Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, April 13, 1998

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Student Government STUDENT SENATE MEETING 28-17 TERRY A. MOORE Monday, April 13,1998 Moyer Student Union Room 201 7:00 RM. Joaquin F. Trujillo SenmPmskkriPrcbTerrpcre Business Nicole Lehman Education > David Shapiro Sciences Randy Milmeister Liberal Arts Marty Weinberg Business Scott Ceci Business Richard Kimb rough Urban Affairs David Fisk Education Michael "Zo " Kawazoe Hotel Administration Heather A. Hamilton ' '-ban Affairs / K. Canepa • iotel Administration Leia M. Cartwright Student Development Jamie T. Hemington Education Jerry K. Jory Student Development Aaron M. Clemens Student Development RylandG. Whitaker Engineering Tony Zaranti Hotel Administration Melissa Colen Business Anne-Marie Lazaroff Fine Arts Christian Augustin Liberal Arts John P. A. Garcia Health Sciences Josephine Binetti Liberal Arts I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL APPROVAL OF MINUTES ANNOUNCEMENTS BOARD AND COMMITTEE REPORTS C O UXT1 A. Senate Committee Reports =3C B. Faculty Senate/University Committee Reports to C. Director Reports 1. Nevada Student Affairs; DIRECTOR CONTINE; 2. Elections Board, DIRECTOR FLEISCHMAN; 3. Organizations Board, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR DORSEY; 4. Entertainment & Programming, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR HIRSCHTRITT 5. Office of Student Information, DIRECTOR A YON; D. Residence Hall Liaison Report E. Student Athlete Advisory Board Liaison Report F. Ethnic Student Council Liaison Report G. Business Manager Report UNFINISHED BUSINESS NEW BUSINESS A. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of contracts for Rebelpalooza on April 24, as submitted by SENATOR FISK; B. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of removing the censure placed against Senator Clemens, as submitted by SENATOR BINETTI; PUBLIC COMMENT[in accordance with N.R.S. 241.020 (2)(c)(3)] EXECUTIVE BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS AND SUMMATIONS FOLLOWED BY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GOOD OF THE SENATE 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 Dangan Humanities, Classroom Building Complex and Thomas Beam Engineering Complex. CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS • UNIVERSITY OF NEVAOA 4 5 0 5 SOUTH MARYLAND PARKWAY • LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 8 9 1 5 4 - 2 0 0 9 • ( 7 0 2 ) 8 9 5 - 3 4 7 7 • FAX ( 7 0 2 ) 8 9 5 - 4 6 0 6 C 1 JOHSO i "Sfior f-ee APH 1 a yynsOLirsATi-Std fes 404 PH '58 STUDENT SENATE MEETING 28-16 SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA Monday, April 13,1998 Moyer Student Union Room 201 7:00 p.m. VII. NEW BUSINESS A. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of spending $1150.00 to Co-sponsor the Student Art Show on April 17th with UNLV Art Department; to be encumbered out of the 2702 account, as submitted by SENATOR LAZAROFF; ( > ( University of Nevada, Las Vegas Student Government Office of the Senate President TERRY A. MOORE HEOEIVJ') _ C0NS0LIDATED STU0£HT£ t> i UOENT GflVERNMFMT'nr^c 'JNiVELfAtSii rVr toOrA NSE VADA APR 23 5 03 Fli '98 Joaquin F. Trujillo SenatePresickntPro-Tenpore Business Nicole Lehman Education David Shapiro Sciences Randy Milmeister Liberal Arts Marty Weinberg Business Scott Ceci Business Richard Kimbrough Urban Affairs David Fisk Education Michael "Zo"Kawazoe Hotel Administration Heather A. Hamilton Urban Affairs ty K. Canepa jtel Administration Leia M. Cartwright Student Development Jamie T. Hemington Education Jerry K. Jory Student Development Aaron M. Clemens Student Development RylandG. Whitaker Engineering Tony Zaranti Hotel Administration Melissa Colen Business Anne-Marie Lazaroff Fine Arts Christian Augustin Liberal Arts John P. A. Garcia Health Sciences Josephine Binetti Liberal Arts MINUTES SENA TE MEETING 28-17 Monday, April 13,1998 Room 201, Moyer Student Union CALL TO ORDER: SENATE PRESIDENT MOORE called Senate Meeting 28-17 to order at 7:04 p.m. II. ROLL CALL: PRESENT ABSENT Christian Augustin Josephine Binetti (arrived at 7:07) * Amy K. Canepa Leia Cartwright Scott Ceci Aaron Clemens Melissa Colen David Fisk John P. A. Garcia Heather Hamilton Jamie T. Hemington Michael "Zo" Kawazoe Richard Kimbrough Anne-Marie Lazaroff Nicole Lehman Randy Milmeister Joaquin Trujillo Marty Weinberg (entered at 7:03) * Ryland Whitaker Tony Zaranti Jerry K. Jory (unexcused) David Shapiro (unexcused) * denotes tardiness III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: There were no minutes for approval. CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS • UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA 4 5 0 5 SOUTH MARYLAND PARKWAY • LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 8 9 1 5 4 - 2 0 0 9 • (702) 8 9 5 - 3 4 7 7 • FAX (702) 8 9 5 - 4 6 0 6 SENATE MINUTES 28-17/ April 13, 1998 ANNOUNCEMENTS: SENATE PRESIDENT PRO-TEMPORE TRUJILLO stated the picture retakes are in and he will be putting them up. There will be a Senate caucus on Monday at 6 p.m. He also stated that he is not quitting and is keeping his position. SENATOR WEINBERG arrived at 7:03. SENATE PRESIDENT MOORE apologized that the Health Sciences seat is not on the agenda and stated that it will be on the next agenda. V. BOARD AND COMMITTEE REPORTS: A. Senate Committee Reports: 1. SENATOR ZARANTI stated that the Rebel Yell Advisory Board is meeting on Wednesday at 1:30 in FDH 312. They will be having Editor-in-Chief interviews. 2. SENATOR FISK stated that he still needs information from members of the Campus Safety Committee and would like it ASAP. B. Faculty Senate/University Committee Reports: C. Director Reports: 1. NSA DIRECTOR CONTINE stated that Wednesday is their final forum of the semester and is the Worker's Rights initiative forum. It is in the Fireside lounge at 11:30. 2. Elections Board DIRECTOR FLEISCHMAN stated that the elections went well. They put up one of the tents and one idea is that they could attach Velcro and attach banners to it. The totals from the elections are as follows: for Student Body President: Price - 925, Weinberg - 578, none of the above - 68; for Vice President: Ceci - 832, Milmeister - 627, none of the above - 106; for Senate President: Kimbrough - 874, none of the above - 320. 3. O-BOARD ASSISTANT DIRECTOR DORSEY congratulated all of the candidates. He stated that there is an O-Board meeting tomorrow night. All funding requests need to be done this week. SENATOR BINETTI arrived at 7:07. IV. ( ( 2 SENATE MINUTES 28-17/ April 13, 1998 4. E & P ASSISTANT DIRECTOR HIRSCHTRITT passed around the posters for REBELPALOOZA. He stated that the contracts for REBELPALOOZA are on the agenda tonight. There were several questions and discussion. 5. OSI DIRECTOR A YON - stated that when we approved the T-shirts, we didn't get a second bid so he will be calling one in tomorrow and they should hopefully be done the end of this week. He will be advertising for the open seats and pen Directorships by tomorrow. The web page looks better. He E-mailed Yahoo to get on a search engine but they have not gotten back to him. There were several questions and discussion. D. Residence Hall Liaison Report: JENNIFER PECK stated that there is a barbecue on Saturday but it might not happen because of a lack of planning. Their next meetings will be transitional ones with the new E-Board. Next week she will be bringing in their new Executive Board President. E. Student Athlete Advisory Board Liaison Report: DARON DORSEY stated that they have a meeting tomorrow night at 7:00. The Scholar Athlete lunch is on Wednesday. There is a new women's basketball coach. The golf team won their tournament this past weekend. They canceled the National Student Athlete Day and are planning one for next year. F. Ethnic Student Council Liaison Report: ANN YU stated that their next newsletter will hopefully be out next week. Their annual installation and awards ceremony is on Wednesday April 29th at 6 p.m. G. Business Manager Report: BUSINESS MANAGER JIM MOORE read the expenditures for the week: $2.24 for March postage, $66.00 for office forms, $497.90 for pencils, and $250.00 to inflate the balloon. SENATOR KIMBROUGH asked when the balloon was inflated. BUSINESS MANAGER MOORE stated that it was on November 18th. VI. UNFINISHED BUSINESS VII. NEW BUSINESS c 3 SENATE MINUTES 28-17/April 13, 1998 A. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of contracts for Rebelpalooza on April 24, as submitted by SENATOR FISK; Motion to approve made by SENATOR ZARANTI, seconded by SENATOR KAWAZOE. Move into a vote. Motion passes 20-0-0. B. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of removing the censure placed against Senator Clemens, as submitted by SENATOR BINETTI; SENATE PRESIDENT MOORE stated that this Item is out of order because the body doesn't vote on this as an agenda item. It is the decision of the chair and should have been appealed by a member of the body at that time. SENATE PRESIDENT PRO-TEMPORE TRUJILLO stated that there is no discussion and it is directly voted on. SENATE PRESIDENT MOORE stated that SENATOR CLEMENS proved himself last meeting and the floor has been restored to him, so the intent of the Item has been fulfilled. A. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of spending $1150.00 to Co-sponsor the Student Art Show on April 17th with UNLV Art Department; to be encumbered out of the 2702 account, as submitted by SENATOR LAZAROFF; Motion to approve made by SENATOR TRUJILLO, seconded by SENATOR CECI. SENATOR TRUJILLO made a motion to amend to strike A and insert C, seconded by SENATOR AUGUSTIN. The motion to amend passed by unanimous acclimation. There was extensive discussion about the Item. SENATOR CANEPA moved to call the question, seconded by SENATOR WHITAKER. Move into a vote. Motion fails 9-9-2. (SENATORS TRUJILLO, GARCIA, FISK, LAZAROFF, LEHMAN, HEMINGTON, KIMBROUGH, CECI, and AUGUSTIN opposed, SENATORS ZARANTI and BINETTI abstained.) There was additional discussion. Move into a vote on the main Item. Motion passes 17-0-3. (SENATORS CECI, GARCIA, and KAWAZOE abstained.) SENATE MINUTES 28-17/ April 13, 1998 ( • ? 1 VIII. PUBLIC COMMENT Leia Fleishman stated that there is a TV star in their midst. SENATOR ZARANTI was in a commercial and said "take a sip for scholarship." Justin Hirschtritt asked when the Senators can help out with REBELPALOOZA. Ofir Ventura introduced himself and stated that he is interested in being involved with the Senate and they will receive his application for a Business Senator. Will Price stated that he hasn't been at many Senate meetings this semester because he normally has a class at this time. He is going to put a memo in the boxes within the next week regarding his office hours. He asked that the justice applications be forwarded to the incoming Executive Board as well as the Director applications. He spoke with Business Manager Moore about getting a box in the Senate chambers and will be getting one this week. He also stated that he looks forward to working with this body. IX. EXECUTIVE BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS AND SUMMATIONS VICE PRESIDENT VALERA gave his salutations to the candidates for all of their hard work and congratulated the new Executive Board. He needs all name changes for the Faculty Excellence Award by tomorrow. He also needs the surveys by Thursday. There were several questions and discussion. SENATE PRESIDENT MOORE congratulated all of the candidates and the incoming Executive Board. He thanked Joel Kostman for attending the meeting. He stated that spring break was great and he has heard some stories. He learned to hate southern California. He will be out of the office alot and will be in the library. They have two meetings to go, and he hopes everybody has a good week. X. GOOD OF THE SENATE SENATOR KIMBROUGH wanted to know what time the Senators would like to have the meetings next semester and asked if they prefer 6:00 or 7:00. SENATOR AUGUSTIN stated that he would like 6:00 and he hopes that everyone got his memo about rule 13. C 5 SENATE MINUTES 28-17/ April 13, 1998 SENATOR ZARANTI stated that he was also on a game show over spring break and he had fun. The Hotel College has broken up their call letters. He also stated that he is not planning on resigning and is going on an internship this summer. SENATOR WEINBERG stated that he hopes everyone got his memo in their boxes regarding the Holocaust Remembrance Day on April 22nd, from 10:00 - 2:00. He asked that the Senators try to promote the event. He also stated that he would like 6:00 and had a great spring break. SENATOR CECI stated that he would like 6:00 and that he had a great spring break. SENATOR HEMINGTON wished everyone a good week and stated that she would like 7:00. SENATOR LEHMAN stated that she is glad the art was approved and also congratulated the candidates. SENATOR HAMILTON stated that the Faculty Senate Public Relations Committee is holding a blood drive next Monday. She also congratulated the newly elected officials. SENATOR LAZAROFF stated that she would like 6:00 on Mondays. She thanked the Senate for helping with the posters for their spring musical. She was in a charity event over spring break and it was a live chess match and she was the black queen. She asked the Senators to support the twister tournament next week during spring fling. She asked for the new Executive Board to fill the Directorships as soon as possible. The art students are interested in the possibility of having a locked case in front of the offices. SENATOR CARTWRIGHT stated that she has an announcement from Holly VanBuren for organizations that are interested in participating in the organizations fair during orientations over the summer, there is an meeting following the O-Board meeting tomorrow at 5:00. The receptionist committee has hired some new people. She also congratulated the new Executive Board. SENATOR MILMEISTER congratulated the new Executive Board and stated that he hopes they get along. He stated that he was carjacked in Tijuana over spring break. He also stated that he will be presenting his research this Thursday in Albuquerque, NM. SENATOR CLEMENS thanked SENATE PRESIDENT MOORE for recognizing that he is mature enough to speak during the Good of the Senate. He thanked DIRECTOR AYON for his work with the web site. Delta Chi raised $520.00 for the Boys and Girls Club. He suggested that ASSISTANT DIRECTOR HIRSCHTRITT make a sign-up sheet. SENATOR BINETTI stated that she submitted the agenda item to remove the censure placed against SENATOR CLEMENS because she feels that a Senator's comments should not be subject to censure and the Good of the Senate is made available for 6 SENATE MINUTES 28-17/April 13, 1998 Senators to air their opinions. She handed the agenda Item to SENATE PRESIDENT MOORE and would have liked to have been made aware that the submission was not in accordance with procedure. She also stated that she submitted an Item for filling the vacant Health Sciences seat and was disappointed that it did not make it on the agenda. There is a Paycheck Protection Forum hosted by Pi Sigma Alpha on Wednesday, April 15th at 11:30. She also congratulated the new Executive Board and would like a 6:00 meeting. SENATOR FISK stated that he could not make it to the Executive Board meeting but he is assuming there is no J.C. He thinks comments with creative use of language are what makes debate interesting and he is happy the censure was lifted. He echoed SENATOR BINETTI's comments about the Health Sciences seat being filled and stated that it has been taking too long. He congratulated the new Executive Board. He has the forms done for the scholarships for his college and the fliers will be going up this week. He also stated that he is from Southern California and he would like 6:00. SENATOR GARCIA stated that he would like 6 p.m. also. He congratulated the new Executive Board and asked that they select the best for future Directors and the judicial council and they need to take input from the current Directors. He also stated that he will be attending the Holocaust Remembrance. SENATOR COLEN congratulated the new Executive Board and stated that she will not be here next semester. She is on her Dean's task force for the re-organization of the Business College and they are not trying to take over the Hotel College. SENATOR WHITAKER stated that he doesn't have a mailbox. He congratulated the new Executive Board. He also stated that he wished SENATOR JORY was there. SENATOR CANEPA stated she would like 6:00 and she has some questions about the summer meetings. She also congratulated the new Executive Board. SENATOR KAWAZOE congratulated the new Executive Board. He stated that he likes criticism because it keeps you in check. He is also happy that SENATOR MILMEISTER was brought back in one piece. SENATOR TRUJILLO congratulated the new Executive Board and wished them a great year. He hopes they get a new judicial branch because he wants to write a case for them about classifying their bylaws as bylaws or as standing rules, because bylaws can never be waived. He also stated that setting caps for spending on campaigns is against federal law. There can only be caps on contributions but not on spending. He wished SENATOR ZARANTI good luck on his internship. In the caucus he is hoping that they can regroup and refocus. There are not valid arguments about the budget and they need to look at the facts and how they are going to help the students. He also stated that he would like 6:00 and he had a great spring break. SENATE MINUTES 28-17/April 13, 1998 XI. ADJOURNMENT Motion to adjourn the meeting made by SENATOR TRUJILLO, seconded by SENATOR LAZAROFF. Move into a vote. Vote to adjourn passes 19-1-0. (SENATOR KIMBROUGH opposed.) SENATE PRESIDENT MOORE adjourned the meeting at 8:06 p.m. Submitted by: Prepared by: Terry Arjgte^e SENATE PRESIDENT Note: All minutes are subject to summation. Holly Wair SENATE SECRETARY (