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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.
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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.
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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
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money in
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American
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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
