Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, April 26, 1983

CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS AGENDA Senate Meeting #23 Session #13 4:00 p.m. April 26, 1983 MSU 203 I. Call to Order II. Roll Call III. Approval of Minutes #22 IV. Executive Board Announcements V. Board, Committee and Department Head Reports A. Ad Hoc Committees 1. Constitutional Revisions B. Beverage Manager C. Bylaws Committee D. Day Care Center E. Elections Board F. Entertainment and Programming Board f G. Faculty Committees 1. Curriculum Committee H. Intramurals Director I. Organizations Board J. President's Committees K. Publications Board L. Radio Board M. Security Coordinator N. Student Services Committee O. Other P. Appropriations Board VI. Unfinished Business A, Contract with Hazel Ketchum (from table). VII. New Business A. Appointment of Academic Advisement Senator 1. Zellie Dow UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NV 89154/(702) 739-3477 SENATE MEETING #23 - April 26, 19 8 3 page 2 agenda 2. Holly Reed 3. Sari Bloom 3. Appointment of Health Sciences Senator 1. Scott Day C. Appointment of Education Senator 1. Julie Gwerre D. Repeal of Senate Bill 0 07 - Senator Mounts VIII. Open Discussion IX. Adjournment *** "One of our submarines is missing. ...bye bye empire, empire bye bye." CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS MINUTES Senate Meeting #23 Session #13 4:00 p.m. April 26, 1983 MSU 20 3 I. Call to Order The meeting was called to order at 4:00 p.m. by Senate Presi-dent Pro Tempore Clay. II. Roll Call Members in Attendance David Mounts Stephanie Pettit - unexcused absent John Bostaph John Pasquantino August Corrales Frank Regina Trent Parks Robert Eglet Mike Waller - late Sindy Glasgow Virgil Jackson Calvin Valvo - leave of absence Catherine Clay Marc Miller - unexcused late Jim Eells Eric Emerson Cara Iddings Senator Mounts moved to suspend the rules and move to New Business, item A and B, and Senator Corrales seconded. The motion passed with all in favor. VII. New Business A. Appointment of Academic Advisement Senator 1. Zellie Dow 2. Holly Reed 3. Sari Bloom August Corrales moved to withdraw Holly Reed's name from consi-deration, and Senator Eglet seconded. The motion passed with all in favor. Senator Eglet made a motion to allow the candi-dates with opposition, time to speak followed by a question and answer period, and Senator Pasquantino seconded. The motion passed with 9 in favor, 3 opposed and 1 abstention.The vote was 6 for Dow, 5< for Bloom and 1 abstention. The chair accepted a John Bostaph voted for Zellie Dow. UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NV 89154/(702] 739-3477 SENATE MEETING #23 - April 26, 19 83 page 2 John Pasquantino voted for Zellie Dow. August Corrales abstained. Frank Regina voted for Sari Bloom. Trent Parks abstained. Robert Eglet voted for Sari Bloom Sindy Glasgow voted for Sari Bloom. Virgil Jackson voted for Sari Bloom. Jim Eells voted for Zellie Dow. Eric Emerson voted for Zellie Dow. Cara Iddings voted for Zellie Dow. The vote was tied with 5 for Dow and 5 for Bloom. The chair cast her vote in favor of Zellie Dow. B. Appointment of Health Sciences Senator Senator Jackson moved to approve Scott Day as a Senator for the college of Health Sciences, and Senator Eglet seconded. The motion passed with 10 in favor, 0 opposed and 3 absten-tions . C. Appointment of Education Senator Senator Eglet moved to approve Julie Gnerre as an Education College Senator, and Senator Jackson seconded. The motion passed with 13 in favor, 0 opposed and 1 abstention. IV. Executive Board Announcements Senate President Pro Tempore Clay yielded the floor to Dean Daniels. The Dean expressed his appreciation toward the out-going Executive Board members, Rick Oshinski, Karen -Eckert, Jef Wild, for representing the students and CSUN extremely well on campus. He feels that this Executive Board has set standards that will make it a challenge for their successors. 1. President Oshinski The Autonomy Bill passed through committee. Steve Francis believes it will pass through the Assembly. The regents are still hammering out the budget. As far as he knows, the salaries for additional University Police are still included in the budget, but that could change at any time. He attended the Physical Plant Planning Committee and the Student Services building proposal has been shot down by the committee and won't come out of committee unless Presi-dent Goodall refuses to accept the committee's recommenda-tion . Due to changes in the plan for the revisions in the Moyer Student Union Building, the actual construction will not begin until the beginning of next Fall Semester '83. On June 17 the Los Angeles Collegiate Council and CSUN will play a softball game. The prize is one keg of beer. Sign-up on the window to the Executive Board Office. 2. Senate President Pro Tempore Clay Financial Aid meeting will be held on April 27 at 2:20 p.m in Education 399. Academic Standards will meet on April 27 at 7:30 p.m. in Wright Hall's Gold Room. Senate President Wild will be here later^—His only message is . . * "bye." SENATE MEETING #23 - April 26, 19 83 page 3 V. Board, Committee and Department Head Reports A. Ad Hoc Committees 1. Constitutional Revisions There is no report. B. Beverage Manager Mark Shaffer gave the Beverage Manager's report. $158.22 was spent on the beverages for the CSUN Awards Banquet. C. Bylaws Committee There will be a meeting on Wednesday, April 27 at 4:00 p.m. in MSU 201. D. Day Care Center There was no report. E. Elections Board Chairman Goussak urged the Senate to look at the expendi-ture Sheets which the candidates for Executive Board sub-mitted and to determine whether this is the way we want to run our future elections. F. Entertainment and Programming Board Chairman Hamilton announced that there will be an item later on in the agenda to approve a contract with Hazel Ketchum. G. Faculty Committees 1. Curriculum Committee Senate President Pro Tempore Clay announced that there will be new Computer Science courses available and also a minor in Computer Science will be offered. Starting this Fall '83 a prerequisite for Accounting will be Math 102. H. Intramurals Director There was no report. I. Organizations Board Chairman Eckert read the minutes from the meeting held on April 20 at 3:30 p.m. The organizations present were Associ-ation of Computing Machinery, Alpha Epsilon Pi, Freedom-loving Students, Hispanic Association, Hotel Association, Panhellenic Council, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Chi, Sigma Gamma Epsilon, Society of Physics Students, Student PHilo— sophical Round Table Association, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Univer-sity Choir, Gay Academic Union, Sigma Chi Little Sisters, Alpha Kappa Psi, International Student Association, Inter-fraternity Council, Kappa Sigma, Sigma Nu, AIAA and the Student Law Association. The minutes from Homecoming Com-mittee held on March 16 were approved. There were no action items. Organizations present were Freedom-loving Students, Karen Eckert, Rick Messura, Erik Mortenson, Russ Harvey, Janet O'Connell and Susan Tomiyasu. The board approved the minutes from Homecoming Committee meeting held on April 6, 1983. The members: present were V.J. Hirsch, University Choir, Mover Student Union, Karen Eckert, T'ai Chi Chuan, SMI and Delta Zeta. Members absent were Alpha Delta Pi, Hotel Association, Jef Wild, Robert Eglet, Alpha Tau Omega, Alpha Epsilon Pi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Kappa Sigma, Sigma Nu, Sigma Chi and Alpha Kappa Psi. The Committee approved involvement of GSA, MSU and the Alumni Association in Homecoming. SENATE MEETING #23 - April 26, 19 83 page 4 The committee also approved the date for Homecoming as being October 22, 1983. The minutes from the Homecoming Committee meeting held on April 13 were approved. The members present on the 13th were V.J. Hirsch, University- Choir, Tai Chi Chuan and the Hotel Association. The mem-bers excused absent were Karen Eckert and Robert Eglet. The members absent were MSU, SMI, Delta Zeta, Alpha Delta Pi, Jef Wild, Alpha Tau Omega, Alpha Epsilon Pi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Kappa Sigma, Sigma Nu, Sigma Chi and Alpha Kappa Psi. The committee approved a budget of $1000 for the picnic. The deadline for filing for Homecoming Queen is set for October 3. The election is set for October 19 and 20 and campaigning may begin 1 % weeks before elections. The Organizations Board approved appeals for recognition from Women in Science and Engineering, UNLV Debate and Forensics Squad and Delta Sigma Theta. The International Students Organization's request for $10 3.27 was approved by the Board. A motion to approve $500 from the Spring '83 budget and recommend approval of $500 from the Fall '83 budget for the Inter-fraternity Council passed. Senator Eglet moved to amend the minutes from the Organiza-tions Board meeting held on April 20th to delete V, New Business, item B, #1 ISO's funding, and Senator Mounts seconded. Vice-President Eckert amended the amendment to table the entire minutes for one week, and Senator Eglet seconded. This motion passed with all in favor. J. President's- Committees There was no report. K. Publications Board Senate President Pro Tempore Clay read the minutes from the meeting held on April 25, 19 83. The members present were Joseph McCullough, Stephanie Pettit (late), _Randy Hockfeld, Lisa Griffith and Richard Kalian(lateV. The members absent were Linda Lehman, Mario Guerrina and Bill DiBenedetto. The board denied Michael Marzano his grievance against the Rebe1 Ye11. The board also denied Miss Lake Mead her grievance against the Rebel Yell. A motion was made not to dismiss Marc Charisse, editor "of the Yell which passed with 3 in favor, 1 opposed and 0 abstentions. Senator Corrales moved to approve the minutes, and Senator Emerson seconded. The motion passed with all in favor. L. Radio Board There was no report. M. Security Coordinator There was no report. N. Student Services Committee Their meeting was recessed until Thursday, April 28, at 5:00 p.m. O. Other The Parking and Traffic Committee meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 3 from 8 to 9 a.m. Parking will be discussed so if anyone has input as to student parking, please attend. P. Appropriations Board Chairman Goussak announced that the current budget is still in effect until June 30. Department Heads should watch their spending closely. SENATE MEETING #23 - April 26, 19 83 page 5 VI. Unfinished Business A. Contract with Hazel Ketchum (from table) Senator Emerson moved to remove this item from the table, and Senator Corrales seconded. Senator Emerson moved to approve the contract with Hazel Ketchum, and Senator Corrales seconded. The motion passed with all in favor. VII. New Business A. Appointment of Academic Advisement Senator B. Appointment of Health Sciences Senator C. Appointment of Education Senator The above items were taken care of earlier in the agenda. D. Repeal of Senate Bill 007 - Senator Mounts Senator Corrales moved to repeal Senate Bill 007, and Senator Day seconded. Senator Eglet moved to amend the motion to refer the repellation of Senate Bill 007 to the Bylaws Committee and the Judicial Council, and Senator Emerson seconded. The motion passed with 16 in favor, 1 opposed and 0 abstentions. Senate President Pro Tempore Clay moved to appoint Rick Oshin-ski as her temporary pro tempore. There being no objections, the gavel was passed to President Oshinski. E. Nominations for Hotel College Senate Seat Opening 5/1/8 3 - Senator Eglet Senate President Pro Tempore Clay nominated Murray Long. Senator Eglet nominated Kai Fischer, Rian Florens and Kelly Jennings. Senator Clay moved to close nominations for the Hotel College Senate Seat, and Senator Eglet seconded. The motion failed with 6 in favor, 8 opposed and 0 abstentions. The gavel was passed back to Senate President Pro Tempore Clay. F. Establishment of an Ad Hoc Investigation Committee - Senator Waller Senator Waller moved to approve the establishment of an ad hoc Investigation committee, and Senator Eglet seconded. Senator Waller moved the previous question, and Vice-Presi-dent Eckert seconded. The motion failed. Senator Emerson moved to amend the motion to include Mike Waller as chairman of the committee and David Mounts and Karen Eckert as members, and Senator Eglet seconded. Senator Eglet made a friendly amendment that Mark Shaffer also be a member of this commit-tee which was accepted. Senator Eglet moved the previous question, and Senator Emerson seconded. The motion failed. The amendment to appoint Mike Waller as chairman of the investi-gation committee and David Mounts, Karen Eckert and Mark Shaf-fer as members of the committee passed with 15 in favor, 1 opposed and 1 abstention. Senator Miller was present. President Oshinski moved to amend the motion to refer the formation of an Investigation Committee to the Radio Board and the Affirmative Action Office which would include Senate input at the Radio Board level, and Senator Eells seconded. Senator Eglet moved for a 5 minute recess. The meeting was Eecessed until 5:38 p.m. The meeting was called back to order. SENATE MEETING #23 - April 26, 19 83 page 6 Second Roll Call Members' in Attendance David Mounts- Zellie Dow Stephanie Pettit - absent John Bostaph John Pasquantino August Corrales Frank Regina Trent Parks Robert Eglet Mike Waller Sindy Glasgow Virgil Jackson Calvin Valvo — leave of absence Julie Gnerre Scott Day Catherine Clay Marc Miller Jim Eells Eric Emerson Cara Iddings Senator Eglet made a motion to move into a closed Personnel Session, and Senator Mounts: seconded. Senate President Pro Tempore Clay-ruled the motion out of order. Senator Eglet made a motion to appeal the decision of the chair, and Senator Mounts seconded. The motion passed with 12 in favor, 0 opposed and 5 abstentions. The motion to move into a closed Personnel Session passed with 12 in favor, 4 opposed and 1 abstention. During the Personnel Session, Frank Regina left at 6:05 p.m. At 6:25 p.m., the Senate moved out of the Closed Personnel Session. Senator Miller moved the previous question, and Senator Mounts seconded. The motion passed with all in favor. The amendment to refer the formation of an Investigation Committee to the Radio Board and the Affirmative Action Office, passed with 8 in favor, 6 opposed and 1 abstention. Senator Mounts moved to reconsider, but the motion died due to the lack of a second. Senator Mounts and Senator Day left the meeting at 6:29 p.m. Mounts returned at 6:30 p.m. The vote on the motion to refer the investigation committee to the Radio Board and the Affirmative Action Office, passed with 8 in favor, 4 opposed and 2 abstentions. VIII. Open Discussion Senator Jackson commented that he has heard positive comments about the Quicksilver and what it has done. He would like to commend the editors and staff of the magazine for a good job. President Oshinski announced that he feels the 12th and 13th session of the Senate have been very supportive of the current Executive Board. Senate President Pro Tempore Clay announced that the reason she cast her vote in favor of Zellie Dow was because it was in his favor on the first vote, The Senate should act with more professionalism when they cast their vote. She encouraged Bloom to continue to stay involved ^n CSUN. SENATE MEETING #23 - April 26, 19 83 page 7 If anyone has personal belongings in the office, please remove them because the office furniture will be moved this weekend. If any Senator is interested in becoming Senate President Pro Tempore, please contact her. Senate Preference Sheets are due by May 5. There will be a reception Friday evening, April 29 at 8:00 p.m. for the old and the new Executive Boards. IX. Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at 6:45 p.m. Respectfully submitted by, Catherine Clay C Senate President Pro Tempore Respectfully prepared by, "Lynn Best CSUN Secretary