Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, April 07, 1981

CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS 4505 Maryland Parkway Las Vegas, Nevada 89154 Telephone (702) 739-3477 AGENDA Senate Meeting ti19 Moyer Student Union Building 4:00 p.m. April 7, 1981 I. Call to Order II. Roll Call III. Approval of Minutes if 18 IV. Executive Board Announcements V. Executive Board Nominations VI. Committee Reports A. Appropriations Board B. Radio Board C. Entertainment & Programming Board D. Elections Board E. Publications Board F. Organizations Board G. By-Laws Committee H. Student Services Committee I. Other Committee Reports VII. Unfinished Business A. University College (vote) 1. Andre Filosi 2. Thomas M. Giorgione 3. Mary Beth Nitzschke B. Education College (vote) 1. Patrick W. Thomas 2. Gary White VIII. New Business A. Amendment to By-Law til (Alternate Members) -Senator Jeff Wild, Discussion B. Proposal for By-Law til3 (Clarification of Election Dates for Executive Officers) -Senator Jeff Wild, Discussion IX. Open Discussion X. Adjournment Senate Meeting til9 Moyer Student Union Building Room 203 4 p.m. 4- 7-81 I. Call to Order Senate President Burzinski called the meeting to order at 4:05 p.m. II. Roll Call Members in Attendance Patrick Malloy Kathi Kulesza Rick Oshinski Catherine Clay Karen Cohen Andrew Levy Roberta Burton David Campbell Carlene Clay Jeff Wild Derrek Yelton Robert Scavetta Cathy Powell Steven LoPresti-absent unexcused Bill Haldeman Guest Present Dr. Nitzschke Dr. Carhardt Dean Unrue Dr. Fry Dr. Ursfeld Dr. Thomas Wright III. Approval of Mintues til8 There were no additions or corrections, the minutes of Senate Meeting #18 stood approved. IV. Executive Board Announcements A. Temporary Senate President Pro Tempore There being no objections from the Senate, Senate President Burzinski appointed Senator Oshinski as temporary Senate President Pro Tempore. B. Bike Report Vice-President Reyes reported that the number of bike thefts has dropped tremendously. She hopes that this progress is continued. C. Resignation Senate President Burzinski announced that Gary Crandell had resigned from his Senate seat in the College of Arts & Letters. D. Postponed Senate President Burzinski announced that under New Business, By-Laws til S til3 are postponed until the next Senate Meeting. Senate Meeting H19 4-7-81 Page 2 Senator Kulesza moved to suspend with the rules and move into Unfinished Business, item A & B. The motion was seconded. The motion passed unanimously. VII. Unfinished Business A. University College (vote) 1. Andre Filosi 2. Thomas Giorgione 3. Mary Beth Nitzschke Senator Yelton moved that each candidate speak for 3 minutes and voting be done by secret ballot. The motion was seconded. The motion passed unanimously. Andre Filosi and Thomas Giorgione were not present. Mary Beth Nitzschke gave a brief speech, and answered questions. A vote was taken Andre Filosi-1, Tom Gorgione-2 and Mary Beth Nitzschke-13. Senate President Burzinski announced Mary Beth Nitzschke as the new University College Senator, and asked her take a seat at the Senate table for the remainder of the meeting. B. Education College (vote) 1. Patrick Thomas 2. Gary White The normal procedure was used as above with no objections. Patrick Thomas spoke to the Senate and answered questions. Gary White was not present, Senator Clayton spoke in his absence. A vote was taken Abstention-1 Gary White-8, Patrick Thomas-8. Senate President Burzinski cast his vote for Patrick Thomas to break the tie. Senate President Burzinski announced Patrick Thomas as the new Education College Senator, and asked him to take a seat at the Senate table for the remainder of the meeting. IV. Executive Board Announcements A. Foreign Language Requirement, College of Arts and Letters Senate President Burzinski introduced Dean Unrue of the College of Arts & Letters. The Dean made a brief presentation concering the foreign language requirement for the Arts S Letters College. Dr. Pasterick, Chairman of the sub-committee to investigate the proposal also made a presentation to the Senate. Questions and Answer followed the presentation . Senator Nitzschke moved that the CSUN Senate endorse and support the foreign language requirement proposal for the College of Arts S Letters. The motion was seconded. After much discussion Senator Levy called for the question. The call for the question was seconded. The ca.'l for \:he qu-ii tion parsed with sixteen in favor and one abstention. The motion passed with seventeen in favor and one opposed. Dean Unrue thanked the Senate for their support and commented on the quality of discussion that had taken place concerning the subject passed. Senate Meeting #19 Page 3 4-7-81 VI. Committee Reports A. Appropriations Board There was no report. B. Radio Board Senator Oshinski read the minutes of the Radio Board. The only action taken by the board was the KUNV fund raising strategy. The meeting was held on April 1, 1981. Senator Oshinski moved to approve. The motion was seconded. There being no further additions or corrections the minutes stood approved as read. C. Entertainment and Programming Board Senator Cohen read the mintues of the Entertainment and Programming Board for the meeting held on April 3, 1981. The board moved to approve $600 to Murray Lanston, the Unknown Comic, to perform at Mardi Gra. Senator Kulesza moved to approve. The motion was seconded. There being no further additions or corrections the minutes stood approved as read. D. Election Board Senator Burton read the minutes of the Election Board held on March 31, 1981. The action taken by the board at this meeting was that no poster will contain more then two flyers. She read the minutes of the April 6 meeting of the Election Board. The board passed that an illegal poster would be an area exceeding 23" x 28" posted illegally in the MSU building as specified by the Election rules. There was a motion to approve. The motion was seconded. Much discussion took place. Senator Scavetta moved to amend the minutes to delete the section concerning illegal posters. The amendment was seconded. After much discussion the amendement failed. The Senate was back in discussion on the main motion, approval of the minutes as read. Senator Wild moved to amend the minutes to delete the definition of a poster in the April 6 meeting. The motion was seconded. Discussion took place. Senator Burton called for the question. The call for the question was seconded. The call for the question passed with seventeen in favor and one opposed. The amendment passed with sixteen in favor, one opposed, and one abstention. There being no further additions or corrections, the minutes stood approved as corrected. E. Publications Board There was no report. F. Organizations Board Senator Oshinski read the minutes of the Organizations Board. It was approved by the board out of order to give the LDSSA $362.40 in matching funds, and Student Nursing Association $237.50. The Tau Kappa Epsilon and Stop Mx were given CSUN recognition by the board. The board passed to have the Senate investigate the possibility of placing more money in the Matching Funds Account. Senator Wild moved to approve. The motion was seconded. The matching funds request for the 2 organizations was tb be approve by the Senate at Senate Meeting #20 from the table. Senator Yelton moved to amend the minutes of the Organizations Board meeting to approve the $362.50 to LDSSA and $237.50 to the Student Nursing Association. The amendment was seconded. The amendement passed unanimously. There being no further additions or corrections the minutes stood approved as corrected. Senate Meeting H19 4-7-81 Page 4 G. By-Laws Committee Senator Wild read the minutes of the March 31, 1981 meeting. The board approved Bill Haldeman as Vice-Chairman. By-Laws #1, and #13 were approved to the committee to be submitted to the Senate. By-Law H3 concerning Senate Stipends was tabled indefitenly. Senator Wild moved to approve. The motion was seconded. There being no further additions or corrections the minutes stood approved as read. H. Student Services Committee There was no report. I. Aqurian Earth Fair Committee Senator Oshinski informed the Senate that he had attended the meeting concerning the fair. Senator Oshinski was representing CSUN and wanted the Senate to be aware of that action is being taken. VII. Unfinished Business Senator Haldeman moved to recess for 5 minutes. The motion was seconded. The motion passed with fourteen in favor and three opposed. Senate President Burzinski called the meeting back to order. VIII. New Business C. CSUN Elections It was moved that a candidate or and affiliated there of will henceforth not use CSUN recourses or supplies to promote their candidancy. The motion was seconded. Discussion took place. Senator Clayton called for the question. The call for the question was seconded. The call for the question passed with sixteen in favor and one opposed. The main motion passed with eighteen in favor and two abstentsion. IX. Open Discussion Senator Malloy explained that the reason he opposed the foreign language requirement is because he believes it should be required for all colleges. Sentor Nitzschke yielded the floor to Stan Jazschek who spoke on the ROTC program. It was commented that President Chanos article in the Yell was his own personal opinion and not that of the Senate or the Consolidated Students. Senator Yelton announced he will be gone for the remainder of the meetings in April and stated he enjoyed serving as Senate President Burzinski's Senate President Pro Tempore. He also announced that at the next Appropriations Board the hoard will be investigating the policy of increasing the matching funds account. The Awards Banquet will be held on May 2, the Hotel Association will cater the event. The event will be from 6:00-9;00 p.m. The Senate gave Senate President Burzinski a vote of confidence to have the banquet. Senate President Burzinski announced that on April 25, he will be having a pot luck dinner at his apartment. 0 There was a motion to give Senator Yelton a Done Good Award. The motion was seconded. The motion passed unanimously. Senate Meeting H19 4-7-81 Page 5 Senator Cohen reminded the Senate to support the Entertainment and Programming Board lecture series. Senator Wild thanked Senator Nitzschke for presenting the case of the ROTC program. Senator Levy moved to adjourn. The motion was seconded. The motion passed with fourteen in favor and three opposed. Senator Oshinski welcomed to the 2 new Senators. A student, Bill Horn, representing ROTC thanked the Senate for being so open-minded concerning the ROTC program. X. Adjournment Senate President Burzinski adjourned the meeting at 6:30 p.m. Respectfully Submitted by, Respectfully Prepared by, Robinffr^Starlin CSUN Senate Secretary Martin J. Burzinski CSUN Senate President