Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, July 26, 1985

CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS MINUTES Senate Meeting 15-32 MSU Lounge 201 July 26, 1985 4:00 p.m. I. Call to Order Senate President Varona called the meeting to order at 4:00 p.m. II. Roll Call Present Absent Senator Chadwell Senator Harrington (excused) Senator Cherhoniak Senator Davis (late) Senator Hendrick Senator Kowalczyk Senator Larson Senator Lieberman Senator Nichols Senator Penczek Senator Speaks Senator Spicer Senator Susman Senator Swanson Senator Tornell Senator Wong There being quorum, the meeting continued. III. Approval of Minutes 15-31 The minutes were declared approved with no corrections. IV. Announcements Senator Speaks resigned from the General Education Committee. John Novak addressed the Senate and informed them of the latest on the War effort against Madison. Nancy Clark, CSUN Business Mgr. discussed the transfers and that there was no Purchase Requisition for the food at Dean Daniels reception. V. Executive Board Nominations 1. Kim Sattler to General Education Committee 2. James Berry Jr. to Library Committee. VI. Board, Director, and Committee Reports James Ohriner, OPI Director addressed the Senate and discussed Brochures, Statutes, Home Sweet Home and the computer. UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NV 89154/(702) 739-3477 Senate Minutes 15-32, July 25, 1985 P- 2 Senators Spicer and Larson arrived at 4:10 p.m. John Novak, E&P Director addressed the Senate and discussed the contracts and possible events. Novak proposed several ideas to increase student awareness and spirit: Tyrone Smith, Radio Board Chairman discussed the Radio Board Meeting and that the Board moved to endorse the Seminar for Ken Jordan and that the amount was lowered to $175.00. Ken Jordan, KUNV Program Director addressed the Senate and answered several questions. David Penczek, Student Services Director addressed the Senate. Penczek announced that Student Services will be publishing a pamphlet for students that are renting apartments ect. Senate President nominated Senator Penczek and Senator Lieberman to the Bylaws Committee. Kirk Hendrick, NSA Director discussed the NSA meeting, research assignments and that the RJ and Sun were ordered for CSUN. VII. Old Business .—N A. Nominations to Academic Advisement Seat (2 open). Connie Scordato B. Appointment of Academic Advisement Seat. No action was taken. C. Nominations to Health Sciences Seat. There were no nominations. D. Appointment of Health Sciences Seat. No action was taken. E. Nominations to Education Seat. 1. Randy Tidwell 2. Kim Sattler 3. Kevin Stevens F. Appointment of Education Senate Seat. Senator Lieberman moved to hold an election with each candidate speaking for one minute, and then holding a run off between the top two vote getters. Senator Hendrick seconded. A roll call vote was taken. Randy Tidwell (4) Senator Lieberman Senator Nichols Senator Penczek Senator Tornell Kim Sattler (5) Senator Cherhoniak Senator Hendrick Senator Larson Senator Spicer Senator Wong Kevin Stevens(5) Senator Chadwell Senator Kowalczyk Senator Speaks Senator Susman Senator Swanson Senate M i n u t e s 15-32, July 25, 1985 P- 3 A run off election was held between Kim Sattler and Kevin Stevens Kim Sattler (7) Kevin Stevens (7) Senator Cherhoniak Senator Hendrick Senator Lieberman Senator Penczek Senator Spicer Senator Tornell Senator Wong Senator Chadwell Senator Kowalczyk Senator Larson Senator Nichols Senator Speaks Senator Susman Senator Swanson There being a tie, the Senate President cast the deciding vote in favor of Kim Sattler. The Senate Secretary, Susan Dute, administered the Oath of Office to Kim Sattler. Sattler was then seated. A. Approval of Executive Board Nominations Senator Hendrick moved to approve Kim Sattler to General Education and James Berry Jr. to the Library Committee. Senator Cherhoniak seconded. The motion passed with 11 in favor, 1 opposed (Speaks) and 3 abstaining (Sattler, Nichols, Lieberman). B. Approval of Senate Resolution #15-13 —Chadwell. Senator Chadwell moved to approve. Senator Speaks seconded. Several Senators viewed their opinions on the raise from 2.0 to 2.5. Senator Chadwell relinquished the floor to Kevin Stevens. Kevin Stevens addressed the Senate. Several Senators spoke out of turn. Several Senators were called out of order. CSUN Pres. Kelleher addressed the issue and viewed his opposition to the resolution. James Ohriner addressed the Senate and discussed the ballot questions and that the students voted the raise down. Tyrone Smith addressed the Senate and expressed his opposition. A recess was requested. The maker of the motion requested to withdraw the motion. Senator Hendrick objected. Many of the Senators repeated the same as above. Several Senators spoke out of turn. Cross debate took place, as many members of the Senate hold very strong view points. The question of making UNLV the "Harvard of the West", reducing incoming students and funds was discussed fully. Percentages of the loss of funds, and students was discussed. The percentage of students voting on the ballot question was also discussed. No facts were presented, as no one on the Senate floor had researched this item in depth. VIII. New Business Senator Davis arrived at 4:45 p.m. Senate M i n u t e s 15-32, July 25, 1985 P- 4 Discussion took place on whether or not this resolution would include transfer students or just high school graduates. It was decided that the resolution only specified incoming students. Sen. President offered a friendly amendment to include High School graduates under RE: Senator Hendrick suggested that college requirement be raised instead of GPA for admission. Several Senators spoke out without being recognized by the Chair. Many of the Senators did not use the proper points of order ie. point of information. Senator Speaks offered a frienly amendment to have the resolution state 2.5 for everyone and that students between 2.0 and 2.5 go through the proper channels, (Review Committees) and then be placed on a probation period. Several Senators discussed the amendment, and worded it different, then stated. The amendment was never clarified, nor accepted by the body. Senator Nichols requested that another resolution be submitted to clarify. Discussion took place. Senator Kowalczyk called for the question. Senator Speaks seconded. Senator Chadwell objected. The objection was not sustained with 2 in favor (Nichols, Chadwell) and 14 opposed, and 0 abstaining. The call for the question passed with 14 in favor, 2 opposed (Nichols, Chadwell) and 0 abstaining. . .. ° A roll call vote. The main motion to approve Resolution 15-13 failed with 6 in favor (Chadwell,Davis, Kowalczyk, Larson, Speaks, Swanson) and 9 opposed (Hendrick, Lieberman, Penczek,Nichols, Spicer, Susman, Tornell, Wong, Sattler) and 1 abstaining (Cherhoniak). C. Approval of Full Fee Waiver for the OPI Directorship position —Kowalczyk. Senator Kowalczyk moved to approve. Senator Spicer seconded. The Executive Board did not nominate this stipend and was not in favor of it. Senator Sattler Senator Davis c aldliedd nofto r untdheer sqtuaensdt iotnh.e naSteunraeto ro fW otnhge msoetcioonnd,e d.S tipend/Fee Waiver. Senator Hendrick pointed out to the chair that Senator Sattler objected. Sen. Pres. Varona passed the gavel to Sen. Pres. Pro Tempore Nichols at 5:30 p.m. Varona then viewed his opposition. The maker of the motion withdrew the motion, with no objections. Sen. Pres. Pro Tempore Nichols passed the gavel back to Sen. Pres. Varona at 5:40 p.m. D. Approval of E&P Operating Policy —Novak. Senator Lieberman moved to approve. Senator Hendrick seconded. The motion passed unanimously. E. Approval of contract with James "Scotty" Doohan to speak on campus, Nov. 15,1985 for an amount not to exceed $3500 —Novak. Senator Nichols moved to approve $3500. Senator Penczek seconded. 903 account. The motion passed with 14 in favor, 1 opposed (Speaks) and 1 abstaining (Larson). Senate Minutes 15-32, July 25, 1985 P- 5 F. Approval of contract with Eli Anderson Productions to provide entertainment at the McDermott Physical Education Complex on Sept. 7, 1985 —Novak. Senator Lieberman moved to approve. Senator Cherhoniak seconded. The motion passed with 13 in favor, 0 opposed, and 3 abstaining (Sattler, Wong, Speaks). G. Approval of Stipends: 1. OPI Director - $75.00 for the months of June and July 1985. 2. KUNV Program Director - $275.00 per month for June 1985 to May 1986. Senator Hendrick moved to approve as a whole. Senator Tornell seconded. Sen. Pres. Varona passed the gavel to Sen. Pres. Pro Tempore Nichols at 5:45 p.m. Varona then viewed his opposition to OPI Director receiving the $75.00 for July. He then requested to divide the question. Item 1. was approved with 14 in favor, 2 opposed (Davis,Penczek) and 0 abstaining. Item 2. was approved with 12 in favor, 1 opposed (Davis) and 3 abstaining (Wong, Larson, Spicer). The gavel was passed back to Senate Pres. Varona at 6:05 p.m H. Approval of $140.00 for Ken Jordan for the registration fee for the New Music Seminar N.Y.C. for Sept. 25-28 to be taken from the 901 account. —Jordan Senator Hendrick moved to approve $175.00. Senator Cherhoniak seconded. Ken Jordan addressed the Senate. Senator Speaks questioned Jordan. The purpose of attending a Seminar, and what a Seminar is, had to be explained to the Senators. The motion passed unanimously. I. Approval of travel in an amount of $375.00 from the 901 account. — Jordan. No action was taken. IX. Open Discussion Senator Spicer left the meeting at 6:16 p.m. Vice President Muir discussed the commissions for KUNV. Senator Chadwell discussed GPA Senator Kowalczyk resigned from OPI Staff and the Radio Board. Senator Swanson nominated Leenan C ir to the open Health Sciences Seat. CSUN President Kelleher announced that James Ohriner will be leaving August 8, 1985 and that a Done Good Award was in order. The Senate concurred. Senator Kowalczyk left the meeting. John Novak, E&P Director expressed to the Senate that although he is a member of TKE Fraternity, it in no way affects his performance as E&P Director, and no favortism will be shown to TKE. X. Adjournement The^toeet^-rtg was adjourned at 6:45 p.m. by Senate President Varoa