Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, March 31, 1997

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Student Government Office of the Senate President Senate President Joe Laxague STUDENT SENA TE MEETING 27-13 Monday, March 31,1997 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 fVilliam Price Urban Affairs Margaret J. Persch, R.N. Health Sciences Kyle Lopez Student Development Frank Lideros Engineering ''even Amend tsiness Ben Campbell Student Development Stephanie Gonzales Liberal Arts Alesia Hayes Education Nicole Lehman Education Joey Song Business Matt Stark Liberal Arts Heather Hunt Health Sciences Stephanie Poole Hotel Administration Ildiko Lutar Student Development Matthew Knutson Hotel Administration David Shapiro Sciences X=m 733 C O -Up.-) —c co I. CALL TO ORDER II. ROLL CALL III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES IV. ANNOUNCEMENTS V. BOARD AND COMMITTEE REPORTS A. Director Reports 1. Nevada Student Affairs, DIRECTOR VALERA; 2. Elections Board, DIRECTOR REED; 3. Organizations Board, DIRECTOR BONGHI; 4. Entertainment and Programming, DIRECTOR CASTILLO; 5. Office of Student Information DIRECTOR HAMILTON; B. Senate Committee Reports C. Faculty Senate Committee Reports D. Residence Hall Liaison Report E. Business Manager Report VI. PUBLIC COMMENT[in accordance with N.R.S. 241.020 (2)(c)(3)] VII. UNFINISHED BUSINESS VIII. NEW BUSINESS A. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of expending $25,000.00 for Spring Fling to be held April 18, 1997; to be encumbered out of the FY 96-97 CSUN 2702 (Gen) Account/E&P Budget. (See Reference A.) B. Action Item: Nomination/Approval of Jordan M. Wiessen to the CSUN Entertainment & Programming Board. (See Reference B.) C. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of expending an amount not to exceed $668.00 for twelve (12) Executive Board plaques to be awarded at the Executive Board banquet; to be encumbered out of the FY 96/97 CSUN 2702 (Gen) Account. CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS • UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA 4505 SOUTH MARYLAND PARKWAY • LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89154-2009 • (702) 895-3477 • FAX (702) 895-4606 D. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of expending an amount not to exceed $2,580.00 for renovations and improvements for the new Annex location in the CBC building; to be encumbered out of the FY 96-97 CSUN 2702 (Gen) Account. E. Action Item: Nomination/Election of one (1) student to the Faculty Senate Scholarship committee. IX. EXECUTIVE BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS AND SUMMATIONS X. GOOD OF THE SENATE XI. ADJOURNMENT Posted in accordance with Nevada Open Meeting Law(N.R.S. 241.000) at the following locations: Moyer Student Union, Frank & Estella Beam Hall, Flora Dungan Humanities, Classroom Building Complex and Thomas Beam Engineering Complex. i STUDENT SENATE MEETING 27-13 SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA Monday, March 31,1997 Moyer Student Union Room 201 6:30 p.m. j Vin. NEW BUSINESS F. Action Item: Discussion/ Approval of moving the polling booth located in the CSUN Health Sciences Annex for the 1997 CSUN Executive Board General Election to the front of the Hazel M. Wilson Dining Commons, (as submitted by SENATOR AMEND) G. Action Item: Discussion/ Approval of expending an amount not to exceed S527.35 for the purchase of copier toner; to be encumbered out of the CSUN 2702 (Gen) account.(See attached) ( CONSOUDATED STUDENTS • UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA. 4 5 0 5 SOUTH MARYLAND PARKWAY • LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89154-2009 • (702) 8 9 5 - 3 4 7 7 • FAX (702) 8 9 5 - 4 6 0 6 ; University of Nevada, Las Vegas Student Government Office of the Senate President 5 3 3 SO MINUTES SENA TE MEETING 2 7-13 Monday, March 31,1997 Moyer Student Union Room 201 6:30p.m. i--1 CALL TO ORDER: SENATE PRESIDENT LAXAGUE called Senate Meeting 27-13 to order at 6:30 p.m. II. ROLL CALL: PRESENT ABSENT Matt Stark(excused) Kyle Lopez (excused) ( Jeremy Aguero Steven Amend Heather Anderson Ben Campbell Leia Fleischman Stephanie Gonzales Alesia Hayes Heather Hunt Nicole Lehman Frank Lideros Terry Moore Veronica Perez Margaret Persch William Price Robert Solomon Joey Song Joaquin Trujillo Stephanie Poole Ildiko Lutar Matthew Knutson David Shapiro III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Motion to approve Minutes for Senate Meeting 27-12 made by SENATOR HAYES, seconded by SENATOR SONG. Move into a vote. Motion passes 19:0:2. (SENATOR SOLOMON and CAMPBELL abstained.) CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS • UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA. 4505 SOUTH MARYLAND PARKWAY • LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89154-2009 • (702) 895-3477 • FAX (702) 895-4606 SENATE MINUTES 27-13/ MARCH 31 1997 IV. ANNOUNCEMENTS: SENATE PRESIDENT LAXAGUE introduced PROVOST FERRARO, who spoke on a number of campus issues. PROVOST FERRARO stated that he had no special agenda, except to address issues and concerns to the students. He addressed the issue about what's happening with respect to the lecturers on the campus; he referred to an article in the Rebel Yell; and in summation, he told the Senate about some decisions that acclimate regarding lecturers on the campus by defining what a lecturer is and what status they hold on the campus. He is basically concerned that only 65% of the faculty is made up of regular faculty and is interested in seeing more regular faculty to meet the needs of the curriculum (students). He stated that all faculty is paid out of the same pool of money and added that we need more (financial support) access for graduate students and opportunity for graduate students to get mentor/teacher experience. He told the Senate the decisions that were made last summer about lecturers and what they have to have been in this upcoming year; the following decisions were made. In the Music Department, as a result of a national search, we moved 3 lecturers into regular probationary faculty positions. In Liberal Arts in the English Department, 2 of the lecturers left after their 3-year terms were up and rather than go out and find new lecturers for those spots, we took the same sums of money and converted it to 4 graduate assistantships for graduate students of English. He stated that no one was let go, people finished their regular term. In the College of Science in the ( "ath Department, 2 lecturers, who were recommended by the department chairs to the dean, were told last summer that their 1 -year contract will not be renewed for still another year, and instead of those 2 lecturers, tenure-line (regular) faculty members have been hired to teach the specific area of math to help develop the focus of the math department; the 2 lecturers were converted to a regular faculty member and to 2 graduate assistants. In the College of Health Sciences in the area of nursing, 2 lecturers were reclassified as clinical professors. In response to questions, PROVOST FERRARO stated that he didn't receive any petitions from the students in this context of lecturers; explained the outcome of evaluations for different levels of teachers nationwide; added that they only tenure outstanding individuals; stated that lecturers, part-timers, have the opportunity to get on the tenure track if they have the qualifications and everyone can apply nationally; replied that there will not be an increase in class size because of the downsizing of lecturers; stated that the university has to show growth to merit additional money and the university is funded by state legislature mandate; stated that he preferred not answering questions regarding just one particular case about a professor; stated that his ideal world would be at least 90% of faculty being regular faculty; stated that graduate students are qualified to instruct; explained what is considered a full-load for regular faculty each semester; stated that we do have a doctor of arts on campus; asked repeatedly about 24 hour phone registration and has been told that we don't have 24 hour phone registration because of batch processing that must be conducted; stated that the physical therapy program will actually come on line in the Fall of 1998; stated that the university is currently discussing the student housing issue; stated they are working very hard on blockage points where / curses are offered only one semester a year and are preparing 400 new teachers for the new schools .a the community; stated that they are searching for 6 more regular faculty for the Education Department; stated that the Architecture Department will become accredited when the new 2 SENATE MINUTES 27-13/ MARCH 31 1997 ;hitecture building is finished; and PROVOST FERRARO also answered questions regarding the recently proposed Consensual Relationship policy. SENATE PRESIDENT PRO-TEMPORE PEREZ took a personal privilege at 7:08 p.m. and returned at 7:10 p.m.. SENATOR ANDERSON took a personal privilege at 7:21 p.m. and returned at 7:23 p.m.. SENATOR LIDEROS left the meeting at 7:35 p.m.. SENATOR FLEISCHMAN took a personal privilege at 7:40 p.m. and returned at 7:43 p.m.. SENATOR CAMPBELL took a personal privilege at 8:08 p.m. and returned at 8:10 p.m.. SENATOR MOORE motioned for a 5 minute recess, seconded by SENATOR SONG. Move into a vote. Motion to recess passes 20:0:0. The Senate recessed at 8:10 p.m. and was called back to order at 8:20 p.m.. V. BOARD AND COMMITTEE REPORTS: A. Director Reports: 1. NSA DIRECTOR VALERA announced a registration drive for the 3rd week of April and asked for volunteers. 2. OSI DIRECTOR HAMILTON stated that she will have 2500 stickers to pass out to students who vote and described the logo; she also ordered some banners. In response to a question, she stated that KUNV was successful with the Marathon. ALLEN CHASTAIN stated that he wasn't aware about "I voted" stickers and all that and asked the Senate if they wanted him to do that part of the job also. A brief discussion ensued. At the outcome of the discussion, SENATE PRESIDENT LAXAGUE stated that the Senate will pass those stickers out. 3. SUNNY MARTIN spoke on behalf of the E&P DIRECTOR CASTILLO about the upcoming Spring Fling. She explained their request for $25,000.00 on New Business item A on the agenda, and she stated that the things planned for Spring Fling are a 2 day carnival on Wednesday and Thursday on an open field (events will be sponsored by the student organizations, they have a fundraiser for them because they're selling tickets and will get that money back), a competition on some of the carnival events (climbing wall, dunk booth, gladiator joust), and then Friday is the final finale (different bands, etc.). B. Senate Committee Reports: 3 SENATE MINUTES 27-13/ MARCH 31 1997 ( 1. SENATOR PRICE announced that Ways and Means is going to meet next Wednesday at 6:35 p.m. in the Senate Chambers. 2. SENATOR AGUERO announced that Bylaws is going to meet next Monday at 5:30 p.m. in the Senate Chambers. C. Faculty Senate Committee Reports. 1. SENATOR GONZALES announced that Scholarship has a meeting on April 3 at 2:30 p.m. in the same place. 2. SENATOR PERSCH announced that the Dean Search Committee for Health Sciences have their final four candidates; they will be coming onto the campus within the next four weeks. 3. SENATOR MOORE stated that he will not be able to proxy for the Scholarship Committee meeting on Thursday at 2:30 p.m.. SENATOR LUTAR volunteered to be the proxy for this meeting. D. Residence Hall Liaison Report: LEAH GRIFFITH stated that elections are underway for next year's RHA Executive Board. ( E. Business Manager Report: BUSINESS MANAGER JIM MOORE announced that Joyce will not be present this week due to taking care of personal business and asked everything she normally takes care of be brought to him. He stated that the proposal for next year's budget was submitted to the Senate Ways and Means Committee today. He stated that KUNV received funds of $73,000.00 for the Marathon. He then read the expenditures for last weeks and this weeks meetings: $7.07 for baseball tailgate flyer(s), $35.08 for a brochure for Black Man Rising, $43.27 for "Gig" flyers and posters, $36.84 for primary election open forum, $237.28 for the installation of the student information monitor, $16.26 and $84.96 for repairs, $2.29 for Febuary postage, $225.00 to Express Printing for the "I Vote" stickers, $325.50 for the Senate Retreat, $91.13 for copier toner, $150.00 to Star Flowers for Joyce, $327.00 for a dot matrix printer, and $132.85 and $448.95 for office supplies. VI. PUBLIC COMMENT [in accordance with N.R.S. 241.020 (2)(c)(3)] ALLEN CHASTAIN asked the Senate to clarify an issue about his contract with the Senate regarding the elections. SENATE PRESIDENT LAXAGUE stated that the Senate will just leave the "I Voted" stickers in a neat stack at the edge of the tables and they will get paid if they fulfill their contract. SENATE PRESIDENT PRO-TEMPORE PEREZ apologized to ALLEN CHASTAIN on behalf of the Student Government and stated that she'll help hand out the stickers on Thursday. vll. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 4 SENATE MINUTES 27-13/ MARCH 31 1997 II. NEW BUSINESS A. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of expending $25,000.00 for Spring Fling to be held April 18, 1997; to be encumbered out of the FY 96-97 CSUN 2702 (Gen) Account/E&P Budget. Motion to Approve made by SENATOR AMEND, seconded by SENATOR PEREZ. A brief discussion ensued. In response to a question, SENATE PRESIDENT LAXAGUE stated that their is a contract for the band(s) and he'll make sure that the Senators will get a copy of it. JIM MOORE added that the payment will be transfered to the office of Campus Community Development and they'll pay for it directly and be responsible for the contract(s). In response to questions, SUNNY MARTIN stated that arrangements have been planned for security and has received permission from the Department of Public Safety. Motion to Table the item made by SENATOR FLEISCHMAN, seconded by SENATOR PERSCH. Move into a vote. Motion to Table fails 2:15:3. (SENATORS FLEISCHMAN and PERSCH approved, SENATORS POOLE, HAYES, and GONALES abstained.) SENATOR MOORE disagreed with SENATOR FLEISCHMAN about the constitution requiring a contract. SUNNY MARTIN added that they are awaiting approval by the Senate of the funds so they can go ahead with the contract(s). Move into a vote. Motion passes 19:0:1. (SENATOR FLEISCHMAN abstained.) B. Action Item: Nomination/Approval of Jordan M. Wiessen to the CSUN Entertainment & Programming Board. Motion to Approve made by SENATOR ANDERSON, seconded by SENATOR AGUERO. A brief discussion ensued. Jordan Wiessen was not present. Motion to Table made by SENATOR SOLOMON, seconded by SENATOR PERSCH. Move into a vote. Motion to Table passes 17:1:2. (SENATOR CAMPBELL opposed, SENATORS SONG and PRICE abstained.) C. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of expending an amount not to exceed $668.00 for twelve (12) Executive Board plaques to be awarded at the Executive Board banquet; to be encumbered out of the FY 96/97 CSUN 2702 (Gen) Account. Motion to Approve made by SENATOR AMEND, seconded by SENATOR AGUERO. 5 SENATE MINUTES 27-13/ MARCH 31 1997 I In response to a question, VICE PRESIDENT JOE MILLS listed the names that will be on the plaques. Move into a vote. Motion passes 15:0:5. (SENATORS SOLOMON, SHAPIRO, POOLE, FLEISCHMAN, and PRICE abstained.) D. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of expending an amount not to exceed $2,580.00 for renovations and improvements for the new Annex location in the CBC building; to be encumbered out of the FY 96/97 CSUN 2702 (Gen) Account. Motion to Approve made by SENATOR AMEND, seconded by SENATOR POOLE. SENATE PRESIDENT LAXAGUE stated that a cost breakdown was put into everyone's box. In response to a question, he stated that nothing has been done on this item yet, but they have already approved an annex being there. SENATOR ANDERSON stated that CBC is very close and doesn't agree with paying $5.50 an hour for someone sitting there for 12 hours or more when it only takes a few minutes to walk over here and get a scantron. Motion to Table made by SENATOR FLEISCHMAN, seconded by SENATOR HAYES. ( Move into a vote. Motion to Table passes 9:4:7. (SENATORS MOORE, SONG, LEHMAN, AMEND opposed, SENATORS SHAPIRO, POOLE, GONZALES, LUTAR, HUNT, KNUTSON, and CAMPBELL abstained.) E. Action Item: Nomination/Election of one (1) student to the Faculty Senate Scholarship Committee. SENATOR GONZALES motioned to nominate SENATOR LUTAR, seconded by SENATOR MOORE. Motion to Close Nominations made by SENATOR FLEISCHMAN, seconded by SENATOR PERSCH. Move into a vote. Motion to Close Nominations passes 20:0:0. Move into a vote. Motion to Approve SENATOR LUTAR for the Faculty Senate Scholarship Committee passes 19:0:1. (SENATOR LUTAR abstained.) F. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of moving the polling booth located in the CSUN Health Sciences Annex for the 1997 CSUN Executive Board General Election to the , front of the Hazel M. Wilson Dining Commons. Motion to Approve made by SENATOR AMEND, seconded by SENATOR PEREZ. 6 SENATE MINUTES 27-13/ MARCH 31 1997 ( A lengthy discussion ensued about the responsibility to provide students with the same opportunity to vote as they had previously, giving an unfair advantage to candidates, the threat of validation, whether they have the power to change the location of the polling booth, accounting the cost of an extra booth, whether the primary and general elections are one or separate elections, why the Elections Board decided to place the polling booth by Health Sciences and won't move it to the Dining Commons, moving the booth to the Dining Commons to make it more available to a larger pool of students, the possibility of being sued, that it's no further to walk from the Dining Commons to the MSU than it is to walk from the Health Sciences to the MSU, informing students if the booth is moved, biasing the elections by moving and not moving the booth, and whether anyone has unduly influenced the elections,. Motion to Call to Question made by SENATOR SONG, seconded by SENATOR KNUTSON. Move into a vote. Motion to Call to Question fails almost unanimously. More discussion followed about the Senate's responsibilities to the constituents, doing the right thing, serious issues brought up before the first election of whether or not the booth should be placed in front of the Dining Commons, the use of experimental booths and having the fairest election possible, whether the booths were ever moved in previous elections, and the fallacy of thinking it is biased to move the booth to create more access to students. c Motion to Amend the item to read "Dining Commons and post a sign to the old polling booth." made by SENATOR HAYES, seconded by SENATOR FLEISCHMAN. SENATOR FLEICHMAN added, "Dining Commons. A sign shall be placed at the CSUN Annex stating the new location of the voting booth that was placed in the Annex." SENATOR HAYES concurred. SENATOR AMEND suggested adding "and also a sign to direct those people to the next place(s)". The first and second concurred. Move into a vote. Motion to Amend to add a sign to be placed at the CSUN Annex stating the new location of the booth that was moved and stating the location of the nearest polling booth passes 13:3:4. (SENATORS PERSCH, GONZALES, and LUTAR opposed, SENATORS MOORE, HUNT, SONG, and PRICE abstained.) The Former Student Body President IQIIN PIDA commented on the issue about following the Bylaws and following tradition. A brief discussion followed. SENATOR SOLOMON motioned to waive BYLAW 19 for a period of 1 week, seconded by SENATOR HAYES, but then SENATOR SOLOMON later withdrew his motion. Motion to Call to Question made by SENATOR SOLOMON, seconded by SENATOR SONG. ( Move into a vote. Motion to Call to Question passes 19:0:1. (SENATOR FLEISCHMAN abstained.) 7 SENATE MINUTES 27-13/ MARCH 31 1997 Move into a vote. Motion as Amended passes 11:7:2. (SENATORS PERSCH, HUNT, SONG, SHAPIRO, GONZALES, LUTAR, and PEREZ opposed, SENATORS PRICE and MOORE abstained.) G. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of expending an amount not to exceed $527.35 for the purchase of copier toner; to be encumbered out of the CSUN 2702 (Gen) Account. Motion to Approve made by SENATOR TRUJILLO, seconded by SENATOR POOLE. Move into a vote. Motion passes 19:0:1. (SENATOR S abstained.) IX. EXECUTIVE BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS AND SUMMATIONS XI. GOOD OF THE SENATE XI. ADJOURNMENT Motion to adjourn the meeting made by SENATOR AGUERO, seconded by SENATOR SOLOMON. f Move into a vote. Vote to adjourn passes 20:0:0. SENATE PRESIDENT LAXAGUE adjourned the meeting at 9:59 p.m.. Tricia L. Nix SENATE PRESIDENT SENATE SECRETARY Note: All minutes are subject to summation. 8