Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, November 15, 1977

SENATE MEETING //19 November 15, 1977 I. Call to Order The nineteenth meeting of the Consolidated Student Senate was called to order by Chairman Ken Holt at 4:30 p.m. in Lounge 203 of the Student Union Building. II. Roll Call Members in attendance: absent excused: absent unexcused: Dawn DuCharme Lise Wyman Bob Biale DeAnn Turpen John Dunkin Ingrid Hegedus Scott Hoover Lorraine Alderman Gretchen Smith Dave Bergen Jerry Gatch Bruce Bayne Chuck White Cindy Kiser Richard Sims Bill Botos Peggy Burnham Greg McKinley Rob Neilsen Susana Reyes Gene Russo John Ensign Don Soderberg Andre1 Bell Joe Matvay none Leon Leavitt III. Approval of Minutes Motion was made to approve the minutes of //18 and seconded. Motion passes. IV. Executive Board Announcements A. Host Fund — Scott said everyone should have received a copy of the Host Fund and asked that they take it home, think about it, study it and bring it back at the next meeting for discussion. B. Ken Holt stood up to address the Senate and said, 'Many hard feelings resulted from the last meeting and left a lot of the Senators with a feeling of helplessness because they didn't know what was going on." He explained that, first, he would like to emphasize the primary role of the Senators is to represent the students, and if you lose track of where an argument is going or why the motion is being made, then you are doing a grave dis-service. He said he tries to maintain an orderly meeting as much as possible with no interruptions when someone has the floor...but there are some people in the Senate who don't give a damn if the rest of the Senate understands what is going on or not...just so long as you vote with them. He recalled a statement made at the last meeting in which one of the repre-sentatives said that he felt the Senate was losing its power. Ken said the Senate's power is a very difficult thing to define and called to the attention of the representatives present ART. V. Sec. I. of the Constitution. He also called to their attention one other section, ART. VII, Sec. I. Legislative Branch which states, "The Senate shall be composed of the President, Vice President, Treasurer and two Senators from each class and proportionate amount of college Senators. The key word is that the Executive Board is a part of the Senate and not a separate entity that must come to trial every Tuesday. Page 2 Senate Meeting it 19 He further stated that at the last meeting when the question of how applicants for the radio station should be brought to Las Vegas, the Senate body could not put enough faith in its Executive Board to allow them time to verify how it should be done. Another prime example of what he has been trying to say occurred just a few hours ago when one of the Senators was apparently upset over information he had received regarding basketball tickets that had been distributed to CSUN. He stated that, as a point of interest, the ticket distribution will be: Scott, John, Ken, Steve, Gene, Bert and Jim for a total of 14 tickets. This is the way they were distributed last year and they naturally assumed, since precedent had been set in previous years, the tickets would again be distributed the same way. Ken then stated that the above was a little off the tract from the main point he was trying to convey which was..."If the Senate and the Executive Board do not work together, the only people that will suffer will be the students! You have the power to effectively tie our hands and prevent Student Government from achieving the goals and objectives that we are striving for!" He gave as an example how,for the past 5 years,they have tried to have a radio station constructed and the constitution rewritten but have failed every year. He completed his address to the Senate by inviting everyone to his wedding on Friday, November 18, at 8:00 p.m. at the Mt. Charleston Lodge. C. Scott Lorenz announced that he had spoken to Dr. Donald Baepler and he has agreed to attend the next meeting to discuss and/or answer any questions submitted by the Senators. He also said that in the absence of Ken Holt, Gene Russo will be the person to contact. V. Open Discussion The meeting went to open discussion for 20 minutes. Distribution of basketball tickets and committee. Rob Nielsen questioned the information given him by Scott regarding the ticket distribution. When they went to where the tickets were to distributed, everything went haywire. The 44 tickets supposed to go to the band was not exactly right as they were assigned bleachers for seating and counted as 44 seats. Ken explained the distribution of tickets as follows: Basketball players; 2 free with an option to buy 2 (64 total) Band: 44 Yell: 10 CSUN: 14 J.V. Coach: 2 Cheerleaders: 9 Cheer Advisor: 1 Burt Tey, Jim Artis, Gene Russo, Steve Francis, John Hunt, Ken Hold, Scott Lorenz: 2 tickets each with 2 extra tickets for VIP's. Page 3 Senate Meeting it 19 Ingrid Hegedus objected to the fact that so many tickets are taken away from the students and given to the faculty. Some of the Senators objected to the fact that they did not receive free tickets to the game and Bob Biale said that the job of the Senators is not to ge free tickets to the ball games...but to represent the students. He offered his apologies to the Senate if he had offended anyone..but he just felt the Senate Committee wasn't any better than the students. Gene Russo said there was no way to get accurate ticket distribution until the sports arena is built. It was decided that any further discussion on the Basketball ticket distribution would be on the Agenda of the next meeting. Chuck White brought up the question as to what had happened to the Senate Information Sheet and the By-Laws Committee. Ken explained that the By-Laws are additions to the Constitution and are not part of the Constitution ...but explain the policy. Ken Holt interrupted and said that the Senate floor was not for arguments back and forth between the Senators. That the only time some of the Senators are seen is when the meetings are held. He further stated that if the Senators would come down to CSUN, the various committees would be explained to them. VI. Committee Reports A. Activities Steve Francis made a motion that Greg McKinley be given a "Done Good" Award. The motion was seconded by Ingrid Hegedus. Motion passed with no abstentions. It was announced that Charles Berlitz would be lecturing here on Monday, November 21st. B. Radio Scott said a letter had been received from President Baepler outlining the rules and hiring practive. The letter will be discussed at the next Senate meeting. VII. Old Business A. Matching Funds Bob Lawson was present to represent Emanon's request for $500.00 to help pay for a band to play a dance on December 3rd. They also need help in securing a liquor license. Steve Francis objected to $500.00 or $1,000 being spent on a band as it was like the Senate Committee was throwing away money. John Hunt stated that if the Emanon Organization is a valid organization, then they should be allowed funds. If not, then they should be denied. DeAnne Turpen made a motion that further discussions on Emanon be tabled until the next meeting. Motion seconded and passed with no abstentions. Matching Funds will be discussed further at the next meeting. Page 4 Senate Meeting it 19 B. Associate Justice Ken introduced Jim Rosenberger, nominee for Associate Justice, as the vote had been postponed when Rosenberger was not present at the last meeting. Rosenberger apologized and said he had not been informed that he should be in attendance. Chuck White questioned Rosenberger with regard to being approached on how he felt about certain issues. He replied that no one had ever asked him how lie felt about anything. He applied for the position when he saw the notice on the Bulletin Board. Ingrid Hegedus spoke very highly of Rosenberger and felt he was well qualified for the job. Scott asked him what made him feel he was qualified for the position and he replied by saying he was a Political Science Major, Public Law, Constitution Law, etc. A Call for the Question was made by Ingrid Hegedus for Jim Rosenberger. The motion was seconded by Gretchen Smith. Motion passed with 2 opposed and 4 abstentions. San Iroio, Associate Justice, will be discussed at the next meeting. Joe Matvay made an announcement that he needs players to play ball. Anyone interested should get in touch with him. Chair entertained a motion for a short recess, which was seconded and passed. Meeting was called back to order after a 15 minute recess with Gene Russo residing as Chairman for the balance of the meeting. C. Presidential Nominations Gene Russo made a motion for a blanket vote immediately for the Presidential nominations: Steve Orrico, Margarite Amgrosia and Cathy Tanaka. The motion was seconded and passed with 16 votes in favor and two abstentions. Kevin Flaherty, who had been given permission earlier in the day by Scott, passed out copies of the staff's names for the Epilogue. He asked that the Senators read the Yell that tells about the Year Book as pictures will be taken December 9 to December 15. The Chair cut short his discussion as he had used his allotted time. VIII. New Business There being no New Business listed on the Agenda...and attempts made from the floor for discussions under New Business, the Chair declared any discussions out of order at this time. A motion to adjourn was made by Rob Neilsen, Seconded by Jerry Gatch. Ten (10) voted in favor; Seven (7) voted No; with one (1) abstension. Motion to adjourn passed. Meeting adjourned at 6:10 p.m. Florida Edwards, SCUN Secretary