Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, December 1, 1997

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Student Government Office of the Senate President TERRY A. MOORE Joaquin F. Trujillo Senate President Pro-Tempore Business Nicole D. Lehman Education David Shapiro Sciences Ildiko "Lani" Lutar Liberal Arts Randy Milmeister Liberal Arts Jenny Marshall Health Sciences Marty Weinberg Business Scott Ceci Business Richard Kimbrough Urban Affairs David Fisk Education Michael "Zo" Kawazoe "otel Administration leather A. Hamilton Irban Affairs Amy K. Canepa Hotel Administration Leia M. Cartwright Student Development Jamie T. Hemington Education Jerry K. Jory Student Development Aaron M. Clemens Student Development Ryland G. Whitaker Engineering Tony Zaranti Hotel Administration Melissa Colen Business Anne-Marie Lazaroff Fine Arts Christian Augustin Liberal Arts John. P. A. Garcia Health Sciences I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. STUDENT SENA TE MEETING 28-05 Monday December 1, 1997 Moyer Student Union Room 201 7:00p.m CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL APPROVAL OF MINUTES ANNOUNCEMENTS BOARD AND COMMITTEE REPORTS o ro t o A. Senate Committee Reports B. Faculty Senate/University Committee Reports C. Director Reports 1. Nevada Student Affairs; DIRECTOR CONTINE; 2. Elections Board, DIRECTOR FLEISCHMAN; 3. Organizations Board, DIRECTOR FINKELSTEIN; 4. Entertainment and Programming, DIRECTOR WIESSEN; 5. Office of Student Information, DIRECTOR A YON; D. Residence Hall Liaison Report E. Student Athlete Advisory Board Liaison Report F. Business Manager Report UNFINISHED BUSINESS A. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of expending an amount not to exceed $13,700.00 to hire Collegiate Elections Services to conduct the ballot casting and counting for both the Primaries and the Generals of the Executive Board Elections 1998; to be encumbered out of the CSUN 2702 (Gen Acct); as submitted by SENATOR COLEN. NEW BUSINESS A. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of Travel Expenses for Student Body President Joe Mills and Nevada Student Affairs Director Ben Contine to attend the December Board of Regents Meeting and related workshops to be held in Reno, Nevada on December 3rd, 4th, and 5th, 1997. Travel related expenses for both travelers for all three days are as follows: Airfare - $148.00; Hotel - $118.00; Per diem - $156.00; State Motor Pool - $90.00; for a total of $512.00 to be encumbered from the CSUN 2702 (General Account); as submitted by SENATOR MILMEISTER. B. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of Jennifer Peck to serve on the Campus Safety and Awareness Committee. CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS • UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA 4505 SOUTH MARYLAND PARKWAY • LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89154-2009 • (702) 895-3477 • FAX (702) 895-4606 VIII. PUBLIC COMMENT[in accordance with N.R.S. 241.020 (2)(c)(3)] 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. University of Nevada, Las Vegas Student Government Office of the Senate President STUDENT SENATE § MEETING 28-05 s£ SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA Monday, December 1,1997 Moyer Student Union Room 201 7:00 p.m. VIII. NEW BUSINESS C. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of contract for services with Peter Bellon, Esq., Attorney at Law, for spring semester 1998 legal services. Contract cost in the amount of $6000 to be encumbered from the CSUN 2702 (GenOp) Account as submitted by SENATOR HAMILTON; see attachment 1 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 CD c-r»t o p*-"-- fTY ,—• - - " ' - l < - (0 O J < - c . r o r n rn MINUTES •-» i'O -h» -4 o SENATE MEETING 28-05 "rn—S5g . .^j Monday, December 1,1997 _ Room 201, Moyer Student Union iS I. CALL TO ORDER: SENATE PRESIDENT MOORE called Senate Meeting 28-05 to order at 7:00 p.m. II. ROLL CALL: PRESENT ABSENT Christian Augustin Joaquin Trujillo (excused) Amy Canepa Leia M. Cartwright Scott Ceci Aaron M. Clemens Melissa Colen David Fisk John P.A. Garcia Heather Hamilton Jamie T. Hemington Jerry K. Jory Michael "Zo" Kawazoe Richard Kimbrough Anne-Marie Lazaroff Nicole Lehman Ildiko "Lani" Lutar Jenny Marshall (enters @ 7:02 p.m.)* Randy Milmeister David Shapiro Marty Weinberg Ryland Whitaker Tony Zaranti * denotes an unexcused tardy III APPROVAL OF MINUTES: CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS • UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA 4505 SOUTH MARYLAND PARKWAY • LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89154-2009 • (702) 895-3477 • FAX (702) 895-4606 SENATE MINUTES 28-05/ December 1, 1997 SENATE PRESIDENT MOORE announced that item III. Approval of Minutes was out of order. IV. ANNOUNCEMENTS There were no announcements. VI. BOARD AND COMMITTEE REPORTS: A. Senate Committee Reports: 1. SENATOR KIMBROUGH announced a Rules and Ethics meeting set for Friday, December 5, at 11:00 a.m. in the Senate Chambers. He then stated that he appreciated everyone not getting their schedules to him. B. Faculty Senate/University Committee Reports: 1. SENATOR HEMINGTON announced a Faculty Senate Scholarship Committee meeting scheduled for Friday, December 5, at 2:30 p.m.. SENATOR MARSHALL enters at 7:02 p.m.. (The Senate now sits at 22 Senators present.) C. Director Reports: 1. NSA DIRECTOR CONTINE stated that he will be unable to attend the Board of Regents meeting due to a final exam he will be taking on Friday; so, he asked that Jennifer Simich be sent to the meeting in his place. In response to a question, he stated that the only additional cost he can anticipate is the cost of an additional room for Jennifer. 2. Elections Board DIRECTOR FLEISCHMAN announced that she's going to have an agenda item for the next Senate meeting scheduled for December 15th. She then stated that she won't be attending because it is her birthday and she'll be out of town. 3. O-Board DIRECTOR FINKELSTEIN announced that he'll be picking up the basketball tickets tomorrow; so, they'll then be separating the tickets which should be ready for organization only on Wednesday at approximately 1:30 p.m.. He then stated that he'll have to find out about regular students when he goes to pick up the tickets tomorrow in the Thomas and Mack. SENATOR KIMBROUGH asked that DIRECTOR FINKELSTEIN ensure that a funding request packet from PRSSA gets to Marty as soon as possible because they really need that money for next semester. Then SENATE PRESIDENT MOORE asked that DIRECTOR FINKELSTEIN not leave until after the meeting because he needs to talk to him about a funding request. 2 SENATE MINUTES 28-05/ December 1, 1997 4. E&P DIRECTOR WIESSEN announced that he has the Paula Poundstone tickets and will be passing them out after the meeting. He then congratulated KUNV and Doug for being up for the awards. In response to a question, DIRECTOR WIESSEN stated that we are promoting Paula Poundstone through flyers that have been put up around campus and an ad in the paper. He stated that the announcement will be in Thursday's paper as well. In response to another question, he stated that he didn't know how many tickets have been sold due to the long weekend and stated that he thinks that they will be sold out. In response to another question, he stated that he has extra flyers with him right now. 5. OSI DIRECTOR A YON thanked everyone who took JC flyers and posted them up. He then stated that he'll make some more flyers tonight if anyone wants to put some more up. He then thanked everyone for signing his birthday card. He also asked for contributions to the OSI page. SENATE PRESIDENT MOORE stated that he has a flyer that he needs DIRECTOR AYON to get copied out tomorrow across the campus. D Residence Hall Liaison Report: JENNIFER PECK apologized for coming in late. She then thanked the Senate for appointing her to the Elections Board and stated that they'll hopefully also approve her appointment to be on the Campus Safety and Awareness Committee tonight. She stated that these positions mean a lot to her. E Student Athlete Advisory Board Liaison Report: DARON DORSEY wished everyone good luck on their finals. He then stated that he's still working on getting the okay to get a basketball signed by the basketball team for the auction per SENATOR LAZAROFF's request. They just need to make sure that the basketball won't be sold or used for promotion or anything like that. In response to a question, DARON DORSEY stated that he has two UNLV hats. F. Business Manager Report: BUSINESS MANAGER JIM MOORE read the expenditures for the month: $50.00 - facility maintenance to add some CSUN lettering to our CBC annex door and $497.97 - Central Stores for more pencils for student usage. He congratulated everyone for getting in E-docs by the first of the month and stated that tonight is the only meeting that everyone is going to be paid for during January; he then stated that they're going to start the paperwork and have everything ready for everyone by next Monday so that they can sign and verify the E-docs. He also stated that they'll have until January 9 to sign those E-docs. In addition, he stated that he's issuing a memo regarding fee waivers and stated that the first set of fee waivers that the new Senators will be eligible for is the spring semester up to 6 credits. He then asked that each of the 3 SENATE MINUTES 28-05/ December 1, 1997 Senators bring him a copy of the bill and he'll make a photocopy of it. He stated that it is the Senators' responsibility to get that to him because fee waivers are not automatic; so, if he doesn't get their bill, the Senators don't get their fee waivers; and if they turn the bill in late, CSUN doesn't pay the late fees for them. Lastly, he announced that he'll be on leave December 24 - January 2. He added that he'll be issuing a little memo to explain exactly what will need to be done while he is gone. VII UNFINISHED BUSINESS A. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of expending an amount not to exceed $13,700.00 to hire Collegiate Elections Services to conduct the ballot casting and counting for both the Primaries and the Generals of the Executive Board Elections 1998; to be encumbered out of the CSUN 2702 (Gen Acct); as submitted by SENATOR COLEN. SENATE PRESIDENT MOORE announced that this item is out of order and explained that we put this item on the agenda due to the fact that we didn't know what needed to go on the agenda last Friday and he just picked the most controversial item from last week's agenda and put it on here in case the Senate tabled it. VIII. NEW BUSINESS ( A. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of Travel Expenses for Student Body President Joe Mills and Nevada Student Affairs Director Ben Contine to attend the December Board of Regents Meeting and related workshops to be held in Reno, Nevada on December 3rd, 4th, and 5th, 1997. Travel related expenses for both travelers for all three days are as follows: Airfare - $148.00; Hotel - $118.00; Per diem - $156.00; State Motor Pool - $90.00; for a total of $512.00 to be encumbered from the CSUN 2702 (General Account); as submitted by SENATOR MILMEISTER. Motion to approve made by SENATOR ZARANTI, seconded by SENATOR CECI. In response to a question, SENATE PRESIDENT MOORE stated that this is a Board of Regents meeting and not a Board of Regents workshop. He then stated that he has a copy of the agenda downstairs in his office if anyone would like to see it. Motion to amend the item to strike "Nevada Student Affairs Director Ben Contine" and replace it with "Nevada Student Affairs Board member, Jennifer Simich," and to strike "$118.00" after "hotel" and replace it with "$236.00" and to strike "for a total of $512.00" and replace it with "for a total of $630.00" made by SENATOR SHAPIRO, seconded by SENATOR AUGUSTIN. Move into a vote. Motion to amend the item to strike "Nevada Student Affairs Director Ben Contine" and replace it with "Nevada Student Affairs Board member, 4 SENATE MINUTES 28-05/ December 1, 1997 Jennifer Simich," and to strike "$118.00" after "hotel" and replace it with "$236.00" and to strike "for a total of $512.00" and replace it with "for a total of $630.00" passes 22-0-0. In response to a question, SENATE PRESIDENT MOORE stated that he'll glance through the agenda today; and then he stated that the KUNV audit is on there and a couple of other things for the university as well. Move into a vote. Main Motion as amended passes 19-0-3. (SENATORS HEMINGTON, KIMBROUGH, CARTWRIGHT abstained.) B. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of Jennifer Peck to serve on the Campus Safety and Awareness Committee. Motion to approve made by SENATOR ZARANTI, seconded by SENATOR HEMINGTON. Move into a vote. Motion passes 22-0-0. C. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of contract for services with Peter Bellon, Esq., Attorney-at-Law, for spring semester 1998 legal services. Contract cost in the amount of $6,000.00 to be encumbered from the CSUN 2702 (GenOp) Account as submitted by SENATOR HAMILTON. Motion to approve made by SENATOR HAMILTON, seconded by SENATOR CECI. In response to a question, BUSINESS MANAGER JIM MOORE stated that the way the actual contract reads is a flat $6,000.00 to be paid over //fades/unintelligible//. Move into a vote. Motion passes 22-0-0. IX. PUBLIC COMMENT STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT MILLS wished everyone Happy Holidays and passed out a holiday gift to everyone. ASSOCIATE CHIEF JUSTICE MCLAIN announced the winners of the food drive: 1st place - Intervarsity Rebel Fellowship, 2nd place - American College of Health Care Professionals, and 3rd place for the 2nd year in a row - CSUN. He then congratulated those who donated and stated that after the meeting the movie will still be going on plus some presentations. X. EXECUTIVE BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS AND SUMMATIONS 5 SENATE MINUTES 28-05/ December 1, 1997 STUDENT BODY VICE PRESIDENT VALERA thanked PRESIDENT MILLS for the gift. He stated that last week was pretty slow and stated that they had the Advisory meeting with PRESIDENT HARTER. He stated that they discussed computer labs and the possibility of expanding services; campus safety; Greek housing; and parking. He then stated that some time this week or within the next two weeks he'll be meeting with Michelle Taylor about possible renovations to the Moyer Student Union. He stated that he will report on that when he gets more details. Then, SENATOR SHAPIRO confirmed that he has the Students Sports Marketing Association on the Ways and Means agenda. STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT MILLS stated that he received a phone call from PRESIDENT CLINTON who invited him to attend a town meeting that he's having in Akron, Ohio this Wednesday, but PRESIDENT MILLS had to decline because he is scheduled to attend the Board of Regents meeting. He then stated that the Executive Board met with PRESIDENT HARTER last week and discussed parking and computers (emails and internet use). He stated that they discussed creating a lab that especially designed just for email use or internet use so that students can use them very quickly and leave or using the older computers and putting them in lobbies for students to check email. He also stated that they discussed a carpool lot for parking. He then wished everyone who has a birthday in December a Happy Birthday. He then announced that he's planning an office party for Thursday, December 11, at approximately 1:00 p.m. in the CSUN Senate Chambers. Finally, he wished everyone good lucks on finals and stated that it was brought to his attention that CSUN is running low on bluebooks. He then stated that he put it on an Executive Board agenda and it passed; however, it never made it to the Senate agenda, so we may run out of exam books. He stated that if we order them, we get them in approximately four weeks. He stated that there will be no Executive Board meeting during finals week; and he stated that December 12 is the last official day of school and the school will be officially be closed until January 20. He then stated that since the school will be officially closed, we will not be having any Executive Board meetings. He also stated that he has tickets for the game on Wednesday, December 17, at 7:35 p.m. and if anyone wants tickets, they can come and see him in the back. In response to questions, he stated that he didn't sit at the Executive Board table because nobody was sitting there and he had the box of gifts to pass out in the gallery; he stated that they've been unable to schedule a date for the CSUN vs. Rebel Yell game and suggested maybe having it in the spring; and he stated that he'll be in the office during the break each week and can be contacted if anybody wants game tickets. He stated that he'll pass out tickets the week of the game; he stated that they have been holding interviews for Justice seats; and asked that if SENATOR CLEMENS is asking him a legal question, to refer it to an attorney. SENATE PRESIDENT MOORE yielded the floor to SENATE SECRETARY TRICIA NIX, who stated that she has enjoyed working with everybody and has to resign due to her class load. She told everyone to keep up the good work and stated that she's enjoyed working with them. ( 6 SENATE MINUTES 28-05/ December 1, 1997 SENATE PRESIDENT MOORE stated that no one is going to miss Tricia more than he will and stated that for the last six months he's really come to rely a lot on her. He stated that he'll have to rely a lot on the Senate over the break and at the beginning of the semester to help make sure that we do get a quality Senate Secretary who's going to be able to come in and we'll count ourselves lucky if he/she can do half the job that Tricia did. He then stated that he'll miss Tricia and thanked her for all her hard work. He then thanked SENATORS CARTWRIGHT, MARSHALL, ZARANTI, and AUGUSTIN for the food that they brought in for the food drive and for the effort they put forward. He stated that the Executive Board did have a meeting with DR. HARTER and her cabinet; and he stated that they discussed parking; on-campus housing for both graduate students and Greeks; and increasing residence hall housing structures. He stated that they'll be meeting with PRESIDENT HARTER again next semester. He stated that he hoped that everyone had a good Thanksgiving. In response to a question, BUSINESS MANAGER JIM MOORE stated that we didn't pass bluebooks on a recent meeting; therefore, SENATE PRESIDENT MOORE stated that it was his fault because he had thought that he had put it on a recent agenda and that it will be on the agenda for the next meeting. He wished everyone a Happy Birthday (in December) and wished SENATOR SHAPIRO an early Happy Birthday who will be turning of legal age at midnight. XI. GOOD OF THE SENATE SENATOR KAWAZOE hoped that everyone has a good break and stated that he will not i be present at the next meeting. SENATOR MILMEISTER told Tricia that she's an outstanding person and worker. He then wished everyone good luck on finals. SENATOR LAZAROFF stated that everyone should plan on going out to a nice dinner or celebration for the holidays after the next meeting. She then reminded everyone about the play that's going on this week. She then stated that she hopes that everyone got her memo regarding the adoption of the children and stated that she'll be around. SENATOR LUTAR wished everyone good luck on finals. SENATOR FISK thanked PRESIDENT MILLS for the chocolate. He then stated that the JC positions have to be filled and stated that they have been open since September. He also stated that he was happy to see the Health Science annex open today at 1:30 p.m., but stated that we really need those annexes open over there during finals. SENATOR GARCIA wished everyone good luck on finals and gave SENATE PRESIDENT TERRY MOORE for doing an excellent job of being fair at the meeting last week. He then thanked SENATE PRESIDENT MOORE for being very fair. SENATOR MARSHALL sincerely apologized for being late again. She then announced a Bylaws meeting set for tomorrow at 4:00 p.m. in the Senate Chambers. She wished 7 SENATE MINUTES 28-05/ December 1, 1997 everyone good luck on finals and gave her correct pager number. She then wished Tricia good luck. SENATOR COLEN announced that the holidays are a great time to get involved in community services and stated that the Opportunity Village needs volunteers for Saturday, December 14. SENATOR WHITAKER stated that he'll actually be turning of legal age on Tuesday of next week and stated that he's actually rearranging his finals for celebrating the entire week; however, not Thursday because he has a physics final on Friday. SENATOR JORY thanked PRESIDENT MILLS for the candy. He then reminded everyone about his Christmas list. He then stated that he's proud that SENATOR WHITAKER and SENATOR SHAPIRO are turning of legal age, but he is not of legal age, but he's past the age of consent, so that's what really matters. He then wished everyone a Merry Christmas. SENATOR SHAPIRO wished everyone good luck on finals and stated that he'll see everyone on Wednesday at Mooses for his first time. SENATOR CLEMENS stated that we are all very fortunate that SENATOR LAZAROFF is doing a great job organizing some sort of charitable thing and asked if everyone could spare $10 or $20 for her effort. SENATOR CARTWRIGHT thanked DIRECTOR FLEISCHMAN, DIRECTOR WIESSEN, DIRECTOR CONTINE, SENATOR MARSHALL, SENATOR LAZAROFF, SENATOR ZARANTI, SENATOR GARCIA, SENATOR FISK, BUSINESS MANAGER JIM MOORE, and SENATE SECRETARY TRICIA NIX, and CSUN SECRETARY JOYCE GARCIA for contributing to the CSUN food drive...and she guesses SENATOR JORY. SENATOR HEMINGTON wanted to remind everyone that it's 26 shopping days until her birthday and she's partial to diamonds and gold. She then stated that she'll be the old age of 22. She then wished everyone good luck on finals. SENATOR LEHMAN told Tricia that she'll miss her and stated that it has been a great privilege to have her in CSUN. She then stated that it's only 22 shopping days until her birthday and she'll be 23 on December 23rd. SENATOR HAMILTON stated that she announced the Las Vegas Advertising Federation medium at the next to last meeting. She stated that the date has changed and is now December 11 from 5:30 - 8:00 p.m. at the Beach Night Club and stated that everyone is welcome. She then thanked PRESIDENT MILLS for the candy and stated that she'll definitely miss Tricia. She then stated that she remembers when Tricia first 8 SENATE MINUTES 28-05/ December 1, 1997 came into CSUN and said about 2 words and there has been a big improvement since then. SENATOR CANEPA wished everyone a good holiday and good luck on finals. She then thanked PRESIDENT JOE MILLS for the candy and thanked Tricia for learning her last name before any of the other Senators who didn't know it. SENATOR KIMBROUGH told Tricia that she will be sorely missed. He stated that when he was just a wee little boy 3 months ago she really did a good job of raising him. He stated that he'd just like to say that people really need to speak up because he can't hear people down at the other end. He wished everyone Happy Holidays and stated that he won't be at the next meeting because he'll be in San Antonio which is God's gift to this Union. He then stated that he's looking forward to seeing everybody becoming a Laker's fan now that they're winning. He then stated on a more serious note that today is World Aids Day and is also the anniversary of Rosa Park's refusing to give up her seat on the bus; so, he hoped that everyone would reflect on how an important a time that was for our nation. SENATOR CECI told that Tricia will be missed and stated that she made Terry's job pretty easy lately and that Terry's going to have to work a little harder which we'll be happy to see. He then reminded everyone that there's a Campus Family Reception on Wednesday,. December 10, at 4:30 p.m. that DR. HARTER's invited us all to and hoped to see everyone there if they get a break in between their finals. SENATOR WEINBERG wished everyone good luck on finals. He thanked Tricia for working hard. He then wished everyone Happy Holidays and a Happy Hanukah and a Merry Christmas. He thanked SENATOR LAZAROFF for bringing us all together every week. He also thanked PRESIDENT MILLS for the candy. SENATOR AUGUSTIN stated that he thinks that it's pretty cool that PRESIDENT CLINTON called PRESIDENT MILLS. He then thanked PRESIDENT MILLS for the candy and wanted to know why there was only one nut in his cup and doesn't know what the fascination is with the birthdays being how his birthday is in nine months. He announced a Coffee Fund-raiser tomorrow from 8:30 - 12:00 p.m. down under the stairs. He also stated that he thinks that the brief time he's been in the Senate Tricia has done a wonderful job typing the minutes every week. SENATOR ZARANTI thanked PRESIDENT MILLS for the candy. He then wished everyone good luck on finals. He added that Tricia has done a great job this semester and stated that we'll miss her greatly. He announced that they have Hotel Association elections going on in the Hotel College right now. XII ADJOURNMENT 9 SENATE MINUTES 28-05/ December 1, 1997 Motion to adjourn the meeting made by SENATOR MARSHALL, seconded by SENATOR AUGUSTIN. Move into a vote. Vote to adjourn passes 22-0-0. SENATE PRESIDENT MOORE adjourned the meeting at 7:43 p.m.. Submitted by: Prepared by: f M ^ M O ^ / I A V Tricia L. Nix SENATE SECRETARY Note: All minutes are subject to summation. SENATE PRESIDENT 10