Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, November 13, 1979

AGENDA SENATE MEETING U2 November 13, 1979 4:00 p.m. Moyer Student Union Building Room 203 I. II. III. IV. Call to Order Roll Call Approval of Minutes HI Executive Board Announcments V. Executive Board Nominations VI. Committee Reports A. Entertainment & Programming Board B. Organizations Board 1. Recognition of Organizations - Intercollegiate Knights, Alpha Epsilon Pi, Bahai C. Elections Board D. Publications Board E. S.E.F. Committee F. Energy Committee G. Grievance Committee VII. Old Business A. Allocation of $1,000.00 to the Counseline, Senator Martinez (from Table) B. Allocation of $100.00 to the Olympic Torch Bearer, Senator Burzinsk.i (from Table) VIII. New Business A. Senate Resolution on Plus/Minus Grading System, Senator Kelley B. Action Box, Senator Oshinski IX. Open Discussion A. Judicial Council (Justice Wild) X. Adjournment MINUTES SENATE MEETING 112 November 13, 1979 4:00 p.m. Moyer Student Union Building Room 203 I. Call to Order The second meeting of the Consolidated Student Senate was called to order by the Senate President at 4:00 p.m. in Lounge 203 of the Moyer Student Union Building. II. Roll Call Members i.n Attendance Kelly Campbell Carol Tarpley Bryan 0'Shields Bill llaldeman Dorothy Halpin Bob Stamper Rick Oshinski Susana Reyes "Skip" Kelley Dale Hulen Marty Burzinski Claire Dowel1 Pam Roberts Alan Isquith David Martinez David Levins Cindy Si mi a Absent Sandy Mil Hams (excused) Ray Corbett (excused) III. Approval of Minutes til There were no corrections to the Minutes of Senate Meeting ii.l, therefore, they stood approved. IV. Executive Board Announcements Preference Sheets The Senate President reminded all new Senators to please turn in their Preference Sheets in to her today. She also informed the Senate that they should have received a memorandum in their boxes concerning an additional Agenda Item under New Business entitled Allied Health College Vacancy. V. Executive Board Nominations There were no Executive Board Nominations. VI. Committee Reports A. Entertainment & Programming Board Dave Gist, Chairman of the Entertainment & Programming Board was not present at this time, therefore, when he arrived the Senate would return to this item of business. B. Organizations Board The report will be given at the time Chairman Dave Gist arrives. 1. Recognition of Organizations - Intercollegiate Knights, Alpha Epsilon Pi, Bahai Carol Tarpley moved to approve the above listed organizations as a whole to be recognized by CSUN, was seconded, and passed with one opposed and two abstentions. Minutes - Senate Meeting 112 November 11, 1979 Page .? C. Elections Board Carol Tarpley informed the Senate that there was no meeting of the Elections Board, but the next meeting will be held next Tuesday, November 20. D. Publications Board Bob Aniello, Chairman of the Publications Board, was not present at this time, therefore, when he arrives the Senate will move back into this item of business. E. S.E.F. Committee Marty Burzinski read the Minutes of the last S.E.F. Committee meeting held today at 3:00 p.m. His report informed the Senate that there will be no trial evaluation run this Fall due to the fact that it will take at least three to six months to print up the forms needed for the evaluation. It will, however, be run for the Spring Semester of 1980. Marty Burzinski moved to approve the report, was seconded, and stood approved. F. Energy Committee Vice President Wyman informed the Senate that there was no meeting of the student Energy Committee, however, she did attend the President's Energy Committee Meeting. She informed the Senate of some of the items discussed at the meeting concerning the conservation of energy such as keeping the heating and air conditioning off in the buildings on the weekends. They also discussed setting aside specific parking places for those persons car pooling. She informed the Senate that the student Energy Committee will be meeting soon to discuss some of these proposed at the President's Energy Committee Meeting. She moved to approve the report, was seconded, and stood approved. C. Grievance Committee Carol Tarpley read the Minutes of the Grievance Committee meeting held last Wednesday. D. At this time the Senate moved back into the report of the Publications Board. Bob Aniello read the Minutes of the last Publications Board Meeting. Discussion took place on the report and Carol Tarpley moved to approve the Minutes as read, was seconded, and stood approved. VII. Old Business A. Allocation of $1,000.00 to the Counseline, Senator Martinez (from Table) David Martinez moved to remove this .item of business from the Table, was seconded, and passed with one opposed. David Martinez then brought back his motion made last week which was to transfer the $1,000 already set aside for the continuation of the counseline for 1980 into the Hotline Account under the direction of Dr. Richard Karhardt, and was seconded. He then read a letter received by himself from Dr. Karhardt and answer most of the question directed to him. He feels the Hotline has been successful. Vice President Wyman addressed the Senate and her main worry about giving the money to the Hotline is that CSUN may be setting a precedent for other individuals. Carol Tarpley informed the Senate that she doesn't feel that any one of the Senators in good conscious should give this money to the Hotline when the people running it doesn't really need it. She thinks Minutes - Senate Meeting it 2 November 13, 1979 P a ge 3 that the money should stay within CSUN. Bill Haldeman expressed his opinion and informed the Senate that he sincerely hopes that we don't stop funding for this project just because it can continue without our support. Dr. Cassese informed the Senate that he has spoken with Dr. Karhardt and Dr. Karhardt has informed him that his greatest concern is having the Hotline in operation on Christmas eve and New Year's eve. The funding for these days would cover the the cost of the personnel to man the Hotline. David Martinez read from the letter from Dr. Karhardt to him that without CSUN's funding the Hotline would not be in operation during the semester break, which would include Christmas eve and New Year's eve, and the times of duration would be from 10:00 p.m. to 12:00 p.m. which would be a cut in operation of 50%. President Campbell addressed the Senate concerning Vice President Wyman's statement when she was talking about all the departments submitting their request for funds to them early .in the year so they could be allocated for. President Campbell informed the Senate that we have planned to spend this money if we deemed this project successful and he doesn't think the time to cut the funds off .is in the middle of the stream, but maybe next year the funds could be cut off. Dale Ilulen moved to amend the motion to only allocate $500.00 to this cause, was seconded. "Skip" Kelley objected to the consideration of this motion which passed with eleven in favor, and six opposed. Discussion took place on the main motion once again and Dave Levins called for the question, was seconded, and failed with ten in favor and six opposed. More discussion took place on the main motion and "Skip" Kelley called for the question, was seconded, and passed with eleven in favor and five opposed. A vote was then taken on the main motion to transfer the $1,000 already set aside for the continuation of the counseline for 1980 into the Hotline Account under the direction of Dr. Richard Karhardt which passed with ten in favor, five opposed, and two abstentions. B. Allocation of $100.00 to the Olympic Torch Bearer, Senator Burzinsk.i (from Table) Marty Burzinski informed the Senate that CSUN will not have the privilege of allocating any money to this man, because ASUN allocated the full amount to him. VIII. New Business A. Senate Resolution on Plus/Minus Grading System, Senator Kelley Senator Kelley read the resolution which was distributed to the Senate and he explained to the Senate that this resolution was just a written expression of his constituents desires. "Skip" Kelley moved to approve the resolution as read, and was seconded. Rick Oshinsk.i informed the Senate that Kelly Campbell, Susana Reyes, and himself conducted an informal pole concerning this grading system and they only received 80 responses and 58 were opposed to the proposed change, 14 were in favor of the system, and eight had no opinion. One of the main reasons for the opposal to this system was because there was no A+ on the scale. President Campbell informed the Senate that he feels that this resolution should be passed and it should be brought back up before the Faculty Senate to take another look at the matter. Marty Burzinski informed the Senate that this is just an easy way for the Faculty to raise the academic standards of the school. Dale Hulen informed the Senate that at the meeting where this was passed in the Faculty Senate, the body was very divided on the matter and we Minutes - Senate Meeting 112 November 11, 1979 Page .? should passed this resolution because it may sway the faculty Senate's opinion. Bill Haldeman called for the question, was seconded, and passed with none opjxised. A vote was then taken on the approval of the resolution as submitted with passed unanimously. B. Action Box, Senator Oshinski Senator Oshinski informed the Senate that he would like to hold off on this matter until the next Senate Meeting. He was informed that it will be placed on the next Agenda. C. Allied Health College Vacancy Carol Tarpley nominated Valerie Biagini for the position. Due to the lack of objections, the nominations were closed for this seat and a vote will be taken at the next Senate meeting. Dale Hulen suggested on setting up a committee to have the Library hours extended not only for finals week, hut for certain days of the weeks also. The Senate President informed the Senate that there is a Faculty Senate Library Committee, and last year Ron Deems got the Library hours extended. There were a few people intested in setting up a committee for the purpose of trying to get the Library hours extended: Bob Stamper, Dale Hulen, Susana Reyes, Pam Roberts, and Bob Aniello. Dale Hulen suggested also on setting up a committee to formally establish a Rebel Mascot. The following people were interested in serving on this committee: Carol Tarpley, Dorothy llalpin, Dale Hulen, Rick Oshinski., Dave Levins, Bob Stamper, and Claire Dowell. Dale Hulen moved to give a "Done Good" award to each of the twelve candidates for the Male of the Year contest because he feels that these people helped promote the Cheerleaders and their image within and without the University, was seconded, and passed. Vice President Wyman informed the Senate that the next Appropriations Board Meeting will be held this Thursday, November 15, 1979 at 1:30 in her office. VI. Committee Reports B. Organizations Board After the completion of Old Business, the Senate moved back into the Committee Reports, Item B., for the Organizations Board report given by Jeff Wild. Jeff Wild read the Minutes of the last Organizations Board Meeting. Bill Haldeman moved to approve the report, was seconded, and stood approved. President Campbell informed the Senate that he feels the Senate should be aware of such things as the Cheerleaders did such as CSUN co-sponsoring their dance and giving them Matching Funds for the Male of the Year contest. He feels that this type of ordeal could be precedent setting for other organizations. Dale Hulen informed the Senate that these two items were not intended to be related, but they happened to fall within the same time span of eachother and, therefore, were sort of combined. Pam Roberts complimented the report given because it didn't take 45 minutes for just this report. The Minutes stood approved. Minutes - Senate Meeting 112 November 11, 1979 Page .? IX. Open Discussion Cindy Simia moved to give a "Done Good" award to Scott llanlon for his work on Oktoberfcst, was seconded, and passed. A. Judicial Council (Justice Wild) Justice Wild thanked the Senate for getting the Council together rather rapidly and he informed the Senate that the first Judicial Council will be held tomorrow at 4:00 p.m. in the Fireside Lounge and he read the Agenda of the Judicial Council Meeting to the Senate. President Campbell informed the Senate that the Basketball lottery started today. You can sign up in the Information Booth and you have to have your own student I.D. and they will draw 150 names and the persons winning will have a week to pick up their tickets. Susana Reyes informed the Senate that she has talked to a few Senators about the Iranian situation and the demonstration held yesterday and she would like some feedback on it. She informed the Senate that she personally feels that maybe the Senate could make a resolution that CSUN does not recognize any protestors against the Iranians. President Campbell .informed the Senate that there will be a counter demonstration to the one held yesterday Friday morning at 11:30 p.m. Bill Haldeman informed the Senate that the thing hold Friday will be a symposium which will discuss the problem about the state of Iran, not the students attending the University who are Iranians. Susana Reyes requested an Agenda item for the next- Senate Meeting for a resolution against the protestors. Several Senators expressed their opinions that it is not CSUN's place in this matter, but we should just let things stand as they are right now. President Campbell suggested that if it is a general concensus of this body, CSUN will donate the equipment for the symposium on Friday, and there were no objections. Marty Burzinski informed the Senate that he feels that all material to be voted on by the Senate should be put in the Senator's boxes by Monday in regards to the resolution concerning the Grading System proposal. Marty Burzinski informed the Senate that on December 18 a presentation will be made to the Senate by Scott Koepf in regards to USUNS dues which will amount to $1,500. At this point., he feels that he money is almost a total loss and he would like everyone to examine both sides of the coin very closely. The Senate was reminded about the Great American Smoke Out this Thursday. Dorothy Halpin informed the Senate that the Water Polo Team won the three games they played Saturday in the Water Polo Tournament which CSUN gave $150.00 to for the officials. David Martinez informed the Senate that they are updating the mailing list, so please turn .in the little slips of paper that were placed in their boxes to him. Minutes - Senate Meeting 112 November 11, 1979 Page .? David Martinez suggested to Senator Oshinski that when he writes his articles for the Yell concerning the Senate that he should put which Senate Meeting each action took place. David Martinez thanked those Senators for their support on the Counseline, and those who opposed it, he thanked them for their opinions. Kelly Campbell reported on the meeting that all of the University College Senators had with their advisors. Cindy Simia reminded the Senate about the Entertainment Showcase this Friday which will be a Jazz Showcase. "Skip" Kelley encouraged all of the Senators to get involved with the events such as the Showcases, etc. X. Adjournment "Skip" Kelley moved to adjourn, was seconded, and passed with two opposed. The second meeting of the Consolidated Student Senate adjourned at 5:56 p. Respectfully submitted by: Respectfully prepared by: Lorraine Alderman Senate President Rene Bernier Senate Secretary