STUDENT SENATE
 Meeting of 20 September 1994

Roll was taken at 7:05 pm. Meeting was called to order at 7:10 pm.

Senators Present: Alzona, (Misc), Ardire (IM), Atkinson (CIT),
Franklin (HSS), Gach (CFA), Gonzalez (MCS), Grant (Heinz), Holzman
(CIT), Keir (CIT), Krisle (Misc), Landers (SCS), Mueller (CIT),
Pizzurro (MCS), Wang (CIT), White (HSS).

Senators Absent: Benowitz (HSS), Foster (GSIA), Mallo (CIT).

Audience Participation: 

Approval of the Minutes:
Minutes from 9/6 were approved.

Special Business: Election of PR Chair
	Eduardo Gonzalez was nominated.  Gonzalez was elected to PR
Chair by acclamation.

Ex-Officio Reports:

	AB (Martin Dixon): 9/15: Sammie and Rosie Get Laid; 9/16:
What's Eating Gilbert Grape?; 9/18: Blood of Dracula; 9/22: Mad Max;
9/23: Breakfast Club; 9/25: Mad Magician in 3D; 9/19: The Dick Clarks
in the tent 8pm -- Free; 9/22: Virtual Reality in the tent from
4-10pm; 9/24: Second City Touring Company in the tent at 8 pm -- Free

	GSO (Craig Brown): No report.

	Greek Council (Amy Montanelli): There will be a Blood Drive on
October 4th.  Greek Sing will be held at Soldiers and Sailors on March
11th.
	
	Faculty Senate (Anne Shields): No report.

	Student Affairs (Kevin Hughes): Three intern positions are
available. This week is "Class Week"; free food, frisbees, and buttons
will be given out on Thursday from 12-2 at a cookout on the cut.

	SDC (Adam Davis): Allocated money for TVs to be provided in
dorm lounges.  Steve Badelt is the President of SDC; e-mail him at
sb6z.  Saturday's movie is "Some Kind of Wonderful". We have decided
to sponsor the Homecoming Clippership this year.
	
	President (Declan McCullagh): President Mehrabian is holding
office hours every other Tuesday from 5-6 pm. His next office hour
will be on October 4th.  There will be an open meeting about Scotland
Yard at 7 pm on Thursday (9/22) in the Morewood Rec Room.

	Treasurer (Emma Gosden): 53 out of 54 organizations attended
fiscal seminars. Doctors of Carnegie did not and their budget is
capped at $250.  Lacrosse and IRO Us budgets are frozen; IRO is
meeting with F&R.  The Tartan is still only buying needed supplies and
$20,000 in debt.  I also have submitted my audits to the Pr esident
and Chair, as required in the bylaws.

Committee Reports:
	Academic Affairs (Kami White): We are in touch with Ted
Fenton; we are looking for student input on classrooms that need to be
repaired.
	Campus Affairs (Cheryl Gach): Please send Cheryl any
complaints about CMDS at cg37+@andrew.cmu.edu.  We're setting up
meetings with CMDS and Neal Binstock and trying to coordinate efforts
with Declan and SDC.
	Funding and Recognition (Merle Atkinson): Budgets should be
out soon for Baseball Club and Spring Carnival.  We meet every Monday
at 7; e-mail Merle (ma2t+@and rew.cmu.edu) for location.  We also have
many clubs requesting special allocations coming before F&R.
	Human Resources (Troy Benowitz): No Report.
	Public Relations (Eduardo Gonzalez): No Report.
	Chair (Burt Holzman): Keycards are available. Resignations
were accepted from Bohac, Cross, Demasi, Kim, Slawson, and O'Connor.

New Business from Committee:
	% F94-01: Special Allocation of $2500 for SARC for Homecoming
		A point of order was raised on whether or not the
motion violated the section of the Fiscal Policy requiring that
organizations may not request funds in the Food account category
(8230).  The Chair put the question to the floor, which found the
motion in order by unanimous consent.
		Motion F94-01 passed by acclamation.

New Business from the Floor:
	% Filling Vacancies
	  CIT: Anat Gal-Or and Anne Bielke filled 2 out of 5 vacant
seats by acclamation.
	  Heinz: David McKnight and Philip McGivney filled 2 out of 2
vacant seats by acclamation.
	  IM: Brian Walshe and Brenden Mielke were nominated for 1 IM
vacancy.  Mielke filled the seat.
	% Establishment of Elections Board
	  Senate voted to accept David Lawrence as the 1994 Elections
Board by acclamation.
	% Setting Date and Time of Fall 1994 Elections
	  Fall 1994 Elections will be held from November 1-3 from 9 am - 5 pm.
	%  F94-02 Resolution on CMDS
	  A vote to consider the resolution immediately failed 4-12.
		Whereas, the Wean food court is moving to Building D;
and
		Whereas, neither the Student Dormitory Council nor
Student Senate was consulted on this move; and
		Whereas, this move represents a major change in
accessibility to food in the Porter/Wean area,
		Be it Resolved that:
		The Student Senate recommends to the University that
no radical changes in the campus dining structure be made without
consultation with Student Senate and th e Student Dormitory Council.

Announcements: 
% Vacancies: 2 SCS, 4 CFA, 2 HSS, 3 CIT, 2 GSIA, 1 MCS.
Petitions are due by 10/3.  
% Scotland Yard meeting: 7 pm, Thursday (9/22) in the Morewood Rec Room

Meeeting adjourned at 8:03 pm.

Respectfully Submitted,
Burt Holzman (signed)