STUDENT SENATE Meeting of 4 October 1994 Roll was taken at 7:10 pm. Meeting was called to order at 7:10 pm. Senators Present: Ardire (IM), Atkinson (CIT), Benowitz (HSS), Bielke (CIT), Foster (GSIA), Franklin (HSS), Gach (CFA), Gal-or (CIT), Gonzalez (MCS), Grant (He inz), Holzman (CIT), Keir (CIT), Krisle (Misc), Landers (SCS), Mallo (CIT), McGivney (Heinz), McKnight (Heinz), Mielke (IM), Mueller (CIT), Pizzurro (MCS), Wang (CIT), White (HSS). Senators Absent: Alzona (Misc) Approval of the Minutes: Minutes from 9/20 were corrected and approved. Audience Participation: Mark Hamlin, the new Director of Dining Services, introduced himself. He can be reached at 268-2127 from 9-5, Monday - Friday (and optionally on Saturdays.) Ex-Officio Reports: AB (Martin Dixon): Last week's movies were Hail Mary, Philadelphia, and Marijuana Weeds with Roots in Hell. This weekUs moies are A Clockwork Orange, Reality Bites, and Evil Dead. Mastercard Acts talent show was at 4 pm on Sunday (10/2). The Beaux Arts Ball is considering February 11th as a date this year. GSO (Craig Brown): GSO's wine & beer tasting event for International Festival will be held on Friday, 10/21, from 6-7:30 at the Mellon Institute Conference Room. All students over the age of 21 are welcome. Greek Council (): No report. Faculty Senate (Anne Shields): All members of the campus community are welcome to come to Faculty Senate meetings. Right now they are dealing with the process of tenure appointment and its confidentiality. Student Affairs (Kevin Hughes): There are two intern positions available with Student Affairs. We are holding programs dealing with graduate student affairs, parent/student issues, and International Festival. SDC (Adam Davis): This Saturday's movie is the Flintstones. Kudos to Hamerschlag House, which with SDC and Housing's help, threw a party on Friday. The Homecoming Clippership was also successful. SDC was amused at Senate's CMDS resolution. We meet on Wednesdays at 7 pm, in Doherty Hall 1210. President (Declan McCullagh): There is a proposal coming up to create a Dining Services Committee to provide student input to CMDS. The Scotland Yard task force is proceeding: please contact Mike Breen (michael1@cmu.edu). We're touring the Skibo pit on Friday. Treasurer (Emma Gosden): No report Committee Reports: Academic Affairs (Kami White): We are meeting this week with Ted Fenton with your concerns on classroom repair. Campus Affairs (Cheryl Gach): WeUre giving input to CMDS, and starting up the Security Council again. We need input: please send me e-mail at cg37@andrew. Funding and Recognition (Merle Atkinson): The F&R committee, the Treasurer, Michael Murphy, and representatives from the Tartan met on Monday (9/28) to create a proposal for dealing with the large ($26,000) debt in their account. The proposal will be brought up in points of discussion. Human Resources (Troy Benowitz): We had our first meeting and are putting together a leadership retreat for Senate. Public Relations (Eduardo Gonzalez): There is an ad in this week's Tartan with an election petition: please encourage people to get them in by October 18th. Chair (Burt Holzman): All Senators whose seats are up, pick up petitions or use the one in this weekUs Tartan. Old Business: % F94-02: Resolution on CMDS Motion to postpone indefinitely passed 16-5. New Business from Committee: % F94-03: Special Allocation: $325 for SEAC (budget items) Passed by acclamation. % F94-04: Special Allocation: $550 for Hockey Club (uniforms) Passed by acclamation. % F94-05: Special Allocation: $1634 for Scotch Tn Soda (computer) Passed by acclamation. New Business from the Floor: % Filling Vacancies CFA: Heather Alexander filled 1 out of 4 vacant seats by acclamation. GSIA: Deborah Cote filled 1 out of 2 vacant seats by acclamation. % Adding members to Elections Board Motion to consider immediately passed by acclamation. Senate voted to approve the Election Board Chair (Dave Lawrence) adding the following members: Steven Miller, Matthew Myers, Marc Unangst, Amy McGovern, Tevor Schadt, Michael Breen, Katherine Comer, Lara Sprague, Benjamin Kutler, Deanna Rubin, Ryan Ingram, David Stott, Aiton Goldman, Adele Chiodo, Matt Andrews, Ben Cordes, Norman Papernick, Jen Gray, Frank Gualtieri, Marc Gabriele, Indra Djutrisno, Nick Casciato, Peter Wilcox, Andrew Potratz, Harsha Hakkal, Brian Humensky, Charlottle Yano, and Christa Houlahan. Passed by acclamation. % Approval of Presidential Committee on Dining Motion to consider immediately passed by acclamation. Motion to approve President Mccullagh's formation of an ad hoc Dining Services committee designed to give student input to CMDS passed by acclamation. Points of Discussion: discussed Tartan debt proposal: any profit more than 25% of their debt will be matched from the Master Activities Fee; the remainder of the debt will be paid back over the next two years. If 25% of the debt is not returned, switching TartanUs recognition from funded to non-funded is a distinct po ssibility. The proposal has yet to be approved by the Tartan's Editorial Board. Announcements: % Vacancies: 2 SCS, 3 CFA, 2 HSS, 3 CIT, 1 GSIA, 1 MCS. Petitions are due by 10/17. % Political Speakers Forum Board deadline has been extended to 10/17. Please turn in petitions signed by 25 members of the student body if you want to serve. % Everyone is invited to take a tour of the Skibo pit on Friday (10/7) at 3 pm. Contact Declan Mccullagh if you are interested. Meeeting adjourned at 8:16 pm. Respectfully Submitted, Burt Holzman (signed)