Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, April 28, 1981

CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS 4505 Maryland Parkway Las Vegas, Nevada 89154 Telephone (702) 739-3477 SENATE PRESIDENT MARTIN J. BURZINSKI AGENDA Senate Meeting #22 4-28-81 4:00 p.m. I. Call to Order II. Roll Call III. Approval of Minutes It21 IV. Executive Board Announcements V. Executive Board Nominations VI. Committee Reports A. Appropriations Board B. Election Board C. Organizations Board D. Entertainment and Programming Board E. By-Laws Committee F. Student Service Committee G. Radio Board H. Other Committee Reports VII. Unfinished Business A. Deletion of item It5 from Organizations Board Policy (from table) B. Bar Policy Revision (Senator Burton) VIII.. New Business A. Line Item Transfer (see attached) B. Additional Fudning in Matching Funds Account C. 1981-82 Budget (Submission Only) D. Outstanding Senator of the Year (vote) 1. Carlene Clay 2. Rick Oshinski 3. Patrick Malloy E. Transfer of Funds $5000 from Contingency to ESp Senator Malloy IX. Open Discussion X. Adjournment CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS 4505 Maryland Parkway Las Vegas, Nevada 89154 Telephone (702) 739-3477 MEMORANDUM TO: Robin Starlin, Senate Secretary FROM: Jim Fitchet, CSUNJBusir^^jfajpager RE: Financial Actions DATE: April 17, 1981 The following adjustments should be presented to the Senate at the next meeting. A. Budget adjustment of $2,000.00 from 908-3000 to 908-1500. B. Transfer $2,000.00 from 906-9002 to 908-9001. C. Increase budget 908-1500 by $2,500.00 from 908-8000 consisting of $500.00 from generated revenue and $2,000.00 as reflected in item B. D. Decrease budget 901-3000 by $2,500.00 due to excess appropriated budget funds for personal use. E. Budget adjustment of $2,000.00 from 900-1100 to 900-3000. F. Budget adjustment of $3,000.00 from 900-1400 to 900-3000. G. Budget adjustment of $750.00 from 900-2100 to 900-3000. These adjustments are necessary to avoid over expending specific line items. Senate Meeting #22 Moyer Student Union Building Room 203 4 p.m. 4-28-81 Call to order Senate President Burziinski called the twenty-second meeting of the Consolidated Student Senate to order at 4:05 p.m. Roll Call Members in Attendance Catherine Clay Rick Oshinski Karen Cohen Kathi Kulesza Patrick Malloy Bill Haldeman Jeff Wild- excused absent Patrick Thomas Derrek Yelton Robert Scavetta Andrew Levy David Campbell Roberta Burton Carlene Clay-excused absent Cathy Powell Stephen LoPresti Steve Nitzschke MaryBeth Nitzschke Approval of Minutes H21 It was corrected that President Chanos is giving his state of the campus address at Senate Meeting #22. There being no further additions or corrections the minutes of Senate meeting ti21 stood approved as corrected. Executive Board Announcements A. State of the Campus Address President Chanos gave his state of the campus address to the Student Body, (see attached) B. Vice-President Reyes Vice-President Reyes thanked all the Senate for their hardwork and support. She wished CSUN continued success in the future. C. Senate President Burzinski Senate President Burzinski also thanked the Senate for an eventful year, and a fullfilling term as CSUN Senate President. He thanked varjous people for their support and effort. He welcomed the new Executive Board and wished them success in their adminstration. Guest Dr. Carhart Dr. Nitzschke I. II. III. IV. Senate Meeting #22 2-28-B1 Page 2 V. Executive Board Nominations There were no Executive Board Nominations. VI. Committee Reports A. Appropriations Board There was no report. B. Election Board There was no report. It was unofficially recorded in the minutes that Dirk Ravenholt-CSUN President, Pam Roberts- CSUN Vice-President, Rick Oshinski- CSUN Senate President. Senate President Burzinski commended the Election Board on a job well done on the Executive Board Elections. C. Organizations Board There was no report. D. Entertainment and Programming Board There was no report. E. By-Laws Committee There was no report. F. Student Service Committee There was no report. G. Radio Board There was no report. H. Organizations Board Operating Policy, Ad Hoc Committee There will be a meeting Thursday at 6:45 with CSUN Legal Council, everyone is invited to attend. I. ROTC Senator Burton announced that she had attended the ROTC committee meeting. If anyone has any opinions concerning ROTC, please speak to hear. VII. Unfinished Business A. Deletion of #5, Organizations Board Operating Policy (from table) This will be postponed until Senate Meeting H23. B. Revision of CSUN Bar Policy, Senator Burton Senator Burton moved to accept the revision of the CSUN Bar Policy. The motion was seconded. This item was submitted last week to the Senate, discussion took place. The motion passed unanimously. C. Nominations for Senate Seats 1. University College Senator Kulesza moved to nominate Larry Hamilton and Lynn Best. Senator Malloy moved to nominate Stan Phardx. Senator Scavetta moved to close nominations. The motion was seconded. The motion passed unanimously. Senate Meeting #22 Page 3 4-28-81 Arts & Letters There were no further nominations. Senator Haldeman moved to close nominations. The motion was seconded. The motion passed unanimously. A vote will take place next week on Ginger Clayton and Donde Corleone. VIII. New Business A. Transfer of Line items Senator Scavetta moved to approve the following line item transfers. The motion was seconded. A. Budget adjustment of $2,000 from 908-30000 to 908-1500 B. Transfer of $2',000 from 906-9002 to 908-9001 C. Increase budget 908-1500 by $2,500 from 908-8000 consisting of $500 from generated revenue and $2000 as reflected in item B. D. Decrease budget 901-3000"by $2,500 due to excess appropriated budget funds for personal use. E. Budget adjustment of $2,000 from 900-1100 to 900-3000 F. Budget adjustment of $3,000 from 900-1400 to 900-3000 G. Budget Adjustment of $750 from 900-2100 to 900-3000 The motion passed unanimously. B. Additional Funding in Matching Funds Account Senate President Burzinski announced that there is $500 presently in Matching Funds. This item was briefly discussed. C. 1981-82 Budget (Submission Only) This item was only submitted to the Senate (see attached) D. Outstanding Senator Award There was a motion to make Gary Crandell as a nominee. The motion was seconded. The motion passed with thirteen in favor, two opposed, and one abstention. The voting took place by secret ballot. At this time it was reflected in the minutes that Senators Haldeman and LoPresti abstained from the vote. The candidates for outstanding Senator were Gary Crandell receiving 1 vote, Carlene Clay-3, Rick Oshinski-3, and Patrick Malloy-4. Senate President Burzinski announced Patrick Malloy as the CSUN Oustanding Senator. E. Transfer of Funds, $5000 from Contingency to ESP Senator Malloy moved to approve the transfer of $5000 from Contingency to the account of Entertainment and Programming Board. The motion was seconded. Discussion took place. The motion passed unanimously. 1X7 Open Discussion Senate President Burzinski reminded everyone about the CSUN Award Banquet to be held on May 2. Senator Haldeman congratulated Pam Roberts on her victory as CSUN Vice-President. Senator Oshinski reminded the Senators to turn in the Senate Preference sheets for committee and boards they wish to serve on. Senate Meeting #22 4-28-81 Page 4 President Chanos wished the best of luck to CSUN in the future. President Chanos thanked all the departments for a successful year. Senator Cohen thanked Senate President Burzinski for his patience during the entire year and asked him to pass the forumla to his patience on to Senate President elect Oshinski. X. Adjournment Senate President Burzinski adjourned the twenty-second meeting of the Consolidated Student Senate at 5:00 p.m. Respectfully Submitted by, Respectfully Prepared by, Martin J. Burzinski CSUN Senate Presiden Robin Starlin CSUN Senate Secretary On September 2, 1980, in my first state of the campus address, I described the state of the campus as being in a state of productive growth! I believe that description remains true today. We embarked on a number of extremely worth while projects, we made several very significant advances, we shaped the 1980-81 campus experience for 10,000 students, and we added to the foundation that future generations will build upon. Specifically, what have we done this year? The most significant accomplishment of this administration by far, has to be the continued guarantee of funding that CSUN today enjoys. The $437,000 CSUN budget is guaranteed each and every year through an expressed funding formula contained in the university fee structure. A proposal requested by the Chairman of the Finance corrmittee, of the Board of Regents and drafted by the States University Presidents, if adopted would have removed that guarantee and left CSUN open to anything from a significant cut in funding to absolute extinction. It took researching the question back to 1955, a concentrated lobbying effort, and successive formal presentations to succeed in blocking that threat. I am very proud to say as I leave office that future generations will continue to enjoy that critically important guarantee of funding. KUNV, CSUN's student owned and operated F.M. radio station, is the next most significant landmark fo this administration. For over ten years CSUN administrations have pursued the completion of this project and each and every one of these administra-tions share in the glory of its official grand opening. This administration felt that ten years was long enough and was resolved to be responsible for its final completion. Many obstacles had to be overcome, anyone of them left unresolved would have prevented the attainment of that goal. Issues regarding control, faculty participation and voting rights, funding, broadcasting facilities, control room location, all stood as obstacles threatening completion. Page 2 I issuecl a deadline of April 30, 1981, for the stations final completion. All of the obstacles were resolved and on April 23, 1981, KUNV officially signed on the air. John Wennstrom and all of his dedicated staff working by day and by night had succeeded in giving life to a ten year old dream. KUNV which reaches 90 percent of the Las Vegas caimunity, is destine to be the shining star of CSUN for years to ccme. The potential of this radio station is tremendous. Every corner of the comnunity will feel its presence and in doing so will cane to know and respect the Consolidated Students of the University of Nevada. It represents, I believe, the missing link which has prevented CSUN from reaching its full potential. The most significant problem CSUN has had to cope with was the inability of CSUN officers to contact the student body at large and beyond that, the Las Vegas comnunity. Unsuccessfully advertised events can now be a thing of the past, KUNV has the potential to literally put CSUN and its services on the map. I am convinced that the change has a very real chance of being truly remarkable. KUNV must be used to it full potential. If this is done properly CSUN can literally double in size and strength. In Entertainment and Programming, we promised to change the character of activities and change it we did. We sacrificed quantity believing quality to be more important. The Joan Armatrading concert epitomized that interest in quality. Those who saw the concert know that. The relatively unknown pop star, refered to by the New York Times as the female Bob Dylan of the 80's, will not be fully appreciated for another two or three years when students look back and say she was at UNLV in 1980. In addition to that, never before had CSUN been able to put on a major concert in Ham Hall, marking yet another stride for Entertainment and Programming. The Ambrosia outdoor concert, a record breaking Octoberfest, a Hcmecofrming formal, the first ever at UNLV held at Ceaser's Palace, the Roman Bacanalian festival, Lecturers like Mortimer Adler, G. Gordon Liddy, Reagan's top economist, Arthur Laffer, Hamilton Jordan, Supreme Court Chief Administrator Page 3 to Warren Berger, Mark Cannon, Nicolas Radivani, of the National Security Council, formerly of the library of Congress, a variety of bands brought in from Los Angeles including New Wave, and Reggie bands for Mardi Gras which is also going to break all attendance records, the coffee house series, the current and foreign film series, the foreign film festival, International Week, a variety of noontime events, and the list goes on and on. Radford Smith and Bruce Bradley comprise the force behind these accomplishments and we owe our thanks to them and their staff. The Yell lias changed a good deal, faced with a publication that was not highly regarded and even failed, to look like a newspaper. We changed the Yell to a full size paper and that alone increased circulation. Then began the arduous task of building a reputation. Significant advances have been made in that direction but much more needs to be done. In an attempt to win national college newspaper contests, the Yell has attempted to fill the paper with interesting stories, stories which set this paper apart from others. Headlines that provoke, and spark the interest of the reader were equally desirable. Normally this would not present a problem, however, in a few instances I felt that this policy demonstrated a-real propensity to be unnecessarily harmful. The headlines, "Octoberfest Incident Hospitalizes Student" and the headline "Senate Illegally Allocates $500", both serve to illustrate that point. The incident where a girl was hit by an Operations and Jtaintenance cart that dav was no more an Octoberfest incident than were the child births which occured in Las Vegas during the same time period. Octoberfest incidents and the Senate never illegally allocated one cent. Both of these headlines are misleading and untrue, the stories that follow them explain that, however not all readers bother to read the full story and set down the paper leaving the wrong impression. Whether intentional or unintentional the harm remains real. Even in an innocent attempt to sell papers or increase circulation with catch}1 headlines, the subject of those headlines is sometimes unjustly injured. Page 4 The only other objection I have is to the printing of stories which are critical of an individual and the failure of Yell officers to ensure that the individual has the opportunity to respond in the same article. For the paper to become truly respected, I believe, the interest in sensationalism must be abandoned- with fair and honest reporting being its replacement. Concerning the issue of control of the paper, CSUN as pub-lisher of the paper is in control of the paper. This is a reality, aenerations of idealistic editors do not want to face. The screams of Freedom of the Press rincr through the halls. I believe in a free press but not a press which simply pretends to be free. The Yell should be free, free to print what it wants, free from student fees, free from CRUN, free and fully independent, self sufficient and self governing. Without that true freedom, the simple articulation of the first amendment offers no real protection. The realities of the world we live in dictate that only with financial freedom can the Yell ever truly be free. If those who recite the first- amendment honestly believe in that goal, they could most productively serve that end by addressing the question of financial freedom. Only then will IKLV have a free press. Lisa Riley, has made significant advances with the Yell. Advances which future Yell editors must build upon; $20,000 in new computerized eauipment is now for the first time available to the Yell, the same ecruipment found in Major City Newspapers. The practical trainincr now available to Yell staff members and KUNV staff members is incredible, the opportunity to work with state of the art eauipment in both departments is a fantastic one. The Yell is one of the most highly financed colleae papers in the nation, the new face it received this year makes it one of the most attractive. The computerized equipment makes it possible to greatly expand its coverage and overall size. The Yell has great potential. The paper in years to come will be great. Sound and uncompromising journalistic ethics must form the foundation of this paper. Tt must have this philosophy at its base, without that no amount of effort or investment will allow the Yell to be recognized as a respected newspaper. The paper must not be a podium for personality clashes. The facts must be reported objectively and without predudice. Both sides of each and every article must be solicited and printed. The students who finance the Yell deserve this, it is the responsibil-ity of the editor to provide this, and it is the resoonsibilitv of the Senate and the President to ensure it. I have observed and at times criticized the Yell throucrhout this year as ^resident and even before I was President. Each time the cries of censor-ship and freedom of the press rose to"the occasion. I believe in a free press as much, if not more than any of those individuals who suggested my concerns represented a threat to those principles. I also believe that those who control the media in modern society have the greatest of obligations to pre-sent the facts, all the facts without prejudice to show the good as well as the bad. The right of freedom of the press must be guided by responsible journalistic ethics. I thank Lisa Rilev, the editor, for her dedicated service to the Yell and for the many advances in that paper that she is responsible for. The intramural sports program with Marty Flvnn as direfctor of that Drocrram has done an excellent job and I thank him. I believe that the intramural soorts D r o a r a m is a worthwhile p r o q r a m , however certain modifications need to be made. CSUN currently funds aporoximately twenty sports, it has alvavs been assumed that quantity is good. If someone invents ten additional sports programs, the simple blossoming of this idea is said to be justi-fication for funding. The purse strings need to be held more tightly when considering programs whose real worth is suspect. Those sports which have less than ten students participatina should not be funded with thousands of dollars in student fees. Of the twenty sports we now fund ask yourself, How many fit into that categorv? Nearly $12,000 of the 20,000 intramural budget went tf> sala-ries. Nearly every member of the Yell staff is on stipend, salary, or some other system of financial compensation. CSUN must be a volunteer program. We are a desirable facet of the universitv community for one overriding reason. Let me illustrate the reason with an example; Organization A is a volunteer organization, organization B is a salaried organization; 500,000 is given to each organization. They are both told to go out and inhance the students campus experience. After salaries, organization B has 300,000 to spend. Organization A with the absence of salaries has 500,000 to spend. The regents when told this example, trusted that organization A would out perform its potentail competitor organization B and they voted to allow CSUN, to retain auaranteed funding. But onlv bv remaining a volunteer organization do we remain an attractive investment to the Board of Regents. I ended up freezing salaries this year at minimum wacte. I think the ulti-mate goal should be their total elimination. CSUN is not here to provide employment; it is here to administer programs and services through a cost free volunteer aparatus. The Epilogue has created a vearbook that students are sure to be proud of. Anne March has done an excellent job, and I thank her. The concern we now face is sales. A concentrated effort to sell these yearbooks is going to be necessary immediately follow-ing their arrival. CSUN is a great organization and its potential for growth is really unlimited. I have come to care a great deal about this organization and I am concerned with its future. I want to see it reach every bit of that potential. CSUN has a great tradition and each successive administration writes yet another chapter of that tradition. The problems which CSUN must iron out will take years to resolve, they always do. But all are problems which can be re-solved. It is the responsibility of each CSUN President to work towards the elimination of these problems. In exiting office it is his responsibilitv to insure that unresolved problems do not escape unnoticed, so that those who are newly elected to office may become aware of them and continue the fiaht against them. The 80-81 CSUN administration did not eliminate salaries but limited them. If the next four administrations add to that effort, in 1985 CSUN may be a purely volunteer organization. I consider that to be an extremely worthwhile pursuit. I consider a free and independent press to be a worth-while and necessary pursuit. And overall, I consider CSUN and the concept of student governance to be among the nobelist of pursuits. The relationship now existing between CSUN and the Board of Regents and between CSUN and the UNLV Administration has never been better. And I have every reason to believe that relationship will only continue to flourish, if nurtured. I urge CSUN to work towards further strengthening that relationship. The thanks of CSUN and my personal thanks go out to President Leonard Goodall, Dr. Brook Dixon, and Dr. Dale Nitzschke for all of the kindness, concern, and friendship they have shown CSUN and myself on numerous occasions throughout the year. Each year we do what each of us can to improve upon the oraanization we inherit from others. In reflecting back on this year, I am very proud of what we have accomplished; and I thank all of vou who made those accomplishments possible. Most of all, I thank those students who believed in me, and through their votes made my election possible. It was an experience I shall never forget. I think most of you will agree that I have been what is refered to as a "controversial president". In thinking about that, a quote from John F. Kennedy's, Profiles In Courage, came to mind, reqarding neutrality, the only real refuge from controversy; and I leave you with that. I quote, "The Hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in the time of great moral crisis retain their neutrality." Presidents cannot afford the luxuary of neutral-ity. The cost of leadership is too'high, Ladies and gentlemen, I thank you. CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS 4505 Maryland Parkway Las Vegas, Nevada 89154 Telephone (702) 739-3477 SENATE PRESIDENT MARTIN J. BURZINSKI AGENDA EMERGENCY SENATE MEETING 2:30 p.m. April 30, 1981 Moyer Student Union Lounges I. Call to Order II. Roll Call III. "Executive Board Announcements IV. New Business A. Certification of 1981-82 Executive Board Elections V. Open Discussion VI. Adjournment Emergency Senate Meeting Moyer Student Union Building Room 203 2:30 p.m. 4-30-81 I. Call to Order Senate President Burzinski called the meeting to order at~2£50 p.m. II. Roll Call Members in Attendance Catherine Clay _ „.,, , Rick Oshinski ^e f f Sen^ „ Karen Cohen Derrek Yelton-absent Patrick Malloy Bill Haldeman Patrick Thomas Robert Scavetta Andrew Levy David Campbell Stephen LoPresti Carlene Clay Roberta Burton Cathy Powell-absent Kathi Kulesza-absent Steven Nitzsehke-absent Mary Beth Nltzschke-absent III. Executive Board Announcements A. President Chanos President Chanos announced that he called the meeting. If the Executive Board elections were not proved by todav, CSUN would be without legal leadership until the next Senate Meeting on Tuesday. IV. New Business A. Certification of 1981-82 Executive Board Elections Senator Burton moved to approve Dirk Ravenholt who received 4 20 votes as CSUN President, Pam Roberts-50 3 as CSUN Vice-President, Rick Oshinski- 566 as Senate President. Also, Union Board Chairman Bill Botos, and Union Board Anne March, Mary Squire, and Patrick Thomas. The motion was seconded. The motion passed unanimouslv. V. "'Open Discussion VI. Adjournment Senate President Bur-z-inski a^joumed the meeting at^3:10 p.m. Keppectnuiiy yreparea oy, Robin M. Starlin Respectfully Submitted bfll' Martin J. Burzinski /