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I-—-- — SAMPLE BALLOT a sun is! Sir a sun . Association of Students of the University of Nebraska B ■ Article V. Branches Presently: The legislative, executive and judicial branches of the Association shall be as follows: Section 1: The Student Senate, hereafter referred to as the Senate. A. Composition. The Senate shall consist of thirty-five (35) elected members with voting privileges, and the President, First Vice President, and Second Vice President, who shall serve without voting privileges except as hereinafter noted. No Senate member is eligible for an executive or judicial position except as herein after noted. 1. Elected members. The elected member shall be chosen by direct appointment from the colleges of the University of Nebraska in accordance with Article VI below. B. Eligibility 1. Elected members. To be eligible for election to the Senate, a candidate must: a. Be a regularly enrolled member of the college he proposes to represent and agree in writing to resign if he should terminate his enrollment in that college during the term of office for which he seeks election. Article VI. Elections Section 1. The Electoral Commission. E. Powers. The Electoral Commission shall have power to: 3. Reapportionment. The Electoral Commission shall reapportion by direct apportionment the representation of the Student Senate among the several colleges of the university according to the enrollment of the first semester. The apportionment shall be completed and the results publicized by the first day of November. Change to: Section 1. The Student Senate, hereafter referred to as the Senate. A. Composition. The Senate shall consist of forty (40) elected members with voting privilege^, and the President, First Vice President, and Second Vice President, who shall serve without voting privileges except as hereinafter noted. No Senate member is eligible for an executive or judicial position except as herein after noted. 1. Elected members. Twenty-five (25) of the elected members shall be chosen by direct apportionment from the colleges/division of the University of Nebraska in accordance with Article VI below. Ten (10) of the elected members shall be chosen by direct apportionment from the living unit of the University of Nebraska in accordance with Article VI below. Five (5) of the elected members shall be chosen for at large seats. B. Eligibility 1. Elected members. To be eligible for election to the Senate, a candidate must: a. Be a regularly enrolled member of the college/division he proposes to represent or be living in the type of living unit he proposes to represent and agree in writing to resign if he should terminate his enrollment in that college or change type of living unit during the term of office for which he seeks election. Article VI. Elections Section 1. The Electoral Commission. E. Powers. The Electoral Commission shall have power to: 3. Reapportionment. The Electoral Commission shall reapportion by direct apportionment the representation of the Student Senate among the several colleges/division of the university according to enrollment of the first semester and among the living units of the university according to the population of the first semester. The apportionment shall be completed and the results publicized by the first day of November. A vote yes: A yes vote on this amendment will: a. Increase the size of the body of elected Senators from 35 to 40; and, b. Change the districts from which Senators are elected such that: i. Senators will no longer represent only large academic units (colleges and divisions); but, ii. Under the new system -25 seats will be apportioned, as now, among the academic units; -10 seats will be apportioned among three identified “types of living units” (Residence Halls, Greek Houses, and off campus dwellings); and -5 seats will be held by persons elected from the student body at large A vote no: If the No votes prevail, the current size of the body of elected Senators will remain constant and Senators will hold seats apportioned only among their respective academic units, Colleges and Divisions. The seat apportionment will continue to be based on the relative size of each academic unit to be represented. L— ASUN Constitutional Amendments Division of Continuing Studies The legislative, executive and judicial branches of the Association shall be as follows: Section 1. The Student Senate, hereafter referred to as the Senate. B. Eligibility. f 1. Elected members. To be eligible for election to the Senate, a candidate must: Presently: c. The senator from the Division of Continuing Studies must be enrolled with at least three (3) credit hours. Change to: Delete this section. A vote yes for this amendment would set at twelve (12) hours the enrollment criterion for a candidate for a Senate seat designated to represent the Division of Continuing Studies. Passage of this amendment would make the enrollment-hour criterion consistent for candidates from all districts. A vote no: If the No votes prevail, the Constitution will continue to allow a person or only three hours (and who meets the other criteria) to run for a seat designated to represent the Division of Continuing Studies. Powers of the Association Subsection B. First Vice President Presently: #5. To remove, by decree, any member of the senate upon three (3) unexcused absences. These three absences may be accumulated in the form of missed regular meetings, special meetings, or orientation and training sessions. Change to: To recommend the removal of any member of the Senate upon three (3) unexcused absences. These three absences may be accumulated in the form of missed regular meetings, special meetings, or orientation and training sessions. Presently: #6. To remove, by decree, any member of the Senate for consistent absences from committee meetings, when such absences are to the detriment of the Association. _4'. ,.V. Change to: To recommend the removal of any member of the senate for consistent absences from committee meetings, when such absences are to the detriment of the Association. A vote yes: Would take from the First Vice President the authority to remove Senators who miss 3 or more meetings. Instead, the Vice President will have the power to recommend the removal of such Senators. A vote no: If the No votes prevail, the constitutional provision will remain in place whereby the First Vice President may remove the Senator who, unexcused, misses three meetings. STUDENT FEE FUND B SURVEY | ASUN is surveying student opinion on the Fund B portion of student fees. This is strictly a survey which will enable ASUN representatives to further realize student sentiment on student fees. DISTRIBUTION of student fees collected from each full-time student per semester for the fiscal year 1998-1999. FACILITY FEE....$38.00 UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTER..$92.12 NEBRASKA UNIONS... $44.75 CAMPUS REC. PROG.&FACILITIES.$54.86 1 )YES NO Do you approve of $38.00 of your student fees being collected to support the Facility Fee for the financing the Nebraska Union, East Union and Health Center? 2) YES NO Do you approve of $92.12 of your student fees being collected to support the operation of the University Health Center? 3) YES NO Do you support $44.75 of your student fees being collected I to support the Nebraska Unions? 4) YES NO Do you support $54.85 of your student fees being collected to support Campus Recreation Programs and Facilities? ALL FUND A FEES A REFUNDABLE UPON REQUEST FUND A Student Fee Allocation Question Refundable upon request. ASUN must conduct a student referendum on the following fee agencies. This question is conducted in compliance with Regental Policy. Any I agency voted down on this referendum will NOT be funded for .those 1 specific lines of their budget. Distribution of Student Fees collected from each full-time student per semester for the fiscal year 1998 includes: Daily Nebraskan...$1,10 5 University Program Council Speakers Program.... $0.60 I Do you approve the allocation of a part of student fees collected to support the Daily Nebraskan during the 1999-00 fiscal year? YES NO Do you approve the allocation of a part of student fees collected to _ support campus speakers programs during the 1999-00 fiscal year? I YES NO This question is conducted in compliance with Regental Policy of Fund _ A Student Fees approved September 6,1991. --I . ■ : J UNO student sets up relief fond ■ Columbian friends inspire American Red Cross-aided effort. By Bernard Vogelsang Staffwriter When Juan Carlos Picon; a Colombian student at UNO, received e-mail from his Colombian friends asking to help victims of an earthquake in his home country, he decided to orga nize a relief effort. After one week, Picon, an English-as-a-second language stu dent, and 20 other 1 Jniversity of Nebraska at Omaha students col 1 e c t e d // $1,332, he •• . It made me the students frustrated were rais- J ing the J W(JS nQf ffj money in coopera- Colombia tion with 1 h e to help” American Red Cross. jUAN cARLOS 1 n Picon Colombia" Colombianstudcnt more than atUN0 1,000 peo- —— pie died in the earthquake on Jan. 25. In the heart of Colombia’s coffee region, the quake left 200.000 people homeless. The survivors of the earthquake faced a shortage of food, drinking water, medicine and clothing. Bui ricon said n would ne oet ter if people gave money instead of goods because of transportation difficulties. The American Red Cross, which estimated $1 million would be needed, will use the donations to buy medical supplies and other needed items. Picon, a volunteer for the Colombian Red Cross, said he started the relief effort because the e-mail from his friends, w ho are working with the disaster victims in the earthquake area, made him feel miserable. “It made me frustrated I was not in Colombia to help,” Picon said. Lori Arias, UNO international student adviser, said 27 Colombians studied at UNO. In the fall semester of 1998, nine Colombian students attended UNL, according to UNL’s online fact book. Graham Johnson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln environmental resource center co-chairman, said he called the organization at UNO to see if he could start a UNL fund raising effort for Colombia. But, he said, a lack of time pre vented him from starting such an effort “Unfortunately, our center doesn’t have the staff hours and volunteer time to organize that right now,” he said. Johnson organized a relief drive for the Honduran and Nicaraguan victims of Hurricane Mitch in November. Picon said people could still donate money this week at UNO’s Milo Bail Student Center. UNL students can contact Picon at (402) 554-2539 for infor mation on how they can donate to the effort
