Senate Meeting
May 24th, 2007
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ASUCD SENATE AGENDA
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS
6:10, ARC Meeting Room
October 10, 2013
Senate Meeting
May 24th, 2007
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I. Call to Order
II. Quorum Roll Call
III. Appointments and Confirmations
A. EPPC Members and Alternates
Confirmations. EPPC
Kelly Kong, Alex Abu-HaKima, Ian Lee, Marissa Ayala
Nonga: nice to meet you, name, year, and why you applied
Kong: Kelly, second year, applied because I feel like I can make a difference
Marissa: second year also.
Ian: third year, Make University more sustainable
Alex: wanna be in ASUCD, never done that before
Figueroa: how does race play into environmental issues in your opinion
Kelly: I know certain races live in certain areas next to a lot of different plants where people don’t wanna live.
Marissa: ethnic minorities tend to be near freeways, whereas other people have the money that don’t
Ian: environmental justice and race are all tied up.
Alex: some races or minorities might not have access to education,
Figueroa: were all of you here last year? Never mind
Wonders: Any projects you have?
Kelly: presentation during orientation to teach the incoming freshmen about
Marissa: GIF. Green initiative fund. $2.50/student to a pool. For new innovative green ideas
Ian: I’d like to see coalition buildings
Alex: you know how in the CoHo they have compost landfill recycling. Those need to be everywhere, especially in the library
Wonders: what’s your favorite gardening tool
All of them: Ho. Cause I think it’s funny
Ong: I went to EPPC, apparently, there’s a number at the bottom of a bottle that tells us how it’s recycled
Kelly: only plastics 1-2 are recyclable on campus.
Marissa: you can compost pretty much anything. Anything biodegradable, you can compost your own urine.
Ian: in 1989 something was passed so that you can’t drill in the arctic…
Alex: there’s an app that says gimme 5. You can see where different places collect number 5 plastics
Thomas: I’ve seen a lot of your faces in ASUCD before. What attracted you to EPPC?
Kelly: it’s the only sustainability group other than CCE
Marissa: we participate in everything
Ian: previous two speakers
Alex: passionate about environmental …
Burke: what’s your favorite form of renewable energy and why
Kelly: I don’t know because there are so many pros and cons.
Marissa: wind because the only con is that it’s ugly
Ian: solar because it’s the no contested
Alex: I dunno if it’s that mainstream yet. Biogas. Turning trash into fuel
Burke: motion to confirm
Confirmed
B. Internal Affairs Commission Members
IAC Confirmations:
McManus: great pool. Lots of diversity…..
Kappes: Spencer was noting the question which question we should ask you. Can you repeat your answers
Warren: I’m a first year undeclared. I expected to be ask how well will you work on a team? And I guess my answer to that is I work in a job on a team. And what quality I have is that I am able to compromise my wants for the wants of others. I feel like that’s what lets me work on a team and why I can work on a commission
Jeremy: How does being on EMT relate to being on IAC. Being to stay calm under pressure. Not going with gut instinct and being
Nate: first year. Polisci. I said the panel has done a good job and there was no question I could think of
Nichelle: your guy’s questions were really good. It was nerve wracking but rewarding
Mary: second year biomed engineer. What two traits are most important and how do you possess them. Coming up with new ideas while listening to others and being able to incorporate them.
Thomas: so I got an either or question. Would you prefer to work on a bylaw that helps a ton of people but can be abused but has no potential for abuse
Warren: if it comes to that, then we can omit the loopholes. It has the potential to help people. If you’re not gonna help
Jeremy: checks and balances.
Nate: I would go the other way. Because abuse is counterproductive and is not helping people
Nichelle: less room for abuse because if you’re accepting the law knowingly it should be written more clearly. I’d rather help less people and be more effective
Mary: I agree with the last two. Will be productive.
Wonders: if someone writes a bylaw and no one reads it, does it still apply?
Your job is to know the bylaws, so it should still apply
Nate: it’s still a bylaw. it’s the law
Mary Warren: yeah
Nonga: my question is what do you know about IAC?
Warren: help the students in general. That’s why I wanted to do this.
Jeremy: I interpreted it as dealing with constitution and the nitty gritty of gov. important foundation
Nate: going off of what they said, focus on helping campus and using the laws and organizing it. That drove me
Nichelle” jut working with each unit and developing long range team. And as part of aggieTV I wanna see it go further.
Mary: work with long term and also that reevaluate and discuss problems to fix them
Burke: what’s your favorite bylaw? jk how well do you handle being yelled at
Warren: ask yourself: I’ve always been yelled at growing up in an Asian family. So to improve
Jeremy: growing up as a Jewish family I’m used to yelling
Note: growing up as an Italian…
Nichelle: I did competitive cheer in high school, so I know what it’s like to be yelled at
Mary: I’ve def. been yelled at by my family and it’s just room for improvement
Burke: do you think our American flag fits….
Nichelle: if you were to ask the bylaw question, I was gonna say it’s weird that there needs to be a flag at every meeting
Thomas: how much do you think AS should focus on government….how much time should student gov spend on itself rather than student body
Warren: if there are issues within AS you should deal with them separately
Jeremy: focus on students is the general answer
Nate: I see the role our commission is like a watchdog. But gov itself is to serve
Nichelle: main purpose is to represent student body and we should spend most time on that. But there are checks and balances.
Mary: I agree with all that was said
Figueroa: so this got brought up last year, I want to know your opinion: do you think students who aren’t elected officials should be allowed to kill bills?
Warren: it’s really hard to say because there are diff people. That should be allowed if it’s consented
Jeremy: yeah I would agree
Nate: yeah
Nichelle: how a real gov work is a senate approves, and we should let the commissions be with checks and balances
Mary: I mean commissions should have a say
Confirmed
C. Academic Affairs Commission
Confirmations for Academic Affairs Commission
Sever: they had great ideas about issues that are prevalent on campus. One thing is resources and that’s one thing I wanted to work on. All of them have great qualifications, great experiences, yeah!
McManus: name and major? And what’s one resources one student don’t know about it
Rahul: ICC. I didn’t find out about it until my second or third year. That’s when I realized how important they are and what they do. Like writing resumes. That’s one resources that’s important
Sana: 3rd year polisci econ. The mind spa on campus. I get stressed out way too easily. These types of things usually aren’t there. And it gets pricey. It’s offered here at Davis, along with a facility just to distress. That’s a cool one
Katherine: English and envirosci. The SSC has undergrad advising. And I think that’s a resource it’s not publicized as much
Kimberly: 3rd year Human development. The academic center in tercero, cuarto, Segundo
Andrew: student veteran. That population, and diff resources. There’s lots of help for veterans. So helping out diff populations not just veterans
Joyce: 2nd pharm major. We can make students go to workshops more. They really help with science math and stats classes
Angela: communication and psych. The CAPS program. Mental health committee and one problem we’re working are going to see a mental health adviser. Need to know where and how to get the programs.
Allan: man econ and polisci. Undergrad advising. Especially for a second year when we came in with new GEs we have to figure out
Kappes: so I have one question you may remember. What project would you like to work on
Allan: I was on committee last year. I want to better improve that. You didn’t have presenters that stayed to talk to about their specific situation. Of course each student has a specific case and situation. I’d like to improve that
Katherine: one of the ideas I had is a workshop in the vain of 39.0/ coming to Davis and being like I can do anything. Something that offers career exploration
Sana: one of the things I think would be good is a mentorship program for transfers or international students. Because there’s so many opportunities, like partnering a transfer with a 3rd year or something it would all….
Andrew: I think that a lot of the different campus resources have a lot of marketing…figuring what…helping them get access to it. They got emails, fairs, so how can we directly connect
Rahul: I want to do something to help transfer students more. It’s even more difficult because they only have like a day of orientation. Considering how big and how many resources UC Davis provides
Joyce: I want to focus on creating more study spots on campus. Especially during finals.
Kimberly: a project we can start is looking at cheating. Classrooms are really big and it’s really hard when you study really hard and you get a C, but the person next to you gets an A. that’s unfair we should look at that more
Angela: CAPS is so far away from the student health center. So if you see the doctor, you can get a referral to see CAPS. And that way there’s instead of people walking into caps, they can just go straight in
Thomas: I love AAC because they have diversity of majors and from everyone in campus. Having been on academic probation, have any of you been on? Actually never mind. I will turn that into what do you think a struggling student wants most?
Andrew: so I think what help a struggling student are the support programs or some of the SCAC support programs. They have tutoring but also success skill classes. Maybe it’s struggling with a single class or all academics. They can go to a resource they can identify themselves and find resources that applies
Allan: sometimes it’s not because they aren’t capable of doing the work. More so not putting it a priority. Make sure you’re doing the work, and knowing that they aren’t alone. It’s not just them against the world.
Katherine: I think having a plan. They can tell what’s going on and if they have a plan, that’s a step in the right direction. It’s hard to make the first step to reach out, and having someone to help you build a plan would be very helpful
Xiong: I think some of my questions have been asked but is a B+ better or a C- better?
Sana: depends on what your goals are. If you can afford spending more time in another class, and if you get more long term success out of it, then that B+. if you have an alternative plan, you’re doing it as a GE the C- won’t look as bad. It just depends on what your goal is and what classes are your priority
Kimberly: it depends. If you tried really hard, you got a C- then you tired. But you copied and got a B+ then that doesn’t mean you learned anything
Rahul: well it never hurts to get a B+ than….
Andrew: shouldn’t you just take it pass no pass if you go into that class
Burke: two years ago, I was where you guys were. I was asked a cool question. What do you think the most pressing academic issue for students right now is?
Andrew: academic plan. Having a plan and going through. It’s like preventative medicine. Having a plan keeps you from failures or going off track. It’ll also prepare you for when you’re a senior and graduating. And through that academic plan finding resources
Rahul: students simply not knowing all the resources.
Katherine: another academic issue that’s really important is how will this help me in the future? Will it help me get a job?
Time management. Sometimes it’s really hard to make a distinction between academic, social, relaxation. It takes a few quarters to get a routine. And that’s something you can adjust to faster if you use the resources and make a plan. Time management is one of the more pressing issues and takes some
Angela: not knowing all the resources. As a transfer, I didn’t even know what smartsite was. Just knowing what smartsite is, what classes are, different study spot
Joyce: totally agree with what she said and being able to explore more career choices. I wish there were more exploration classes instead of classes.
Kimberly: another problem is competition. Because you hear a lot of your roommates and friends who say I got this job, got this internship, did well in school. Sometimes you need to focus on what works for you.
Figueroa: I like all your answers btw. What is your definition of holistic retention?
Allan: taking a class and knowing it after the class is over. Retaining the information after.
Figueroa: that could be a part of it
Katherine: taking a class and retaining maybe not the specifics but grasping the concepts. Oh like I can remember 27 digits of pi because I made a house and each digit is a room. So you get a general idea.