FullSenateMarch. 30,2016
6:30 PM AldersonAuditorium
I.Call toOrder
II.Guest Speaker: Vice Provost of Undergraduate Studies DeAngelaBurns-Wallace
•Began on February 1st. Originally from Kansas City, undergraduate at Stanford and masters at Princeton. Worked for the federal government. Was assistant dean at Stanford. Worked as an Assistant Vice Provost at a small university in Columbia, Missouri. Excited with the role – this office makes up seven units: OFYE, Advising, Research, Civic and Social Responsibility, Career Center, AAAC, Writing Center, as well as KU Core and Curriculum committee. Our offices help provide the experiences around your academic home. We are looking at how we help students become more successful at this institute. Make sure what we are doing is impacting students. There’s a lot of work to do and I’m looking forward to meeting with new students. Thank you to Chancellor for extending this opportunity to me.
•Questions
•What are some of your goals?
•This is an institution that has a lot of resources. We need to better coordinate those resources. How do we help all students better access resources.
•Harrison: I appreciate that we have a Vice Provost who cares more than just retention rates.
•What are some of the biggest issues you see facing undergraduates?
•Helping students decide on a major quicker. It’s not just about deciding students but also students who change their majors.
•How are we considering experiences for students working on-campus. Students will begin doing one-on-one advising appointments over the summer during orientation.
•In terms of tuition, have you been in on conversations setting the tuition?
•I will be. This isn’t solely about increasing tuition, as it is just one cost that students incur. We need to make sure we aren’t closing off opportunities to students
II.Approval of theMinutes
A.March. 9, 2016Minutes
•46-0
III.OfficerReports
A.Operation Flint
•Trinity Carpenter: We have been collecting donations and water cases. We have had good results but not what we want. We expected a company to pledge the cost of transportation and still haven’t figured that out quite yet. As idividuals and Student Senate, we are asking you to show up. . Our GoFundMe is shared on Twitter and FB pages. Many organizations are already involved.
B.Jessie Pringle, Student BodyPresident
•Ad Astra Per Aspera Scholarship
•Motivated student who has volunteered for HQCC and is majoring in psychology. Abigail Baldwin is our first recipient.
•Currently working in Career Center to help other students. An outgoing and excellent communicator who is in the UKan Teach Program. Congratulations to Mercedes.
•The origin of this scholarship – there used to be a slush fund for the Student Body President, but it is now a scholarship to benefit to students on campus. I am very proud to have the opportunity to give those out.
C.Chancellor Adams, Student Body VicePresident
•Have been working on outreach. Have had conversations with people in the OMA for an event calling the Missing Conversation. This is a two-part activity that reaches out to organizations not usually involved with Senate. We want to hear voices from folks who aren’t as involved. I want to get the groundwork going so that whoever comes into office next year.
D.Adam Moon, Chief ofStaff
•No campaign paraphilia is allowed in the Senate chambers. That would include buttons, teeshirts and other things.
•Last meeting there were quite a few motions to suspend certain rules to allow other actions to happen. In my viewpoint, bylaws cannot be amended by the body. Roberts Rules can be suspended, but in large part, most of the bylaws in SSRR cannot be.
•Questions
•What rule is that in Roberts Rule of Order?
•Page 263 in my copy –rules that cannot be suspended.
•Could we suspend that rule then suspend others?
•No.
•What do you consider a bylaw?
•SSRR –all of it.
•Point of Information: It can be written into a specific rules change if you want to allow it to be suspended later.
E.Teale Muir and Ike Uri, CCO Executive and ManagingDirectors
•Accepting applications for our development staff and coordinator positions. Staff is due April 1st, April 8th for coordinators. Into the Streets week is coming up.
F.Omar Rana, Director of Diversity andInclusion
•I can’t believe this might be my last full senate! There is a lot of multicultural events coming up. Keep your eyes out –I’ll be adding them to BlackBoard. The video for intellectual disabilities program is in the works and should be up soon.
•We will be helping sponsor a book drive. We are partnering with TRIO –I’m going to law school next semester and test prep books can be very expensive. It will be the 11th–15th. I will pass around a signup sheet.
•Questions
•Lauren: I have an entire stack of books that I’m not sure I can drop off. Would you consider driving around and picking them up from people?
•Yeah.
•Jessie: If I have online PDFs, should I just email them?
•Yes, and print them off.
G.Madeline Sniezek and Allyssa Castilleja, Treasurer and AssistantTreasurer
•If everything passes, we’ll have around $15,000 that will roll over for next year. There is $13,000 going through tonight.
H.Madeline Dickerson, Student RightsChair
•I want to thank my committee –we are to this point because of all of your hard work. We will be discussing the final revisions to the Student Code. I work with Stephanie Sharp –she runs a business that translates politics into English. There are a lot of opportunities interns.
•Questions
•Can you talk about what happened with the Code in Rights?
•That will be discussed once we introduce it.
IV.Garrett Farlow, Chair of Personnel Services Committee
A.Thanks to Tymon, Sarah, Madeline and Ian. There is a current veterans center that is going to be in Summerfield. They hired the new director of it last week. One thing we talked about was an academic advisor for veterans. Another veteran said that he transferred because he couldn’t get his answers. We weren’t able to develop a standing committee –it’s hard to meet as boards.
•With the academic service advisor, what do you intend to do with that moving forward?
•We will be breaking into committee as a whole with a resolution.
V.Omar Rana, Member of Ad Hoc Committee on Appointed Seats
A.We have a bill going through to have the Internal Affairs Director have responsibilities to review how appointed senators work and reach out to those senators. There has been a lot of talk about the number of appointed seats and talked about setting a cap and have an application process so the organizations who need seats the most will get it.
VI.ConsentAgenda
A.2016-159: A BILL TO FUND STUDENTS FOR THE EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENTOF SPACE
B.2016-160: A BILL TO FUND SOCIETY OF HISPANIC PROFESSIONALENGINEERS
C.2016-162: A BILL TO FUND GRADUATE STUDENT ORGANIZATION EXECUTIVECOUNCIL (GSOEC)
D.2016-163: A BILL TO FUND BROWN BAGDRAG
E.2016-172: A BILL TO FUND THE SOCIOLOGY GRADUATE STUDENTASSOCIATION HONORARIUM
F.2016-174: A BILL TO FUND KU ENERGYCLUB
G.2016-175: A BILL TO FUND THE ARABIC STUDENT LEARNING ANDAPPRECIATION ASSOCIATION
H.2016-145: A BILL TO FUND SPICMACAY AT KU’S EVENT, PARAMPARACONCERT
I.2016-148: A BILL TO FUND NON-TRADITIONALS IN LAWASSOCIATION
•Approved
VII.RegularAgenda
A.2016-152: A BILL TO FUND CCO’S INTO THE STREETSWEEK
•We have a keynote speaker for Into the Streets Week. It will be April 21st – 27th. Beverly Goodwin. She is the creator of the hash tag #WhyIStayed.
•Bill passes, 50-0
B.2016-161: A BILL TO FUND Kansas University Remote Operating Submersibles(KUROS) Project
•This bill is to fund KUROS. We are asking for $1550 for supplies, tools and general funding.
•Bill passes, 52-0
C.2016-164: A BILL TO FUND SAMBRINTON
•An activist working to end gay conversion therapy.
•Bill passes, 48-0
D.2016-171: A BILL TO FUND KU MOCK TRIALTEAM
•This is a bill to fund the KU Mock Trial Team to go to nationals. They’ve been prepping a lot for this and it looks good for KU’s image.
•We qualified for the national tournament in Greenville, South Carolina. One of 48 teams out of over 650.
•Bill passes, 45-1-1
E.2016-173: A BILL TO FUND DIALOG STUDENTASSOCIATION
•This brings together groups in the community that are diverse. This year’s theme is to depolarize the world.
•Bill passes, 48-1-1
F.2016-165: A BILL TO AMEND STUDENT RULES AND REGULATIONS ARTICLES II, V,AND APPENDICES TO ADDRESS APPOINTED STUDENT SENATESEATS
•"In order to enhance representation in Student Senate, we need to be earnest in establishing relationships. Our bill comes to you from a subcommittee born out of the Action Plan set out by Jessie, Zach, and Adam. This subcommittee found that there is a disparity between creating appointed seats, and keeping those connections. The first part of our bill is meant to give social connections so that appointed seats from student groups and housing coalitions can create relationships, feel welcome, and really have a space in Senate. We do this by simply specifying a practice which is already coordinated by the upcoming Internal Affairs Director. The next part discusses how we correspond with groups if their seat is not filled, and gain more knowledge about what their group needs and desires. It is not in the student body’s interests to have seats without knowing how to maintain them, and the presence of a seat has not accurately created a line of communication for resources or relationships. We already gather information on which seats are vacant, so taking that one step forward is crucial to ensuring longevity. The last part discusses how we go about removing a seat, as there are no current protections for this. It may already be a norm to consult colleagues, keep communication open, and stay informed, but all parts of the bill come together to help better facilitate that in the future. This bill encourages civic participation, is in line with the goals of this body, and provides a strong approach towards a more inclusive Student Senate."
•Questions
•Is this specific to organizations?
•Anything that can have an appointed seat.
•Did the committee come to an idea on how many seats could be removed?
•We want to work on a cap to make sure this is a more efficient process.
•What is the criteria on who can apply for a seat?
•It’s not going to change what an appointed seat is, it sets up a new way of creating seats.
•Under this bill, would a seat for an Edward’s Campus senator?
•I would think under the bill itself, yes, but unless there’s a rule about what appointed seats can and cannot be.
•Negative Speech: Chance Maginness
•I think we have to examine what the point of this ad hoc committee is. It adds a bunch more regulations. We’ve gotten to
•Positive Speech: Harrison
•I think most of the points I was going to make were asked in the questions by the senators. Also, nowhere in this bill does it say that we are forcing them to fill the positions.
•Frank: Would you be open to withdrawing your bill and offering it as a courtesy and not a policy?
•No, I am not going to withdraw the bill. I think it is something that is necessary. This separates the power between three different executive board positions.
•Tomas: can you speak to the consideration that the committee put into time?
•It states that there will be a review session so there is a protective bubble.
•Negative Speech: Isaac and Omar
•Omar: There is no status quo for the internal affairs director because it has never been a position. We like the questionnaire, but we thought maybe taking the questionnaire off due to time changes. We think it is good to have the questionnaire, but let it be open to more questions. We also think it is good to have the
•Isaac: As the person who has to do this now, I can say that the communications director would not be able to do it. There is already a lot to do and then adding these regulations is just more to do. It would be difficult to go to every student organization in a two week period.
•Amendment passes
G.Bill passes, 36-3-4
H.2016-169: A BILL TO AMEND STUDENT SENATE RULES AND REGULATIONS ARTICLEII SECTION 1.2.I TO CREATE AN APPOINTED SENATOR SEAT FOR KU TRANSITIONTO POSTSECONDARYEDUCATION
•The program is progressing well and the people who will be in this program next year amaze me. There’s so much we can learn from this group. We need to break down this barrier and let them in this space.
•Bill passes, 42-1-1
I.2016-310: A RESOLUTION OPPOSING KANSAS SENATE BILL 513 AND HOUSE BILL2737: THE STUDENT PRIVACYACT
•This is a resolution opposing legislation that would require trans individuals to use the bathroom of their birth. This is an overall narrative you’re seeing in the conservative state legislatures. It also would give individuals $2500 for calling out individuals who are using the “wrong”bathroom.
•Resolution passes, 45-2-2
J.2016-166: A BILL TO TRANSFER JURISDICTION OVER THE MULTICULTURALEDUCATION FUND FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS STUDENT SENATE TO THE UNIVERSITYOF KANSAS MULTICULTURAL STUDENTGOVERNMENT
•This transfers MEF to the multicultural student government. I think you’ll see a lot of Student Senate working with MSG. Sabine will still process this.
•Questions
•Would the rules applying for funding still be in place?
•That would be something for Student Senate to determine. Allyssa has been looking into that. I have heard that some people are going to speak against the legislation, so if you have questions, please ask them now.
•What is the status of the government currently?
•In my communications, they’ve been working with others to develop that, along with University Senate.
•When will elections be held?
•I can’t answer that question.
•On Rock Chalk Central, it looks like they’ve already had elections, can you explain how it exists in Rock Chalk Central?
•In order for them to be listed as an organization, being listed in there provided more legitimacy. There is interim leadership right now until an election is held.
•What is the timeline for Senate deciding the half over a thousand rule?
•It could just be done first cycle. I figured it would be better to leave to a new staff.
•Do you think it is a matter of trust that we’re giving the control of the funds to MSG after saying we would, regardless of their leaders?
•Yes.
•Could you talk about groups you’ve met with?
•The group we have now represents a lot of student organizations. I have heard ample response from people who want to be involved. It’s key to remember that MEF was under the OMA – a lot of these senators have already had a lot of interactions with MEF. It was created because multicultural student groups felt like they weren’t getting the funding they needed.
•Can you talk about MEF’s reserve and if you think MSF will make better use of this money?
•There will be around $90,000. We cut the MEF fee a little bit to dip into that reserve.
•Do you forsee this taking away the opportunity for senators to interact with multicultural groups?
•They don’t do that now. They can do that through MA committee. Secondly, I think having MEF gives Senate an excuse to “deal with those groups.” By not having that cover for them, it forces them to more.
•Are you aware of any MEF requests that have been denied?
•I don’t believe so, but fewer requests have been coming in.
•When did Senate take control of MEF?
•It was two years ago. OMA felt that if Senate was going to continue being involved, Senate should take it on.
•Negative Speech: Donyell Wolfe
•I felt very offended that we would make decisions about things going on at our campus based on what is going on at other campuses (Mizzou). The roll call vote is the reason why MSG exists. I think that their rhetoric and tactics are not the way we should handle our business. Moving on to why this will impact us – we are putting the cart before the horse. We don’t know what type of leadership will take place. The name at Mizzou is about their first student who graduated from there who was African-American. I feel like their issues are going to be different from what we have going on here. Not everything Is perfect, but I believe that we have a different issues. If you google what is happening there, it is more black while it is different here. We also want to acknowledge the enrollment issue – they are experiencing a $30 million deficit because their incoming freshmen class is greatly lagging. I don’t want to see that happening here – I like my professors and don’t want them getting a pay cut or pay freeze. I know most of the Greek organizations that are black are not necessarily in favor of MSG. They lead issues like this, and it has been funny that none of them have been here. I think they would agree that they wouldn’t go to leaders who they don’t think would have their best interests in mind.
•Questions
•It’s a problem that we had to search outside of our campus to find this support. You just stood up there and erased every experience that I’ve had at KU. I’ve had the same experiences. Did you not hear us when we came here and poured out about our experience? This is why the mistrust happens.
•I also am an African-American female. I have definitely experienced these issues on campus. Concerned Student of 1950 addresses the first student that graduated from their university. Have we had that praise at KU? KU has always been welcome here. They were probably marginalized then.