SENATE CALENDAR

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

7:30 PM

T. Greg Doucette, Student Senate President, Presiding

Opening Roll Call- 
Student Senate, Wednesday, January 16th 2008, 7:30 PM
 
There were fifty (50) Senators (Adonis, Alston, P. Barnes, Beam, Briggs, Burrell,
Carter, Chen, Chiang, Cioffi, Compton, A. Davis, J. Davis, Dawkins, Demanovich,
Donnelly, Douglas, Dunstan, Ellis, Friel, Gannon, Gomez, Hook, Howard, Jajoo,
Joyner, Lal, Lassiter, Lindsay, McCullough, Miller, K. Mills, Musick, Parnell,
Phelps, M. Potter, Price, Pye, Robinson, Rogers, Roscoe, Rose, Simon, J. Smith, K.
Smith, Stewart, Storm, Trickel, Udyavar, Webb) present. There were also two (2)
non-voting members (Doucette, Foxx) present.
 
There were nine (9) Senators (Elkins, Lumpkin, Myers, Perry, Poteat, Pridgen,
Schweitzer, Warren, Womack) absent. There was also one (1) non-voting member
(Dimond) absent.
 
The following official was also present: Aichele, Mills, Watts, and Whiteside.
 
A quorum was present.

Motion to recite the pledge of allegiance by Senator Mills, passes by consent

Senators stood to recite the pledge

Approval of the Journal of the November 14th meeting

Approval of the Journal of the November 30th meeting

Approval of the Journal of the January 9th meeting (deferred to January 30)

Receipt of Petitions and Correspondence; Guest Speakers

· Mr. Ty Harrell, State Representative (Wake, District 41)

o I am one of the youngest members in the state house at 37 years old. Out of the 120 members there are a lot of people who don’t understand the daily challenges that young people go through. I am the vice chair of the science and technology committee. I also am on various other committees. I say this because it is tremendously important to be active and engaged in everything going on around you. If you aren’t part of the process then you are left out of the process. It is encouraging to see the diversity of the group that is here. Whether you go on to do greater things in politics is not the question it is what you are doing right now in this room. It may seem at times challenging and tedious, but all of you have a finger print on one of the most distinguished student government associations in the state of North Carolina. My personal objective is to be a liaison for you. I know what it is like and what it takes to be a leader in your community.

*Time was given for questions from Senators*

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· Mr. Scott Stephenson, Senator emeritus

o Member of Student Senate for four years; got campout back for this campus while he was here.

o Greg asked me to come give some advice about campout 2008 hopefully we will beat Carolina again!

o I will be working with the committee to help with campout again this year

· Mr. Vellie Johnson, EOSSP Associate Director of Greek Affairs (NPHC)

o I am trying to get a ski trip going with my fraternity Omega Psi Phi.

Open Floor Comments from the Student Body

Any student who is not a current or former member of the Student Government may

address the Senate for a period not to exceed three (3) minutes each.

Total time for this segment may not exceed fifteen (15) minutes.

Reports of the Student Body Officers

· Mr. Lock Whiteside, Student Chief Justice

o Its that time again…the Judicial Board is now accepting applications. If you know anyone interested please let me know or have them fill out an application.

o Finally, I have been getting a lot of questions about the burden of proof and what the next step is. Next Friday I will be meeting with the Judicial Board to inform them of the legislation that was passed here and the vote that took place. Afterwards, we will form a group to further study the issues made up of Senators and Judicial Board officials.

· Mr. Dave Foxx, Student Body Treasurer

o Appropriations Committee has already met and has a time line done for the process.

o It is very rare in life that you meet people that motivate you and that you confide in. It is even rarer to find that in one person. That person is Adam Compton. It has been my pleasure to serve with him. We are going to be missing him. Thank you for serving.

· Mr. Bobby Mills, Student Body President

o MLK march today we had about 40 or 50 people come out

o Asia Night please come out

o Krispy Kreme Challenge coming up soon please sign up

o We have be working on the revision of the dead week policy if your interested in that please contact Amber Joyner

o Guaranteed Buyback System has been increased and more prevalent

o I have also been working of Hillsborough Halloween to get the streets shut down for next year

o Four year Guarantee has also been worked on more; I have been talking with Dr. Conway on that issue. Allows students to be able to create a full plan of work prior to freshman year to make sure they graduate on time and get into the classes they need

· Mr. Mike Alston, Student Senate President Pro Tempore

o Appropriations has started up for this semester; We will be working on publicity and speaking with umbrella organizations to encourage them to apply. Be ready to sponsor groups when the time comes!!

o There will be a special meeting on February 21^st, 2008 at 9pm for 2^nd reading of the bill.

· T. Greg Doucette, Student Senate President

o Senator Myers sent in a resignation, passes by consent

o I want to thank Senator Chen for getting the packets together tonight

o Senator Dawkins was elected as Chairmen of Campus Community so he is going to step down as Sergeant of Arms. I am now going to accept nominations for this position.

o Senator Howard Nominated, only one nominated and is the new Sergeant of Arms.

o Public Affairs Committee will be hosting Congressmen Brad Miller on March 19th. I encourage you to attend this meeting and encourage anyone else you know to attend.

o The Senate has been asked to help with task force for Burden of Proof because of the high caliber of work that we do

o ASG meeting coming up let me know if you would like to attend

o We have an elections commission who are in charge of governing the spring elections. I need to appoint a chairmen and four commissioners. If this board isn’t filled then the elections simply will not take place. Please let me know if anyone would be interested.

Reports of Senate Standing Committees

· Committee on Academics; Senator Joyner, Chairman

o Meeting next Thursday at 7pm. Seth Palmer will be coming to speak on the work that he has been doing with academics. Our dead week policy will also be worked on as well at this meeting.

· Committee on Campus Community; Senator Dawkins, Chairman

o Krispy Kreme Challenge next Sunday please sign up

o Polar Plunge you raise 50 dollars to participate, helps Special Olympics

o Pack-a-thon coming up soon

o I want to thank everyone for their hard work on Campout 2008, meeting on Tuesday to discuss this issue at 9pm.

· Committee on Finance; Senator Smith, Chairman

o No report

· Committee on Government Operations; Senator Rogers, Chairman

o We heard two of the bills that are up for tonight.

o We are going to begin pulling in Committee Chairs, Commissioners, and Government Officers to make sure things that been getting done.

· Committee on Tuition & Fees; Senator Lassiter, Chairman

o Tuition and Fees will meet in the upcoming weeks. We would like to have a fee awareness day, to help people understand where their money is going.

· Committee on University Affairs; Senator Webb, Chairman

o Met today and discussed three bills that are currently in our committee any questions please see me.

Reports of Senate Permanent and Select Committees

· Permanent Committee on Appropriations; Senate President Pro Tempore Alston

o Already touched on in previous report

· Permanent Committee on Leadership Development; Senator Rose, Chairman

o SG banquet will be the next thing that we will be discussing let me know if you have any ideas

· Permanent Committee on Public Affairs; Senator Perry, Chairman

o No Report

· Select Committee on Appointments; Senator Roscoe, Chairman

o We will be meeting Tuesday to review the ASG delegates.

· Select Committee on Triennial Reapportionment; Senator Trickel, Chairman

o No Report

Comments & Announcements

Any Senator may address the Senate for a period not to exceed one (1) minute each.

Total time for this segment may not exceed fifteen (15) minutes.

Senator Douglas: On 28^th Student Centers Board of Directors Meeting please come out. On 23^rd, GLBT center opening

Ben Mazur: This Saturday the Tailgate is on please come out.

Senator Carter: Next Tuesday Presidents Roundtable to discuss Engineers week please come out.

Senator Emeritus Hankins: I want to thank those that came out to the MLK march tonight. Next Talley Party coming soon please come out

MLK Service Challenge there will be a step show that Alpha Phi Alpha will be performing please come out.

Senator Compton: If you went on the DC Trip there was a survey please fill it out and turn it in so we have that feedback. The Alumni Collection has added tons of new items. If you have been reading the Technician all the credit for debit cards have been given to SBP Mills even thought the actual work was done prior to this by John Mickey so please don’t forget about that. Along with many other things that were accredited to his name when other people worked on this issues as well; I feel that they should be mentioned as well.

Tierza: I wanted to share with you that the Senate average GPA was a 3.3. Congrats! Also, you must have at least 12 credit hours.

Senator Adonis: Please come out to the production of the Vagina Monologues.

Senator Friel: Sigma Pi is having a MLK information session please come out.

Approval of Appointments of Senators

· Senator Adam Compton, transferred from CALS Seniors 1 to Graduates 4

· Mr. William Lampe, appointed to First Years 7 (Deferred to Jan. 30^th)

• Miss Sarah Lindh, appointed to Lifelong Education 3
• Miss Elizabeth Cooper, appointed to CALS Seniors 1
• Miss Elizabeth Monk, appointed to Graduates 2 (Deferred to Jan. 30^th)
• Miss Nicole Murphy, appointed to Lifelong 3

Senators were questioned for a period of time and approved in block by consent.

Senatorial Oath of Office

Veto Messages from the Student Body President

No veto messages have been received from the Student Body President for this meeting.

Consent Agenda

No legislation has been placed on the consent agenda for this meeting.

First Reading of Legislation

· GB73, Ballot Revision Act (Lassiter)-referred to Government Operations Committee

· R74, Dead Week Policy Revision Act (Joyner)-referred to Academics Committee

· R75, Comprehensive Building Abbreviations Clarification Act (Webb)-referred to University Affairs Committee

Second Reading of Legislation

· GB60, Senate Reapportionment Act (Trickel)

Committee Report: Senator Rogers: The only change was the a seat from CALS Sophomores was given to Agricultural Institute.

Sponsors Report: Senator Trickel: I really don’t have anything to add to this.

Approved by consent

· GB65, Student Campaign Harassment Reduction Act (Compton)

Committee Report: Senator Rogers: This bill changes a lot please make sure to read it. Everything is shortened with this bill. It limits the amount of time you can campaign and it shortens voting to only one day.

Sponsors Report: Senator Compton: It makes several changes to the election time. It changes the amount of time in which books are open. If you are running for a higher office you have to turn you paper work into the SG office. Most people file on the first day. You begin having candidates that don’t really want to run for office signing up to run at the last minute. Also, there used to be two day voting time frames because it used to be done by ballot box not online. It is a waste of a student’s time to continue campaigning for a full extra day. Lastly, it sets an official start date to when campaigning will be allowed to begin. After the books close, campaigning is then allowed to being. The period is shortened to three weeks. This will cut down on the amount that the candidates will be affected academically.

DEBATE:

Positive Debate: Treasurer Foxx: This is a really good bill. I think most of the people who have ran for higher office know how much time it takes to run. I think we should really be focused on doing other things academically than throwing all your time into campaigning.

Negative Debate: Senator Carter: I have one concern about the 24 hour voting because I feel like there is a communication process on this campus and I feel that people may forget that the elections process is going on.

Senator Compton: I yield to Rose.

Senator Rose: I propose to change all the Mondays to Tuesdays. We will do all voting on Tuesday instead of Mondays.

Taken as a Friendly

Positive Debate: Proxy Ben Mazur: Working on a campaign is tiresome and I feel this will be very beneficial to shorten the time period. Students get annoyed at the length of the elections process. The majority of students don’t even come out to vote.

Negative Debate: Senator Roscoe: I really think that we should try to shorten the time period. However, on lines 45 and 46 it says that you can’t have facebook profiles or groups about this. I think that this is a bit much. If candidates are allowed to have websites then why not have facebook profiles.

Positive Debate: Senator Joyner: I really think that what we are doing in this bill is a good idea. We will be able to focus on our class as well as campaign. This will prevent those from being affected by the PRR.

Senator Lassiter: I wanted to propose an amendment to the last section striking the limitations on the period you are allowed to campaign. There are tons of groups on this campus. There is no way to visit all of them in that period of time.

Amendment objected to, proposed to leave some of the events by Senator Carter, accepted by Senator Lassiter by friendly.

Debate on Amendment:

Positive Debate: Senator Miller: I just wanted to reiterate that it is not possible to meet all the organizations on this campus in that time period.

Negative Debate: Treasurer Foxx: I don’t think that all of these limitations should be taken out because they are some of the way in which students are being bothered.

Positive Debate: Senator Rogers: I feel that this is a good amendment because people do not have the time to campaign with this shorten time period.

Negative Debate: Senator Compton: I am not trying to limit the time you have to organize. I am trying to limit students being harassed by those running for office. If you don’t believe that students feel harassed just ask Lock Whiteside who was cussed out by simply handing out a flyer. Not to mention, the decreased time period would decrease the amount of money that candidates must spend in order to just get their name out. Candidates have been lying on the paper work claiming smaller amounts of expenditures. For instance, a previous candidate spent 5,000 dollars running for office and still lost.

Senator Lassiter: Here is the update to the amendment I proposed. It limits handing out flyers and things that are directly hassling students, but does not include facebook, websites, and things that aren’t public publicity on campus.

Previous Question Called.-Consent to Vote on Amendment.

ROLL C ALL VOTE ON AMENDMENT:

Student Senate, Wednesday, January 16th 2008, 7:30 PM

There were forty-one (41) Senators (Adonis, Alston, P. Barnes, Beam, Burrell,
Carter, Chen, Chiang, Cioffi, Cooper, Dawkins, Demanovich, Donnelly, Douglas,
Dunstan, Ellis, Friel, Gannon, Gomez, Hook, Howard, Jajoo, Lal, Lassiter, Lindh,
Lindsay, McCullough, Miller, K. Mills, Poteat, M. Potter, Rogers, Roscoe, Rose,
Simon, K. Smith, Stewart, Trickel, Udyavar, Webb, Womack) voting in the affirmative.
 
 
There were six (6) Senators (Compton, J. Davis, Joyner, Parnell, Phelps, Price)
voting in the negative. 
 
There were three (3) Senators (Murphy, J. Smith, Storm) present but not voting. 
 
There were eleven (11) Senators (Briggs, A. Davis, Elkins, Lumpkin, Musick, Perry,
Pridgen, Pye, Robinson, Schweitzer, Warren) absent. 
 
A quorum was present.
 
The motion to amend GB 65, Student Campaign Harassment Reduction Act, requiring
majority approval for adoption, was adopted by a margin of 41-6.

Amendment Passes

Debate on Bill Resumes:

Senator Joyner: Amendment to add to end of section 4-1.8 “Any candidate found in violation of this clause will be fined by the elections commission at a rate of $20 per day for each day campaign material is up of events take place.

Previous Question Called-Consent to end debate on amendment

Amendment passes by consent

Debate on bill resumes:

Positive Debate: Senator Hook: I have been working on a bill to send out an email to the students about the voting process so I think that this bill is fine in its current state. I think that the one day voting time will not be detrimental to the elections process.

Senator Cioffi: Amendment proposes that both days of voting be kept in the bill. All elections will be both Monday and Tuesday.

Debate on Amendment:

Positive Debate: Senator Cioffi: 70% of people are voting on the first day of elections, the other 30% are voting on the second that. That is a lot of people to cut off without letting them vote.

Negative Debate: Senator Foxx: I think that this amendment really goes against the whole heart of the bill. If voting is left to only one day less time is spent running a campaign for addition days that aren’t necessary.

Positive Debate: Senator Carter: I think that even if people are aware of the voting only on the first day they may just not get the chance to actually vote. It doesn’t mean that people need to campaign even harder to get the votes. It just means that people are able to vote over a two day time span at their convenience.

Call to Previous Question-vote to end debate fails

Negative Debate: Senator Compton: I just want to point out that the Senator who made this amendment has not even been on this campus for a full year. He has not been through an election here. I think he is trying to bring something back that is archaic. Twenty four hours is plenty of time for us to vote.

Positive Debate: Senator Ellis: I understand that we are putting more time on the candidates having two days for voting, but its better to allow the students more time to vote.

Negative Debate: Senator Emeritus Hankins: If you run for office on this campus you will understand that people on this campus will cuss you out because they are tired of hearing about Student Government. Some people just aren’t interested. People may forget that elections are going on and to vote, but I have an issue when we are trying to make progress on this with only having voting on one day. There is plenty of time to get the information on Monday to inform students about voting on that Tuesday.

Positive Debate: Senator Lindsay: I don’t think that giving students two days to vote is taking a step back or harassing the students. Why should we take away the right of the full two days to vote?

Negative Debate: Proxy Ben Mazur: I would just like to say that those students who care enough to vote will do it on that day if they are only given that day to do this.

Positive Debate: Senator Howard: I think that the students should have the right of two days.

Negative Debate: Senator Phelps: The majority of the voting takes place on the first day so I think that it should be kept the way it is.

Call to Previous Question-vote to end debate on amendment passes

ROLL Call Vote on Amendment:

Student Senate, Wednesday, January 16th 2008, 7:30 PM
 
There were eleven (11) Senators (Adonis, Alston, Carter, Cioffi, Ellis, Howard,
Jajoo, Lindsay, M. Potter, K. Smith, Storm) voting in the affirmative. 
 
There were thirty-six (36) Senators (P. Barnes, Beam, Burrell, Chen, Chiang,
Compton, Cooper, J. Davis, Dawkins, Demanovich, Donnelly, Douglas, Dunstan, Friel,
Gannon, Gomez, Hook, Joyner, Lal, Lassiter, Lindh, Miller, K. Mills, Murphy,
Parnell, Phelps, Poteat, Price, Rogers, Rose, J. Smith, Stewart, Trickel, Udyavar,
Webb, Womack) voting in the negative. 
 
There were three (3) Senators (McCullough, Roscoe, Simon) present but not voting. 
 
There were eleven (11) Senators (Briggs, A. Davis, Elkins, Lumpkin, Musick, Perry,
Pridgen, Pye, Robinson, Schweitzer, Warren) absent. 
 
A quorum was present.
 
The motion to amend GB 65, Student Campaign Harassment Reduction Act, requiring
majority approval for adoption, was not agreed to by a margin of 11-36.

Amendment Fails

Debate on Bill:

Senator Compton: (Proposed two amendments): Ruled out of order. Vote on upholding the chairs opinion-passes. Amendment thrown out.

Other Amendment adds “Passage of this bill by two-thirds vote of Student Senate shall constitute a preemptive override of any potential veto by the Student Body President”.

Negative Debate: Senator Joyner: I think that SBP Mills should have the right to speak his mind about this if he chose to veto it.

Positive Debate: Treasurer Foxx: I think that two-thirds is a lot of support from the Senate and if it passes by that much it needs to be upheld.

Negative Debate: Senator Trickel: I think that if this bill has two-thirds here to pass then it will have it at a later date so we should not take away his right to veto.

Positive Debate: Senator Compton: I would hate for all the work to go to waste. I would hate SBP Mills to veto this bill because he is blinded by the fact he running for reelection.

Negative Debate: Senator Joyner: There are people in this room that are also running for office and they are getting the right to speak their opinion on this. He has the right to veto for a reason and it should not be taken away.

Previous Question Called-passes by consent

VOTE on amendment-passes

Debate on Bill:

Senator Adonis: Amendment to change section 4.18 to say prior to two weeks before election instead of prior to midnight.

Debate on Amendment:

Positive Debate: I think two weeks is plenty of time to campaign. The massive amount of campaign material is not needed on campus for that long.

Previous Question Called-passes to end debate on amendment

Amendment fails

Debate on Bill:

Consent to end Debate Called

ROLL CALL VOTE

Student Senate, Wednesday, January 16th 2008, 7:30 PM
 
There were thirty-nine (39) Senators (P. Barnes, Beam, Burrell, Carter, Chen,
Chiang, Compton, Cooper, J. Davis, Dawkins, Donnelly, Douglas, Friel, Gannon, Gomez,
Hook, Howard, Jajoo, Lal, Lassiter, Lindh, Miller, K. Mills, Murphy, Parnell,
Phelps, Poteat, M. Potter, Price, Rogers, Roscoe, Rose, J. Smith, K. Smith, Stewart,
Storm, Udyavar, Webb, Womack) voting in the affirmative. 
 
There were two (2) Senators (Ellis, Lindsay) voting in the negative. 
 
There were eight (8) Senators (Adonis, Alston, Cioffi, Demanovich, Joyner,
McCullough, Simon, Trickel) present but not voting. 
 
There were twelve (12) Senators (Briggs, A. Davis, Dunstan, Elkins, Lumpkin, Musick,
Perry, Pridgen, Pye, Robinson, Schweitzer, Warren) absent. 
 
A quorum was present.
 
The motion to adopt GB 65, Student Campaign Harassment Reduction Act, requiring two-thirds support for adoption, was adopted by a margin of 39-2.

Miscellaneous Business

Comments & Announcements

Any Senator may address the Senate for a period not to exceed one (1) minute each.

Total time for this segment may not exceed fifteen (15) minutes.

Senator Rose: I just wanted to comment on the fact that we are here for like five hours. It is our job to debate things out. Please do not be rude to people while in debate. Your mannerisms really show a lot so please remember to be respectful when speaking.

Senator Alston: Please sign up to get groups for appropriations

Senator Compton: This will be my last meeting as a student senator at this university. I have resigned from this position. I have taken on more time commitments that have made me unable to fill this position. I will be taking minor roles in Student Government. I will continue to support CALS Agri-life council because I promised it to them. I will also serve as an advisor to the finance committee. Resignation accepted.

Senator Joyner: I just wanted you to encourage to go ahead and speak with groups about appropriations and try to come out to academics committee meeting next Thursday.

Senator Carter: Please remember to go to your College Councils that you belong to.

Senator Lassiter: Fashion Caucus: Female: Shanna Rose Male: Adam Compton

Closing Roll Call and Adjournment

Student Senate, Wednesday, January 16th 2008, 7:30 PM
 
There were forty-seven (47) Senators (Adonis, Alston, P. Barnes, Beam, Burrell,
Carter, Chen, Chiang, Cioffi, Compton, Cooper, J. Davis, Dawkins, Demanovich,
Douglas, Dunstan, Ellis, Friel, Gannon, Gomez, Hook, Howard, Jajoo, Joyner, Lal,
Lassiter, Lindh, Lindsay, McCullough, Miller, K. Mills, Murphy, Parnell, Phelps,
Poteat, Price, Rogers, Roscoe, Rose, Simon, K. Smith, Stewart, Storm, Trickel,
Udyavar, Webb, Womack) present. There were also two (2) non-voting members
(Doucette, Foxx) present.
 
There were fourteen (14) Senators (Briggs, A. Davis, Donnelly, Elkins, Lumpkin,
Musick, Perry, M. Potter, Pridgen, Pye, Robinson, Schweitzer, J. Smith, Warren)
absent. There was also one (1) non-voting member (Dimond) absent.
 
The following official was also present: Aichele, Watts, and Whiteside.
 
A quorum was present.

Scheduled Meetings of the 87^th Session of the Student Senate

· April 11, 2007

· April 25

· April 27 – Special Meeting

· August 22

· September 5

· September 19 – New Senator Mini-Orientation and Committee Chairmen Meeting

· September 22 – Student Government Retreat

· September 23 – Student Government Retreat and Official Senate meeting

· October 3

· October 17

· October 31 – Meeting in new Carmichael expansion; dress code waived

· November 2-4 – Association of Student Governments meeting @ NCSU

· November 14

· November 28

· January 2-6, 2008 – Washington DC Advocacy Event

· January 9 – Special Meeting regarding R55, “Student Rights Reinstatement Act”

· January 16 – Guest Speaker:  State Representative Ty Harrell

· January 30 – Guest Speaker:  Chancellor James L. Oblinger

· February 13 – Guest Speaker:  Associate Vice Provost Julie Rice Mallette

· February 21 – Special Meeting at 9:00pm to adopt Spring Appropriations bill

· February 27

· March 12

· March 19 – Public Affairs Committee, Guest Speaker:  Congressman Brad Miller

· March 26

· April 2 – Adjournment Sine Die