Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, January 26, 1998

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Student Government Office of the Senate President TERRY A. MOORE Joaquin F. Trujillo Senate President Pro-Tempore Business Nicole Lehman Education David Shapiro Sciences Randy Milmeister Liberal Arts Jenny Marshall Health Sciences Marly Weinberg Business Scott Ceci Business Richard Kimbrough Urban Affairs David Fisk Education Michael "Zo"Kawazoe Hotel Administration Heather A. Hamilton Urban Affairs 4 my K. Canepa >tel 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 STUDENT SENATE MEETING 28-08 Monday, January 26,1997 Moyer Student Union Room 201 7:00 P.m. I. CALL TO ORDER II. ROLL CALL III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES IV. ANNOUNCEMENTS V. BOARD AND COMMITTEE REPORTS A. Senate Committee Reports B. Faculty Senate/University Committee Reports C. Director Reports 1. Nevada Student Affairs; DIRECTOR CONTINE; 2. Elections Board, DIRECTOR FLEISCHMAN; 3. Organizations Board, DIRECTOR FINKELSTEIN; 4. Entertainment and Programming, DIRECTOR WIESSEN; 5. Office of Student Information, DIRECTOR AYON; D. Residence Hall Liaison Report E. Student Athlete Advisory Board Liaison Report F. Ethnic Student Council Liaison Report G. Business Manager Report VI. UNFINISHED BUSINESS VII. NEW BUSINESS A. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of the Delta Zeta funding request for $500.00 to be encumbered out of CSUN 2702 (GenAcct), as submitted by SENATOR SHAPIRO (See Attachment #1); B. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of the Alpha Epsilon Pi funding request for $500.00 to be encumbered out of CSUN 2702 (GenAcct), as submitted by SENATOR SHAPIRO (See Attachment #2); C. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of an amount not to exceed $1,850.00 for the construction of a new CSUN receptionist desk to be provided by Facilities Maintenance. Funds to be encumbered out of the CSUN 2702 (GenAcct), as submitted by SENATOR TRUJILLO (See Attachment #3); D. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of Senate Directive No. 1, as submitted by SENATOR CECI, (See Attachment #4); CP UJ CO CO f t cS•<H5o z O z —c at\> o< f (T5 -A -•XI. < -- <H. m.izl r riO f i iS-n? 0 ca »Zmr n< 5- f o— J»-TO>— c/I» VIII. PUBLIC COMMENT[in accordance with N.R.S. 241.020 (2)(c)(3)] CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS • UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA 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 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. University of Nevada, Las Vegas Student Government Office of the Senate President TERRY A. MOORE RECEWED CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS STUDENT GOVERNMENT OFCS. UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LA'S VEGAS F E B 1 1 7 17 PH ' 9 8 Joaquin F. Trujillo Senate President Pro-Tempore Business Nicole Lehman Education David Shapiro Sciences Randy Milmeister Liberal Arts Jenny Marshall J Health Sciences Marty Weinberg Business Scott Ceci Business Rich ard Kimbrough II. Urban Affairs David Fisk Education Michael "Zo" Kawazoe Hotel Administration Heather A. Hamilton ban Affairs my K. Canepa Hotel 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 MINUTES SENA TE MEETING 28-08 Monday, January 26,1998 Room 201, Moyer Student Union CALL TO ORDER: SENATE PRESIDENT MOORE called Senate Meeting 28-08 to order at 7:05 p.m.. ROLL CALL: PRESENT ABSENT Christian Augustin Amy K. Canepa Leia Cartwright Scott Ceci Aaron Clemens Melissa Colen David Fisk John P. A. Garcia Heather Hamilton Jamie T. Hemington Jerry J. Jory Michael "Zo" Kawazoe Richard Kimbrough (entered at 8:21 p.m.) * Anne-Marie Lazaroff Nicole Lehman Jenny Marshall Randy Milmeister David Shapiro Joaquin Trujillo Marty Weinberg Ryland Whitaker Tony Zaranti * denotes tardiness III APPROVAL OF MINUTES: CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS • UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA 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 SENATE MINUTES 28-08/ January 26, 1998 Motion to approve minutes for Senate Meeting 28-07 made by SENATOR ZARANTI, seconded by SENATOR CLEMENS. Move into a vote. Motion passes 21-0-0. IV. ANNOUNCEMENTS: SENATE PRESIDENT MOORE asked if STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT MILLS was present to give the State of the Campus Address, but PRESIDENT MILLS was not yet present. SENATE PRESIDENT PRO-TEMPORE TRUJILLO talked about their caucus today and they discussed setting goals for the future and what they can do as Senators to help their constituents. He also stated that on the meeting of the 23rd, Dan Collert from Northwestern Mutual Life will be there to speak about internships. SENATE PRESIDENT MOORE spoke with Lori Winchel, the Director of Student Health Care, she and Conee Spano are going to be coming in to give a presentation about possibly co-sponsoring something like the mock trial that was held last year about rape and rape prevention and asking for some funding . They will probably be coming on the 9th to give a brief presentation. He needs to see SENATORS LAZAROFF, GARCIA, and MARSHALL after the meeting. There seems to be a problem in the office regarding memos, SENATE PRESIDENT MOORE has not received two memos from STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT MILLS that were supposedly put into his box regarding his Senate address and the Executive Board meeting schedule. He thanks the Senators who have given him those copies and to help combat the problem asks that any senators receiving such memos from STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT MILLS or the Vice President to please let him know and make him a copy because they seem to be disappearing from his box. V BOARD AND COMMITTEE REPORTS: A. Senate Committee Reports: 1. SENATOR FISK stated that the Campus Safety and Awareness Committee could not meet on January 20. 2. SENATOR MARSHALL stated that bylaws could not be approved, they met but the meeting was void. There will be another meeting next Friday about 3:00. 3. SENATOR ZARANTI stated that there is a meeting of the Rebel Yell Advisory Board this week Wednesday at 2:30. If anyone is interested in going please contact him. 2 SENATE MINUTES 28-08/ January 26, 1998 4. SENATOR CECI stated that SENATOR KIMBROUGH has asked him to request everybody's schedules on the Rules and Ethics committee again so that they can get a meeting scheduled. 5. SENATOR SHAPIRO stated that the next impeachment committee meeting will be on Wednesday February 28th at 6 p.m. in CBC C146. He would like every member of Senate Executive Board to attend that meeting if possible. Every Senator and Executive Board member has received an agenda in their box, if for some reason you haven't or if you would like one he has some with him. The purpose of the upcoming meeting is to approve the list of witnesses to be used in the investigating of the charges. If any Senator feels that the list is incomplete or in need of improvements please feel free to make some suggestions. At the last committee meeting on Friday, January 16th they appointed a chair and approved the operating procedures. B. Faculty Senate/University Committee Reports: 1. SENATOR MARSHALL stated that admissions met on the 16th. She talked to Dr. Nielson to get a report for the meeting tonight but she could not. 2. SENATOR TRUJILLO stated that the NCAA Fiscal Integrity committee has been meeting over all break and they are nearing a draft right now. They still need some more information and reports and are meeting with the president tomorrow at 3:00. If anybody has any questions or wants more information give him a call. C. Director Reports: 1. NSA DIRECTOR CONTINE apologized for not being in his office very much last week, but they did have a regents meeting. Chancellor Jarvis gave a long presentation on how the student body population is going to be different within upcoming years. Some of the things he mentioned were that right now we have one of the lowest percentages of highschool students that go on to college. This is something that UNLV students really need to address. The population boom is going to continue with working families and the majority of families moving in are non-college educated parents which means there is a lower chance that their children will go on to college. And if they do, they are coming here with no idea about what the college experience is about. He feels that this is something that needs to be dealt with. We have a lot of non-traditional students and that number is expected to continue to increase dramatically. He has a candidate forum coming up, and the panel was just solidified. It is on February 18th at 10:30 a.m. upstairs in the MSU. 2. Elections Board DIRECTOR FLEISCHMAN discussed their spring calendar and announced that elections board had a meeting and they approved funding packets that should be due February 2nd. They are also doing banners. She says she doesn't know if there is a receptionist problem or what happened because 3 SENATE MINUTES 28-08/ January 26, 1998 someone told her mother that she doesn't work here anymore. She asks that the problem be addressed and fixed. SENATOR HAMILTON responded by saying that the receptionist committee will be meeting with all the receptionists tomorrow and they are going to explain to them office etiquette, procedures, and policies and hopefully that will handle any problems, so please bear with them. 3. O-BOARD DIRECTOR FINKELSTEIN regretfully informed the senate of his resignation as director of student organizations. He stated that he enjoyed his position and matured immensely from the experience. However, he has faced personal setbacks over the previous semester that have forced him to end his term prematurely. He wanted to thank all those responsible for providing him with this chance to work in student government and to be part of the system that makes UNLV an outstanding university. He wished the best of luck to the Senate and all of student government in the spring semester as well as in the future and hopes that when he resolves all of his personal issues he will have the opportunity to work with everyone again. 4. E & P DIRECTOR WIESSEN stated that they are going to be canceling the Carrot Top concert because the dates are not working out with his schedule. He is hoping to submit next meeting a sponsorship of the National Pan- Hellenic Council, NPHC stepshow on February 7th. It is a competition but he thinks would be a good idea if some people from CSUN could get together a small step team. He thinks it would be a good way to show that they want to get more involved on campus and with other organizations. If any senators are interested please let him know. SENATOR WEINBERG asked to clarify if the date was in February or March. He stated that he thinks it is March 7th and confirmed that it is in Ham Hall. He also asked about the status of Adam Sandler. DIRECTOR WEISSEN said that Sandler will not budge and can't give any leeway because if he does for one school then he has to for all of the other schools as well, and it would be $30,000 for that concert. He is still working out some details with the contract, and hopes to submit it at the next meeting. If it works out the date will be April 25th. SENATOR LAZAROFF asked if DIRECTOR WEISSEN could possibly give a list of tentative meetings because she has some suggestions and ideas. DIRECTOR WEISSEN stated that he will do that tomorrow and on Wednesday he will have a tentative schedule of the next five or six meetings. 5. OSI DIRECTOR AYON stated that they have E-mail now, and to tell their constituents to E-mail them at csun@nevada.edu, and he checks it everyday. The Rebel Yell would like to play them in a game of basketball. It will probably be on a Saturday afternoon within the next two or three weeks. They are working on a forum to get other organizations E-mail as well, and they will hopefully have it in the source room within the next week. Other than that most of the week has been spent on getting fliers out for the Senate Secretary and Liberal Arts Senator positions. SENATE MINUTES 28-08/ January 26, 1998 SENATOR CECI asked for the status on the web page. DIRECTOR AYON responded that he didn't have a chance to meet with them this week because of conflicting schedules. For the most part he has what he needs to go on there and whoever hasn't turned in their sheets need to give them to him. SENATOR MARSHALL asked if they will be getting jerseys for the basketball game. SENATOR TRUJILLO stated that a lot of the senators expressed the fact that they would like to start the OSI page to get feedback from the students and one of the ways would be to put the E-mail address on the next OSI report and put "What do you want from your student government? E-mail us" in big bold letters even bigger than the quote of the week. SENATOR HAMILTON asked if they would be having a table at the organizations fair tomorrow and the next day. DIRECTOR AYON stated that he has not had a chance to get out everything and to schedule a time out there. He says that maybe during the next organizations fair he will set up a schedule for people to sit out at the table. SENATOR WHITAKER asked if there will be a booth for them tomorrow. SENATOR AYON responded by saying that if anybody wants to sit out there he can set up a schedule after the meeting. SENATOR CARTWRIGHT asked if it would be possible for them to provide their own table or anything else they want at their booth tomorrow. SENATOR HAMILTON stated that she is in charge of the table for her sorority and she said she would be willing to get that out of the closet and set it up but she needs people to come and help out. SENATOR AYON stated that setting up would not be a problem. It is just finding people to sit out there. SENATOR TRUJILLO suggested setting up a table and putting pamphlets on it so that when somebody is not there people can just pick one up. SENATE PRESIDENT MOORE suggested that any senators that are manning the table should wear their shirts. D. Residence Hall Liaison Report: JENNIFER PECK announced that the opening of the Residence Halls went smoothly, and they are in the process of preparing for the second regional conference being held the weekend of Valentine's Day in San Diego. Their National Residence Hall honorary is holding their induction ceremony in the fireside lounge on Friday at 1p.m. and there will be 90 members coming. The Office of Campus Housing in conjunction with the Residence Hall Association is working with the UNLV home away from home program. They are exploring bringing the program to base itself out of the Office of Campus Housing in an effort to allow it to better reach the residents. They are in the process of preparing and finalizing plans for their romance awareness week which will be held the week before Valentine's Day. They will be offering a variety of social and educational programs for the residents. SENATE MINUTES 28-08/ January 26, 1998 E. Student Athlete Advisory Board Liaison Report: DARON DORSEY stated that he was very impressed by the last Senate meeting when Congressman Ensign came. He said the NCA certification committee has their draft and it is part of the certification process that it is presented to the student government and the President's office and he will be contacting them to get it put on the agenda. The draft is about 60 pages long and there are five committees. He has sent in his nominations for two athletes to attend the NCA leadership conference in Orlando in May. Their next meeting will be next Tuesday night February 3rd at 6:30 p.m. in the Lied Athletic Complex on the 2nd floor. If anybody has any questions please talk to him. F. Ethnic Student Council Liaison Report: ANN YU stated that their newsletter will be coming out soon, and they will be putting it inside all of the organization's boxes. They are also having a cultural calendar that will be coming out within the next few weeks. Next month is Black History month and they will be sponsoring a guest speaker event on February 3rd at 7 p.m. in the MSU. Her name is Nika Johnson and she will be talking about African American history, and cultural awareness and sensitivity. G. Business Manager Report: BUSINESS MANAGER JIM MOORE stated that the total expenditures for December were $250.88. VI. UNFINISHED BUSINESS VII. NEW BUSINESS A. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of the Delta Zeta funding request for $500.00 to be encumbered out of CSUN 2702 (Gen Acct), as submitted by SENATOR SHAPIRO. Motion to approve made by SENATOR ZARANTI, seconded by SENATOR GARCIA. SENATOR CANEPA asked a question about if this money is available to the general student body or only certain organizations. SENATOR TRUJILLO clarified that according to the constitution each organization is allowed $500.00 and it is basically up to the discretion of ways and means regarding how and when they are going to get it. The organization has to provide receipts to prove money is being spent. SENATOR LEHMAN asked if it is per semester or per year. SENATE PRESIDENT MOORE clarified that it is per year. 6 SENATE MINUTES 28-08/ January 26, 1998 i Move into a vote. Motion passes 17-0-4. B. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of the Alpha Epsilon Pi funding request for $500.00 to be encumbered out of CSUN 2702 (Gen Acct), as submitted by SENATOR SHAPIRO. Motion to approve made by SENATOR MILMEISTER, seconded by SENATOR MARSHALL. Move into a vote. Motion passes 17-0-4. C. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of an amount not to exceed $1,850.00 for the construction of a new CSUN receptionist desk to be provided by Facilities Maintenance. Funds to be encumbered out of the CSUN 2702 (Gen Acct), as submitted by SENATOR TRUJILLO. Motion to approve made by SENATOR CECI, seconded by SENATOR KAWAZOE. SENATOR MILMEISTER asked why we need a new receptionist desk. VICE PRESIDENT VALERA answered by saying that the current one is falling apart and the image is bad since that is the first thing a person sees when they walk in. SENATOR LAZAROFF asked if there will be a door that will lead to the back offices. VICE PRESIDENT VALERA said that there will be a door but there will be no latch or lock because it is a fire hazard. This should prevent people from just walking back into the offices. SENATE PRESIDENT MOORE asked if there is a turn around time when the think they can get it done. VICE PRESIDENT VALERA answered that it should be done in two or three weeks. Move into a vote. Motion passes 21-0-0. D. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of Senate Directive No.l, as submitted by SENATOR CECI. Motion to Approve made by SENATOR CARTWRIGHT, seconded by SENATOR WHITAKER. SENATOR CECI asked if everyone had read the directive. Move into a vote. Motion passes 21-0-0. VIII. PUBLIC COMMENT DR. PIPER gave out a handout that identified all of the opportunities for students that attended one of the meetings in October. They are asking that you attend, if possible, 7 SENATE MINUTES 28-08/ January 26, 1998 one of the debriefing groups. On Friday is the Student Union group. They need significant input and reactions put into the process. HEATHER SNIPP stated that she is an applicant for the judicial council. She said that Joe Mills called her at 9:00 the night before and told her about the Executive Board meeting for the first time and she was not able to attend the meeting because she was not able to find the room. She hopes this doesn't affect anything. SENATOR CECI asked when she turned in her application. She said she turned it in last semester. SENATOR CECI asked if she had heard from PRESIDENT MILLS before then. She stated no, and that she had come into the office and called many times and he had not gotten back to her. SENATE PRESIDENT MOORE stated that her not being at the meeting will not reflect poorly on her when they decide. SALLY MILLS asked how many of the senators attended the regents meeting on campus last week. She announced that there will be an open house for non-traditional students on Thursday at 3:00 p.m. in the non-traditional student lounge. DONNA MILLS stated that she had a few complaints to make and would like the senate to address them. She stated that she is the president of a club and for a semester DIRECTOR FINKLESTEIN has known that they have a box up and need a sign; everyone else has a sign but them, and they are wondering why they haven't received one. Also they have not been contacted about their tickets. VICE PRESIDENT VALERA was supposed to have been contacted every club and organization, but they have not been contacted. Her organization is P.A.C.C., Polish American Citizens Club. SENATOR HEMINGTON stated that they agreed not to direct comments towards specific Senators, and asked if their club has a representative that attends the O-Board meetings. SENATOR CECI stated that according to the IFC policy, there is not a lottery required for every semester, but there is for every season and that requirement has been fulfilled. DONNA MILLS stated that they have not received tickets for the season either, and they have not been informed about anything. She also stated that she is a student here on campus and she feels that there are a lot of issues that are not being discussed. SENATOR KAWAZOE stated that the Senate makes up an agenda before the meetings so that people can read them and for Senators to know what their constituents want. SENATOR LAZAROFF stated that any items on the agenda were not discussed beforehand at the meeting. SENATOR HAMILTON stated that if Ms. Mills has any comments or concerns that is why we have Senators, and they are available for their constituents. IX. EXECUTIVE BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS AND SUMMATIONS 8 SENATE MINUTES 28-08/ January 26, 1998 VICE PRESIDENT VALERA stated that to address the issue regarding the P.A.C.C. he did say that he made himself available, not that he contacted every organization. He does have the season tickets and they can pick them up after the meeting or in his office tomorrow. The receptionist committee has taken over responsibility for the receptionists and scheduling. There was a Directors meeting last Thursday, January 22nd. He had all of the Directors submit to him a report as to what there agendas will be for the semester, so hopefully it will run more smoothly than last semester. There will be an Organizations Board meeting tomorrow January 27th at 5 p.m. SENATOR TRUJILLO has offered his services to run the meeting. VICE PRESIDENT VALERA also had an Executive Board submission item in regards to the vacant O-Board position that read as follows: " Action Item: Discussion/Approval of appointment of one of the following candidates to the position of CSUN Organizations Board Director: Candidate 1-Kristin Little, 2-Rosemary Dubois, 3-Michelle Williams, 4-Keith W. Mclain. He will be submitting this to PRESIDENT MILLS by sliding it under his door for the sake of making sure he gets it. He also spoke with Campus Link over the break, and they have sent him a draft of what it should look like. Right now there are contract negotiations going on between Campus Link and the Purchasing Department of UNLV. VICE PRESIDENT VALERA then quoted an article from Time Magazine regarding Vice President A1 Gore that read "When caution breeds timidity a good politician listens to other voices." He then stated that he is through turning a deaf ear politically on his office. Last semester he didn't open his mouth because every time he did, he was accused of doing so for self gain. From now on he will be telling this body exactly what goes on in Executive Board and will no longer turn a blind eye. Recently he submitted a memorandum to the STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT concerning the computers in front of the Organizations mailboxes, and that is an issue that has not been resolved since last August. Those computers should have been fixed a long time ago, but they have not. The maintenance people said it would take no more than two days to fix them. Unfortunately they cannot take the computers away because PRESIDENT MILLS has the keys that lock those computers to the office, and PRESIDENT MILLS has refused to unlock those computers. These issues need to be addressed. The Directors deserve to have a plaque just as the Senators do, and although PRESIDENT MILLS has been the Vice President for the past two years, he has not given VICE PRESIDENT VALERA a response as to where the plaque is. He was disgusted by the last Senate meeting. At the November 24th Senate meeting PRESIDENT MILLS stated that he would not only be in the office over the break but that he would post office hours. But he did not. In short he lied to you. And no Senators said or asked anything. It is the nature of the system of checks and balances that the Senators are supposed to keep the Executive Board branch accountable for it's actions. "Senators, please do so. This is not a soapbox. This is about me asking to you to help me serve the students. There are certain things that need to happen, and if we all keep turning away from the issues it is just going to get worse. Today's Executive Board meeting was an absolute embarrassment." He was kept from giving his Executive Board summation report. PRESIDENT MILLS asked if there were any Executive Board reports, and when he stuck out his hand he was completely ignored, and he was passed over. He tried to ask when the justice applicants were informed about the Executive Board 9 SENATE MINUTES 28-08/ January 26, 1998 meeting, but his question was not recognized. That is not only embarrassing to him, but to student government. He stated that nobody else would have tolerated it because there is no need for it, and things need to happen. SENATE PRESIDENT MOORE asked STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT MILLS to give his State of the Campus address and Executive Board announcements. PRESIDENT MILLS announced that he would not give the state of the campus address because it was not on the agenda, and that is the proper protocol for the activity so that other students are aware of it. He stated that he requested SENATE PRESIDENT MOORE in a memo last week to put it on the agenda, but SENATE PRESIDENT MOORE did not place it on the agenda and even placed in other agenda items that he had received later in the day. If it is formally placed on the agenda for the next meeting, he would happily give the State of the Campus address at that time. But he shall not do it now because the students need it to be posted properly so that they might attend. In addition, SENATE PRESIDENT MOORE'S not placing it on the agenda violates the constitution, because it states that it has to be placed on the agenda so that it may be presented. Moving on to his Executive Board announcements, he stated that he hoped everybody had a great holiday. He would like to thank SENATOR FISK for sitting in at the receptionist desk. He would like to remind the Senators that they themselves selected receptionists over a month ago, and in that month they haven't been able to fill all of the time slots. He requested that the times and names of the people that are supposed to be working be posted so that the Senators don't have to work there instead. In regard to the tickets, at the Executive Board meeting VICE PRESIDENT VALERA stated that he had possession of the tickets and did not hold a lottery and that he distributed the tickets. PRESIDENT MILLS stated that this has caused a great deal of upset students, faculty, and staff. It has upset athletics, the Thomas and Mack ticketing office, IFC, and numerous student organizations. Last week a meeting was held at which it was stated and DIRECTOR FINKLESTEIN agreed that a public lottery would be held at the request of athletics and Thomas and Mack ticketing for the distribution of the tickets. But this did not occur. People are jeopardizing the future ability for CSUN to receive tickets to distribute to the students. All Senators have new name plates, but nobody has provided new plates for either the Directors or the Vice President or President. He hopes that perhaps we can fix that in the future. Also, in regard to memos, the Vice President is quite mistaken. Last fall, the computers were taken away for repair, and were returned to SENATE PRESIDENT MOORE. The problem with the computers in front of the organizations mailboxes is not hardware related, but it is a software issue dealing with e-mail. Someone needs to come in constantly and repair the software. But those people are very busy and when they have time they come in. But fixing them every week is not possible. He would appreciate it if rather than making unjustified comments that you would look at what has actually happened. He also stated tfhat regarding the soapbox, it is pretty hard to get on a soapbox when "one is bending down to scoop up mud and fling it at people." He would appreciate it if the members of this body would spend more time working out issues important to the students and not take interpersonal related issues to the members of this body. If they work together as a team they can accomplish so much 10 SENATE MINUTES 28-08/ January 26, 1998 more for the students. They have three more months in the administrative term, and they all need to decide if they want to bog us down with more petty fights, or to say what do the students need because the students are the people who elected us, and the ones we work for. VICE PRESIDENT VALERA stated that the students also need a President. PRESIDENT MILLS stated that in any event that is what we are here for, and he looks forward to working with everyone this semester, and if SENATE PRESIDENT MOORE puts it on the agenda he will be happy to give his State of the Campus address at the next meeting. There is also a basketball game coming up. SENATE PRESIDENT MOORE stated that as for the memos, somebody keeps stealing things from everybody's boxes, and hopefully everyone is getting all of his memos, and also SENATOR TRUJILLO'S - he saw him put his memo for the caucus in everybody's boxes. He also has an item submission that he will be submitting to PRESIDENT MILLS regarding the vacant Organizations Board position. SENATE PRESIDENT MOORE is nominating Daron Dorsey for the position. He will be giving that to PRESIDENT MILLS tomorrow morning when Daron turns in his application. He thanked the JC appointees for staying and being there this afternoon, and reiterated that for those who weren't there that it won't hurt their application. He had office hours posted all break on Trisha's desk, but they have disappeared. He will be posting them again tomorrow morning for this spring semester. He is going to be in and out of the office a lot because he only has two real classes that he is working on, and has to do his senior thesis which requires a lot of library research. You can reach him at any time of the day on his pager. He hopes the caucus went well, and has no doubt that there was no collusion going on in the meeting. He knows that they did not discuss anything on tonight's agenda, because SENATOR TRUJILLO knows the Nevada Open Meeting Law quite well, as well as everyone else does by now. Collusion is illegal and the Senators have his absolute faith that they did not discuss or do anything illegal. To respond to something PRESIDENT MILLS said, yes the computers were given back to him one day, and BUSINESS MANAGER MOORE can witness to the fact that within ten minutes of receiving them he pointed out to PRESIDENT MILLS t