Senate allocates $750 to help celebrate Constitution Day

Senate allocated $750 Monday to Laure Sinn for constitution day, which is scheduled for Sept. 17. The school is required to celebrate constitution day or is in jeopardy of losing federal funding.

Sinn said she planned on using the $750 to purchase a $620 iPad Air for a prize and also to pay for red, white, and blue cookies.

Nathaniel Jones, vice president of finance, said prior to the allocation, Senate’s account was at $131,442.61. He reminded senators that the number is a projected number and he will be meeting with Dale Grant, vice president of administration and finance, to get a more accurate number.

Chief Justice Coy Clark said that the hall senators’ petitions deadline has passed so elections will be via survey monkey. Voting will open at noon, Wednesday, and will close at noon, Sept. 12.

Senate President Katrina Hurley introduced Senate’s new faculty adviser from the liberal arts department, Kurt Kinbacher.

Kinbacher said this is his third year at CSC and his 10th year teaching. He is a history professor.

Hurley passed around papers for senators to sign up for different committees. The committees included the presidential committee, AFB committee, AFB review committee, campus beautification committee, and the budget committee.

CSC President Randy Rhine asked senators to sit on five faculty committees, Hurley said. The committees he wants senators to be a part of include campus facilities, safety and ADA compliance committee, commencement committee, diversity committee, and homecoming committee.

AFB is a standing committee that reviews budgets of clubs then presents to Senate recommendations for club allocations in the spring semester.

The AFB review committee reviews the bylaws and presents any recommendations of changes to Senate. The AFB review committee is established every two years, in conjunction with AFB bylaws.

The campus beautification committee is to find jobs on campus to help make CSC’s campus beautiful. Hurley said the committee will also help Lucinda Mayes, grounds supervisor, with jobs on campus either by volunteers or funds.

The budget committee is a committee to decide how much money Senate wants to set aside to carry over to next year. The carried over money is so Senate will have a cushion, just in case.

CAB’s Vice Chair of Finance Molly O’Connell will be filling in for CAB’s Chair Stephanie Steele at Senate meetings because Steele has a conflicting class.

Director of Student Affairs Chris Green said that at the NPAC sign-ups for intermural sports have started. Sand volleyball, flag football, and an NFL weekly pick‘em are available at this time. He said group fitness classes will also be available again this semester.

Green asked for an allocation of $2,750 to help with the cost of bringing in Paul Wesselmann, a speaker being brought in to give a talk on leadership. Green said the total cost for bringing in Wesselmann will be about $5,500 so he is asking Senate to cover half the cost. Because there is no Senate meeting next week due to Labor Day, Hurley said there will be an online vote for senators next week.