Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, August 30, 1990

CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS OFFICE PRESIDENT SENATE MEETING 2 0-23 AUGUST 30, 1990 4:00 P.M. MSU 2 01 I CALL TO ORDER II ROLL CALL III. STATE OF THE CAMPUS ADDRESS IV. APPROVAL OF SENATE MINUTES 2 0-22 V ANNOUNCEMENTS VI. BOARD, COMMITTEE AND DIRECTOR REPORTS VII. EXECUTIVE BOARD NOMINATIONS A. APPROVAL OF PAUL STHUFF AS ASSOCIATE CHIEF JUSTICE B. APPROVAL OF MIKE BARCLAY AS CHIEF JUSTICE VIII. UNFINISHED BUSINESS A. NOMINATION/APPROVAL OF THE VACANT LIBERAL ARTS SENATE SEAT B. NOMINATION /APPROVAL OF THE VACANT PERFORMING ARTS SENATE SEAT 1. TODD ESPLEND C. NOMINATION/APPROVAL OF THE VACANT HEALTH, PHYSICAL EDUCA-TION SENATE SEAT IX. NEW BUSINESS A. APPROVAL OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD NOMINATIONS B. NOMINATION/APPROVAL OF THE VACANT HOTEL SENATE SEATS (2) C. NOMINATION /APPROVAL OF THE VACANT STUDENT DEVELOPEMENT SENATE SEAT D. NOMINATION/APPROVAL OF THE VACANT EDUCATION SENATE SEAT E. APPROVAL OF THE TRANSFER OF $6,834.70 FROM THE 9 05 AC-COUNT TO THE 911 ACCOUNT. F. APPROVAL OF $2,000.00 OUT OF THE 903 ACCOUNT FOR THE FOOD FOR THE PEP RALLY ON 8/31/9 0. G. APPROVAL OF THE CONTRACT FOR THE COOK FOR THE PEP RALLY ON 8/31/90. H. APPROVAL OF A CLEAN-UP CONTRACT WITH SIGMA NU FRATERNITY FOR THE FAMILY FAIR ON 9/21/90. I. APPROVAL OF $2,000.00 OUT OF THE 903 ACCOUNT FOR THE FAMILY FAIR ON 9/21/9 0. J. APPROVAL OF THE TRANSFER OF $13,043.03 OUT OF THE 901 AC-COUNT TO THE 9 09 ACCOUNT [THE KUNV CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT ACCOUNT] K. APPROVAL OF THE TRANSFER OF $7,857.58 OUT OF THE 900 AC COUNT TO THE 9 06 ACCOUNT* UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89154/(702) 739-3477 SENATE AGENDA 2 0-2 3 2 IV. L. APPROVAL OF THE TRANSFER COUNT TO THE 906 ACCOUNT. M. APPROVAL OF THE TRANSFER COUNT TO THE 9 06 ACCOUNT N. APPROVAL OF THE TRANSFER COUNT TO THE 9 06 ACCOUNT. 0. APPROVAL OF THE TRANSFER COUNT TO THE 9 06 ACCOUNT. P. APPROVAL OF THE TRANSFER COUNT TO THE 906 ACCOUNT. Q. APPROVAL OF THE TRANSFER COUNT TO THE 9 06 ACCOUNT. R. APPROVAL OF THE TRANSFER COUNT TO THE 9 06 ACCOUNT. S. APPROVAL OF THE TRANSFER COUNT TO THE 9 06 ACCOUNT. T. APPROVAL OF THE TRANSFER COUNT TO THE 9 06 ACCOUNT. OF $4,347,68 OUT OF THE 901 AC' OF $2,127.54 OUT OF THE 902 AC' OF $41,050.30 OUT OF THE 903 AC' OF $2,704.90 OUT OF THE 904 AC OF $2,278.23 OUT OF THE 905 AC OF $7,259.44 OUT OF THE 907 AC OF $5,043.44 OUT OF THE 908 AC OF $1,079.15 OUT OF THE 910 AC OF $1,254.84 OUT OF HTE 912 AC X. OPEN DISCUSSION XI. ADJOURNMENT :bjb CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS OFFICE OF THE SENATE PRESIDENT SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA SENATE MEETING 2 0-23 AUGUST 30, 199 0 4:00 P.M. MSU 2 01 IX. NEW BUSINESS U. APPROVAL OF $7497.00 OUT OF THE 900 ACCOUNT FOR APPROVAL OF A COMPUTER SYSTEM AND SOFTWARE FOR CAREER PLANNING AND PLACE-MENT. V. APPROVAL OF $16886.50 OUT OF THE 905 ACCOUNT FOR YELLIN' REBEL PRINTING COSTS. X. OPEN DISCUSSION XI. ADJOURNMENT UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89154/(702) 739-3477 /bjb CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS OFFICE OF THE SENATE PRESIDENT MINUTES SENATE MEETING 2 0-2 3 AUGUST 30, 1990 4:00 P.M. MSU 2 01 I. CALL TO ORDER Senate President Polovina called the meeting to order at 4:08 pm. II. ROLL CALL PRESENT Bud Benneman Marie Bernardi Kelly Best Mike Bunin Kim Elliott Lauren Field Rob Fitzpatrick Jorge Gonzalez Kara Kelley Ed Marshall Michael Murphy Monica Ricci ABSENT Kim Kershaw [unexcused] Gary Ogren [unexcused] Albert Tabola [unexcused] Ken Tomory [unexcused] III. STATE OF THE CAMPUS ADDRESS moved out of the order of the day to Item IV. IV. APPROVAL OF SENATE MINUTES 2 0-22 Motion to approve by Sen. Kelley. Motion passed by voice vote. V. ANNOUNCEMENTS SENATE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE BENNEMAN stated that he is working on the location for the retreat, and that he was hoping to have it at the Sky Mountain Reserve He stated that any ideas or input from the Senators would be wel-come. VICE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE FOUNTAIN stated that an Organizations Board meeting had been held and football tickets had been dis-tributed. SENATE PRESIDENT POLOVINA stated that everyone should have received memorandums on Senate Attendance which will be enforced as of today. She also stated that Allen Chastain had spoken to a Ksthy Stevens who is a handwriting analyst who would like submis-sions of handwriting from Student Government members to analyse. TO ALL DIRECTORS: President Polovina reguested that agendas be placed in her box when any Director has a meeting. TO ALL SENATORS: President Polovina reguested that all Senators fill out new GPA Verification forms and Information forms for the new semester. UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89154/(702) 739-3477 SENATE MINUTES 2 0-2 3 2 V. ANNOUNCEMENTS, CONT. SENATE PRESIDENT POLOVINA invited everyone to the Pep Rally on August 31st. She also invited everyone to the Family Fair which has been rescheduled to September 21st. She yielded the floor to Liz Baldizan. LIZ BALDIZAN distributed the "Dealing with Sexual Exploitation" pamphlet to the Senators and thanked Student Government for the funding. She stated that this is a beginning of sexual exploita-tion awareness for UNLV, and that she wants it to be more than lip service. SENATE PRESIDENT POLOVINA thanked Liz Baldizan and stated that the pamphlet turned out well. She then yielded the floor to Susan Thompson, the Director of the International Programs Dept. SUSAN THOMPSON spoke on the Study-Abroad program than she runs, stating that it is the first time UNLV has pushed foreign studies and that she would like to encourage more students to participate in foreign studies. She stated that she would like to get some ideas from Student Government for alleviating the financial problems that students face when attempting to participate in a Study-Abroad program. She asked for Student Government to try and get the wor out about the Study-Abroad program, and thanked the Senate for their time. SENATE PRESIDENT POLOVINA yielded the floor to Mike Upchurch. MIKE UPCHURCH presented the "New and Improved version of the Television Comedy Tape." He stated that the goals of this project were to get University interdepartmental cooperation, and to get PR for the University and for Student Government, stating that he has gone on Channel 10 with Janie Greenspun and will be on Channel 13 with Sandy Bell for about 1-2 1/2 minutes of news coverage, and that he will try to get Student Government men-tioned as much as possible. He also stated that he wants to join some contests with the video. The video is four minutes long and has four skits in the following order: "The Seatbelt", "Snackers", "Avarice Medical Center", and "Speedy Burger." PRESIDENT JOE BUNIN congratulated Mike Upchurch on the video. He stated that he had been in Reno to the Board of Regents1 meet-ing. He congratulated Dr. Irsfeld who has been appointed as the Vice President and Deputy to the President and congratulated Den-nis Frinfrock who has been officially appointed as the Interim Athletic Director. He stated that he has a complaint concerning Isabelle Emerson who decided to speak for Student Government about the "ASUN" designation of UNR's Student Government, • ; - He stated that he does not. appreciate complications like that and that UNLV Student Government has no problem with UNR's name. III. STATE OF THE CAMPUS ADDRESS President Bunin stated that having the luxury of still being in in office makes it easy to plan for the next year. He stated SENATE MINUTES 2 0-2 3 3 III. STATE OF THE CAMPUS ADDRESS, CONT. that the Directors are doing good jobs, mentioning Entertainment and Programming, Student Services, Appropriations, and Nevada Student Affairs as well as the others. He stated that all looks in order, and that he has a year's experience in knowing what or-der means. He said that he still wants to get heavily involved with USSA, and that a tacit agenda has been set for the next Board of Regent's meeting, and that he feels that USSA will be a strong lobbying force in the legislature. He stated that there is usually more money in budgets for higher education and for grant-in-aids, and stated that Nevada is the only state where their has been a high budget surplus and a tuition hike in the same year. He said that Gov. Miller has stated that he committed $2 0 million for higher education, but that it takes $52 million to do a standard job, and that as prices go up, the money set aside for education is not enough, for example, grant-in-aid money stays constant. He stated that he is lobbying for a pre-payment plan for incoming students where they could pre pay for schooling at the going rate prior to high school graduation. He said that at the Governor's meeting, everyone seemed to like the idea and that Mike Kennedy is working on it. As far as goals closer to home are concerned, he stated that SHC is a major focus as there is a great need for the center and that the $20,000.00 that Student Government contributed last year wasn't that sig-nificant of a contribution. He said that even though the Board of Regents has appropriated $152,000 for SCH, it is not all com-ing to the Student Health Center as Administration can move the money to other areas, and that Lori Winchell said that she is afraid that the money is being siphoned off into other areas. He stated that he plans to do some digging and lobbying to prevent that kind of a situation, as well as looking for donors to give more money to SHC. Other problems are the trash dumps of ARA that are so close to SHC which pose a sanitation problem and also the trucks that deliver food to the Dining Commons is a noise problem which cuts into time that students need to be seen by SCH. He also stated that Student Government should also publicize their accomplishments more. VI. BOARD, COMMITTEE AND DIRECTOR REPORTS MELANIE ROSENBERG spoke for APPROPRIATIONS LARRY HOLMES spoke as BUSINESS MANAGER ROB ROSENTHAL spoke for KUNV RICHARD CROW spoke for the YELLIN' REBEL JOHN YNIGUES spoke for PUBLICATIONS TRACI SMITH spoke for OSI and STUDENT SERVICES PAUL PRATT spoke for ELECTIONS SEN. MARSHALL spoke for ENTERTAINMENT AND PROGRAMMING SEN. GONZALEZ spoke for RULES COMMITTEE VICE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE FOUNTAIN spoke for ORGANIZATIONS BOARD VII. EXECUTIVE BOARD NOMINATIONS A. APPROVAL OF PAUL STHUFF AS ASSOCIATE CHIEF JUSTICE B. APPROVAL OF MIKE BARCLAY AS CHIEF JUSTICE SENATE MINUTES 2 0-2 3 4 Senate President Polovina moved out of the order of the day to New Business, Item U. IX. NEW BUSINESS U. APPROVAL OF $7497.00 OUT OF THE 900 ACCOUNT FOR APPROVAL OF A COMPUTER SYSTEM AND SOFTWARE FOR CAREER PLANNING AND PLACE-MENT. VICE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE FOUNTAIN LEFT THE MEETING. Motion to approve by Sen. Fitzpatrick. Senate President Polovina yielded the floor to Eileen McGar^a , who spoke. Motion passed by voice vote. SENATOR BEST LEFT THE MEETING. VIII. UNFINISHED BUSINESS A. NOMINATION/APPROVAL OF THE VACANT LIBERAL ARTS SENATE SEAT Jeff Geihs was nominated by Sen. Gonzalez Crystal Ortega was nominated by Pres. Bunin Mike Young was nominated by Sen. Bunin Michael Pays was nominated by Sen. Pres. Pro Tem Benneman B. NOMINATION /APPROVAL OF THE VACANT PERFORMING ARTS SENATE SEAT 1. TODD ESPLEND Kevin Stevens was nominated by Pres. Bunin C. NOMINATION/APPROVAL OF THE VACANT HEALTH, PHYSICAL EDUCA-TION SENATE SEAT There were no nominations. IX. NEW BUSINESS A. APPROVAL OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD NOMINATIONS Motion to approve by Sen. Fitzpatrick. Motion^parried by voice vote. NUe-i-Ugrt, "Bacaum was, -SioofcjJ nJ a-& CMt&r" Justice, W ^jtumff- sttsoenj h-t&oCJiiK-ngr juence, B. NOMINATION/APPROVAL OF THE VACANT HOTEL SENATE SEATS (2) Roderick Colebrook was nominated by Sen. Gonzalez Julia Ramsey was nominated by Sen. Elliott Motion to close the nominations by Sen. Gonzalez, motion carried by voice vote. Motion to have the candidates speak and to be voted in to their seats by unanimous acclamation by Sen. Pres. Pro Tem Benneman. Motion carried by voice vote. RODERICK COLEBROOK spoke. JULIA RAMSEY spoke. Chief Justice Barclay swore in Julia Ramsey and Roderick Colebrook. SEN. COLEBROOK LEFT THE MEETING. SENATE MINUTES 2 0-2 3 5 IX. NEW BUSINESS, CONT. C. NOMINATION /APPROVAL OF THE VACANT STUDENT DEVELOPEMENT SENATE SEAT Wendy Fenmark was nominated by Pres. Bunin Paula Duvowsky was nominated by Sen. Marshall D. NOMINATION/APPROVAL OF THE VACANT EDUCATION SENATE SEAT Margaret Moody was nominated by Sen. Ricci E. APPROVAL OF THE TRANSFER OF $6,834.70 FROM THE 905 AC-COUNT TO THE 911 ACCOUNT. Motion to approve by Sen. Pres. Pro Tern Benneman. Motion carried by voice vote. F. APPROVAL OF $2,000.00 OUT OF THE 903 ACCOUNT FOR THE FOOD FOR THE PEP RALLY ON 8/31/9 0. Motion to approve by Sen. Kelley. Motion passed by voice vote. G. APPROVAL OF THE CONTRACT FOR THE COOK FOR THE PEP RALLY ON 8/31/90. Motion to approve by Sen. Bernardi. Motion passed by voice vote. H. APPROVAL OF A CLEAN-UP CONTRACT WITH SIGMA NU FRATERNITY FOR THE FAMILY FAIR ON 9/21/90. Motion to approve by Sen. Kelley. Motion carried by voice vote. I. APPROVAL OF $2,000.00 OUT OF THE 903 ACCOUNT FOR THE FAMILY FAIR ON 9/21/90. Motion to approve by Sen. Bernardi. Motion passed by voice vote. J. APPROVAL OF THE TRANSFER OF $13,043.03 OUT OF THE 901 AC-COUNT TO THE 909 ACCOUNT [THE KUNV CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT ACCOUNT] Motion to approve by Sen. Fitzpatrick. Motion passed by voice vote. MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS K THROUGH T AS A WHOLE BY SEN. KELLEY. MOTION CARRIED BY VOICE VOTE. K. APPROVAL OF THE TRANSFER OF $7,857.58 OUT OF THE 900 AC COUNT TO THE 9 06 ACCOUNT. L. APPROVAL OF THE TRANSFER OF $4, 347, 68 OUT OF THE 901 AC-COUNT TO THE 906 ACCOUNT. M. APPROVAL OF THE TRANSFER OF $2, 127. 54 OUT OF THE 902 AC-COUNT TO THE 9 06 ACCOUNT N. APPROVAL OF THE TRANSFER OF $41,, 050. 30 OUT OF THE 903 AC-COUNT TO THE 906 ACCOUNT. O. APPROVAL OF THE TRANSFER OF $2, 704 .9 0 OUT OF THE 904 AC-COUNT TO THE 906 ACCOUNT. P. APPROVAL OF THE TRANSFER OF $2, 278 .2 3 OUT OF THE 905 AC-COUNT TO THE 9 06 ACCOUNT. Q. APPROVAL OF THE TRANSFER OF $7, 259. 44 OUT OF THE 907 AC-COUNT TO THE 9 06 ACCOUNT. R. APPROVAL OF THE TRANSFER OF $5, 043 .4 4 OUT OF THE 908 AC-COUNT TO THE 9 06 ACCOUNT. SENATE MINUTES 2 0-2 3 6 IX. NEW BUSINESS S. APPROVAL OF THE TRANSFER OF $1,079.15 OUT OF THE 910 AC-COUNT TO THE 906 ACCOUNT. T. APPROVAL OF THE TRANSFER OF $1,254.84 OUT OF HTE 912 AC-COUNT TO THE 9 06 ACCOUNT. V. APPROVAL OF $16886.50 OUT OF THE 9 05 ACCOUNT FOR YELLIN' REBEL PRINTING COSTS. Motion to approve by Sen. Marshall. Motion carried by voice vote. X. OPEN DISCUSSION Sen. Marshall had no comments. Sen. Ricci had no comments. Sen. Ramsey thanked everyone for voting her in, and welcomed all the new Senators who were voted in while she was gone. Sen. Murphy had no comments. Sen. Fitzpatrick had no comments. Sen. Bunin told all the Directors to listen to Jorge on atten-dance, and asked Paul to let him know when the meeting is for Elections. Sen. Kelley congratulated Traci on the OSI page, and congratu-lated Mike and Paul. She stated that she is glad that Julia and Roderick are back. Sen. Gonzalez congratulated Julia and Roderick as well as the new Associate Chief Justice and new Chief Justice. He stated that the computer idea for Career Planning is unorganized. He stated that the Senators know when the Senate Meetings are and should be able to plan around it as they SHOULD BE AT THE MEETINGS. He asked what kind of food will be at the Pep Rally. Sen. Elliott had no comments. Sen. Field stated that she is glad that Julia and Roderick are back and that she enjoyed the summer issues of the Yellin' Rebel. Sen. Bernardi suggested that the OSI page should list those Senators who are absent to let their constituents know who attends and who doesn't, and that she likes the OSI page. FROM THE GALLERY: Allen Chastain reminded everyone about the petition to open the road. Chief Justice Barclay thanked the Senate and asked for those people interested in the Judicial Council to apply. He answered questions from Senators Ricci, Field, and Mar-shall . Traci Smith stated that the carpet looks like a bunch of gavels, and stated that she likes the idea of a Senate roll call in "When the Gavel Falls". She stressed getting rid of the brochures. FROM THE EXECUTIVES: Senate President Pro Tempore Benneman stated that Paul is on thin ice with the elections, and that having the Homecoming and Senate elections together did not work well. He said that he is glad to see former Senators back. He also stated that the Senate Meeting should not be moved SENATE MINUTES 20-23 7 X. OPEN DISCUSSION, CONT. as the Senators know the times, and moving it is out of the question. President Bunin congratulated Roderick Colebrook, Julia Ramsey, Mike Barclay, and Paul Stuhff. He encouraged everyone to go to the football games and to give more student support. He stated that he wants the Senate to approve a change in the by-laws for Organization Board to ex-clude MSU Organizations Board members from the Student Government/CSUN Organization Board, explaining that the problem stems from Ackerman, and that he needs the Senate support if the MSU won't give CSUN organizations use of the MSU, as there will be a fight. He also en-couraged everyone to join a new organization called Am-nesty International which is starting on campus. Senate President Polovina welcomed Julia Ramsey and Roderick Colebrook, and stated that the handwriting analysis forms need to be filled out and handed in to the Senate Secretary. She also said that she hopes to see everyone at the Pep Rally and at the Football games. XI. ADJOURNMENT Senate President Polovina adjourned the meeting at 6:16 p.m. i ^ i n a a. F o i o v m a , S e n a t e P r e s i d e n t Jecky/Jo Birmingham, Senate Secretary