Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, September 13, 1990

CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS OFFICE OF THE SENATE PRESIDENT AGENDA SENATE MEETING 2 0-25 SEPTEMBER 13, 199 0 4:00 P.M. MSU 201 I CALL TO ORDER II ROLL CALL III. APPROVAL OF SENATE MINUTES 2 0-24 IV. ANNOUNCEMENTS V BOARD, COMMITTEE, AND DIRECTOR REPORTS VI. EXECUTIVE BOARD NOMINATIONS VII. UNFINISHED BUSINESS A. Nomination/Approval of the Vacant Liberal Arts Senate Seat. 1. Jeff Geihs 2. Crystal Ortega 3. Mike Young 4. Michael Pace 5. David Mimoun B. Nomination/Approval of the Vacant Performing Arts Senate Seat. 1. Kevin Stevens C. Nomination/Approval of the Vacant Health, Physical Educa-tion Senate Seat. D. Nomination/Appproval of the Vacant Student Developemnt Senate Seat. 1. Wendy Fenmark 2. Paula Dubowski E. Nomination/Approval of the Vacant Education Senate Seat. 1. Margaret Moody VIII. NEW BUSINESS IX. OPEN DISCUSSION X. ADJOURNMENT /bjb UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89154/(702) 739-3477 CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS OFFICE OF THE SENATE PRESIDENT SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA SENATE MEETING 2 0-25 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 199 0 4:00 P.M. MSU 201 VI. EXECUTIVE BOARD NOMINATIONS A. Approval of Ed Marshall as a member of the Entertainment and Programming Board. B. Approval of Maxie Maultsby as a member of the Entertain-ment and Programming Board. C. Approval of Kara Kelley as a member of the Judicial Council. VIII. NEW BUSINESS A. Approval of the Executive Board Nominations B. Approval of $400.00 out of the 901 account for out of stated travel expensed for Joel Habbershaw to attend the College Media Journal Conference to be held in New York in October. C. Approval of the following change in the CSUN Election Rules on page 2, Section III [Campaigning], Item B. ORIGINAL: Official campaigning shall not begin untilthree [3] weeks prior to Senate Elections, Homecoming, and Executive Board Primary Elections. Campaigning for Executive Board General Elections can start no sooner than two [2] weeks prior to the election. CHANGE TO: Official campaigning shall not begin until the first day of filing for an elected position. D. Approval of the following change in the CSUN Election Rules on page 3, Section III [Campaigning], Item H. ORIGINAL: Candidates shall submit samples of all campaign materials to the board prior to distribution. The material shall be kept on file until all election disputes have been settled. CHANGE TO: Candidates shall submit samples of all campaign materials to the board prior to distribution. The material shall be kept on file until all election disputes have been settled. E. Approval of the following change in the CSUN Election Rules on page 4, Section IV [Campaign Contribution Limitations], Item A.1.c. ORIGINAL: CSUN Homecoming Candidates: $100.00 CHANGE TO: CSUN Homecoming Candidates: $2 00.00 UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89154/(702) 739-3477 SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA 2 0-2 5 2 VIII. NEW BUSINESS, CONTINUED. F. Approval of the following change in the CSUN Election Rules on page 8, FINES, Number 2. ORIGINAL: Campaigning prior to date set by Elections Board will result in disgualification. CHANGE TO: Campaigning prior to date set by Elections Board will result in a minimum of 50% of the original filing fee and may result in disqualification, subject to the dicretion of the Elections Board. G. Approval of the following change in the CSUN Election Rules on page 6, Section VI [Voting Procedure], Item E.l. ORIGINAL: In the "none of these candidates" ballot entry receives the winning total of votes, then the candidate with the next highest number of votes shall be delcared the winner in ac-cordance with these rules. CHANGE TO: If the "none of these candidates" ballot entry receives the winning total of votes, then the candidate with the next highest number of votes shall be declared the winner in ac-cordance with these rules. H. Approval of the tranference of $1741.00 out of the 900 account to account 300-5102-952 to cover the 1990-1991 CSUN Leadership Scholarship awards. I. Approval of waiving the Operating Policy and By Law 15 of the Appropriations Board until Senate Meeting 2 0-2 6. J. Approval of $15,000.00 out of the 900 account to the Minority Student Affairs Office [see handout]. /bjb CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS OFFICE OF THE SENATE PRESIDENT MINUTES SENATE MEETING 2 0-25 SEPTEMBER 13, 1990 4:00 P.M. MSU 2 01 I. CALL TO ORDER Senate President Polovina called II. ROLL CALL PRESENT Bud Benneman Marie Bernardi Kelly Best Mike Bunin Kim Elliott Lauren Field Rob Fitzpztrick Jorge Gonzalez [late] Ed Marshall Ken Tomory [late] Monica Ricci Roderick Colebrook Julia Ramsey the meeting to order at 4:03p.m. ABSENT Michael Murphy [unexcused-2] Gary Ogren [unexcused-2] III. APPROVAL OF SENATE MINUTES 20-24 Motion to approve by Sen. Field. CORRECTIONS: Sen. Kelley stated that in her open discussion, it should be 'she1, not he, and that she meant that the process will come to end. Motion carried by voice vote. IV. ANNOUNCEMENTS Senate President Polovina yielded the floor to PRES. MAXSON. PRES. MAXSON stated that he is honored to have the opportunity to speak at the beginning of this school year. He said that he is going to tell the Senate exactly what he told the Faculty Senate, and that is that is is an honor to represent the 1753 6 students at the University, and that the Senate should be conscious of the student body as CSUN speaks for the student body. He congratules the Senators for taking the time to do it, stating that they all have to give up other things to devote time to student govern-ment. He stated that the Senate is serving at the most exciting time in the history of this University, stating that the univer-sity is on a roll. He said that UNLV is in a "window of opportunity" which has never occurred before. He explained that the university is one of the fastest growing, and that UNLV has the only National Super Computer Center dedicated to the study of energy and the environment, and that it is located in the En-gineering building. He stated that in the 1989 October issue of UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89154/(702) 739-3477 SENATE MINUTES 2 0-25 2 IV. ANNOUNCEMENTS, CONTINUED PRES. MAXSON, CONTINUED U.S. NEWS, it was reported that UNLV is only one out of fifteen states listed as a "rising star in higher education". He stated that there are 12 0 valedictorians attending UNLV from the 53 high schools in the state of Nevada, and that UNLV has students from all fifty states and from 44 foreign countries attending at this time. He stated that there are problems that UNLV is facing, especially the fact that UNLV needs to build more buildings faster than the current rate to keep up with the growth, as 12 00- 13 00 new students enter UNLV each fall. He stated that he is a "great believer that dynamic organizations grow in spurts" and that "UNLV is in that period of explosion". He stated that the situation with the NCAA and the basketball team is serious, and that we need to end that negative relationship once and for all, explaining that he is very anxious to get it settled once and for all. He stated that we should have a wonderful school year, and that he feels that he is the luckiest person in the whole world to be President at this university at this time. He stated that the Student Government has always been responsible because the students elect good Student Body Presidents, good Senate Presi-dents, and good Senators. He stated that one of the reasons that there hasn't been the problems is that the administration has great respect for the Student Government and that they look for-ward to working with the Student Government this year. He wished everyone a good year, in the Senate, and academically and so-cially. PRESIDENT POLOVINA thanked Pres. Maxson. She stated that Sen. Tabola resigned his Senate seat/ PRESIDENT BUNIN stated that there is a Student Advisory Council on Monday that he will be attending. He stated that the Govenor's Conference on Women will be on Saturday and Sunday, and that Jan Laverty Jones has offered to sponsor ten students to at-tend, on the condition that they attend both days, and sit in later in the week for a focus group. He then yielded the floor to Wayne Nunley, director of Minority Student Affairs. WAYNE NUNLEY stated that he is a graduate of UNLV, and is at the meeting to explain the purpose of his office. He stated that the program designed to aid minority students academically, and that he hopes to bring about an awareness of the diversity on campus. He stated that a major problem occurring on campuses nationwide is that of student harrassment, and that it has not been the problem at UNLV that it has at other colleges, and that one of his objectives is to prevent it from occurring. The problem, however, that he is facing is that of "UNDERFUNDING". He stated that he has received only $5500.00 for the entire academic year, and that he needs more money to do the things that need to be done, as that he appeals to the Senate to aid the MSA office. He thanked the Senate for allowing him to come. PRESIDENT BUNIN stated that he strongly endorses the approval for the money, stating that this office should have been done a long SENATE MINUTES 2 0-25 3 IV. ANNOUCEMENTS, CONTINUED. PRES. BUNIN, CONTINUED. time ago, and that this group is beneficial to the students. VICE PRESIDENT ENGEL had no comments. SENATE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE BENNEMAN stated that the retreat is definitely scheduled for Saturday, September 22nd, at 10:00 a.m. He stated that he has everything set up but the site, but he should have a definite answer concerning the Sky Mountain Resort after tomorrow. MOTION TO MOVE OUT OF THE ORDER OF THE DAY TO NEW BUSINESS, ITEM J. BY PRES. BUNIN. MOTION WAS ACCEPTED BY UNANIMOUS ACCLAMATION VIII. NEW BUSINESS J. Approval of $15,000.00 out of the 900 account to the Minority Student Affairs Office [see handout]. MOTION TO APPROVE by Sen. Bernardi. There was discussion. Roll call vote is as follows: Bud Benneman — abstention Marie Bernardi — yes Kelly Best — yes Mike Bunin — yes Kim Elliott — yes Lauren Field — yes Rob Fitzpatrick — abstention Jorge Gonzalez — yes Ed Marshall — yes Ken Tomory — abstention Monica Ricci — yes Roderick Colebrook — yes Julia Ramsey — yes Motion carried by 9-0-3. Point of Personal Priviledge by Sen. Bunin, who left the room. V. BOARD, COMMITTEE, AND DIRECTOR REPORTS Appropriations — Melanie Rosenberg spoke. Organizations — Vice President Engel had no report. Elections — Paul Pratt spoke. Sen. Bunin reentered the room. Student Services — Mario Menez spoke. Sen. Ricci left the room. Publications — John Ynigues spoke. Sen. Ricci reentered the room. Sen. Marshall left the room. Sen. Colebrook left the room. SENATE MINUTES 2 0-25 4 V. BOARD, COMMITTEE, AND DIRECTOR REPORTS, CONTINUED Yellin' Rebel — Richard Crow spoke. NSA — Mike Kennedy spoke. Sen. Marshall returned to the room. Sen. Ramsey left the room. Sen. Pres. Pro Tempore Benneman left to gather the missing Senators, and returned to the meeting. Judicial Council — Chief Justice Barclay spoke. Sen. Colebrook returned to the meeting. KUNV — Joel Habbershaw spoke for Rob Rosenthal. Sen. Ramsey returned to the meeting. Point of Personal Priviledge, Sen. Bernardi left room. CSUN Business Manager — Larry Holmes spoke. E&P — Liza Gripentrog spoke. OSI — Traci Smith spoke. Sen. Bernardi returned to the meeting. Sen. Fitzpatrick left the meeting. VI. EXECUTIVE BOARD NOMINATIONS A. Approval of Ed Marshall as a member of the Entertainment and Programming Board. B. Approval of Maxie Maultsby as a member of the Entertain-ment and Programming Board. C. Approval of Kara Kelley as a member of the Judicial Council. There was discussion concerning the viability of appointing Senators in the interim until grade verification forms are processed. Questions were raised and answered, and the Senate decided to wait until the grade verification forms were processed. VII. UNFINISHED BUSINESS A. Nomination/Approval of the Vacant Liberal Arts Senate Seat. 1. Jeff Geihs 2. Crystal Ortega 3. Mike Young 4. Michael Pace 5. David Mimoun It was noted that candidate Mike Young was in attendance. MOTION TO CLOSE NOMINATIONS by Sen. Tomory. Motion carried by voice vote. SENATE MINUTES 2 0-25 5 VII. UNFINISHED BUSINESS B. Nomination/Approval of the Vacant Performing Arts Senate Seat. 1. Kevin Stevens No further action was taken. C. Nomination/Approval of the Vacant Health, Physical Educa-tion Senate Seat. 1. Joel Kostman was nominated 2 0-24. No further action was taken. D. Nomination/Appproval of the Vacant Student Developemnt Senate Seat. 1. Wendy Fenmark 2. Paula Dubowski Paula Dubowski was in attendance at the meeting. MOTION TO CLOSE NOMINATIONS by Sen. Marshall. Motion carried by voice vote. E. Nomination/Approval of the Vacant Education Senate Seat 1. Margaret Moody TRACY BARKHUFF nominated by Sen. Kelley. MOTION TO CLOSE NOMINATIONS by Sen. Pres. Pro Tempore Benneman. Motion carried by voice vote. VIII. NEW BUSINESS A. Approval of the Executive Board Nominations Motion to approve Executive Board Nominations A and B as a whole by Pres. Bunin. Motion carried by voice vote. Motion to approve Executive Board Nomination C by Sen. Colebrook. Motion carried by voice vote. SEN. KELLEY RESIGNED HER SENATE SEAT. B. Approval of $400.00 out of the 901 account for out of stated travel expensed for Joel Habbershaw to attend the College Media Journal Conference to be held in New York in October. Motion to approve by Pres. Bunin. There was discussion. SEN. FITZPATRICK LEFT THE MEETING. MOTION TO MOVE OUT OF THE ORDER OF THE DAY TO NEW BUSINESS, ITEM I BY PRES. BUNIN. MOTION CARRIED BY VOICE VOTE. I. Approval of waiving the Operating Policy and By Law 15 of the Appropriations Board until Senate Meeting 20-26. Motion to approve by Sen. Colebrook. Motion carried by voice vote. MOTION TO MOVE BACK INTO THE ORDER OF THE DAY BY SEN. PRES. PRO TEMPORE BENNEMAN. MOTION CARRIED BY VOICE VOTE. SENATE MINUTES 2 0-25 6 VIII. NEW BUSINESS, CONTINUED B. Approval of $400.00 out of the 901 account for out of state travel expeses for Joel Habbershaw to attend the College Media Journal Conference to be held in New York in October. Motion to approve by Sen. Pres. Pro Tempore Benneman. Motion amended to read $455.00 instead of $400.00 by Pres. Polovina. Motion carried by voice vote. C. Approval of the following change in the CSUN Election Rules on page 2, Section III [Campaigning], Item B. ORIGINAL: Official campaigning shall not begin until three [3] weeks prior to Senate Elections, Homecoming, and Executive Board Primary Elections. Campaigning for Executive Board General Elections can start no sooner than two [2] weeks prior to the election. CHANGE TO: Official campaigning shall not begin until the first day of filing for an elected position. AMENDED TO READ: Official campaigning may begin on the final day of filing for an elected position, immediately following the man-datory candidates' meeting. Motion to approve by Sen. Ramsey. Motion carried by voice vote. D. Approval of the following change in the CSUN Election Rules on page 3, Section III [Campaigning], Item H. ORIGINAL: Candidates shall submit samples of all campaign materials to the board prior to distribution. The material shall be kept on file until all election disputes have been settled. CHANGE TO: Candidates shall submit samples of all campaign materials to the board prior to distribution. The material shall be kept on file until all election disputes have been settled. Motion to approve by Sen. Ramsey. Motion carried by voice vote. E. Approval of the following change in the CSUN Election Rules on page 4, Section IV [Campaign Contribution Limitations], Item A.1.c. ORIGINAL: CSUN Homecoming Candidates: $100.00 CHANGE TO: CSUN Homecoming Candidates: $200.00 Motion to approve by Sen. Marshall. Motion passed by voice vote. Motion to approve items F and G as a whole by Sen. Pres. Pro Tem-pore Benneman. F. Approval of the following change in the CSUN Election Rules on page 8, FINES, Number 2. ORIGINAL: Campaigning prior to date set by Elections Board will result in disqualification. CHANGE TO: Campaigning prior to date set by Elections Board will result in a minimum of 50% of the original filing fee and may result in disqualification, subject to the discretion of the Elections Board. G. Approval of the following change in the CSUN Election Rules on page 6, Section VI [Voting Procedure], Item E.l. ORIGINAL: In the "none of these candidates" ballot entry receives the winning total of votes, then the candidate with the next highest number of votes shall be delcared the winner in ac-cordance with these rules. SENATE MINUTES 2 0-25 7 VIII. NEW BUSINESS, CONTINUED. G. CONTINUED. CHANGE TO: If the "none of these candidates" ballot entry receives the winning total of votes, then the candidate with the next highest number of votes shall be declared the winner in ac-cordance with these rules. Motion carried by voice vote. H. Approval of the tranference of $1741.00 out of the 900 account to account 300-5102-952 to cover the 1990-1991 CSUN Leadership Scholarship awards. Motion to approve by Pres. Bunin. There was discussion. Motion carried by voice vote. MOVE TO MAKE AN EMERGENCT MOTION BY SEN. PRES. PRO TEMPORE BENNEMAN. Motion carried by voice vote. Motion to change the amount of the allocation of members of the Organizations Board from $400 to $500. There was discussion. Motion carried by voice vote. IX. OPEN DISCUSSION SEN. BERNARDI stated that she was surprised that there was so much discussion about CSUN control on the funding for Wayne Nunneley's office, as CSUN is for students. SEN. RAMSEY stated that this is the first time that she has been outrageously pissed off in a senate meeting, and that she was angry over the problems with Wayne Nunneley and the funding. SEN. COLEBROOK stated that he was so calm and cool over the fund-ing for the Minority Student Affairs because he knew the funding would be passed. He stated that he was glad that Kara had the guts to ask hard guestions, and he thanked the Senate for passing the funding allocation. SEN. RICCI stated that she is resentful of the reprimand, as it is the Senate's right to guestion and it helps to give objec-tivity. She also stated that the Shuttle Service is way too slow. SEN. MARSHALL stated that the Nunley thing was outrageous, as every student is helped, not just ethnic students. SEN. ELLIOTT had no comments. SEN. FIELD stated that something has to be done about the traffic at the meetings, as it is distracting for everyone to keep leav-ing and returning. She also thanked the candidates for showing up. SEN. TOMORY congratulated Kara, and spoke about the administration's duties. SEN. FIELD yielded the floor to Kara Kelley. KARA KELLEY stated that she resented Joe's condescending attitude and sarcasm, as she felt that her guestions were valid, as she was not guestioning the worthiness or validity, just the methods, sources, and repetitiveness of seeking funding. She thanked the Senate for voting her on as a Justice. SEN. BEST congratulated Kara and guestioned why the appropria-tions board policy was waived. SENATE MINUTES 2 0-25 8 IX. OPEN DISCUSSION, CONTINUED. PRES. BUNIN explained that the way the current policy is written, the meetings can't be legally held, and that the waiver is for just one week to be able to get appropriations done. SEN. BEST stated that concerning item J of New Business, in the Engineering college, there is a Minority Program that excludes all non minority students. He also stated that the MSU does not have insurance for intermural activities. SEN. GONZALEZ stated that embarassment is one thing, but that CSUN looked bad. He stated that alot of people do not know what it is to be a minority, and that the money is for students, and while the administration should be funding it, sometimes it is up to Student Government to take the first step. He also spoke of the Senate Rules committee. SEN. BUNIN stated that the candidates at the meeting are recog-nized. He stated that the Senate has a right to guestion, but that every guestion today could rather have been phrased as a suggestion, and that he felt bad that Wayne Nunley had to take a beating to get the money. FROM THE GALLERY: DIRECTOR PRATT stated that the Minority Engineering organization gets more that $25,000, but that it does not include Asians or women, and excludes Caucasians. He stated that the Senators are OBLIGATED to guestion, and that he hates being off the Senate. He stated that $15000 is not much money, but that it is going to the Minority Student Affairs, and not to Nunley. He then stated that Nunley will not be held accountable, CSUN will be. DIRECTOR ROSENBERG stated that she was upset that no one yeilded the floor to her. ALLEN CHASTAIN stated that Nunley should hit up the regents and the MSU for money. DIRECTOR SMITH stated that the MSA is not a priority of the Ad-ministration, she also stated that if the Minority Engineering organization is discriminating, it should be taken to the 0- Board. FROM THE EXECUTIVES: SENATE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE BENNEMAN stated that Point of Per-sonal Priviledge is being abused. He stated that the Senate has the right to guestion what it germaine and proper, and he stated that the issues should be hammered out. He stated that he agrees with Sen. Tomory that there should not be separation, as there is too much separation as it is, and that the MSA office should in-clude homosexuals. He reiterated that there are too many pockets and groups. VICE PRESIDENT ENGEL congratulated Kara, and thanked the Senate for upping the funds to $500. She stated that Joe wasn't reprimanding the Senate per se, but that the students should help, as the Administration ignored them. She stated that the Minority Engineers are in trouble. She stated that the change has to begin here, that CSUN has to help out other students. She stated that everyone's guestions are valid, but that is does get out of control, and that the Senate did not give Nunley any credit at all. SENATE MINUTES 2 0-25 12 IX. OPEN DISCUSSION, CONTINUED FROM THE EXECUTIVES: PRES. BUNIN stated that it was tough to follow the pregnant lady. He congratulated Kara, and suggested that everyone join Amnesty International. He stated that he doesn't care about the resent-ment as he couldn't see how anyone couldn't be embarrassed, as the Senate doesn't have the right to berate anyone. He stated that Paul is wrong about the accountability, and asked if the Senate actually understood how Wayne Nunley felt. SENATE PRESIDENT POLOVINA stated that she reiterates every word that Joe said, and also stated that the Senate has a right to yell back. She stated that she could blame herself for letting the meeting get out of hand, but that she can't babysit and cen-sor every question. She also stated that she is glad that she wasn't in his shoes. She stated that it is all of the Senate's responsibility to get students and colleges aware of how under-funded they are. She illustrated this by the example of Career Planning's funding, as it is only $3800 for the entire year, and stated that it is pathetic to have deal with the administration's bureaucracy. She stated that Point of Personal Priviledge will no longer be abused, as too many times quorum has been close to lost. She stated that she appreciates Melanie Rosenberg. She also stated that Pres. Pro Tempore Benneman can't touch her gavel anymore, as he hurt it. X. ADJOURMENT Senate President Polovina adjourned the meeting at 6:18 p.m.