Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, February 3, 1997

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Student Government Office of the Senate President STUDENT SENATE MEETING 27-00- Monday, February 3, 1997 Moyer Student Union Room 201 6:30 p.m. Veronica Perez Senate President Pro-Tempore Liberal Arts Leia Fleischman Fine Arts Terry Moore Urban Affairs Joaquin Trujillo Business Jeremy Aguero Hotel Administration Heather Anderson Business Robert Solomon Education iam Price (Jan Affairs Margaret J. Persch, R.N. Health Sciences Kyle Lopez Student Development Frank Lideros Engineering Steven Amend Business Ben Campbell Student Development Stephanie Gonzales Liberal Arts Alesia Hayes Education Nicole Lehman Education Joey Song Business Matt Stark al Arts Heather Hunt Health Sciences I. II. III. IV. V. VI. CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL (p [_/ APPROVAL OF MINUTES ANNOUNCEMENTS BOARD AND COMMITTEE REPORTS A. Director Reports 1. Nevada Student Affairs; DIRECTOR VALERA 2. Elections Board, DIRECTOR REID; 3. Organizations Board, DIRECTOR BONGHI; 4. Student Services, DIRECTOR TOLBERT 5. Entertainment and Programming, DIRECTOR CASTILLO; 6. Office of Student Information DIRECTOR HAMILTON; B. Senate Committee Reports C. Faculty Senate Committee Reports D. Residence Hall Liaison Report E. Business Manager Report PUBLIC COMMENT[in accordance with N.R.S. 241.020 (2)(c)(3)] r-o C_O rv> i—en• —1o t_o VII. UNFINISHED BUSINESS VIII. NEW BUSINESS A. Action Item: Nomination/Election of two (2) Senator to the Ways and Means Committee. B. Action Item: Nomination/Election of one (1) Senator to the Ad Hoc Epilouge Committee. C. Action Item: Nomination/Election of one (1) Student to the Student Services Leadership Scholarship Selection Committee. CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS • UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA — 4505 SOUTH MARYLAND PARKWAY • LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89154-2009 • (702) 895-3477 • FAX (702) 895-4606 University of Nevada, Las Vegas Student Government Office of the Senate President MINUTES SENATE MEETING 27-07 Monday, February 3,1997 Moyer Student Union Room 201 6:30 p.m I. CALL TO ORDER: SENATE PRESIDENT LAXAGUE called Senate Meeting 27-07 to order at 6:32 p.m.. II. ROLL CALL: PRESENT ABSENT Steven Amend Jeremy Aguero(excused) Heather Anderson Ben Campbell Leia Fleischman Stephanie Gonzales •1 m1 $ -<o c- cr; 0 Alesia Hayes d—?t: 3m at ( n Nicole Lehman Frank Lideros Kyle Lopez Terry Moore !<_An2 "'o^o;- •mc ^c O_ Veronica Perez o To $z r. Margaret Persch CD o ir> William Price Robert Solomon Joey Song Matt Stark Joaquin Trujillo Heather Hunt SENATE PRESIDENT LAXAGUE stated that former SENATOR ZUREK has resigned. III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: SENATE PRESIDENT LAXAGUE announced that the agenda for Senate Meeting 27-07 was incorrectly listed as 27-06. !. Minutes for Senate Meeting 27-06 were motioned for approval by SENATOR PRICE, ( -ended by SENATOR PEREZ. CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS • UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA 4505 SOUTH MARYLAND PARKWAY • LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89154-2009 • (702) 895-3477 • FAX (702) 8954606 SENATE MINUTES 26-07 / FEBRUARY 3, 1997 SENATOR GONZALES stated that she didn't nominate SENATOR PERSCH for the ^oard of Regents Outstanding Students Awards, but that she nominated SENATOR PRICE. SENATOR ANDERSON emphasized that the minutes being approved should be listed at the bottom of (Item III) APPROVAL OF MINUTES, so that it would be known which minutes were being referenced. SENATOR FLEISCHMAN stated that under Open Discussions (Item VIII. NEW BUSINESS, Action Item E.) "She asked the Senate to look into the whereabouts of the snack machine that was in the embassy.", "embassy" should be changed to "Annex". Minutes 27-06 were approved as 18:0:0. IV. ANNOUNCEMENTS: SENATE PRESIDENT LAXAGUE announced that filing for Executive Board positions open today (February 3, 1997); the packets are at the front desk; filing will be open until 5:00 p.m. next Friday (February 14, 1997). V. BOARD AND COMMITTEE REPORTS: A. Director Reports: NEVADA STUDENT AFFAIRS(NSA), DIRECTOR VALERA brought to the attention of the Senate that he is aware of two (2) students, who are going to the San Diego game next week; they need some help with the buses and transportation. It was already on the agenda. SENATE PRESIDENT LAXAGUE stated that they have two (2) buses for eighty (80) people on the agenda. VICE PRESIDENT MILLS reported on behalf of DIRECTOR REED. He announced that the packets (for E-Board seats) are out; the flyers are going out; the Elections Board will have its hours posed shortly; he wants everyone to refrain from using the E-Board desk during the election period, so that candidates don't misconstrue those people sitting at the desk as being members of the E-Board. In response to questions, V.P. MILLS stated that DIRECTOR REED was in class at present; the packet wasn't given to the Senate for approval because the rules had already been approved; and he referred back to the (best) bid of $9900 (a price quote from Collegiate Action Services, a company in the Western United States that does professional election-type services). SENATE PRESIDENT LAXAGUE asked that DIRECTOR REED be informed that he needs to send someone on his board or somebody that knows what is going on, especially once filing is completed, because people begin to fire questions about this and that violation of the campaign process. ORGANIZATIONS BOARD, DIRECTOR BONGHI apologized for being late. He announced a meeting tomorrow night (February 4, 1997) at 5:00 p.m. in the Senate Chamber; he thank everyone for helping out on the basketball game; he expressed his concerns about the tickets celling out so fast; alot of students were upset over the fact that they didn't get tickets. He suggested it they should work on it (ticketing) this semester; he asked for advice from the Senators; he stated 2 SENATE MINUTES 26-07 / FEBRUARY 3, 1997 ' at he wanted to put together a policy for ticketing and asked for anybody interested in helping out to contact him. STUDENT SERVICES, DIRECTOR TOLBERT stated that they are still working on Career Day and it's going well; he passed around copies of the business they have confirmed so far; every day they still receive 6 - 8 phone calls every hour for each department; the Department of Youth Health Services, Better Bureau of Business, Boy Scouts of America, L.A. College of Chiropractice, Nevada Law Captains, and Channel 13 News will be there (on Career Day). He also asked for anyone interested in being a Career Day host to turn in an application by the end of this week; they only received twelve (12) applications back and gave out over a hundred (100) between their offices and Career Services; they're hoping to have at least 50 Career Day hosts. He also stated there will be a meeting this Thursday (February 6, 1997) at 8:00 a.m. in Career Services for anyone interested in doing the modeling for Macy's and the Fashion Show. In response to a question, DIRECTOR TOLBERT stated that alot of Liberal Arts majors work for non-profit organizations, who couldn't afford the cost of a booth; Career Services needed to decrease the price by half. ENTERTAINMENT AND PROGRAMMING, DIRECTOR CASTILLO stated that he hasn't been able to get off (print) the calendar because some of the dates keep changing backwards and forwards. He announced that he has tickets for Thunder this Friday (February 7, 1997); they're selling them (Thunder tickets) 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. and if he's in the office, he'll be selling them throughout there as well. The tickets are $4. He added that Black Men Rising has been pushed back I March 6 because there is a conflict with a dance group that's coming in on February 29. He stated at the contract for (Beat the Rush) should be arriving to the office this week; it (Beat the Rush) is going to be on Wednesday night at 7:00 p.m. at the MSU; there will be no SCI FI night. He added that he was able to apparently get Carrot Top at half the price from last time, hopefully for April 2; (the tickets) at the MGM cost $32.50, and if they bring them here, he'll sell the tickets for $7.00. He also stated that Comedy Night had 250 students; he thanked the Board members and Senators for helping out with the event. VICE PRESIDENT MILLS reported on behalf of OFFICE OF STUDENT INFORMATION, DIRECTOR HAMILTON. He stated that the booth that they have in the window case will be down there for another week; and he stated that she (DIRECTOR HAMILTON) said that she still had some sweatshirts for (the) Senators. B. Senate Committee Reports: SENATOR TRUJILLO stated that the Open Forum in the Dining Commons last Wednesday (January 29,1997) at 9:00 was a great success; more than thirty five (35) students turned out. He stated that they really had a strong voice on this; they're basically saying that they don't really want a Conseptual Relationship policy; they're going to try to fight it, but as a backup for defense, all the information was gathered about why it shouldn't apply to student-held positions; this way if the Administration pushed it through, the (Student Government) could state what terms they will agree to it on as long as it excludes student-held positions for all the conflicts and defining of rect authority; it's so big in the policy. He thanked SENATE PRESIDENT LAXAGUE, SENATOR GONZALES, SENATOR ANDERSON, SENATOR LIDEROS, and SENATOR PRICE 3 SENATE MINUTES 26-07 / FEBRUARY 3, 1997 r being present (at the Forum). He announced that there will be a RULES AND ETHICS meeting nursday night (February 6, 1997) in the Dining Commons. SENATOR FLEISCHMAN apologized to her committee members for moving this week's meeting to next Tuesday (February 11, 1997) at 3:00 p.m. with the exact same agenda. SENATOR ANDERSON stated that they had an interesting meeting today (February 3, 1997); they made a few decisions; they'll have one more meeting to discuss a few more items, then they'll have it on the agenda for the Senate to consider some of the resolutions for the Constitution. SENATOR PRICE stated that WAYS AND MEANS will be this Wednesday (February 12, 1997) at 6:45 p.m.. SENATE PRESIDENT LAXAGUE asked that those Chairmen, who are calling meetings, make sure that they tell Tricia (the Student Secretary) to write it up or write it up themselves on that (the CSUN 27th Senate Session) board when their meeting time and place is. He also announced that the staffs are meeting tomorrow morning if they get a chance (to write up the time and place of each committee meeting). C. Faculty Senate Committee Reports: SENATOR ANDERSON stated that she wanted to let any Business-like majors know at they do have the three (3) Dean candidates coming in this Wednesday (February 5, 1997) and the next two Wednesdays (February 12 and February 19, 1997) at 3:00 p.m. in Beam (Hall in Room) 120. SENATOR FLEISCHMAN announced that the Department of Fine Arts should have a new Dean soon; and there is a Public Relations meeting on Wednesday (February 5, 1997) and she needs a proxy; SENATOR ANDERSON stated that she'd be the proxy. SENATOR SOLOMAN announced that the PROVOST SPECIAL DEANS Committee met last week and he was the proxy for it; they basically voted down everything from last semester so that they (could) start off fresh again. D. Residence Hall Liaison Report: LEAH GRIFFITH stated that she will be the RHA liaison again; she stated that Jennifer Peck couldn't be present; the meetings are scheduled on Monday nights; everyone in the residence halls are very happy about the Forum last Wednesday night (January 29, 1997) about letting their feelings out; it showed that (the Senate) really cared about what they thought; Valentine's Day is coming up and they'll have the regular programs they normally have; (the Senate) is more than welcome to attend. //Applause// E. Business Manager Report: 4 SENATE MINUTES 26-07 / FEBRUARY 3, 1997 BUSINESS MANAGER JIM MOORE asked that everyone sign and return the v/orker's Compensation forms by Wednesday (February 5, 1997). In response to questions, he stated that Human Resources wants everyone to sign it, but if someone has another job on campus, they don't need to sign it. He further stated that the budget as far as expenditures go, some revenues, etc., is higher than they'd anticipated; the expenses have been alot lower than expected; the exact numbers were passed out to the Executive Board; everyone stayed within the budget. In response to the questions asked last week, he stated that Comedy Night has had three (3) separate transactions for flyers: $17 spent on posters, $48.45 on one set of flyers, and $95 on a second set of flyers. VI. PUBLIC COMMENT [in accordance with N.R.S. 241.020 (2)(c)(3)] SENATE PRESIDENT LAXAGUE announced that anybody in the gallery can publicly comment; those applying Senate positions, need to rise one by one and briefly introduce themselves. Blake Rudman introduced himself; he's a freshman in the Art's program applying for the Hotel Senate position. SENATOR PEREZ stated that she had his application. Ildiko Lutar introduced herself; she's (a sophomore studying Human Performance and Student Development) running for the Student Development Senate position. Jeff Dallas introduced himself; he's running for the Hotel Senate position; and he's (a ' mior in the Hotel Administration College). Burt Minjares introduced himself; he's running for the Hotel Senate position; he's (a junior pursuing a Biology major). Josh Hoimos introduced himself; he's running for the open seat for the College of Science Senate. David Shapiro introduced himself; he'll get his application in first thing tomorrow morning (February 4, 1997); he's running for the College of Sciences. SENATE PRESIDENT LAXAGUE added that he (David Shapiro) could have turned in his application five (5) minutes before (the meeting), but he (LAXAGUE) didn't have time to run it off (print it). John Clark introduced himself; he's applying for the Hotel Administration (Senate) seat; he's (a junior studying Hotel Administration). Tige Henson introduced himself; he's running for Senator for the Hotel College; he's a (junior studying Hotel Administration). Stephanie Poole introduced herself; she's a freshman in the Hotel Administration College; she's interested in any position. Rick Sorani introduced himself; he's running for the Hotel Administration Senate sition; he's (a senior in the Hotel Administration College). In response to a question, he stated that he is graduating in the Spring. 5 SENATE MINUTES 26-07 / FEBRUARY 3, 1997 SENATE PRESIDENT LAXAGUE stated that those who have their applications in will probably be nominated tonight, make sure to come next week and probably the week after; they will have a chance to give their full spiel and go through the election. VII UNFINISHED BUSINESS VIII. NEW BUSINESS A. Action Item: Nomination/Election of two (2) Senators to the Ways and Means Committee. Motion to Table was made by SENATOR PEREZ, seconded by SENATOR GONZALES. Motion to Table Item A. was approved as 18:0:0. B. Action Item: Nomination/Election of one (1) Senator to the Ad Hoc Epilouge Committee. SENATE PRESIDENT LAXAGUE called for nominations or motions; but that there was no action on Item B; he stated that it will be brought back next time as unfinished business. C. Action Item: Nomination/Election of one (1) Student to the Student Services Leadership Scholarship Selection Committee. PRESIDENT ROSENTHAL refered the Senate to Sunny Martin. She stated that they're really looking to have a number of different students on the committee, one to represent CSUN, one to represent the Resident Hall Association, etc.. She added that they don't think that they're going have someone sit on the committee, who's not eligible to receive the scholarship; people who are eligible include someone who is maybe graduating, has a GPA that's lower than a 2.75, or completed less than 60 credits, or completed less than 24 credits at UNLV. In response to questions, Sunny Martin stated that the 2.75 GPA is accumulative, they're going to have all of the students, who are appointed on committee, give their schedules and then a time for the meetings will be established; the applications will be out and available in the next two weeks; they want students that are involved. SENATOR FLEISCHMAN moved to nominate SENATOR HUNT, seconded by SENATOR SONG. SENATOR FLEISCHMAN moved to close nominations, seconded by SENATOR SONG. The motion to close nominations was approved as 18:0:0. SENATE PRESIDENT called for a vote to elect SENATOR HUNT to the STUDENT SERVICES LEADERSHIP/SCHOLARSHIP SELECTION Committee. The vote was passed as 18:0:0. 6 SENATE MINUTES 26-07 / FEBRUARY 3, 1997 D. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of removing Director Castillo's recent stipend increase of $100 and putting his pay back to the original rate of $400 as submitted by SENATOR FLEISCHMAN. Motion to approved Item D was made by SENATOR FLEISCHMAN, seconded by SENATOR ANDERSON. DIRECTOR CASTILLO explained why his signature was not on the contract for Comedy Night. SENATE PRESIDENT LAXAGUE added that they did not sign the official contract, but rather an agreement to bring to them (for Comedy Night) here; the official contract went to the (Senate), if they would have disapproved the contract, they wouldn't have been paid. SENATOR FLEISCHMAN commented that the contract should have been signed first before it was allowed to happen. CHIEF JUSTICE MOSS reminded the Senate that a vote has to be tabled before any action is taken on this item. SENATOR SONG stated that only the amount of money was approved, but not the contract. Motion to table was made by SENATOR SOLOMAN, seconded by SENATOR GONZALES. Vote to table Item D failed as 9:10:0. (SENATORS TRUJILLO, ANDERSON, LIDEROS, LEHMAN, AMEND, SONG, FLEISHMAN, PEREZ, STARK and LOPEZ opposed. Due to a miscount, SENATE PRESIDENT LAXAGUE voted as opposed; therefore, the vote should have read as 9:11:0.) Motion to waive BYLAW 44 for the duration the duration of the action was made by "ENATOR PEREZ, seconded by SENATOR FLEISCHMAN. The motion to waive BYLAW 44 r the duration of the action passed as 12:5:1. (SENATORS PERSCH, SOLOMAN, LIDEROS, PRICE, and HAYES opposed; SENATOR MOORE abstained.) SENATE PRESIDENT LAXAGUE announced that BYLAW 44 is now waived. Motion to postpone this item D indefinitely was made by SENATOR AMEND, seconded by SENATOR MOORE. Vote to postpone passed as 10:5:4. (SENATORS SOLOMAN, STARK, FLEISCHMAN, PEREZ, and PERSCH opposed. SENATORS SONG, GONZALES, CAMPBELL, and ANDERSON abstained. SENATE PRESIDENT LAXAGUE vote in favor to postpone Item D.) E. Action Item: Nomination/Election of applicants for the open Senate seat in the College of Sciences. SENATOR TRUJILLO motioned to nominate David Shapiro, Heather August, Burt Minjares, Isaiah Springer, and Christopher Murray; seconded by SENATOR PERSCH. SENATE PRESIDENT LAXAGUE responded to questions; he stated that applications are not due at any time, but he will stop taking them when the Senate closes nominations; he also stated that if the nominations are closed, but don't table the item, then they can't move to vote next week. SENATOR PEREZ motioned to close nominations; seconded by SENATOR PERSCH. 7 SENATE MINUTES 26-07 / FEBRUARY 3, 1997 SENATOR MOORE moved to nominate Ryan Marth; seconded by SENATOR .LEISCHMAN. SENATOR SONG moved to nominate Josh Hoimos, seconded by SENATOR PEREZ. SENATOR PEREZ motioned to close nominations; seconded by SENATOR SONG. SENATOR HAYES asked the Senate for their opinions on whether the (nominations) were open long enough. SENATOR TRUJILLO responded that it was open for a week; he wanted to get the Science students' vote as soon as possible for next week. SENATOR ANDERSON stated that she'd like to leave it (the nominations) open at least a week longer. Motion to close the nominations for the Senate seat for the College of Sciences carried by a vote of 11:6:1. (SENATORS ANDERSON, GONZALES, LEHMAN, AMEND, CAMPBELL, and FLEISCHMAN opposed. SENATOR HAYES abstained.) SENATE PRESIDENT LAXAGUE stated that he won't take any more applications, except from Shapira, Ryan Marth, and Josh Hoimos because they were nominate without applications. F. Action Item: Nomination/Election of applicants for the open Senate seats in the College of Hotel Administration. SENATOR FLEISCHMAN moved to amend Item F to read "seats" instead of "seat", seconded by SENATOR GONZALES. The amendment passed as 18:0:0. SENATOR FLEISCHMAN motioned to nominate John Clark, Tige Henson, Stephanie Poole, Rick Sorani, Blake Rudman, and Jeff Dallas, seconded by SENATOR LOPEZ. SENATOR ANDERSON motioned to nominate Matthew Knutson, seconded by SENATOR PERSCH. SENATOR SONG motioned to nominate Jonathan Haass, seconded by SENATOR PRICE. Motion to close nominations was made by SENATOR MOORE, seconded by SENATOR SONG. Motion to closed nominations passed by a vote of 13:5:0. (SENATORS ANDERSON, LEHMAN, AMEND, CAMPBELL, and FLEISCHMAN opposed.) G. Action Item: Nomination/Election of applicants for the open Senate seat in the College of Student Development. SENATOR FLEISCHMAN motioned to nominate Ildiko Lutar, seconded by SENATOR PRICE. SENATOR FLEISCHMAN motioned to table Item (G), seconded by SENATOR PERSCH. Item G was tabled by a vote of 16:0:2. (SENATORS SONG and PEREZ abstained.) SENATE PRESIDENT LAXAGUE stated that he would continue to take applications openly for the Student ivelopment seat. 8 SENATE MINUTES 26-07 / FEBRUARY 3, 1997 H. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of expending an amount not to exceed $5000 for eighty (80) students to attend the Rebel basketball gave vs. San Diego State University in San Diego on February 8, 1997, to be encumbered out of the CSUN 2702 (Gen) account). SENATOR PRICE motioned to approve Item H, seconded by SENATOR SONG. SENATOR FLEISCHMAN expressed her concern that only 5 days notice would be given, so only (the Senator's) friends would know. Rick Sorani introduced himself as a representative of the SPIRIT AND PRIDE Committee and a member of the ROJOS. He stated that he thinks this item would be good for the university. In response to questions, Rick Sorani believed that filling in 80 seats in 5 days would be no problem; they plan on advertising as soon as it is approved. Michelle Briggs confirmed that alot of people were interested in attending; she was concerned about the fact that 2 tickets were sold per ID. BUSINESS MANAGER JIM MOORE stated that anyone can come look at the book to verify how tickets were sold last time. SENATOR HAYES expressed her concern for roping off the lines, whether someone would make sure that there's no cutting in line, and if an organization member would be there to sell the tickets. PRESIDENT ROSENTHAL stated that he doesn't foresee the same line problem; Jim will T,ain be collecting the money and receipts. SENATOR TRUJILLO stated that Word of Mouth is the best advertisement; the idea is already sitting with the constituents. He expressed his concern about designating someone in charge. He stated that it's a great idea to improve campus spirit; we have a winning basketball team. SENATOR FLEISCHMAN requested that 2 tickets be sold per person with a student idea rather than 2 tickets per student ID. BUSINESS MANAGER JIM MOORE suggested that he could hand out tickets to the first 50 people to avoid future cutting in line. SENATOR PEREZ stated that although they should have known about this a little bit sooner, she thinks this is a great idea; it is something our constituents really could benefit from and it's showing our spirit. SENATOR ANDERSON stated that she thinks it's a good idea with the tickets; she'd be willing to help; and stated that other Senator's and the E-Board should be there early to help things run better. SENATOR PRICE motioned to make an amendment, "the tickets will go on sale Thursday (February 6, 1997) morning at 8:00 a.m.", seconded by SENATOR SONG. The amendment was passed by a vote of 17:0:1. (SENATOR FLEISCHMAN abstained.) SENATOR AMEND motioned to amend the amendment, "to sell two (2) tickets per person provided they have two (2) student ID's.", seconded by SENATOR PRICE. SENATOR SOLOMAN SENATE MINUTES 26-07 / FEBRUARY 3, 1997 ' ated that if someone really wanted (a ticket), they can come down personally; he thinks it should be ^ne ID person. V.P. MILLS stated that there is a limited number of seats and number of seats should be posted. SENATORS FLEISCHMAN and SONG supported SENATOR AMEND's amendment. The amendment was passed by a vote of 17:1:0. (SENATOR SOLOMAN opposed.) SENATOR FLEISCHMAN expressed her concern about not having enough time; it's not fair to the other students. Rick Sorani expressed his concerns about the limited number of seats available compared to the number of people that would be informed about the trip. SENATOR MOORE stated that he would inform the Rebel Yell tonight so that all 20,000 students would know (about the trip). DIRECTOR CASTILLO stated that UNLV has an awesome opportunity this year; he thinks it's better to send who we can than not send no one at all to represent UNLV at San Diego. PRESIDENT ROSENTHAL announced that it is actually two (2) 49-seat coaches, so it can be changed to state 98 students. Motion to amend the number from 80 to 98 was made by SENATOR MOORE, seconded by SENATOR HAYES. SENATOR FLEISCHMAN stated that the amendment should read, "for 80 to 98 students." Both SENATORS MOORE and HAYES concurred. The amendment passed by a vote of 18:0:0. SENATOR SOLOMAN motioned to have a 2 minute break, seconded by SENATOR FLEISCHMAN. SENATOR HAYES asked to change it to a 5 minute break and both SENATORS °OLOMAN and FLEISCHMAN concurred. A vote to have a 5 minute break was passed as j:0:0. SENATE PRESIDENT LAXAGUE called Senate Meeting 27-07 back to order at 7:55 p.m.. SENATOR FLEISCHMAN moved to amend Item H, after "to be encumbered" to read "student-at-large, Michelle Briggs, will be in charge of the event."; seconded by SENATOR TRUJILLO. In response to questions, SENATE PRESIDENT LAXAGUE stated that the students are being charged anything for the tickets right now, and that out of the $5000 cost of the two (2) buses and the 80-98 tickets, there will be some money left over. The amendment to put student-at-large, Michelle Briggs, in charge of the trip was passed by a vote of 18:1:0. (SENATOR HAYES opposed.) V.P. MILLS, in response to a question, stated that the buses will leave around 9:30 a.m. and will be coming back about 6.45 p.m.. SENATOR FLEISCHMAN moved to make an amend to read after "two (2) student ideas, at a $5.00 charge for each ticket."; seconded by SENATOR HAYES. The amendment was approved by a vote of 14:3:1. (SENATORS AMEND, SONG, and PRICE opposed. SENATOR PERSCH abstained.) Item H, "of expending an amount not to exceed $5000 for 80-98 students to attend the Rebel basketball game vs. San Diego State University in San Diego on February 8, 97, to be encumbered out of the CSUN 2702 (Gen) Account; student-at-large, Michelle 10 SENATE MINUTES 26-07 / FEBRUARY 3, 1997 "riggs, to be in charge of the trip; tickets to go on sale at 8:00 a.m. on Thursday, up to two (2) tickets per person provided that person has (student) ID's at a $5.00 charge per ticket.", was approved by a vote of 13:2:3. (SENATORS SOLOMAN and SONG opposed. SENATORS PERSCH, FLEISCHMAN, and HAYES abstained.) I. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of a salary of $6.00 per hour for Student Senate Secretary Tricia Nix to be encumbered out of the CSUN 2702 (Gen) Account. SENATOR PERSCH motioned to approve item I, seconded by SENATOR PRICE. SENATOR LIDEROS moved to amend Item I to state "7.00 per hour"; seconded by SENATOR LEHMAN. SENATORS LOPEZ, HAYES, FLEISCHMAN, GONZALES supported the amendment. SENATOR ANDERSON moved to add a friendly amendment to add "6 credits per semester"; both SENATORS PERSCH and PRICE concurred. The amendment, "$7.00 per hour with six (6) credits of fee waiver", was approved by a vote of 18:0:0. The salary of $7.00 per hour for Student Senate Secretary Tricia Nix, plus 6 credits of fee waiver to be encumbered out of the CSUN 2702 (Gen) Account was approved as 18:0:0. TX. EXECUTIVE BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS AND SUMMATIONS VICE PRESIDENT MILLS stated that he thinks it's a good thing that we're sending people on the trip to San Diego; however, he supports adding the rope chains to keep people in order and having security guards due to the number of crowds they had the last time. He also stated that the Faculty Excellence Board Committee still needs some people; plaques will be coming up on the next agenda for the Faculty Excellence Awards. PRESIDENT ROSENTHAL stated that the question about the financial integrity of the system at the Regents meeting was a huge issue; it was a 4-5 hour workshop of reports, presentations, and questions and answers. He stated that they responded to the Legislative Counsel Bureau's audit report; they implemented programs and procedures to answer 9-10 findings they had; so they did take measures to fix everything that was found wrong in the system and those will be filtered down to UNLV; he stated that they have a new accounting firm. He added that the report they gave us entitled "Faculty Workbook Report" for all the institutions, community colleges and universities; according to it the total average hours worked by our professors is 52.4 hours per week; he doesn't not agree with that, but he further stated that the good news is that UNLV's averages where less than other colleges' averages. He speak with the PROVOST to obtain more accurate figures. Regarding Jonathan Schiff, he stated that he would only like to talk about it personally in his office. Then, he announced that the elections are coming up for the Executive Board; they have filing packets; if anyone is interested in running for President, Vice President, and Senate President, they have until February 14, 1997, to file for these positions. The Executive Board need Senators to serve on the RULES AND ETHICS jmmittee. Lastly, he stated that the budget will be coming next week. 11 SENATE MINUTES 26-07 / FEBRUARY 3, 1997 SENATE PRESIDENT LAXAGUE stated that he knows that the San Diego trip is short notice, but explained that this is why the Senate meets once a week instead of once a month or twice a semester. He further stated that regarding the Regents meeting, the constitutional revisions that went through on the last ballot question were passed to the Regents, so they're official. He said that for Rules and Ethics is that BYLAW reads that if there's a vacany on the committee, then the E-Board has to nominate someone. Then, that needs to be approved by the Senate. He asked that everyone let him know if they're interested in the "Good of the Senate" (their closing comments). He added that the Forum was great; the Conceptual Relationship is poor and vague; it's fuzzy whether it applies to every student-held position. He suggested that a solution would be to suggest to the PROVOST that they exempt student-held positions such as student organizations and residence halls, that way the students won't be slapped with sexual harassment. He stated that they cut alot flak on OEL, the student government's best work goes unrecognized. He encouraged everyone to keep their head up; stated that they're doing alot of good things, the Senate is cohesive and working well together. He asked that everyone make the new members feel welcome; he will be doing workshop for them so that they're not coming in "cold turkey". PRESIDENT ROSENTHAL explained that he and CHIEF JUSTICE MOSS are working on the Student Mediation Program; he explained what it is: a program to train students to act as mediators between students. CHIEF JUSTICE MOSS stated that SENATOR AMEND is also involved in the Student * Mediator Program; he also stated that there is a professor on campus who is also an attorney and .lows other professionals(attorneys, general counselors) in the community willing to donate their time and train mediators; they should be having a meeting this week; he asked that anyone interested in being a mediator should contact him or PRESIDENT ROSENTHAL or SENATOR AMEND. SENATE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE PEREZ stated that the workshop went well and thanked everyone for thei