Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, January 23, 1979

AGENDA SENATE MEETING 1129 January 23, 1979 Moyer Student Union Building Room 202 I. Call to Order II. Roll Call III. Approval of Minutes H28 IV. Executive Board Announcements V. Executive Board Nominations A. Yell Editor (vote) 1. Mike Navarro B. Intramurals Director (nomination) 1. Dave Bernson VI. Committee Reports A. Radio Committee B. Constitution Revision Committee 1. Submission of Constitution Revisions VII. Old Business A. Running Rebel Logo Contest (President White) VIII. New Business A. Grievance Committee Task Force (President White) B. Pre-School Investigatory Committee (President White) C. Vacant Senate Seats (nomination) 1. Arts and Letters College IX. Open Discussion X. Adjournment MINUTES SENATE MEETING #29 January 23, 1979 Moyer Student Union Building Room 203 I. Call to Order The twenty-ninth meeting of the Consolidated Student Senate was called to order by the Speaker Pro Tern, Joe Matvay, at 4:07 p.m. in Lounge 203 of the Moyer Student Union Building. II. Ro]l Call Members in Attendance Shellee Willden Phillip Jackson Peggy Race]. Lise Wyman Kirk Voe]cker (excused late) DeAnn Turpen Scott Greene Lisa Wolfbrandt Jeff Wild Nick Santoro Kent Reardon Bruce Bayne Cindy Simia III. Approval of Minutes #28 There were no corrections to Senate Minutes #28 so the Minutes stood approved. IV. Executive Board Announcements CSUN Constitution The Speaker Pro Tem announced that every Senator should have received a copy of the revised CSUN Constitution, and he informed them that the Constitution Revision Committee was submitting this this week and it will be voted upon at the next Meeting. Arts & Letters Senate Seat The Speaker Pro Tem, Joe Matvay, announced that Susana Reyes resigned her Senate seat in the College of Arts & Letters, therefore, this seat is open for nominations. USUNS President White announced that USUNS is undertaking a project for State funding for Community College athletics. He announced that if this project is approved for Reno, the same project will probably take effect down here. Lorraine Alderman Joyce Bridges (excused late) Bill Haldeman Pam Roberts Marie Ropell Nina Ross Danny Campbell Cindy Vannucci (excused .late) Dave Craddock Joe Matvay David Martinez (excused late) Scott Gonzalez Absent Byron Blasco (excused) Carol Tarpley (excused) Minutes - Senate Meeting #29 January 23, 1979 Page 2 USUNS Financial Report President White announced that USUNS has now $8,700, and the only outstanding dues is that of Clark County Community College. New Regent President White announced that the new Regent, Bob Cashell who replaced Fred Anderson, was elected Chairman of the Board. He also announced that he may be coming down to our campus within the next few weeks, and he might attend a Senate Meeting where questions may be asked of him. Commencement Committee President White announced that due to the recommendation of the Commence-ment Committee, UNLV will now offer a third award and it will be called the Distinguished Nevadan. This award will be given to someone who has served UNLV in some way. It will also put emphasis on the other two awards. Student Union Delicatessen President White announced that the blue prints were approved for the delicatessen to be started on the first floor of the Moyer Student Union. He informed the Senate that $40,000 was delegated to this project. Presidential Screening Committee President White announced that the Presidential Screening Committee has narrowed down the candidates for the position of President to 10 candidates. He announced that five of the candidates will be flown here for interviews and a question and answer period for the students and faculty. This will probably be held in Ham Hall. (Cindy Vannucci arrived at 4:14 p.m. - excused.) Yell Staff President White announced that Mike Navarro has successfully worked out a program with the Communication Studies Department, and now if one is writing for the Yell they may receive credits for their work. Taping of Senate Meetings President White announced that KULV is now taping the CSUN Senate Meetings and they will, be aired each week in a brief form. Matching Funds Request John Hunt announced that everyone should have received a copy of the Matching Funds request in their box. This will not be voted upon by the Senate until it goes before the Organizations Board. Senate Research Task Force Speaker Pro Tem, Joe Matvay, announced that the Senate Research Task Force will, be leaving tonight for California to visit four other Universities. Parliamentarian The Speaker Pro Tem, Joe Matvay, appointed Danny Campbell as temporary Parliamentarian in the Speaker's absence. Minutes - Senate Meeting #29 January 23, 1979 Page 3 V. Executive Board Nominations A. Yell Editor (vote) 1. Mike Navarro Scott Gonzalez moved to approve Mike Navarro as the Yell Editor, was seconded, and the motion passed unanimously. Mike Navarro reminded each Senator to turn in his Information Sheet for the General Information Issue. (Kirk Voelcker arrived at 4:20 p.m. - excused.) B. Intramurals Director (nomination) 1. Dave Bernson Dave Bernson was nominated for the position of Intramurals Director, and this will come up for a vote at the next Meeting. VI. Committee Reports A. Radio Committee Tommy Walker reported that KULV will be taping the Senate Meetings. He announced that he is striving, however, to broadcast the whole Meeting. This will obviously have to take place in the future. These brief productions of the Senate Meetings will be aired on Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. He also announced that at the next Meeting he will have a report on the programming for next semester. Mr. Walker also announced that last Friday was the end of the cut off period for the application for the license and it could be granted at any time. He announced that we do have support from Washington, especially from Mr. Cannon, Laxalt, and Santini. He is also welcoming any suggestions anyone may have. Activities Board Report Tim I-Ierlosky announced that next Monday, January 29, the Activities calender, is going to come out. It will be a 24" x 36" poster. He announced that they felt that this will be a little more marketable than the booklets. He also announced that on February 8 and 9 there will be another Blood Drive. John Hunt announced that the next Organizations Board Meeting will be on February 1, and the place of the Meeting will be announced. B. Constitution Revision Committee 1. Submission of Constitution Revisions The Speaker Pro Tem, Joe Matvay, strongly urged that everyone read the Constitution. Lorraine Alderman, a member of the Constitution Revision Committee, strongly suggested that everyone read the Constitution and vote on it next week or it can't go to the Regents Meeting. President White informed the Senate that the rush on voting on the Constitution is because the Regents moved to a six week schedule and if the Constitution does not get voted upon at the next Regents Meeting, then it can't get voted upon until April which will not make it in time for CSUN elections. VII. Old Business A. Running Rebel Logo Contest (President White) Minutes - Senate Meeting #29 January 23, 1979 Page 4 President White announced that he has offered a $100 prize for this contest, and from the ].ooks of what he has received as entries, the contest will probably come to an end. He informed the Senate that they will have the choice of leaving the contest open or to push to have the "insurance man" copyrighted. John Hunt . > moved to suspend the rules so everyone could look at the entries to the contest, and was seconded. The motion passed with one abstention. VIII. New Business A. Grievance Committee Task Force (President White) President White informed the Senate for a second time, that he and Dr. Mattson had discussed student representation on the Faculty Senate Standing Committees. One Committee which the students lost one seat on was the Grievance Committee. He informed the Senate that this Committee was designed so a student can file against a grade given by a Professor. The Professor then comes in and justifies the reason for the grade or whatever, however, he has found that this Committee has been quite useless in the past. He would like to set up a Committee to researJiwhat Grievance Committees are like in other Western state Universities. Dr. Cassesse was asked of his opinion of the Grievance Committee as it stands now, and he responded that the Committee does have a purpose and it does make recommendations to the President. Joe Matvay felt it important that the students have an avenue to appeal a grade or whatever. (David Martinez arrived at 4:45 p.m. - excused.) President White still felt that a Committee should be set up and he requested that two Senators and himself sit on this Committee. He informed the Senate that this Committee will probably only meet a few times. The Committee will consist of President White, Joe Matvay, and Pam Roberts. B. Pre-School Investigatory Committee (President White) President White informed the Senate that this Committee would come up with recommendations for a future for the Day Care Center to give to Dr. Kunkel. This would include deciding on the rates, the number of members on the Board and the student representation on this Board, and so on. The members of this Committee will be Bruce Bayne, Kent Reardon, Cindy Vannucci, Dave Craddock, and President White. They will bring their recommendations before the Senate prior to taking them to Dr. Kunkel. John Hunt moved to approve the members of both the Grievance Committee Task Force and the Pre-School Investigatory Committee, was seconded, and passed with one abstention. The first meetings for both of these Committees will be some time next week. C. Vacant Senate Seats (nomination) 1. Arts and Letters College Peggy Racel moved to keep nominations open until the next Senate Meeting, was seconded by John Hunt, and passed with three opposed and three abstentions. Minutes - Senate Meeting #29 January 23, 1979 Page 5 IX. Open Discussion The Speaker arrived at this time. Class Senators The Speaker encouraged all class Senators to go see their Deans as he seems to find that some of them don't know who you are. He also announced that the Senate Reserach Task Force will be leaving after this Meeting. I.P. Cards The Speaker announced that the I.D. cards came in, but they were printed wrong. At this time, 4:50 p.m., the Speaker Pro Tem, Joe Matvay, turned the floor over to the Speaker. At this time the Senate moved back into discussion of Item A of Old Business. A. President White asked for a concensus of what should be done about the Running Rebel Logo Contest. Bruce Bayne moved not to take any action at this time on the Logo, and was seconded. Joyce Bridges suggested that we still push the Art Department to come up with something. A vote was then taken on the main motion which passed with one opposed. IX. Open Discussion David Martinez asked that the Hotline Committee please meet for about two minutes after the Meeting. John Hunt announced that he has the Senate stipends. Joe Matvay informed the Senate that he wished that Marshal would have arrived 10 minutes later so he could have completed this Meeting. Bill Haldeman asked everyone to please turn in their information sheets before the end of the Meeting. X. Adjournment There was no further items of business so the Meeting stood adjourned. The Meeting adjourned at 4:55 p.m. Respectfully submitted by: Respectfully prepared by: Joseph Matvay Speaker Pro Tempore Rene Bernier Senate Secretary CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS 4505 Maryland Parkway Las Vegas, Nevada 89154 Telephone (702) 739-3477 TO: All Senators ^_£))/ mTE: January 3, 1979 FROM: Marshal S. Willick, Speaker of the Senate SUBJECT: Senate Vacancy I was notified after the last Senate Meeting on January 2, that Susana Reyes is resigning her seat in Arts and Letters effective immediately. Since we are not meeting weekly, I feel it would be better to notify you by memo and place the opening on the Agenda for the next Senate Meeting. Please remind any potential applicants to complete an information Sheet. Thank you. rjb