STUDENT SENATE
 Meeting of 30 September 1996


Roll was taken at 7:30 PM. Meeting was called to order at 7:35 PM.

Senators Present: Abramson (HSS) - 0, Bembenick (HSS) - 0, Connor (HSS) - 0, 
Davis (HNZ) - 0, Fay (MIS-SAL), Gulkis (CFA) - 0, Jain (SIA) - 0, Jones
(CFA-SAL) - 0, Kenney (MCS) - 1, Mendelssohn (CIT-SAL) - 0, Messinger
(CIT) - 0, Mielke (SIA) - 0, Muir (HSS) - 0, Pinkston (CIT) - 0,
Prattipati  (SCS) - 0, Raza (HSS-SAL), Robles (MCS) - 0, Rosenthal (SCS)
- 0, Rumpf (CIT) - 0, Senderling (HNZ)  - 0, Szudarek (HSS-SAL) - 0,
Toraason (MCS) - 0.

Senators Absent: Coster (CIT) - 1, DeFillipo (MCS) - 3, Drake (CIT) - 2,
Go (SIA-SAL) - 1, Kienzl (HNZ-SAL) - 1, Knoop (CIT) - 1, Kurtz (SCS) -
3, Lentz (MCS) - 1, Nathan (MCS-SAL) - 2, Smith (CFA) - 2.
                
Approval of the Minutes:

        Minutes from September 16, 1996 were approved by acclamation.

Special Business:

        Filling Vacancies: 
                
                 CIT - Paris Cox:
                        Passed by voice vote.

                CFA -    Stan Jones:
                        Passed by voice vote.

                MIS - Ira Fay:
                        Passed by voice vote.

        Nomination of Human Resources Chair:
                Tabled until the meeting of October 7.

        Approval of Vice Chair - Catherine Senderling:
                Passed by voice vote.
        
        Nomination of Funding and Recognition Chair:
                Tabled until the meeting of October 5.
        

Ex-Officio Reports:

        Activities Board (Jill Goodall):  Members of the Activities Board
attended the Event Planning Workshop held by Student Activities last
week.  This week~s movies are Delicatessen, City of Lost Children and
Peeping Tom.  We are currently looking at candidates for Theater
Manager, and expect to have the position filled by the end of the week.
        
        Graduate Student Organization (William Slye): The GSO Wine Tasting will
be held on October 28 at 6:30 PM in the CFA Lobby.  Meetings are on
Wednesday nights at 5:00, the room will be announced on the assocs.gso
bboard.

        Greek Council (Adele Chiodo):  No report.

        Faculty Senate (Barbara Prevost): No report.

        Division of Student Affairs (Barbara Prevost):  There will be a Money
Talks seminar on October 1 in room 318G of the Student Center at 12 and
4:30.  The ~Cutting Edge Cafe~ this week will feature David Baraff on
September 19 at 4:30.

        Student Dormitory Council (Michael Sperger):  No report.

        President (Bryon Krug):  Tonight I am looking for senate approval of
the Task Force on Student Representation and the Task Force on Student
Government.

        Treasurer (Brian Mueller): No report.


Committee Reports:  

        Academic Affairs (Will Toraason):  No report.

        Campus Affairs (Robert Rumpf): This semester we plan to work on
reducing the wait at the HUB and resolving parking issues.  Adam Gulkis
and the members of the Skibo Coffeehouse Advisory Board will be speaking
at the next meeting.
        
        Funding and Recognition (Catherine Senderling, Acting Funding and
Recognition Chair): Budget packets for the fall will be available on
October 1.  Budgets will be due back on October 18, and Senate will vote
on them at the November 11 meeting.
        
        Human Resources (Vacant):  No report.
        
        Public Relations (Matt Bembenick):  No report.

        Chair (Brenden O. Mielke): Brian Mendelssohn spoke about the GSO/Senate
retreat which took place over the weekend.  Discussion will ensue at
October 7 meeting.  Agenda will be cleared.


New Business From Committee:

        F96-001 Non-Funded Recognition - Hawaii Club:

                The F&R committee recommends the Hawaii Club be given non-funded

                        recognition.  Senators debated the need for a club for e
very
ethnicity, but it 
                was agreed that non-funded recognition would not be detrimental.


                Passed by voice vote.

        
        F96-002 Non-Funded Recognition - Hong Kong Students Association:

                Passed by voice vote.

        F96-003 Special Allocation - Speedskating Club:  $80

                Passed by voice vote.
                
New Business From the Floor:

        Appointment of Senator in Charge of Operations - Stan Jones:    

                The position entails making sure things are running smoothly on 
the third
                floor of the University Center.  An hourly wage of $5 with a cap
 of 5 hours
                per week was set.

                Passed by voice vote.

        Approval of Presidential Committees:
        
                The Task Force on Student Representation and the Task Force on S
tudent
                Government.

                Passed by voice vote.

        Nomination of Senator at Large: SIA - Chris Braden

                Passed by voice vote.



Announcements:

~ Vacancies: 2 CIT, 2 CFA, 1 HSS, 1 MCS, 3 SIA

~ Deadline for petitions is October 6.


Meeting adjourned at 9:14

Respectfully Submitted,
Ben Bostwick (Signed)