STUDENT SENATE Meeting of 9 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, Coster (CIT) - 0, Davis (HNZ) - 0, DeFillipo (MCS) - 1, Drake (CIT) - 0, Gulkis (CFA) - 0, Jain (SIA) - 0, Kenney (MCS) - 0, Kienzl (HNZ-SAL) - 0, Knoop (CIT) - 0, Lentz (MCS) - 0, Messinger (CIT) - 0, Mielke (SIA) - 0, Muir (HSS) - 0, Perry (CIT) - 0, Pinkston (CIT) - 0, Prattipati (SCS) - 0, Robles (MCS) - 0, Rosenthal (SCS) - 0, Rumpf (CIT) - 0, Senderling (HNZ) - 0, Szudarek (H SS- SAL) - 0, Toraason (MCS) - 0. Senators Absent: Korhut (CIT) - 1, Kurtz (SCS) - 1, McKeown (CFA) - 1, Nathan (MCS-SAL) - 1, Sanchez (CFA) - 1. Approval of the Minutes: Minutes from April 30, 1996 were approved by acclamation. Ex-Officio Reports: Activities Board (Jill Goodall): The movies for this week are Cries and Whispers, Mission: Impossible, and The Blob. A ll shorter films will be at 8, 10 and midnight, and longer films will be a t 7, 10 and 12:30. There will be an 80~s Dance on Saturday from 8 to 11 i n Rangos Hall. We are currently looking for students to fill t he postitions of Political Speakers chair and Theater Manager. Graduate Student Organization (William Slye): Bill discussed the activi ties fee split. He left most of the detail for later in the meeting. Greek Council (Adele Chiodo): Fifty-five women signed up for sorority r ush. Dean Allison is the new Greek Advisor. The first Greek Council meeting is next week at 9:00P. The new Greek t-shirt is coming out next we ek--keep your eyes out for it. Faculty Senate (Barbara Prevost): No report. Division of Student Affairs (Barbara Prevost): The Office of Student Activities is offering ~Money Talks~ for all student organizatio ns who have student organization accounts. These are brief, mandatory meeti ngs in which they get information on how to spend their money appropria tely. The following are times/dates: 12:00P and 4:30 on September 18 and October 1. All ~Money Talks~ are held in UC 318G (Student Gover nment Conference Room. Heather Midkiff is coordinating a Leadership S eries. Student Activities is also registering student groups in order t o obtain up to date contact information. Student Dormitory Council (Michael Sperger): Due to an increase in spending last year, the SDC is now in debt. We are contemplating raising the dorm activity fee. The Morewood Rec Room is now open, thanks to Brian Bluth for his hard work over the summer. On September 21, we will be hosting a meeting of the Residence Hall Committees from Pitt, Carlow, Chatam, and Duquesne. We ar e currently working on amending the SDC bylaws. Meetings are on Wednesda ys at 7:30 in Doherty Hall 1112. President (Bryon Krug): We will be forming a task force on student representation to work with the various committe es, and ensure that students are being properly represented. We are also working on a Council of Student Leaders, with the heads of prominent organizations on campus. We hope this committee will foster communication between different groups on campus. Treasurer (Brian Mueller): No report. Committee Reports: Academic Affairs (Will Toraason): Two projects from last year, exam schedule revisions, and the elimination of the discount at the bookstore have now been implemented. Campus Affairs (Robert Rumpf): There is a bboard, graffiti.Campus-Affairs, for posting your comments and concerns about campus affairs issues. We will be working to improve sc hool spirit this year. The campus shuttle has now added more stops, see me for the complete schedule. Funding and Recognition (Catherine Senderling): No report. Human Resources (David Perry): There will be a Senate retreat in the next couple of weeks. Public Relations (Matt Bembenick): We are looking to start a Senate Happy Hour at Scotland Yard. There will be a Senatorial Portr ait Board in the University Center, we will be taking photographs soon. If anyone would like to write a column in the Tartan, p lease let me know. Chair (Brenden Mielke): During the Chair~s report, several speakers addressed the Senate. Paul Fowler, the Associate Dean of Student Affairs, spoke about the restructuring of Student Activities and the different departments he now heads. His office is on the thi rd floor of Warner Hall, and he welcomes all comments or questions. Steven Sitrin, the Director of the University Center, answered questio ns about the UC. There will be a student advisory committee for th e UC, which is now taking nominations. In order to reserve a room, send email to ucschedule@andrew or call x8-2109. Erin Connor t hen spoke about the progress of discussions on the Activities Fee split with the GSO. Changes to current policy must be approved by the December meeting of the Board of Trustees. A committee is being formed, and nominations are now being taken. I will be resigning from my position effective October 7. New Business From the Floor Election of Senators At Large HSS - Kashif Raza: Passed by hand vote SIA - Geoffrey Go: Passed by hand vote MIS - Ira Fay: Passed by hand vote CFA - Stan Jones: Passed by hand vote CIT - Brian Mendelssohn: Passed by hand vote Announcements: ~ Vacancies: 2 CIT, 1 CFA, 1 HSS, 1 MCS, 1 MIS, 3 SIA ~ Deadline for petitions is September 29. ~ The new Senate web page can be found at: http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/ss2p ~ The ad hoc elections committee will be reforming in one week. ~ Nominations for Vice Chair will be accepted at the next meeting. Meeting adjourned at 8:55 Respectfully Submitted, Ben Bostwick (Signed)