Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, September 25, 2000

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Student Government Office of the Senate President STEPH DAVY STUDENT SENATE MEETING 30-30 Monday, September 25, 2000 MSU 201, 6:00PM Gonzales Senate President Pro-Tempore Health Sciences Monica Moradkhan Education Amanda Brink Hotel Administration Joseph Cordone Business Traci Cornelison Health Sciences Samra Dayani Urban Affairs Kathleen Holbron Liberal Arts Sarah Bowers Business Karin Humphrey Student Development Amy Soldano Business ~!ollin Dick Sciences Chris Powell Education Eric Woodson Student Development Marissa Geffen Urban Affairs Clay Peister Hotel Administration Kelly Debelak Education RJPeltyn Engineering Brandon Ring Business Lisa Fleming Liberal Arts Jamie Homampour Liberal Arts David Fauske Hotel Administration Patrick Brown Fine Arts Luke Bowland Engineering I. CALL TO ORDER II. ROLL CALL III. ANNOUNCEMENTS IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES V. BOARD AND COMMITTEE REPORTS A. Senate Committee Reports B. Faculty Senate/University Committee Reports C. Business Manager Report D. Directors' Reports Brooke Bohlke - Director of Nevada Student Affairs Jennifer Hale - Director of CSUN Services Sean McClenahan - Director of Entertainment and Programming Jason Smylie - Director of Office of Student Information Holly Wainscott - Director of Elections VI. OLD BUSINESS A. Action Item: Nomination/Election of one person to serve as a member of the Judicial Council for a two-year term, effective September 1, 2000. VII. NEW BUSINESS A. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of expending an amount not to exceed $2000.00 to KXTE Extreme Radio 107.5FM for Radio Advertisements. Costs to be encumbered from the FY 00-01 2702 Entertainment and Programming (Choose or Lose) account. As submitted by Senator Bowers; B. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of Dustin Williams, Sabrina Summers, and Lino Lomboy to serve on the Entertainment and Programming Board. As Submitted by Senator Bowers; CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS • UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA 4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY • LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89154-2009 • (702) 895-3645 • FAX (702) 895-4606 C. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of Joe Cordone, Kiley Hill, Jennifer Hale, Chad Widtfedlt, Dawn Berry, Alexana Laman-Lyons, Brandon Tennell, Queena Simmons, and Brooke Bohlke to serve on the Elections Board. As submitted by Senator Dayani; D. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of up to six students to serve on the Office of Student information Board. As submitted by Senator Dayani; E. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of the Homecoming Packet (see attached). As submitted by Senator Bowers; VII. PUBLIC COMMENT {in accordance with N.R.S. 241.020 (2)(c)(3)} VIII. EXECUTIVE BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS AND SUMMATIONS IX. GOOD OF THE SENATE X. 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 STEPH DAVY STUDENT SENATE MEETING 30-30 Monday, September 25, 2000 MSU 201, 6:00PM 5/JpWWP Gonzales Senate President Pro-Tempore Health Sciences Monica Morailkhan Education Amanda Brink Hotel Administration Joseph Cordone Business Traci Cornelison Health Sciences Samra Dayani Urban Affairs Kathleen Holbron Liberal Arts Sarah Bowers Business Karin Humphrey Student Development Amy Soldano Business Collin Dick Sciences Chris Powell Education Marissa Geffen Urban Affairs Clay Peister Hotel Administration Kelly Debelak Education RJ Petty n Engineering Brandon Ring Business Lisa Fleming Liberal Arts Jamie Homampour Liberal Arts David Fauske Hotel Administration Patrick Brown Fine Arts Luke Bowland Engineering I. CALL TO ORDER Senate President Davy called meeting 30-30 to order at 6:04PM. II. ROLL CALL PRESENT ABSENT Sarah Bowers Luke Bowland Amanda Brink Patrick Brown Joseph Cordone Tracy Cornelison Samra Dayani Kelley Debelak Collin Dick Lisa Fleming David Fauske Marissa Geffen Stephanie Gonzales Jamie Homampour Karin Humphrey Monica Moradkhan Clay Peister RJ Peltyn Amy Soldano Kathleen Holbron (excused) Chris Powell (excused) Brandon Ring (unexcused) HI. ANNOUNCEMENTS SENATE PRESIDENT DAVY announced that Senator Woodson had to resign from his seat since he has declared a major. In addition to that, she requested that Senators please submit copies of their schedule to her if they are running again and planning on staying in senate. There were no other announcements. IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES SENATOR DICK moved to approve minutes 30-29, seconded by SENATOR BOWLAND. SENATOR DICK moved to excuse SENATORS BRINK and BROWN, seconded by SENATOR M. MORADKHAN. Move into a vote on the amendment. Motion passes (19-0-0). Move into a vote to approve minutes 30-29. CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS • UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA 4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY • LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89154-2009 • (702) 895-3645 • FAX (702) 895-4606 Motion passes (19-0-0). V. BOARD AND COMMITTEE REPORTS A. Senate Committee Reports There were none. B. Faculty Senate/University Committee Reports There were none. C. Business Manager Report Jim Moore reported expenditures of $30.31, $177.72, $147.77, and $31.63 D. Directors' Reports Brooke Bohlke - Director of Nevada Student Affairs Director Bohlke reported that Choose or Lose is this Friday. Please tell organizations you are involved in about the event so that more people may attend. For everyone running in the Senate election, there will be tents at Choose or Lose so people can identify you at the event. Everything else is coming to a close. There were no questions for Director Bohlke. Jennifer Hale - Director of CSUN Services Director Hale reported that the organization boxes are done and certificates will be in there tomorrow. The new list of organizations will be out tomorrow or Wednesday. She will print out a list so you can contact any organizations you may need to. There were no questions for Director Hale. Sean McClenahan - Director of Entertainment and Programming "I'd like to start tonight's announcements by saying how disappointed I am in the Senate and the Executive Board. The only senators who have taken an active interest in CSUN sponsored events are Senators Bowers, Bowland, Woodson, Dayani, and Moradkhan, and the only members of the executive board who have shown the same interest are Senate President Davy and Student Body President Moradkhan. I understand that things come up, but I am tired of the Greek excuse for every event. I understand that many of you are members of other organizations, but if you can't come out and support CSUN events, than I think you all should seriously reconsider your positions as Senators. "The oozeball concert turnout on Friday was a complete flop, however the tournament on Saturday went very well -1 believe the CSUN team made it to the semifinals - the team was comprised of Senate President Davy, Senators: Woodson, Moradkhan, Dayani, and Bowland, and Advisory Council Secretary Kelly Martinez. "Also, just a reminder, this Friday is the Choose or Lose concert - which begins at 6 on the North Field "And Saturday, September 30, is our second home football game. Rebel Experience starts at 1 and kickoff is at 4. We are playing Air Force and the game will be televised on ABC. At this game, President Moradkhan and I are working on getting dollar beers for the students. There will be a limit of two beers per student. Each student must have a valid UNLV ID and a valid state ID/Driver's License showing they are above the age of 21. "As a side note, be careful when using the golf cart after dark - Public Safety may stop & harass you for a good 10-15 minutes and falsely accuse of you stealing the cart. On Friday night, during the Oozeball concert, Senator Bowers, myself and a couple others were stopped and harassed for using the cart. When asking for a business card, we were further harassed, and the sergeant - Sgt. Mosovillo - kept saying that since they hit the Rebel Yell, nobody takes them seriously." There were no questions for Director McClenahan. Jason Smylie - Director of Office of Student Information Director Smylie displayed the OSI page. The Choose or Lose publicity campaign is in full swing. There will be little table tents up in the MSU and dining commons. SENATOR DAYANI said that the OSI page is dark and asked if Director Smylie can you make it lighter, so it can be read more clearly? Director Smylie said he could and that if anyone has any ideas with the OSI page to let him know. There were no other questions for Director Smylie. Holly Wainscott - Director of Elections Director Wainscott reported that the Senate election is next week. Everything is going very smoothly. She is impressed with the candidates—they are all conducting themselves very well. She would love to see a big turnout for the candidate forums on Monday and Tuesday. Her board is on the agenda tonight and she requested to ask during the item or now if any senators were concerned with any of the individuals. She reported that she is working on scheduling her first board meeting—but it is hard to find a time to meet, but they will be meeting as soon as possible. The homecoming packet is on tonight's agenda. It is a variation of the process that former Director Ramirez set up last year. Students wanted to be a bigger part of the end result, so the vote is a bigger percentage to the outcome. Only a few things were cut out. She hopes you are satisfied with her hard work. It was hard to come up with, but she hopes it will work out. Oct 18t h and 19t h is the election for homecoming. Two more items next week on the agenda will be from her office. The senate has to approve the locations for the election. The homecoming election is more than 500 dollars so you will have to approve that as well. There were no questions for Director Wainscott. VI. OLD BUSINESS A. Action Item: Nomination/Election of one person to serve as a member of the Judicial Council for a two-year term, effective September 1, 2000. SENATOR BOWERS moved to remove the item from the table, seconded by SENATOR DAYANI. Move into a vote on the motion. Motion passes (19-0-0). SENATOR DAYANI moved to nominate Thomas Piatt, seconded by SENATOR CORDONE. Nominations close. SENATOR M. MORADKHAN moved to allow the candidate to speak for no more than two minutes, followed by a short question and answer, followed by a role call vote, seconded by SENATOR BROWN. CANDIDATE PLATT speaks. SENATOR DAYANI asked why he is interested in the judicial position over a senator position. Piatt said he has worked more with constitution materials than senate materials. SENATOR M. MORADKHAN asked why he was not present before. Candidate Piatt said he had a scheduling conflict for the previous meetings, but that he will no longer have problems attending them. SENATOR BROWN asked if he had a chance to review the constitution here at UNLV. Candidate Piatt replied that he had. Move into a vote on the item. Motion passes by a unanimous acclamation. VII. NEW BUSINESS A. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of expending an amount not to exceed $2000.00 to KXTE Extreme Radio 107.5FM for Radio Advertisements. Costs to be encumbered from the FY 00-01 2702 Entertainment and Programming (Choose or Lose) account. As submitted by Senator Bowers; SENATOR GEFFEN moved to approve, seconded by SENATOR CORDONE. Move into a vote on the item. Motion passes (19-0-0). B. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of Dustin Williams, Sabrina Summers, and Lino Lomboy to serve on the Entertainment and Programming Board. As Submitted by Senator Bowers; SENATOR GEFFEN moved to approve, seconded by SENATOR BRINK. SENATOR GONZALES yielded the floor to Director McClenahan. Director McClenahan requested the item be SENATOR BOWERS moved to amend the SENATOR DICK. Move into a vote on the amendment. Motion passes (19-0-0). Move into a vote on the item. Motion passes (19-0-0). C. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of Joe Cordone, Kiley Hill, Jennifer Hale, Chad Widtfedlt, Dawn Berry, Alexana Laman-Lyons, Brandon Tennell, Queena Simmons, and Brooke Bohlke to serve on the Elections Board. As submitted by Senator Dayani; SENATOR BOWERS moved to approve, seconded by SENATOR GEFFEN. SENATOR CORDONE wanted to say that everyone who Holly picked is intelligent and that she tried to make a balance with the board. Move into a vote on the item. Motion passes (18-0-1). (SENATOR CORDONE abstained). D. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of up to six students to serve on the Office of Student information Board. As submitted by Senator Dayani; SENATOR M. MORADKHAN moved to approve, seconded by SENATOR BOWERS. SENATOR GEFFEN moved to amend to say up to seven students to serve on the board. The students will be Kelly Martinez, Jeff Allen, Charlie Raymond, Amber Cummings, Adam Goldenberg, Ashley Morris, and Clint Ramos, seconded by SENATOR DICK. Move into a vote on the amendment. Motion passes (19-0-0). Move into a vote on the item. Motion passes (19-0-0). E. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of the Homecoming Packet (see attached). As submitted by Senator Bowers; SENATOR CORDONE moved to approve, seconded by SENATOR CORNELISON. SENATOR HOMAMPOUR asked who has to deal with the theme of Rebel Ruckus. DIRECTOR WAINSCOTT said the banners are for extra publicity and to let students know homecoming is happening. She hopes the banners go after the spirit of homecoming. amended to strike Lino Lomboy. item striking Lino Lomboy, seconded by SENATOR HOMAMPOUR asked "who" exactly decides regarding the banners? DIRECTOR WAINSCOTT said the election board will look at them and make sure there are no offensive items on the banners. SENATOR PELTYN made a point of clarification. SENATOR BROWN asked how the judges are selected? DIRECTOR WAINSCOTT said the election board is going to do that; they are considering community members and/or alumni. They are seeking people that do not have any close affiliations with any groups on campus. They are trying to make the judges as unbiased as possible for the event. SEANTOR DAYANI asked if the interviews with the judges are open or closed. DIRECTOR WAINSCOTT said they would be closed because the panel is after the election. She is concerned that students of large organizations might have too much of a support there, whereas students less involved won't have backing. She thinks it will make things more of an even playing field. SENATOR DAYANI asked if the candidates are there together or if they are separated. DIRECTOR WAINSCOTT said the candidates would go in one by one. SENATOR FLEMING said there is a skip over section three. SENATE PRESIDENT DAVY said a typo correction does not need to be amended. There were no further questions. Move into a vote on the item. Motion passes (19-0-0). VII. PUBLIC COMMENT {in accordance with N.R.S. 241.020 (2)(c)(3)} Phil Burns wanted to give thanks to the welcome crew tables. It meant a lot to all the new students. They gave away 13,000 handbooks. The final numbers aren't in yet, but the support of family weekend was very much appreciated. The participation was almost doubled with the help with the brochure. It is an amazing campus tradition that CSUN has helped with—thank you very much. Mike Ziegler of the Rebel Yell said that he has fifteen questions from the Rebel Yell for the CSUN Senators running in the elections. He asked that the bios stay under 250 words and everything needs to be dropped of by Friday in the Rebel Yell office. Director Bohlke mentioned she would be accepting questions at the candidate forum from 11-1. VIII. EXECUTIVE BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS AND SUMMATIONS STUDENT BODY VICE PRESIDENT PRO-TEMPORE GREEN said that all the Directors are doing very well. STUDENT BODY VICE PRESIDENT KNAPP said that performance evaluations for the directors would be in your boxes for this month by the next meeting. He gave congratulations to Thomas Piatt. He is calling more applicants for the judicial council. If you are interested - come in and fill out an application if you aren't running for Senate. He will be at the candidate forum and at Choose or Lose this Friday. STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT P. MORADKHAN said he had a meeting for commencement. The information is up for those graduating in December. Student government will be more active in the applications for speakers for commencement. Oozeball was really awesome. Students noticed we were there, and it's great to be out and in the public eye. We're participating in homecoming as well—we're going to build a float. Since we don't have any budget constraints it should be really cool. The Board of Regents Meeting is October 18t h and 19t h . Also, the Student Government office gets 60 tickets for the football games—theses are available to all of you for your family before he gives them out the Friday before the game at 12 noon. Anyone interested can pick up two tickets until Friday. After Friday, they will be dispersed to the general public. Director McClenahan is looking into purchasing a tent for the Rebel Experience for $7500. In the long run it is cheaper because of the high rental fees. Homecoming banners will be up for each college. It's great for publicity. He expects each Senator to participate in this activity because of its importance. SENATE PRESIDENT DAVY thanked the Rebel Yell—the paper didn't suck last week; good job. She blistered her face in the sun at Oozeball—thanks to who came out. She would really like to see more senators at events to come out and support what we do for the students. It looks REALLY bad if you all don't come out. The oozeball concert was early; you all should have come out before your other event. If anyone is interested in helping in student ticketing at the games let her know. A good idea for the tickets that P. MORADKHAN is giving away is if you know a faculty member that can't get the tickets, get them and give them to the faculty. Mike if you're going to bring Taco Bell - you need to share. After the football game there will be a little party at her house, everyone is welcome to come along. IX. GOOD OF THE SENATE SENATOR CORDONE had no comment. SENATOR SOLDANO had no comment. SENATOR BOWERS said that the Ways and Means Committee needs to meet. They need to meet within the next week or two. SENATOR HUMPHREY said the major exploration fair is Wednesday, and gave congrats to Thomas Piatt. SENATOR MORADKHAN yielded the floor to VICE PRESIDENT PRO-TEMPORE GREEN who wanted to note that Senators should not feel like they have to give information to the Rebel Yell. He noted to be wary of the information you offer them because it make be altered. SENATOR CORDONE left at 6:41 PM. SENATOR M. MORADKHAN said she will be at Choose or Lose and the major exploration fair. She said it's a good idea to support and come out and see what the colleges do. Great job to everyone at oozeball—it was a lot of fun. She made certificates for the participants and she noted that she loves the banner idea. SENATOR DEBELAK had no comment. SENATOR CORNELISON had no comment. SENATOR HOMAMPOUR said he was sorry he couldn't make it to Oozeball—he had to work. He said the major exploration fair sounds like a great idea and that it is necessary to support each other. SENATOR FLEMING said she will be at the major exploration fair. She'll be at Choose or Lose as well and she is planning on attending the Rebel Experience. She is trying to schedule time to attend the candidate forum. SENATOR PEISTER had no comment. SENATOR BRINK said she was disappointed she did not get to play as much as Oozeball. SENATOR DICK said he met with the Dean of the College of Sciences. It's difficult to get anything done with Sciences because students are busy studying. SENATOR BOWLAND said Oozeball was a blast. SENATOR DAYANI said congratulations to the new justice. Oozeball was great fan. She is on the front page in the rebel yell; she's in the mud. They misspelled her name. SENATOR PELTYN had no comment. SENATOR FAUSKE had no comment. SENATOR BROWN said congrats to the new justice. Sorry he was not here last week. He said he went to the Women's Center. He found out there is little male participation in rape prevention. He said he signed up for rape prevention training. He encourages people to go down there and ask questions and talk to Karen. SENATOR GEFFEN said congrats to the new justice. She apologized for not attending the events. She is presently studying for LSAT. She'll be done soon, and start dedicating more time to CSUN. She is looking forward to float building. SENATE PRESIDENT DAVY said anyone who wants to go to the Salvation Army with her is welcome. SENATOR GONZALES apologized for not attending every event. She's on the World Aids Day 2000 committee to help co-sponsor the even to bring the AIDS quilt to campus and that will be on the agenda soon. X. ADJOURNMENT SENATOR GONZALES moved to adjourn the meeting, seconded by SENATOR PELTYN. SENATE PRESIDENT DAVY adjourned the meeting at 6:45 PM. Prepared by: Senate Presidertkgteph Davy Senate Secretary Rosan E. Mitola