I. Call to Order II. III. IV. Seventh Session of the Student Senate October 30th, 2018 The Seventh Session of Student Senate was called to order at 4:30 pm Roll Call A. Senator Butcher B. Senator Rose C. Senator O Steen Minutes Motion to waive the reading of the minutes So moved Executive Council Reports A. President Keefe 1. Guest Speaker: Dr. Harris - Office of Institutional Diversity a) I will talk about what the office does. We educate the less familiar. It s not about a headcount, it s about inclusivity. However you self identify, we can create a space where you can flourish in and outside of class. Should happen in an organic way, not forcing it. b) Our campus is a lot more than what our walls are. If we sell whiteness, we will get more white kids, if we sell diversity, we will get more diversity. Let s talk about more than a binary. c) Strategic plan: Community engagement, Alumni Engagement, increase diversity d) Yearly Plan: increase diversity (1) There are only 6 members so we collaborate. We don;t assume that we are the experts on the topic. (2) Diversity inclusion practices e) Day to day (1) Workshops, class to dig deep into specific topics. When you focus on one identity, you must invite all of them. (2) Programs with the Gaillard Center. Bringing diverse speakers to come and speak to the community f) Questions: (1) When you are seeking out a diverse group of students, do you look at political diversity? (a) Yes, we encourage them to coexist and not destroy one another. We will support the different groups,
because this is the place where you grow and explore these topics. (2) What are some ways that students can help enhance diversity? (a) We have programming for diversity, and diverse students, but not a comprehensive bridge to connect the two of them. I need help figuring out how to bridge them together without quantifying. Join as an ally to establish. You can also reach out with ideas. (3) What s your favorite part about the College? (a) You have to have a certain personality type to come here, and I am that personality. It s a cool place with interesting people. (4) We need to break out of the past and be progressive, but be historical at the same time. I see slow growth. Diversity is more than black and white. I see a lot of slow growth and engagement Motion to move the bill FB-26-2018 to right now V. FB-26-2018- A bill to allocate up to the amount of $510 to the student organization, Association for Computing Machinery for the purpose of a pizza party. A. Bill Author: I yield my time to the club representative. B. Club Representative: I m the treasurer for ACM. I have asked for 30 club tshirts to give out at an overnight game fight. The t-shirts will be for 30 club members. They will be to raise awareness and promote community feelings. C. Discussion 1. Senator Jacobson : Is the money only for the t-shirts? a) It is just for tshirts. People will bring their own snacks to the game tournament. 2. Senator Shabazz: How did you come to pricing? a) From the website Custom Ink. Because of the size range that was how much it came to be Motion to pass by unanimous consent
(Resuming President s Report) 3. Mandatory events a) Meetings with Presidential Candidates. Private meeting for student government. You must come if you can come. This is mandatory. We need you to come to as many as possible. They will last about an hour each. One of these people will be the president. Come for as long as you can. b) CC Chief of Staff Hicks on the emails (1) Candidate A - 11/13 (a) 4:00pm (senate @ 5) (b) Stern 205 (2) Candidate B - 11/15 (a) 11:30am (headcount needed) (b) Addlestone 227 (3) Candidate C - 11/16 (a) 9:15am (b) Stern 205 4. Other Dates a) Nov 7 5:30pm (1) Public Safety Walk b) Nov 12-15 (1) RAD classes public safety is sponsoring (2) I ll send location in email c) Go to budget hearings that you have signed up for 5. Things to discuss a) Block party (1) I want to give a shoutout to everyone who came to the blockparty. It was good to see everyone b) Pictures (1) We will reschedule the pictures c) Senior Senators (1) We have 3 open spots for senior senators. Email sara if interested d) Stern or RITA (1) Executive council has decided to go back to stern for senate next semester 6. Shoutout a) George Hicks and Ryan Thompson
(1) Went to delegation on CofC team and got bills passed b) Will Meis (1) Attended meeting with President Osbourne about crosswalks and traffic safety. Oz will be using presentation during meetings 7. Hillel/JSU Statement a) We are collaborating with the Jewish student union to have a vigil for the 11 killed in the attack in Pittsburg. Please attend if you are able to attend. It is in the Jewish Studies Center on Wednesday at 6:00pm. b) I have released a statement about what happened. I will read it now D. Secretary Frankel 1. We have several clubs here today who are exiting their 28 day waiting period. Make sure to ask them about what they have been doing to spread the word about their clubs 2. Remember when voting on clubs. It isn t about whether you agree with their club, but more about if they follow the rules. E. Treasurer Runzo 1. We have 2 allocations requests coming in today. Ask good questions. F. Chief of Staff Hicks 1. Our last event of the semester will be on November 28, the day after our last senate. It will be the same style of our last event. We will have it catered so you don t need to bring food. 2. Bylaws to review: we will change the language if they are agreed on a) Docket - Timing and Rules: (1) We have been looking to put timing into the docket to make it official. b) Resolution Preparation (1) Resolutions must be brought up in Senate and discussed a week prior to presentation. If you send a resolution in when the docket comes out that week, you can hear feedback earlier in the week. The language will be written in a way to not discourage people from passing resolutions (2) President Keefe : We have done this in the past, we want to put it in words so it can be enforceable Point of Information Direction Rothstein: We vote on every bylaw change, we are just discussing right now. Point of Information President Keefe : This is just to put it
VI. VII. on your radar c) Communications (1) Making the Communications Director a permanent position. This infinitely benefits senate, we want to put it into writing. (2) President Keefe : We have permanent directors and also president s cabinet with temporary positions at the discretion of the president. G. Deputy Chief of Staff Bridges 1. Thanks for coming to the block party and helping out 2. Please follow @pep_clubcofc on instagram 3. We will be having an event on December 1 H. President Pro Tempore Green 1. No report I. Vice President Graham 1. Freshman committee will be in Stern 206 for this week 2. If you have not accepted or received an invitation to cougar connect by the end of senate come talk to me 3. Please keep your points as concise and succinct as possible. Ask questions during the period of discussion 4. I have been working on how to secure unofficial transcript depending on what computer you are using. This has been in front of IT for 4 years, so we may have a resolution pass through senate next few weeks. Unfinished Business The minutes show none New Business A. FB-21-2018- A bill to allow the National Rifle Association Collegiate Coalition to become a budgeted organization. 1. Bill Author: I yield my time to the club representative. 2. Club Representative: a) Over the 28 day period I held an information meeting with about 25 people who showed up. There is interest on campus for the club. 3. Discussion: Motion to Pass by unanimous consent Not a) What events are you planning?
(1) Gun Show, going to gun ranges Motion to Pass by unanimous consent B. FB-22-2018- A bill to allow the budgeted student organization College of Charleston Chinese Club to enter their 28 day waiting period. 1. Bill Author: I yield my time to the club representative. 2. Club Representative: a) The chinese club s purpose is to instill chinese culture and language in the Charleston community. We are re-establishing the club. We want to get more diversity on campus. There is a ton of interest. Budgeted. Events: Meditation monday, tea times to promote asian practices. We plan to talk about relevant chinese politics. It is beneficial for college students to understand what is going on in the world. 3. Discussion: a) Director Rothstein : How will you make sure your club doesn t disappear? (1) We are very enthusiastic, we have other board members. We will recruit more freshman as they come. b) Follow up : What years are you? (1) Sophomore and Junior c) Senator Lifchez: Of the 17 members, where is most of the member base coming from? (1) Most of our members are from one of our classes. We will have our advisor help promote through his other engagements, but we still want other students. d) Senator Onyechi : Have you tried to reach out to some of the exchange students? (1) I have reached out to them last semester and can definitely do that again. e) Senator Sellers : How will you ensure that you aren t spreading cultural appropriation? (1) A lot of our members are chinese and we will have them help us stay appropriate. I am going abroad and we can skype in to show authentic practices. f) Senator Shabazz: How is this different than the asian student association? (1) We have been in contact and our club process will be
different. We will collaborate in the future. Motion to Pass by unanimous Consent C. FB-23-2018- A bill to allow CofC E-Sports at the College of Charleston to become a budgeted organization. 1. Bill Author: I yield my time to the club representative. 2. Club Representative: a) We have spread the word across different bulletin boards. We have started our team. We have had a meeting to discuss the club. 3. Discussion: Motion to Pass a friendly amendment: Spelling Correction Motion to Pass by Unanimous Consent D. FB-24-2018- A bill to allow Partners in Food at the College of Charleston to become a budgeted organization. 1. Bill Author: I yield my time to the club representative. 2. Club Representative: a) We were able to meet with some potential partners that we will be working with. We have a large cohort of interested members so we have not been focusing on recruitment. 3. Discussion: a) Senator Watt : Has the budgeted vs. non budgeted issue been resolved? (1) Yes we made the meetings not mandatory Motion to Pass a friendly amendment: Change Bill Author Motion to Pass by unanimous Consent
E. FB-25-2018- A bill to allocate up to the amount of $507 to the student organization, CofC Comedy Club for the event Cougar Night Live! 1. Bill Author: I yield my time to the club representative. 2. Club Representative: a) We are having an event called Cougar Night Live which is like SNL, on November 15. We are asking for money for shirts and binders and printing for promotion. 3. Discussion: a) Senator Jacobson: Where is it? (1) Theatre 220 in the Gaillard Center b) Director Brown : Is this open to everyone? (1) Yes Motion to Pass by unanimous Consent F. FR-07-2018- A resolution to show student support for a website to promote general education courses and why the college has them in our education. 1. Bill Author: a) I have been appointed to the Education committee by president Keefe. This bill is to show support to create an easier path or new website to discuss why we offer general education courses and which are offered. 2. Discussion a) Senator Mercer : who will make it (1) The IT department b) Director Rothstein: Will this be a page on the website? (1) They want another website c) Senator Shabazz: Are you aware that there is already a section on general education? (1) They want it in their own section under admission. d) President Keefe: Would they be open to using same language as the rest of the website to stay consistent? (1) Yes e) Senator Gainey: Who is they? (1) The General Education Committee f) Follow up: Why is this necessary?
(1) You have to dig to find the current page. They want a specific place to find this message Point of Information Senator Shabazz : This does exist under the registrar and they also have PDFs stating general education requirements. g) Senator Lifchez: Would you be interested in amending it to leave it more open so they could add an additional link rather than a whole different website? (1) Yes h) Senator Mercer: Would this cost money? (1) No because it would go through IT i) Treasurer Runzo : Does the committee need a resolution? (1) No but they want student support j) Director Rothstein : Did they suggest writing a bill? (1) I suggested it k) Senator Watt : Have you seen that students want this? (1) The people who I have spoken to have been interested l) Senator Shabazz: Did you ask them if they use degreeworks? (1) Yes but it shouldn't be that you have to go through pages and pages to find it m) President Keefe: Is this saying we support showing what the requirements are or just why we do it? (1) The idea is do do both, show the requirements and why we have that Motion to move into the period of debate 3. Debate: a) In Opposition: (1) Senator Lifchez Motion to change purpose to following: By having an additional page, it would make it more accessible and visible to other people. The resolution needs to be edited to open up more possibilities about how this is done (2) Discussion: (a) Director Brown: Is this just something we
should reject and fix it and come back? (i) Personally because its just wording it should be able to talk about it (b) Senator Gainey: How would you respond to criticism that the bill is not good? (i) The criticism should be more specific (3) Debate: (a) In Opposition: (i) Senator Watt: I think there are plenty of places we can see the information already. It s redundant. (4) Voting on Amendment (5) Senator Gainey: You can google the questions and get the answer clearly (6) Senator Watt: Its another website that they have to maintain (7) Senator Shabazz : I don t think this needs student support. You can just google the info and it will be there. I think that there is no problem having this information in as many places as possible, however I think it needs to be more broad b) In Favor: (1) Senator Mercer : It would be nice to have a more simplified link because I do find it annoying and difficult to find the general education requirement. It won t hurt anyone. (2) Director Brown : I don t think a link will need much maintenance. It won t be disruption. (3) Chief of Staff Hicks : When someone is looking at the college there are a lot of questions about why we do this. Having this under the academics page would make it easier for prospective student. (4) President Pro Tempore Green : This is about accessibility. While it may be easy to see on search, if you are looking at the website it should be easier it be seen
because it is a very common page. A lot of students don t understand general education Motion to Move into voting procedure 4. Voting by voice VIII. Committee Reports A. Allocations 1. 2 contingency requests this week 2. Sign up for hearing if you haven t been. Need help on Thursday 3. If you signed up for deliberation we will be in Stern 201 at 6:30pm 4. Thank you if you have already came B. Student Organization Review Board 1. No more clubs are coming in for the semester C. Director Brown 1. Care packages a) Being ordered so we can put them together 2. Charging station a) We are looking at pricing for Stern or Education Center 3. Service dog club a) We are looking into policy before we have people start the club 4. Glove recycling a) We will have smaller ones instead of only one big one b) Funded by office of sustainability 5. Straws a) Looking into compostable straws D. Director Pullin 1. Many of the little projects are starting to come to fruition. We will go ahead and start planning meetings to push them forward. We will have more updates next senate. 2. President Keefe and I had meeting with admission about LGBT signifiers. We got a lot of direction about what to do next. We ll keep you posted E. Director Rothstein 1. No meeting tonight 2. Blanket/Couches a) Met with Mandi Bryson from stern and its looking good. We will
order them within the next week. 3. Cougar card and Cash in TD arena a) There is one concession stand that takes cougar cash and dining dollars, they are looking to expand to the other business 4. Accessibility a) Senator King will present a resolution about accessibility issues we observe on the safety walk 5. Crosswalk a) We showed President Osbourne our resolution. We discussed different improvements. He was in favor of raised crosswalks. He will share with city council to get something through city council. 6. Go out and Vote! IX. Announcements A. Secretary Frankel: 1. I want to clarify. The Chinese club has a different purpose than the asian student association because they focus specifically on chinese culture B. Director Brown: 1. I need to meet with my committee after senate C. Senator Lifchez 1. Confirmed we can do pictures on November 27 2. After Hillel vigil, show your support and come to the Hillel dinner D. Senator Laport 1. I will be bringing a resolution about revision in honor code E. Senator Sellers 1. I will be bringing in 2 resolutions soon a) Class requirements about african american history for requirements b) Vegan dining options on campus F. Chief of staff Hicks 1. We only have 2 more senates after this week. Get a move on G. President Keefe 1. I need to see Ethan, Sara, Skye, Landon, Sophia, Senators Collins, Headrick, and sellers, and George H. Bridges 1. Follow pepclub instagram X. Open Forum A. Senator Watt: Family feud college democrats/republicans and polysci club 7:00pm in Stern 206 on Thursday B. DIrector Brown: Basketball game is on thursday. C. President Keefe: I also need to see Senator Gainey
XI. D. Senator Sellers: Circle k club is having a potluck for student organizations E. Senator Williams: CAB is partnering with cougar pantry to do a food drive with organizations on campus. Have your org participate Adjournment The Seventh Session of Student Senate was adjourned at 6:17 pm