Order of Business for SMU Student Senate

March 22, 2011

Call to Order 3:33PM

Moment of Silence
Roll Call
Abiye, Aden
Aceval, Yasmin
Aguirre, Alejandra
Amos, Justin A
Badarak, William
Belden, Ted
Blue, Soniyyah
Boulos, Michael
Carr, Jasmine
Dao, Ann
Davidson, Wes A
Dawson, Jack
Deo, Parminder
DeSantiago, Pablo
Dow, Alexa
Ehmke, Alex A
Essig, Catherine
Farzal, Zaenab
Fox, Rachel A
Genco, Christian
Harris, John
Hoffman, Tiffany
Ibad, Hiba
Ishmael, Jonathan
Joiner, Jamison
Ladner, Katherine
Leung, Janet
Luna, Harvey
Mackingtee,
Bethany
Malhi, Jaywin
Mansfield, Sam
Martinez, Angela
Maturino,
Christina
Miller, Elizabeth
Morgan, Alex
O'Neil, Katie
Pfluger, Brandon
Pool, Martha Ann
Pyun, Jieun A
 Ray, Shana
Rogers, Scott
Sabandal, Eric
Schmidt,
Christoph
Sharp, Jason T
Trespalacios,
Ramon

Exec
Torres, Jake
Prentice, Austin
Perkins, Katie
Mace, Alex
Gaasbeck, Joe
Esau, Joseph

Approval of Minutes Minutes APPROVED

Speaker’s Podium
• Sana Merchant
o Talent Show
o Friday 7:30PM
o http://smuisa.com
o Tickets are $5 before, $8 at the door
o Tickets available at the Mane Desk and Online
• Kelvin Beachum
o kbeachum@smu.edu
o rmcabe@smu.edu (advisor)
o Student Athlete Advisory Committee President
o Propose Senate Establish a Student Athlete Chair to represent Student
Athletes
o If Athletes have representation on Senate, the Athletes will be more
connected
o 500 Student Athletes on campus
 There are a lot of Students that want to be involved in Senate
o Issues that Students Athletes Face
 Leadership programs are during practice times
 Workshops cater to Student Body, but not to Student Athletes
o Example: Workshops are not always communicated to Student Athletes
 Student Athletes get more e-mails than the average student
 Messages get lost in translation
• Eric Sabandal
o Facebook event for election is on the Senate Page
o Invite all of your friends
o http://facebook.com/smustudentsenate
• Ms. Cherones
o GWO
 Panel Thursday from 12:30-1:30
 Panel on Academic Administration
 Dr. Linda Eades, Dr. Jackofsky, and Dean McCombs will be speaking
 Officer Reports
President Torres
Vice President Prentice
• One on Ones
o Opinions or comments moving forward in Senate
o Sign up sheet will be passed around next week
Secretary Perkins
• Absences
Speaker Gaasbeck
• Chair Committee Reports & Legislation:
email jgaasbeck@smu.edu by Mondays at 5 PM
Parliamentarian Esau
• Softball
1. 8:30PM-9:30PM, Please come and support
• Election Code Reminders
1. Senate will not reimburse you for campaign expenses
2. If you are involved in the Membership Committee you are not allowed
to endorse anyone
3. Reference the cost appendix
• Student Concerns Online Drop Box
1. Spread the word
• Facebook and Twitter
1. Invite your friends
Chief of Staff Mace
Executive Director Jones
Committee Reports
Organizations
• New Business
o Chartered:
 Polo 6-0-0
 University Libertarians 6-0-0
 Student Association of Music Therapy 6-0-0
• Old Business
Student Concerns
• Townhall Meetings
o Please tell your constituents, please attend
o Next one is Thursday at 5PM in Umphrey Lee
o Next Wednesday 4PM in the Hughes-Trigg Commons
o If you have any ideas you would like to discuss, contact Martha Pool
• Tabling in April
o More information to come
Membership
• Mandatory Meeting
o Meeting went well
• Expense Forms due March 30th at 5 PM in Senate Office
o There will be a crate outside of the Senate office
• Debates Next Week
o Tuesday at 5PM
• Question: Can candidates like other candidates facebook pages?
o No
Scholarship
• No Submission
 Communications
• No Submission
Diversity
• No Submission
Finance
• New Business
o GWO - $100.00/$100.00 Vote: 9-0-0
o MSA - $3,745.00/$3,745.00 Vote: 8-0-1
• Old Business
o Office of the Chaplain - $4,415.00/$4,415.00 Vote: 11-0-0
o BLSA - $870.00/$1,740.00 Vote: 5-4-0
o Club Volleyball - $0.00/$2,376.00 Vote: 8-1-0
o Victory Campus Ministry - $7,920.00/$7,920.00 Vote: 7-2-0
Motion to suspend the rules – MOTION FAILS
Motion to see old business in block – MOTION PASSES
Motion to approve committee’s recommendation – MOTION PASSES
New Business
Old Business
S-11-03-18 USA Today/NYT Readership Pilot
• VP Prentice
o Added a few changes
o Says it is a pilot, four weeks long, and free
o Readership program brings NYTimes and USA today to campus
Motion to move into debate – PASSES
• VP Prentice
o Free Program
o Don’t know enough about it, so pilot program will help us learn if
this will be good for the campus
Call to Question – PIECE PASSES
Senatorial Forum
XI. Announcements
XII. Adjournment
Chief of Staff Mace – Will be up in the
Senator Schmitt – Fill out Career Services Survey, can win $50 gift card to bookstore
Harvey Luna – Contact me about the LGBT legislation if you are interested
JJ – Attend the Awards Extravaganza
Joe Esau – SMU Basketball game