the chairs to all the committees to stay around and those interested should see them and let them know you are interested in their committee. Each senator has to be on two committees, but be aware that there are still Faculty Senate Committees to come next week. She spoke to the Dean of the Liberal Arts College and he is interested in meeting with his Senators. Senate Chambers are open to all senators, but just know that if you are using the computers for work other than for senate someone may ask you to get off so they can do something for the senate. If you need to ask someone to leave than that is okay too. Congratulations to everyone! We will move into Good of the Senate which allows you to tell everyone what is going on with you personally or professionally or to voice any concerns you might have; GOOD OF THE SENATE SENATOR POWELL- He appreciates the confidence the senate has in him and he will continue to submit new items. As a former Senator for the Education College he started the paper drive and would like to hand that off to someone in that college to continue so see him if you are interested. Congratulations to everyone and welcome to the madness! If anyone has any questions pertaining to old items he has old senate minutes and agendas if you want to take a look at them; SENATOR ZARNDT- She is really excited about the renovations to the BHS Annex and hopes it will draw other students to wander down to that side of campus. She doesn't understand why they would raise UNR's GPA and not ours. She attended UNR for two years and they have nothing there that we don't have at UNLV. The total GPA raise is something she is against anyway and if any senators who haven't heard any of her reasons why she will be glad to share them with you; SENATOR CHAN- He had a lot of fun today. He apologizes to Senator Sanders for his aggressive question style and its nothing personal. If he has a question or a comment he isn't afraid to share it and he isn't just there to warm a seat. He is very exicted and he looks forward to doing a lot of good things with CSUN and thanks for the opportunity; SENATOR SALSAA- He thought UNR was already at a 3.0; SENATOR SCHROCK- Wants to say congratulations to Senator Zarndt and he would like to serve on her committee. Great job tonight; SENATOR AMESQUITA- Congratulations to everyone for being here, especially to Senator Sanders. He thinks that the freshman who ran for the open senate did a great job. He is currently against the GPA raise for various reasons. He is excited to be involved and he looks forward to being here; SENATOR O'DANIEL- She wants to congratulate everyone and she is looking forward to serving her college; SENATOR GARDNER- What Senator O'Daniel said; SENATOR MILLER- Congratulates everyone and hopes they have a good week; SENATOR SANDERS- Just wants to thank everyone; SENATOR CHASIN- Anyone who is interested in the Ways and Means Committee see her after the meeting. Family Weekend was fun and she encourages everyone to attend the run; SENATOR BERRY- The College Republicans are having a food drive. She is really excited to be here; SENATOR STEWART- Congratulations to all the new senators. She just wants everyone to know that the reason she didn't run for a chair is because her attention is focused on her college and she has a lot of other things she is involved in. Congratulations to Monica and she wants to know how everyone knew she was considering the position; SENATOR GONZALEZ- The is an Ethnic Student Council meeting tomorrow at 5pm. Congratulations to everyone; SENATOR WAGNER- She appreciates all the senators that have been here and the whole learning process. She is interested in the Ways and Means Committee. She also appreciates the enthusiasm and the positive attitudes and she thinks it will make the experience worthwhile; SENATOR LLYOD- He wants to possibly organize a student lobbying group for the GPA issue since he is against it. He wants to be on the Ways and Means and the Rules and Ethics Committee; SENATOR BOWLAND- Just looking forward to a good year with everyone; SENATOR MACDONLAD- Congratulations and thanks for the Campus Safety and Awareness Committee chair because it is something that is important to her. For those of you who are interested they will meet and it will be a committee that you actually do something; SENATOR FAUSKE- Welcome to all the new senators and congratulations to all the chairs. It will be a good year; SENATOR IZZOLO- Congratulations and she hopes everyone will help out the E&P Board; SENATE PRESIDENT DAVY- If anyone is interested in Rugby there are men's and women's games on Saturday; SENATE PRESIDENT PRO-TEMPORE MORADKHAN- Thanks again for appointing her to Senate President Pro-Tempore and she looks forward to serving you. Four people have signed up for Kappa Delta Epsilon and she is excited about that. Thanks to all the senators who attended Family Weekend on Friday night and to VPPT Hale for setting it up. Order of Omega is also doing a canned food drive next Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday in the MSU. She thinks it is going to be a great session; ADJOURNMENT SENATOR PRESIDENT PRO-TEMPORE MORADKHAN moves to adjourn; Seconded by SENATOR MACDONALD; Move into a vote; Motion carries 19-1-0; (SENATOR SALSAA opposes); SENATE PRESIDENT DAVY adjourns h' " STEPH DAVY SENATE SECRETARY STEPHANIE FILSON