Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, October 20, 1988

CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS AGENDA SENATE MEETING 18-34 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1988 4:00PM MSU 201 I. Call To Order II. Roll Call III. Approval of Senate Minutes 18-33 IV. Announcements V. Board and Committee Reports VI. Executive Board Nominations A. Introduction of Miguel Palmieri as CSUN Vice President Pro Tempore. VI. Unfinished Business A. Approval of Senate Bill #28. B. Approval of Senate Bill #29. VII. New Business A. Approval of revoking Alpha Tau Omega's CSUN recognition for the remainder of the semester. B. Introduction/Approval of reducing Election Board chair's stipend for the month of November. C. Approval of contract between CSUN Video Yearbook and Barnes and Noble for yearbook sales. D. Approval of $3 50 for plaques for senators. E. Approval of funding for the Student Advertising Class Competition. F. Approval of National Student Services Conference for Kristi Carlson, Student Services to attend and to exceed $12 00. G. Approval of $1500 for performance of the play A Peasant of El Salvador from Entertainment and Programming account (903) . UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NV 89154/(702) 739-3477 Senate Agenda 18-34 Page 2 10/20/88 H. Approval of Lip Sync on October 2 7th (Thursday): 1st prize $75; 2nd prize $50; 3rd prize $25. I. Approval of Dumpkopfs of $350 on October 26th (Wednesday) for two sets of 1 hour each. Between the hours of 11am and 2:30pm. J. Approval of contract with Dumpkopfs. K. Approval of Tommy Rocker and Michael O'Brien on Thursday October 27 for 4 hours $500. L. Approval of contract for caricatures. M. Approval of $200 for cash prizes on Wednesday October 26th and Friday October 28th. N. Approval $225. of Tripple Ripple on October 2 8th for 0. Approval of contract for Tripple Ripple. P . Approval of Jimmy Jackpot $200 for October 28 . Q. Approval of Jimmy Jackpot contract. R. Approval of Samson 1s Army for $250. S. Approval of Samson 1s Army contract. T. Approval 0'Brien. of contract with Tommy Rocker and Michael U. Approval of Executive Board Nominations. VIII. Open Discussion IX. Adjournment CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA SENATE MEETING 10-34 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1988 4:00PM MSU 201 VII. New Business V. Approval of revised contract with preschool. W. Nominations/Voting of Senate of the Year. UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NV 89154/(702) 739-3477 CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS MINUTES SENATE MEETING 18-34 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1988 MSU 201 4:00PM I. CALL TO ORDER CSUN Senate President Jack E. Spicer Jr. called Senate Meeting 18-34 to order at 4:00pm. II. ROLL CALL PRESENT Senator Clay Senator Frankulin (Late) Senator Dreibelbis Senator Reiss (Late) Senator Varela Senator Walker Senator Cozine Senator DaQuino Senator Kroth Senator Hoffman (Late) Senator Vigano (Late) Senator Gottschalk Senator Elliott Senator Young Senator Phillips Senator Charoenbanpachon Senator Polovina Senator Geihs Senator Saunders Senator Robertson III. APPROVAL OF SENATE MINUTES 18-33 Motion by Senator Walker to approve Senate Minutes 18-33. Seconded by Senator Cozine. There were corrections. Call for a vote. Motion carried, with corrections with eighteen in favor, no opposed, and one abstention (Vigano). ABSENT Senator Kurzer (Excused) UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NV 89154/(702) 739-3477 Senate Meeting 18-34 Page 2 10/20/88 IV. Announcements CSUN President Steve Evenson mentioned that Ms. Kenney will be speaking to the Senate next week; she is running for Board of Regent. He congradulated Chuck Walker on becoming Homecoming King. There will be five different Summer Sessions so far in the schedule. There will be stories regarding the campus security in the newspapers. CSUN is working with President Maxson to have extended library hours. President Maxson will probably donate monies for the extra hours. There will also need to be some legislation to keep the hours for the library extended. CSUN Vice President Jennifer McGinty announced that 50 pints of blood were given for the blood drive. She mentioned that Senator Cozine, Barbara McFarland the CSUN Business Manager, Mike Keller the Yellin' Rebel Editor and herself gave blood. Delta Zeta and Alpha Gamma Delta tied for first place. ROTC and TKE tied for seconcj place. She mentioned that regarding the Tennis Club issue, Shelley Berkley will be representing the Tennis Club. She also mentioned that some professors are using students research material for their own use. CSUN Senate President Pro Tempore Todd Gottschalk mentioned that in today's meeting everyone should maintain order. CSUN Senate President Jack E. Spicer Jr. mentioned that there will be a meeting next week for the Senate in the same room. V. Board and Committee Reports Miguel Palmieri, Appropriations Board chair announced that tomorrow by 5:00pm is the deadline for funding from the Organizations Board for this semester. He mentioned that Jean Broudeau the Quicksilver Editor has been being paid out of the 905. He also mentioned that the Organizations Board recommended that only $400 be given to the Ad Club, the maximum would be $600 for a recommendation. Tonight there is a Tennis Club meeting which Barbara McFarland, Jennifer McGinty and himself plan on attending. Dick Hubbel, Office of Public Informations Director, attended a Tele-Conference meeting to talk about taking about 7 acres of UNLV to use as an Intramural field. The issue of turning the land into an Intramural field was passed unanimously in the meeting. The work will begin immediately. Students should L&t the committee know what they would like to see on the field. Victoria Von Tobel, Nevada Student Affairs Director, mentioned that the candidate forum was canceled, due to no response. On November 7, there will be a get out and vote rally for candidates that would like to come and speak to the students. Senate Meeting 18-34 Page 3 10/20/88 Kristi Carlson, Student Services Director mentioned that $500 was collected for lectures and the typewriters for the month. Rob Rosenthal, KUNV Director wished the senate good luck at today's meeting. Starting October 31st KUNV will start a community affairs program. This program will cut about a half an hour out of the Jazz program. Robert Lane, Elections Board chair announced that the first senate election was invalidated. He also mentioned that the elections board certified the Homecoming elections. Lillian Franky, Entertainment and Programming director mentioned that the senators have a lack of participation and Entertainment and Programming events; Senator Vigano is the only one who ever seems to show any interested in the events. She thanked Senator Vigano for attending. Senator Robertson, chair of the Bylaws Committee mentioned that the Bylaws Committee approved the Senate Bills #28 and #29. These bills were passed unanimously. He felt that they were acceptable and worthwhile bills. VI. Executive Board Nominations A. Introduction of Miguel Palmieri as CSUN Vice President Pro Tempore. Motion by CSUN Vice President Jennifer McGinty to move out of the order of the day and approve item A. of New Business. A. Approval of revoking Alpha Tau Omega's CSUN recognition for the remainder of the semester. Seconded by Senator Hoffman. There was discussion. Bud Benneman addressed the Senate. There was discussion. Dean Ackerman addressed the Senate. There was discussion. Call for a vote by Senator Robertson. Seconded by Senator DaQuino. Motion failed, with seven in favor, eleven opposed, and two abstentions. Senate Meeting 18-34 Page 4 10/20/88 VI. Unfinished Business A. Approval of Senate Bill #28. Motion to approve by Senator Cozine. Seconded by Senator Varela. There was discussion. CSUN Senate President Pro Tempore Gottschalk made a friendly amendment to have Section III. B #1 to have added: 3. Not to exceed $6.00 an hour. Seconded by Senator Cozine. Senator DaQuino objected to the motion. There was discussion. Call for a vote. Motion carried with nine in favor, six opposed, and five abstentions. CSUM Senate, President "Pro VoLw^poire tasfci^cWK. i-e-UL,nei -the. rav^l- There was discussion. 4 Motion by CSUN President Steve Evenson made an amendment to have the following added: Section 1, letter C. The Senate Secretary shall perform any duties as directed by the Senate and or the Executive Board. Section II, letter A. The Senate Secretary's supervisor shall be the Executive Board. Seconded by Senator Varela. There was discussion. Motion by Senator DaQuino to table until this bill is reviewed again by the Bylaws Committee. Seconded by Senator Clay. Call for a vote. Motion failed, with nine in favor, ten opposed, and one abstention. Call for a vote on the amendments made by CSUN President Steve Evenson. Motion failed with five in favor, eleven opposed, and four abstentions. Call for a vote on the main motion. Seriate Meeting 18-34 Page 5 10/20/88 Motion carried with eighteen in favor, one opposed, and one abstention. CSUN Senate President Jack Spicer retained the gavel. Motion by CSUN Senate President Pro Tempore Gottschalk to move out of the order of the day and approve $400 for the Student Advertising Class Competition. VII. New Business E. Approval of funding of $400 for the Student Advertising Class Competition. Seconded by Senator Cozine. There was discussion. Senator Vigano called for the question. There were no objections. Motion carried with seventeen in favor, one opposed (DaQuino) and two abstentions (Walker, Charoenbanpachon). Motion by Senator Saunders to move out of the order of the and approve item F. of new business. F. Approval of National Student Services Conference of Kristi Carlson, Student Services to attend and to not exceed $1200, to come out of the 904 account. Seconded by Senator DaQuino. There was discussion. Kristi Carlson, Student Services Director addressed the Senate. There was discussion. Call for a vote. Motion carried with nineteen in favor, one opposed (Robertson) and no abstentions. VI. Unfinished Business B. Approval of Senate Bill #29. CSUN Senate President Todd Gottschalk retained the gavel. Motion to approve by Senator DaQuino. Seconded by Senator Saunders. Senate Meeting 18-34 Page 6 10/20/88 There was discussion. Call for a vote. Motion carried, unanimously. CSUN Senate President Jack Spicer retained the gavel. Motion by Senator Cozine to move out of the order of the day and approve item V. of New Business. V. Approval of revised contract with preschool. Seconded by Senator Vigano. There was discussion. Kristi Carlson, Student Services Director addressed the Senate. There was discussion. Call for a vote. Motion carried with nineteen in favor, no opposed, and one abstention (Dreibelbis). VII. New Business B. Introduction/Approval of reducing Election Board chair's stipend for the month of November. This was only an introduction. C. Approval of contract between CSUN Video Yearbook and Barnes and Noble for yearbook sales. Motion to approve by Senator DaQuino. Seconded by Senator Walker. There was discussion. Call for a vote. Motion carried with seventeen in favor, no opposed, and three abstentions (Young, Robertson, Saunders). Motion by Senator Dreibelbis to approve items D., H., I., J., K., M., N., 0., P., Q., R., S., T., as a whole. Item D. should be amendmended to the following: Approval of $364 for plaques for senators. D. Approval of $364.00 for plaques for senators. Senate Meeting 18-34 Page 7 10/20/88 H. Approval of Lip Sync on October 27th (Thursday): 1st prize $75; 2nd prize $50; 3rd prize $25. I. Approval of Dumpkofs of $350 on October 26th (Wednesday) for two sets of 1 hour each. Between the hours of 11am and 2:30pm. J. Approval of contract with Dumpkopfs. K. Approval of Tommy Rocker and Michael O'Brien on Thursday October 27 for 4 hours $500. M. Approval of $200 for cash prizes on Wednesday October 26th and Friday October 28th. N. Approval of Tripple Ripple on October 28th for $225. 0. Approval of contract for Tripple Ripple. P. Approval of Jimmy Jackpot $200 for October 28. Q. Approval of contract with Jimmy Jackpot. R. Approval of Samson's Army for $250. S. Approval of contract with Samson's Army. T. Approval of contract with Tommy Rocker and Michael O'Brien. Seconded by Senator Kroth. There was discussion. Call for a vote. Motion carried unanimously. G. Approval of $1500 for performance of the play A Peasant of El Salvador from Entertainment and Programming account (903). This motion was considered out of order. L. Approval of contract for caricatures. This motion was considered out of order. U. Approval of Executive Board Nominations. This motion was considered out of order. Senate Meeting 18-34 Page 8 10/20/88 W. Nominations/Voting of Senator of the year award. Senator DaQuino nominated Senator Hoffman for Senator of the Year. Senator Walker nominated Senator DaQuino for Senator of the Year. Senator Elliott nominated Senator Cozine for Senator of the Year. Senator Gottschalk nominated Senator Clay for Senator of the Year. Nominations were closed with no objections. Call for a vote. There was a request for a roll call vote. Hoffman Clay DaQuino Clay Dreibelbis DaQuino Vigano Kroth Gottschalk Young Phillips Charoenbanpachon Geihs Polovina Saunders Cozine Abstentions Elliott Frankulin Robertson Walker Hoffman Cozine Senator Hoffman had 6 votes in favor, Senator Clay had 6 votes in favor, Senator DaQuino had 0 votes in favor, Senator Cozine had 2 votes in favor and there were 4 abstentions. Senators Hoffman and Clay prevailed as Senators of the Year. CSUN Senate President Jack Spicer asked Senator Walker to leave the meeting after Senator Walker had thrown a crumpled piece of paper at CSUN Senate President Jack Spicer. Senator Walker announced that he had something to say in Open Discussion and wished to stay. Motion by Senator Vigano to approve the request of Senator Walker leaving the Senate Meeting by CSUN Senate President. Seconded by Senator Saunders. Call for a vote. Senate Meeting 18-34 Page 9 10/20/88 Motion carried to have Senator Walker leave the Senate Meeting. CSUN Senate President Jack Spicer over turned the decision, and let Senator Walker stay for the remainder of the meeting. VIII. Open Discussion Senator Clay thanked everyone for voting her Senator of the Year. CSUN Senate President Pro Tempore Todd Gottschalk congradulated the two Senators of the Year. Senator Saunders announced that after December 17th she will be Senator Thorn. Senator Young congradulated the Senators who made Senators of the Year. Senator Geihs congradulated the two Senators of the Year. He mentioned that they both deserved it. He also had a marvelous time at the meeting today. Senator Vigano announced that this would be her last meeting since she will be out of town for the last Senate Meeting. She mentioned that she enjoyed being of the Senate for the semester and the summer. She also hopes to be on the Senate again sometime, if an opening occurs. Senator Reiss mentioned that the air conditioning should be turned down. Senator Hoffman thanked everyone for voting her Senator of the Year. She mentioned that Senator Vigano was a wonderful senator. Senator Robertson mentioned that Senator Vigano has done lot; more than what he feels he has done for his college. Senator Walker mentioned that he would miss Senator Vigano. He felt that she was one of the top senators. He congradulated Senators Hoffman and Clay for being Senators of the Year. He also mentioned that Senator Hoffman's nickname is "Brandi the Bitch." He also mentioned that he won by one vote for the Homecoming King Elections. He mentioned that the CSUN President Steve Evenson spoke to him outside of the meeting, telling him that he was disappointed in him on his decision regarding the ATO issue. He mentioned that everyone should look at the facts and not be bias. He will not let CSUN President Steve Evenson intimidate his decision. He also felt that there was an abuse of power in CSUN. Senate Meeting 18-34 Page 10 10/20/88 Senator Phillips congradulated the Senator Hoffman and Senator Clay for being the Senators of the Year. Senator Polovina mentioned that she is hoping that this Senate Election is not invalid. Senator Charoenbanpachon mentioned that she was glad that both Senator Hoffman and Senator Clay had both won, she wanted to vote for both of them. She also mentioned that the decision regarding ATO was a hard one. She didn't understand why Senator Walker did not vote Senator DaQuino for Senator of the Year since that was his nomination to the Senate. She mentioned that the other day she left her keys in the CSUN Senate President's office that were to her car. After realizing this she had tried to get into her car, since there was a spare key inside the car. A man saw her and offered to help her get her car open. He opened the car for, and then she realized that the spare key was being used by sister. At this point the man from the dark offeiatto hot wire her car. After he hot wired the car, she was able to leave school and proceed home. Senator DaQuino mentioned that he had filed for Publications Board chair. He apologized for the comment that he made earlier to the Dean. He announced that he would Wisj o£. Vigano. He was glad to see people at the meeting. He also knew that Senator Hoffman would make it. Senator Kroth congradulated Senator Hoffman and Senator Clay for being Senators of the Year. She mentioned that she had a fun time at the meeting today. She felt that the comments that were said by the CSUN President were uncalled for. She also mentioned that she had some seconded thoughts about her not running again. She had a goodtime of the Senate. Christine Mangual mentioned that at looking at all the senators there are very few who are still left from the Senate which has served on. She also mentioned that she glad that Senator Hoffman won for the Senator of the Year award. CSUN Senate President Jack E. Spicer Jr. mentioned that the Senate Bill's that were brought in front of the Senate at today's meeting was a issue that needed to be addressed. He congradulated Senator Hoffman and Senator Clay of becoming the Senators of the Year. In regards to intestinal fortitude he felt that the Senate was supreme. He mentioned that even though the ATO issue was not passed, he felt that CSUN still gained something. "CSUN provides funding for orangizations. " -continued on next stage- Senate Meeting 18-34 Page 11 10/20/88 IX. CSUN Senate President Jack E. Spicer Jr. - "They provide avenues of obtaining rooms and services on this campus. We provide clean up opportunities for them to make money, we provide co-sponsorship opportunities for them to make money. For any organization to turn around and crap on me, my opinion is I'm going to tear their shoulders off their head and crap down their neck. I don't care how big they are, because they have not seen me really pissed. When I get really pissed they wished they weren't born lots of times. Now?I may get beat to hell for that, but that is my opinion, and I am that kind of a person. I am happy to see that I don't think that the intimidation, and it was intimidation to have them there, I welcome people to the Senate Meeting, but the aim of having a large group of people is intimidation. I don't think that the Senate was intimidated. I was very happy to see that. It makes me proud to be CSUN Senate President of this Senate. You are an exceptional group of people. I am now going to end this meeting with three words, Chuck For King." Adj ournment CSUN Senate President Jack E. Spicer Jr. adjourned the Senate meeting 18-34 at 7:10pm. Respectfully Prepared/ Submitted By: CSUN Senate Secretary