Senate approves 2 petitions, denies 1
Student Senate voted in two new senators in a special meeting Wednesday called by Student Senate President Dillon Spies on Tuesday.
In the special mandatory meeting at 5 p.m. in the Scottsbluff room senators discussed and voted upon Senate seat positions from Josh Mayer, Garrett Lower, and Nathaniel Jones. Spies said he called the meeting after speaking with the faculty advisers about questions raised after Monday’s regular meeting concerning the three petitioners.
The agenda was “too important to wait” until Senate’s regularly scheduled Monday meeting, Spies said.
After discussion the Senate unanimously approved Mayer as a senator of liberal arts, 7 votes to 0 votes.
Once elected, Mayer was eligible to vote. Soon after he was approved, a ninth voting senator, Syerra Wycoff-Bagshaw, senator-at-large, arrived late to the meeting. She apologized and explained she was taking a quiz.
Lower, a former Student Senator who also ran for Chadron City Council in the fall election, petitioned for a seat as senator-at-large. He was voted down 5 votes to 4.
Jones, who served as Senate vice president in the academic year 2013-14, also petitioned for a seat as senator-at-large. The Senate unanimously approved him 9 votes to 0. Senator Katrina Hurley told Senate that she had been provided inaccurate information before last week’s meeting when she stated that 75 percent of college security cameras were not working. According to an email from President Randy Rhine, out of 117 cameras on campus, 113 are working and a work order has been sent out to repair the four cameras that are down.
The college appreciates the Senate’s concern for the cameras that are not working, but does not need any funds from the Student Senate to pay for the repairs, Hurley said.
Hurley would not disclose her original source, but states she received her information from a student security officer and not Campus Resource Officer, Shane Sanders.
Treasurer Hannah Love reported $64,743.25 in unallocated funds.
Senator Michael Hall suggested creating some sort of survey to find out whether students know how to properly use the Internet connections in their rooms.
The Chief Information Officer, Ann Burk confirmed that the slow wireless Internet speed cannot be improved due to the construction of the buildings, Hall said.
Burk was not available Wednesday to confirm Hall’s report.
Vice-Chair of CAB Programming Chelsea Evans said that students are “good to go” for another free bowling night on March 28. There will be no free bowling nights available in April due to bowling leagues and tournaments.
IT analyst Ted Tewahade has agreed to help Laure Sinn give a presentation on African American history at 11 a.m. today in one of the rooms near the Pit in the Student Center.
Jackson Katz from UCLA will come to Chadron State to give a Title IX presentation March 17 in the Student Center Ballroom.
There will be a drawing for a big screen television to incite more attendance. To enter the drawing students must attend the presentation and have their student IDs scanned.
Vice President Taylor Strong reminded members that Student Senate elections are coming up. The executive board needs help getting information out and advertising to get more students to run.
Adviser Deena Kennell brought up a commercial she saw presenting the Indiana University Bloomington program Culture of Care.
This is a student-driven initiative that provides care in sexual well-being, drug and alcohol awareness, mental health, and respect. Kennell encourages students to research the program and consider pursuing it at CSC.