UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN COLORADO
ASSOCIATED STUDENTS' GOVERNMENT
Eighteenth Senate Twenty-fourth Session
March 20, 1997
I. CALL TO ORDER

II. ROLL CALL:

Senator Dupey, Senator Eden, Senator Wazir, Speaker Pro Tem Arellano (inactive), Speaker Latino, Senator Bridge (inactive), Senator Martinez, Senator Horner, Senator Percell, Senator Derr, Senator Barrows, Senator Pacheco, Senator Cousar.

III. AGENDA:

Senator Eden moved to have a Senate Emergency Session. Motion passed.
Senator Derr moved to add "d. Alumni Board" to Section VIII. COMMITTEE REPORTS. No objections.
Speaker Pro Tem Arellano moved to add "e. COFC Report" to Section VIII. COMMITTEE REPORTS. No objections.
Senator Eden moved to accept the agenda as amended. No objections.

IV. MINUTES:

Senator Eden moved to accept the minutes. Motion passed.

V. EXECUTIVE REPORTS:

a. President Kelly reported on the State Board of Agriculture meeting held the 19th. Dr. Burns and Dr. Guererro have been recommended by the presidential selection committee and will be reviewed further before a decision is made. The KTSC merger is on hold until questions such as student involvement and local programming have been researched.

b. Vice President Patent reported that the discount cards are on temporary hold until Dr. Hill received more information on the subject. He requested suggestions for local businesses to offer discounts.

VI. LEGISLATIVE REPORTS

a. Speaker Latino announced that the winning newsletter name was submitted by the ASG Secretary, Jackie Hampton.
Club Olympics - is going well, now there are 21 clubs signed up to participate. There will be a meeting tomorrow at 1 PM.
Speaker Latino reported on problems with "used-book" exchanges and the low trade-in value offered at the book store.
Dr. Wright suggested forming a committee to work on this issue.

b. Speaker Pro Tem Arellano reported on the suggestions from the suggestion boxes. He also mentioned a desire to meet with President Kelly on the possibility of changing the new book lockers to free-use instead of pay-per-use.
Dr. Hill suggested placing a sign on the lockers stating they were provided by ASG.

President Kelly introduced Priscilla Meckley from Facilities Planning to discuss the Fiscal Capital Construction Program. (See attached report)

VII. ELECTION COMMISSION CHAIR

Dr. Hill stated that petitions need to be returned to the Student Life office by 4 PM. There will be a random selection of candidates tonight, the ballot will be ready by tomorrow. The brochure will be made by Monday and sent out to the students who requested mail-in ballots. There were three candidates for President, however, one of these did not have the required GPA, so now there are two.

VIII. COMMITTEE REPORTS

a. Faculty Senate - Senator Wazir said Dr. Wong reported that students were pleased by the faculty advising this past semester and student interns were representing USC very well. Enrollment applications have been processed much faster now, it used to take a month and now is being done in a week and a half.
Senator Pacheco asked if the issue of economics programs was discussed at all.
Senator Wazir said she had missed a portion of the meeting, but there was no information passed out regarding that subject and she would request it.

b. Awards and Banquets - Senator Dupey reminded everyone that the nomination forms need to be turned in so the plaques could be engraved.

c. Recreation Fee Board - Senator Eden reported on the March 18 meeting to discuss the guidelines for allocating the $51,000. The chairperson is Jackie Cooper. A rating form was developed to help decide how much to allocate per request.

d. Alumni Board - Senator Derr reported that the Alumni Board met Tuesday and discussed the USC Arts Gala which will be held the same day as Parti Gras, April 25 from 6 to 9 PM in the Hearthwell Lounge. If the weather does not permit the outdoor activities of Parti Gras, the Art Festival will be moved to Hoag Hall and Parti Gras will be moved to the Hearthwell. If you would like to attend the Art Festival, it's $50 per person. The dinner on Saturday will be $100 per person. Please get in touch with Senator Derr for your RSVP.

e. COFC - reported that there was $1,379 remaining in the COFC account. From this time on, the funds will be available on a first come, first serve basis. He introduced a representative from the Association for Worksite Health Promotion requesting chartered status.
Senator Eden moved to vote on the request. Motion passed.
Speaker Latino called for the vote to grant the request. Motion passed.
Parliamentarian Cook announced that the Association for Worksite Health Promotion received chartered status.

IX. NEW BUSINESS

a. Constitutional Amendment # 325 read by Senator Cousar.
Speaker Pro Tem Arellano requested his name be stricken from the amendment as he had re- considered his position. During the convention, it had been decided as a group that the GPA requirement would stay at 2.0, and this would be a bad time to change the requirements with the up-coming election.
Senator Derr said he agreed with the high GPA requirement, but said he thought it should be considered by next year's senate.
Senator Cousar moved to amend the amendment to read "cumulative GPA". Motion passed.
Speaker Pro Tem Arellano, Senator Wazir, and President Kelly stated their opinions that it would not be fair to the current senate candidates to change the GPA requirements this close to the election.
Speaker Latino asked for clarification on the difference between a 2.0 and a 2.25 GPA, both representing a "C", she stated that she felt a change should be considerable and reminded everyone that this issue had been discussed in great length during the convention, with the outcome being that possible candidates would be excluded if a change were made.
President Kelly stated his objections to this idea because of the information that had already been distributed to the candidates, and said this should be considered at a later date.
Senator Cousar moved to amend the amendment to read "effective 1998". No second.
Speaker Pro Tem Arellano moved to table the amendment indefinitely. Motion passed.
Parliamentarian Cook announced that Constitutional Amendment # 325 was tabled indefinitely.

b. Senate Bill # 870 was read by Senator Wazir.
Speaker Pro Tem Arellano moved to amend section 100 to read "must be submitted to the speaker of the Senate at least 5 days prior to the vote".
Speaker Pro Tem Arellano moved to amend section 200 to remove the words "of passage". Motions passed.
Speaker Latino asked for the roll call vote.
Roll Call vote on Senate Bill # 870:

Senator Dupey, yes; Senator Eden, yes; Senator Wazir, yes; Speaker Pro Tem Arellano, abstain; Senator Matthys, abstain; Speaker Latino, abstain; Senator Martinez, yes; Senator Horner, yes; Senator Bridge, abstain; Senator Percell, yes; Senator Derr, no; Senator Barrows, yes; Senator Pacheco, abstain; Senator Cousar, abstain.

Parliamentarian Cook announced that Senate Bill # 870 passed.

c. Speaker Latino read Senate Bill # 905. There was no discussion.
Roll Call Vote on Senate Bill # 905:

Senator Dupey, yes; Senator Eden, yes; Senator Wazir, yes; Speaker Pro Tem Arellano, abstain; Senator Matthys, abstain; Speaker Latino, abstain; Senator Martinez, abstain; Senator Horner, yes; Senator Bridge, abstain; Senator Percell, yes; Senator Derr, yes; Senator Barrows, yes; Senator Pacheco, yes; Senator Cousar, yes.

Parliamentarian Cook announced that Senate Bill # 905 passed.

X. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION

There was no audience participation

XI. ANNOUNCEMENTS

Speaker Latino announced mud volleyball Saturday, April 19th, ASG needs a team, please see Niki to sign up.
Dr. Hill announced the annual achievement day, Sunday, April 20 at 12:15, you are all guests.

XII. ADJOURNMENT

Senator Cousar moved to adjourn. Motion passed. Meeting was adjourned.