Full SenateMarch 15, 20176:30 PM Alderson Auditorium

I. Call to Order

II. Guest Speaker: Deputy Chief James Anguiano, KU Public Safety

A. Stress that safety is everyone’s job and responsibilityB. Some things we address throughout the year

a. Crime statistics came out today, always look at trends and see number one crime is theft

b. Know there are other incidents that may not arise to a criminal level, but we still want to hear about it

i. We can direct you to the appropriate officeC. If you see something say something

a. A lot of times when we get reports we find that people did see thing leading up to those events

D. Call us at our 5900 number, non emergency number, or 911 in case of emergency

a. 911 dispatcher on campus is the Public Safety Office which is also our police station

E. We can also assist you in reporting to Lawrence policeF. Off campus housing, Greek life are Lawrence police jurisdiction but we

can still help and direct you to the right peopleG. Thank you Student Senate, Student Safety Advisory Board and our

students for a great working relationshipa. 3 years ago were in the process of buying body cameras

i. Saw the cost, and initially we were only able to outfit 8 officers with body cameras but Student Safety Advisory Board and Student Senate assisted in purchasing body cameras for all officers

ii. Now everyone is outfitted with a body cameraiii. System we have is a connected system meaning if they

turn on their lights within the car and get out, the body camera automatically turns on

iv. Cameras record a full minute before they are turned onb. Have put up more cameras along Jayhawk Boulevard and by

scholarship hallsi. Over 750 cameras on campusii. Want people to know there are cameras here – they have

solved cases for usc. Have also caught things in the act as they were occurring d. App available , Rave Guardian app: encourage students to

download it and take a look at the featuresi. Doesn’t take any space up on your phone

H. We aim to be available around the clock – we want to have events with students about public safety, etc.

a. Do a class in Multicultural Classroom called Know Your Rights that is an example of a really well attended program

I. Lighting on campusa. This campus has come a long way and the university has been

very supportive of our efforts1

b. Campus is much brighter than the surrounding areasi. We have limitations off campus, do have to work with the

neighbors and other affected partiesJ. Questions

a. Jonathan: Concerned about students with ambiguous immigration status being able to access public safety – can those students call you without being feared of being reported to ICE?

i. Absolutely. I have never called ICE and I have been an officer for 30 years. As long as they can tell us who they are and we can confirm that that’s good enough for us. In any case, we have a crime stoppers number online that is anonymous (864-8888)

b. Victoria: A couple months ago I wrote a bill that would prompt your office to issue campus safety alerts in cases of sexual assault, is there a reason why you don’t currently issue these and is there anything we can do as a body to promote those?

i. We do issue alerts for rapes and sexual batteries. There is a process to go through when we put these out. We don’t want people to be constantly hit by these unless it is something we decide to be an ongoing situation that is a threat to the student body. If we have an unknown rape on this campus you will know about it for sure (most of the rapes we hear of and investigate are by people who these people know).

c. Erika: Street harassment – I have called before and been told somebody is coming and nobody has come also a UDK story about street harassment recently…speak to policy?

i. First amendment does protect some speech. We have to find a crime. First thing is to find a crime but still want to investigate what’s going on. We do contact IOA because even if it isn’t criminal it still is harassment that can be addressed by the university. One thing to do in that instance if nobody comes is call 911. That way an officer can get in that area. Sometimes if it’s a vehicle driving by and they’ve left the area and they check the area it is difficult to track. It doesn’t take them but seconds to get off campus, which is out of our area. Those are the kind of stories that as we hear those type of things we learn too – had no idea before a reporter contacted us to talk.

d. Stella: For a while I was walking from the rec at 8 pm or so at night to a house behind the rec…every time there would be a car that would be uncomfortably close to me or right behind me. The other day I saw something in the Kansan about suspicion happening in those areas that validated my fears…what should I do in that case? I don’t want to call 911 and say hey there’s a car, but if I feel threatened or anybody feels threatened about a car or anything that seems off…what should I do?

i. All of those things add up – see something say something. Please call us even if it may not be a crime. Things that aren’t a crime can then turn into a crime. Give us a chance and we’ll take a look at it. If you call 911 and say this guy is following me slowly we will stay on the line. AN officer will get there as soon as they can and hopefully stop the

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car and see what’s up. If you carry your phone when walking, snap a quick picture, you may get a tag or something else. If you can, record it. You may find evidence if there ends up being a crime.

e. Chance: What kind of bias training does KU PSO go through?i. We take classes yearly, online classes put together by

Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center and I teach classes yearly. We had our annual domestic violence training last year with a group from Kansas City about trans-related domestic violence because that is underreported violence in our community. Important to know the differences between that violence and traditional violence of that sort.

f. Trinity: Can you tell me the difference in risk to the student body between the acquaintance rape and stranger rape?

i. They are both very serious, but happen in different situations. With a known person, relationships can become sexual violence. The scariest thing is walking down the street and having a rape occur by a stranger is what we worry the most about in terms of alerts. As opposed to a known person who has been caught and already in jail.

g. Katherine: Title IX related question with crime and not-crime categories?

i. We have a separate office for Title IX – everything we receive information about of a sexual nature is showed with IOA. Anything discriminatory is shared with IOA. They continue the investigation separate from ours.

h. Dylan: Is it legal to record the police on video?i. Yes very legal. The only time they will say something is if

it’s a threatening situation and you’re in an area that is dangerous for you to be in. You get stopped in your car, turn that phone on and record it.

III. Approval of the Minutes

A. March 1, Cycle 10 Full Senate Minutesa. Chance moves to approve, Adam seconds, passes (Vote 1)

B. Trinity motions to disallow the suspension of rules during this cycle, seconded, does not pass (Vote 2)

IV. Officer Reports

A. Stephonn Alcorn, Student Body Presidenta. Legislation we passed last November: Resolution for city to show

support and provide resources for undocumented students and other similar groups

i. We reached a decision to submit 6 requests to the city commission

1. They already don’t ask for citizenship/immigration status unless a top class felony

ii. If Lawrence declared itself a sanctuary city there would be a $50 million cut from State and Federal funding – they can’t do that

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1. They went as far as possible without losing funding, declaring themselves a welcoming city

iii. They encouraged KU to expand legal services to help undocumented students and are willing to co-sponsor immigration law informational meetings

b. Hosted a dinner with Haskell Student Senate and City Commission

i. City will continue the liaison intern roleii. Working on codifying the creation of a roundtable between

KU and Haskell executives iii. KU started in 1861, endowment started about 5 years

later. Haskell, as a federal agency, is unable to fundraise money – just got an exemption for university president to be able to fundraise

1. Founded about 10 years apart but they are 150 years behind when it comes to fundraising

iv. They are very open and welcoming and want KU students to check out Haskell and learn a bit more about it

c. KBOR announced first generation student taskforce todayi. How to better serve first generation students from diverse

backgroundsii. Includes native and immigrant backgroundsiii. They asked me to serve on this taskforce and I’m excited

to have the chance tod. Fee Bill

i. I am asking all of you to fail the fee bill tonight – I think we need to send this back to the finance committee to reach a better resolution to serve multicultural students

ii. Students should not have to pay a separate fee – I think we can all work together to make Student Senate equitable and accessible for the student body

iii. The issue is this body not being equitable and accessible, not needing a new government with new fees

iv. This is my belief as a black man and Student Body President, in no shape or form is this based on issues I have with anyone

v. I’m willing to work with MSG to reach an outcome, so I ask you all to fail this

e. Jonathan: Would it be proper to invite the Haskell Student Government to visit us and be our speaker?

i. Oh yeah that would be greatf. Victoria: So you will veto this bill?

i. Yes. So I’m asking you to fail it so we can send it back.ii. Trinity: Can we override the veto?

1. Yes, need 2/3 of senators to sign a petition then it can be overridden

g. Brittney: You only have a week to figure out another way to get this solution ironed out, are there things in the works that you can share?

i. Right, so as far as a week goes – I am ready and willing and have offered several times to work with MSG. Between us we are trying to work to reach a solution with them and I am committed to doing that.

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h. Trinity: Are you proposing we continue to pour resources into an institution that is not open instead of investing for marginalized students?

i. My belief is that if the institution is not equitable, lets work together to fix that because that is the root of the issue. Even if this fee is approved that will still be the issue.

i. Sophia: Confidence levels of another solution being found?i. Confident

j. Victoria: Why will this process be different this time around?i. I think that’s a good question. As far as the issue of

funding a separate student government, we hadn’t talked about that all year until two weeks ago. I’m ready to sit down and figure it out.

k. Trinity: We have been meeting together talking about this same thing…we continue to share the same table but not be in agreement, with that said why is student senate hell-bent on outmaneuvering MSG instead of supporting what full senate themselves have already voted on?

i. Disagree with you. The issue of funding a separate MSG two weeks ago that came up was a new conversation. We have been working on the review committee to reach an outcome favorable for everyone and was something with making SS more equitable. Not talking about a separate government. Not hell-bent on outmaneuvering anyone. My job is to send legislation to the chancellor and if I have the power to veto something I will do that to find a better outcome

l. Rex: Regardless of your current opinion, do you think the proposal would create a sustainable government that future freshmen could run with?

i. What?1. Rephrases

a. No.m. Trinity: If this is about funding MSG, assuring that why is what

you’re proposing jus moving money around with a two dollar fee?i. Fee to fund a MSG for $2 is what you are proposing. Our

conversations have been about moving around funds to help multicultural students, not create a new government.

n. Stella: Why is this a good idea to do right now? The room is very Greek and white, so maybe in a couple of years if it was more diverse that would make more sense to move it to Student Senate but when it is still such a problem why do you think this is a good idea and how do you have confidence in Student Senate?

i. As this proposal is written right now, that does not answer that question of Senate being closed. Senate could continue with business as usual. We need to solve that as it is the root of the issue.

o. Sophia: If this were to be sent back to finance again, what are the odds you could have an open meeting for students to air opinions or suggestions because we do have a shortened time schedule?

i. 200% ready

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p. Trinity: Student body has voted over and over again to fund MSG, why does your opinion override that?

i. 2016 Senate voted to do it, 2017 Finance committee voted to do it. Senate has not voted this year, I am asking that they don’t because I don’t believe that what has been proposed and what is up here is not the best thing to support multicultural students on campus.

B. Gabby Naylor, Student Body Vice Presidenta. This is our 11th cycle, thank you to everyoneb. Thanks to everyone who participated in LET Women Conference –

120+ participants i. Those interested in attending or getting involved with the

course you can apply at ILS.ku.edu/egl (double check link – email SBVP Gabby Naylor if not functional)

c. Finding a way to fund an account that would be available for students in interpersonal relationship problems to have assistance

d. Proposed change to USRR Article IX – research misconducti. Check out that policy if you do research or plan on it at

any pointii. Needed to be completely rewritten and overhauled with

goal of more thorough and impartial and timely handling of all requests

e. Entire campus received an email today about climate study report – consultants working on it will have a session here Wednesday after spring break 3-4:30

f. Jasmine: When in discussions with public safety and their office, and in Stephonn’s report I had raised my hand to ask a question but I was ignored. So I was wondering perhaps you did not see me?

i. Gabby: Did not see you on the first one, for Stephonn’s officer report we only allow 15 minutes and we were at 20 so it was time to cut those off

C. Danny Summers, Chief of Staffa. One replacement senator, Garrett Schuman from School of

Businessi. Acclimated

b. Legislative deadline – final date to send bills is next Friday (March 24th)

i. Will accept until March 26th if you make arrangementsc. Outreach update – send myself Mitch or Connor as you check off

these requirementsi. Decent amount of you have not completed these

d. Gabby may have mentioned but we sat down and hashed out the University Governance newsletter

i. Another way to add context to everything we do heree. HALO

i. Appreciate them expressing their concernsii. Abdoulie will provide updates on that in addition to

Multicultural Greek plots program in the pipelinef. Jasmine: Outreach chart, could you please send that as a word

document? Very difficult for me to navigate.6

i. CertainlyD. Amy Schumacher, Graduate Affairs DirectorE. Abdoulie Njai, Director of Diversity & Inclusion

a. My duty to be the voice, apologize I was unable to advocate for HALO

i. Want to address every demand that HALO had, will send a statement to HALO tonight

b. We have no set spot for multicultural Greek life1. Looking to create a spot for their organizations,

many schools have thisc. Forms for equitable election is up nowd. ADA meeting

i. Updating HawkRoute and changing HawkRoute sign, lots of people got lost on it

1. Jasmine – followed up with website being accessible, ADA currently checking each website to ensure it is accessible

e. Monday April 17th discussion engaging black and brown studentsi. Consent training with football teamii. Lecture open to publiciii. Meeting with SAPEC

f. Josh: Could you go over what HALO’s demands are and what you will be sending out?

i. When we send this to HALO, goal is to meet with them to better support them. Tonight we are sending out a statement that touches on each of their demands.

g. Trinity: Why haven’t you personally reached out to MSG and why aren’t you speaking to us?

i. I can say that I’ve had the opportunity to work with MSG, I had no experience when coming into Student Senate. I came just to be an advocate. I can say that right now I kind of feel like we should come together and find another solution for what we can do with MSG, and I would like to see us all work together on that to find a better solution. Student Senate and MSG can coexist together and support marginalized students. I can speak with you after this and talk about what we can do. My focus has been working within Student Senate. Obviously I know it hasn’t been equitable but my focus is how we can make it that. I apologize if I haven’t directly reached out to MSG.

h. Stella: As your role, where are you at with passing the fee bill?i. I echo what Stephonn said, we can come together and find

a better solutioni. Daniel: Will we get a copy of what you send to MSG?

i. Can talk about that with exec but we are sending it to HALO directly now

F. Jacob Murray, Policy & Development Directora. Summer Venture Program still being pushed and recruiting

i. Don’t want to compete with first year programs but rather focus on getting students here then retaining them

ii. Hope to have an external and internal directorG. Allyssa Castilleja and Whit Collins, Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer

a. Most of our money will be allocated tonight7

b. $1,008.50 left for next cyclei. Don’t discourage groups though from reaching out, still

want to fund this moneyc. Hoping we can find some more money from groups that aren’t

using it and be closer to $4,000d. Victoria: Line item groups that haven’t spent money, how will

that proceed?i. Happy birthday – also if a group doesn’t spend their

money by July 30th (end of fiscal year) it will go back to unallocated

V. Consent Agenda

A. 2017-125: : A BILL TO FUND KANSAS ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS (EWB)

B. 2017-126: A BILL TO FUND THE AFRICAN STUDENTS ASSOCIATIONC. 2017-127: A BILL TO FUND THE PEER SUPPORT NETWORK STUDENT

GROUPD. 2017-128: A BILL TO FUND THE FRIENDS OF PAKISTANE. 2017-129: A BILL TO FUND THE HISTORY OF ART GRADUATE STUDENTS

(HAGS)F. 2017-130: A BILL TO FUND THE MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN

STUDIES STUDENT ASSOCIATION (MEMSSA)G. 2017-131: A BILL TO FUND THE ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY

BIOLOGY GSO H. 2017-132: A BILL TO FUND KU ENERGY CLUB CONFERENCEI. 2017-133: A BILL TO FUND NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACK

ACCOUNTANTS (NABA)J. 2017-135: A BILL TO FUND BROWN BAG DRAGK. 2017-138: A BILL TO oSTEM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSASL. Daniel motions to approve, seconded, passes (Vote 3)

VI. Regular Agenda

A. 2017-089: A BILL TO FUND THE KIOSKa. Art magazine, need funding for new editionb. 56th edition, this is the first edition that will be available in a

digital formati. Want to continue print as well, though, given it has been

printed for 55 editionsii. Looking at changing print formatiii. Chance motions to call to question, seconded, passes

(Vote 4)B. 2017-124: A BILL TO FUND INTO THE STREETS WEEK

a. Bringing in Payton Head who was the MIzzou SBP last yearb. Set the precedent for acceptance on campusc. Stella: When you came to UA, you said you haven’t asked for any

lower price and considering he’s just out of college…?i. Was unaware other universities got him for a lower price

d. Jonathan: How bad a deal was that compared to other schools?i. Just raised to my attention, unaware

e. Brittney: Why isn’t this coming out of fee money?i. Fee is more for supplies and wages, not programming

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f. Called to question, seconded, passes (Vote 5)C. 2017-134: A BILL TO FUND THE KU ASIAN AMERICAN STUDENT UNION’S

ASIAN LEADERSHIP SUMMITa. Asking for honorariumb. Hoping to work with Spectrum and Surge, this is just for the

honorarium but also have MEF and Coke funding hopefullyc. Jasmine: With this event, will there be the opportunity for

interpretive assistance at this event?i. Have not thought about that yet but can definitely try to

make that accommodation happen through our own funding

d. Jonathan moves to call to question, seconded, passes (Vote 6)D. 2017-136: A BILL TO FUND THE BSW STUDENT GROUP

a. Funding a mental health Broadway theater eventb. His father suicided and his father’s father suicided, promotes

preventative services and other services available to those in crises

c. Being cohosted by active minds and BSW groupd. Amended down $250 and have officially asked Coke for that

money to promote attendance and seeking out diferente schools to offer extra credit

e. Rex motions to call to question, seconded, passes (Vote 7)E. 2017-137: A BILL TO FUND THE BSW STUDENT GROUP’S SOCIAL WORK

DAYa. Diversity and inclusion issues, social work day is one of the

biggest events in the school of social welfareb. Have sought outside fundingc. Josh: Is social welfare day like engineering expo day?

i. Not familiar with that but yes probablyd. Daniel moves to call to question, Adam seconds, passes (vote 8)

F. 2017-139: A BILL TO AMEND BILL 2017-303a. Need it to comply with rules and regs, this just fixes that

procedural thing that Court of Appeals wants us to fixb. Dylan: So students can’t abstain?

i. No. Can still just click past it though. Just no abstention option.

c. Joe: Not a plurality, but does that require majority of students or majority of respondents?

i. Respondentsd. Taylor: would you incorporate an amendment when the fee will

be phased out?i. Referendum campaign has been going out there talking

about the language of the question – just trying to be fair and included all the language in the bill – don’t think that’s necessary

e. Sophia: Is the question new language?i. No

f. Rex negative speechi. I sat on the fee review committee about a month ago, this

is not a $50 fee/student/semester1. This doesn’t represent the fact that it happens each

semester for 30 yearsii. The repairs aren’t functional or structural

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iii. Gabby: This would apply to the original bill and not to this bill, which just makes it in compliance with SSRR

iv. Danny: The language of this isn’t correctv. Doesn’t accurately represent what’s going on…will rewrite

thisvi. Taylor: Where in SSRR does it say that we can’t amend

other portions of the bill1. Based on the whereas clauses that are with it,

opinion of the chair is that this would not be germane

vii. Katherine: Updating outdated plumbing is not structural?1. We brought these concerns to the union and asked

if they wanted a backup plan to address those updates if the referendum doesn’t pass…the way it is written it is to go beyond those updates

viii. Daniel: Would it be possible to move into committee as a whole to amend this bill?

1. Yes2. Motion to move into committee as a whole

a. Must fail Rex’s motion firstb. Rex rescinds his motionc. Daniel motions to move into committee as a

whole, moves into committee as a whole d. Allyssa motions to move out of committee as

a wholei. Division rules in favor of moving out of

committee as a whole (vote 9)g. Chance moves to table the bill, seconded, bill tabled

G. 2017-140: A BILL TO AMEND ARTICLE IV SECTION 1a. Danny and I hardly ever agree on anything but agreed on

this...want the court to have new jurisdiction b. We clarified this with the Chief Justice, warned us against the two

interpretations of Original Jurisdictioni. Someone within Senate must file a motion to bring this to

court of appealsc. Court of Appeals is in favor of thisd. Rex: What’s the court’s next step?

i. Michaeli cautioned us against giving them total original jurisdiction

e. Trinity: Who currently houses our Court of Appeals?i. Lists names of current Court of Appeals members

f. Jonathan positive speechi. This doesn’t change the bill I asked for comments on

earlier this year – still moving forward with thisii. My changes will shorten the wording of this and move

some around, but the substance is the sameiii. Want to give the court the ability to review, we want to

make sure that the body is following all rules to ensure that student rights are being protected

iv. Trinity: Should we entrust Student Senate to uphold Student Rights?

1. Very interesting question, if you read my proposed amendments that is one of the motivations for why I

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think this is an important power change. Students who feel their rights have been infringed upon go to a court if they can’t get the results politically. That’s what we want. I think that you personally were to ally with someone who loves to argue cases in court, you would have another avenue to seek what you want.

v. Daniel: earlier it was mentioned that a case would have to be brought by a Student Senator..could a student bring a case or would it have to be someone within this body?

1. Anybody who fall sunder jurisdiction of the court could bring a case, not just members of this body

g. Chance moves to call to question, seconded, passes (Vote 10)H. 2017-200: A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A REFERENDUM ON THE

CONTINUED USE OF COALITIONS IN STUDENT SENATE ELECTIONSa. Joe motions to move into committee as a whole, seconded,

division rules in favor of committee as a whole (Vote 11)b. Took feedback from rights to make sure this was not biased in

any wayc. Whereas clauses have all been changed to be factual rather than

opinion statementsd. Naturally a coalition system excludes people when the presidents

go out and hand-pick their slatese. Many of our clauses come not from us but from groups like that

which did the DEI reportf. For years people have tried to figure this out and no results have

come, it is time to bring this to the student body as a wholeg. I met Abdoulie last year at Colors, if not for that he would not be

here and imagine how many people like him slip through the cracks

h. The preferred method to elect candidates is SBP/SBVP running on a ticket and then senators running individually

i. Us and WVU are the only Big XII schools that still do coalitions

i. Dylan: Why is this to be passed after it failed rights?i. To be honest many parts of the discussion in rights was

problematic. I tried to make this as impartial as I could.j. Chance: As individuals we have a right to assemble, saying

coalitions can’t form is against that right?i. You still have that freedom. You can still associate with

them. At the end of the day you are elected on your own. We go by SSRR.

ii. Joe: Another issue with your statement is that your freedom to assemble can’t hurt another group’s ability to assemble

k. Sophia: EC drafts…is that going to be telling statistics of the elections or what?

i. The EC will say these number of students voted this way, these number of students voted that way.

l. Danny: In SS Review Committee we all decided where to break down code and identify ideal system, and DEI put us under review, do you think this is just a reasonable task that if we’re really trying to restructure we can start with coalitions?

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i. Yes we need to let the student body decide if the way we elect our leaders is equitable

m. Jonathan: I anticipated that you would com eback with this, so I sought counsel with multiple parties including reading the DEI report?

i. I read the DEI report several timesn. Trinity: How will you ensure that this is promoted and voted upon

by a large amount of students not just the same people that usually vote (Greek/white)

i. Goal is you would see students who feel strongly make an effort to get to the polls. Plenty of education around this issue and if we just let people

ii. You will see people creating a media frenzy o. Victoria: There is some language in this bill that talks about these

students being elected on merit if they run on independent platforms. I think it would be more based on popularity if it was individual. We have smart good people who may not be the most socially adept to win an election on their own.

i. We just need input on this. This is not binding at allp. Mattie: You know how I feel about committee as a whole, but why

can’t we send this back to rights to let committees see it?i. There were people in the rights committee that when I

walked in the room were against this. And that is totally fine but this body to represent students warrants me coming back up here in front of this body. And I totally respect hating committee as a whole but I thought this conversation warranted a discussion bigger than any of us or any committee.

q. Marcus: Given this doesn’t go into effect this election, either your plan for next steps if this is being voted yes or no or what you would tell the next president to see this vote through?

i. If the referendum passes yes, the schools individually have given research into what other entities look like. Letting people draft their student government. If the referendum fails you have people who say it still doesn’t work for them, figure out how to make the system better.

r. Chance: So earlier on you said that you don’t have a right to private association because it infringes upon other peoples’ rights. How does getting rid of coalitions not violate that right? How is this constitutional?

i. If this is about constitutionality then every school but us and WVU is unconstitutional.

s. Trinity: If it was unconstitutional there would be litigation. If this system is based on white popularity and Greek life should we not create something new against that. If the fear is that individuals would be a popularity contest should we not ask the student body…

i. Your name in this room ends with senator, representing students

t. John motions to move out of committee as a whole with the generated resolution, moves out of committee as a whole

u. Victoria motions to table, Jonathan seconds, division rules in favor of not tabling (Vote 12)

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v. Chance negative speech:i. Democracy sometimes gets things wrong – I think the

question is unconstitutionalii. Why even have committee system if we just invalidate

that process b bringing a resolution to the floor because it failed the committee

1. Committees is the only place non-elected people have a voice

iii. Constitutionality 1. State Action2. We are a government, if we do anything against the

constitution, it violates the constitution3. I do not support putting unconstitutional questions

out to the student body4. Personally I don’t care if I am one month away form

graduation and this passes, I will challenge it before a court of law

iv. Marcus: Why do you believe that having students not collected under the same name on the ballot is preventing them from associating?

1. The biggest thing they could do is not allow our name with the parentheses on the ballot and that would be constitutional even though I don’t agree with it

2. The second piece of banning people from coming together in coalitions is what is unconstitutional

v. Marcus motions to go into recess, seconded, passes and we move into recess for 5 minutes

vi. Motion to extend time by 15 minutes, seconded, division rules in favor of not extending time (Vote 13)

vii. Mattie motions to extend by number of questions on the floor, seconded, passes

viii. Stephonn: This bill in no way is binding, just democratic input, doesn’t mean you can’t support or endorse or do any of that

1. Would it though levy fines against people or do something to people who “come together”

a. If you’re running by yourself and you come support and I support you then I don’t think there’s a problem with that but you would not be forming one giant entity

ix. Trinity: If running individual candidates was unconstitutional, why is it not national news?

1. I’m guessing they don’t have rules that stop people from forming coalitions, just prevent them from being on the ballot. Bet the supreme court could render this unconstitutional

x. Mattie: You mischaracterized what you said and I withdraw my question

xi. John: Given that there is no binding action required, regardless of constitutionality, why do you not support getting the student body input as a whole?

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1. I think democracy is important. However, when we’re asking a question that would lead us to inherently unconstitutional actions that is where I have a problem. If it said they could only run under their own names, I would be open to this question being asked. It’s the sentence about cannot form or campaign as coalitions that I have severe reservations about.

xii. Brittney: You said that what will provide more input the few non-senators in rights or just the general student body?

1. Obviously the student body, but that wasn’t my point. My point was we circumnavigate the process we have.

xiii. Sophia: As far as being a constitutional warrior I understand that but at the long term, why did you speak against freedom of the press?

1. No constitutional right for government to pay for your paper.

2. Lets say this vote goes forward, I know it’s not binding. But asking a question that could lead to invalid actions I cannot morally put that out to the student body.

xiv. Trinity: Is there a reason you would support an inherently inequitable current system based on what you’re saying of your authority of constitutionality, why do you support that when you’re leading a coalition that is supposed to lead the whole student body?

1. What I’m doing in the election has no impact on me here. What this comes down to is I think coalitions bring marginalized voices into senate because without them lots of people that I know wouldn’t have been involved in Student Senate. Constitution ensures you’re right to assemble.

w. Rex motions to call to question, second, division rules against calling to question (Vote 14)

x. Positive Speech – Nobus, Chancellor, Pete, Brenti. Nobus

1. I knew nobody at this school when I came here 2. Ran for freshman senate, there were 40 people

running3. If there were coalitions with people from Blue Valley

North or Olathe, I would have never won because people from their high schools would’ve won

ii. Chancellor1. What Stephonn is trying to do is propose a question

to the student body2. Look at preamble in SSRR, Senate shall work to

represent students at all levels 3. If you don’t vote for this in a way you’re a hypocrite

iii. Pete1. Was in K-State Senate that didn’t have coalition

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2. Student Body votes for their senators in a very similar way to how we do it just isn’t official

3. People know who is running with what group4. This resolution tries to subvert a power structure

that the constitution was founded oniv. Brent

1. Ranking member of independent caucus and probably the most socially inept person you will ever meet

2. I joined senate because I felt that nobody was representing my interests

a. I consider my constituency the 80% of students who do not vote in elections

b. This can be a way to get the opinion of those people

c. This only solicits their opinion, there is no binding action

3. I hope you all vote in favor of this referendum v. Frank moves to call to question on the bill, division, rules

in favor of voting on the bill (Vote 15)vi. Bill passes (Vote 16) vii. Joe motions to reconsider for language, seconded, division

(Vote 17) rules in favor of reconsideringviii. Motion to call to question the bill, seconded, (Vote 18) bill

does not pass, debate continuesix. Jonathon negative speech

1. My professor said they can vote but it is not legal2. Not illegal, but rather they didn’t have coalition

system 3. Everything Chance said was consistent with what

my professor said4. SBP pointed out that on his desk there is SSRR, but

that is inferior law to US constitution, must make sure we are in line with superior line

5. We can say that coalitions cannot be listed next to peoples’ names on the ballot, that is legal

6. The people I asked, told me that the second part is not legal

7. Must make the change on the ballot, rather than barring people from assembling

8. Pete said it doesn’t make that big of a difference in the election, won’t stop people from exercising freedom of association

a. Therefore, premises in this bill do not lead to the change in structure we are trying to create

b. I think this bill needs to go back to committee to be reconsidered on legality and the conclusion following the premises in order to achieve the goal that the authors want

9. To ask the students what they think can cause harma. If you were a professor and you say the exam

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have it, does it matter? No, it just causes confusion

b. Constitutional right to equal protection under the law, should we have a referendum to ask if that is okay? No, it doesn’t matter what they say and it would just cause confusion

10.Brent: Would this change any regulations or laws?a. The referendum? No it will cause confusing

among the student population11.Rex: No regulation change, are you posing an

amendment?a. Proposing we vote this down and send back

through committee. No rush to pass this…won’t change this election. Stephonn was incorrect to say everyone was against him. I do recognize inequities than can be solved by reform but don’t think breaking the law of confusing students is the right way to do it.

12.Nobus: Based on legality, would it be okay to ask students to discontinue the coalition system?

a. I think that that would yesx. Negative speech from Trinity – defer to Danny

1. Propose the change “Should Student Senate elections be conducted under a system in which candidates run as individuals, under their own names, rather than as part of a coalition?”

xi. Joe motions to call to question on the amendment, seconded, amendment passes (Vote 19)

xii. Joe motions to call to question as amended, seconded, passes (Vote 20)

I. 2017-141: A BILL TO AMEND STUDENT SENATE RULES & REGULATIONS ARTICLE III SECTION III

a. One of the pieces of legislation to move Senate forward in equity b. If you were elected or appointed later you participated in

legislative cultural competency training, but some of you later appointments have had no cultural training

i. This would mandate that everyone goes through that training

ii. Trinity: If you are not receptive to this training, it won’t mean anything to you but I hope a lot of these issues are lack of education

1. Hoping you all pass this to at least make an attempt to learn

c. Any senator that fails to pass cultural competency training will be referred to Chief of Staff

d. Will have a month after acclimation to complete thise. When you start a job you have to go through necessary training

for things you will go through on the jobi. In this job this is something that is necessary training

f. Jonathan: Can you define cultural competency?i. Trinity: Nobody can be totally cultural competent. It would

be being aware of traditions and practices of another culture outside of your own

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ii. Stephonn: OMA has a definition, if it isn’t in our appendix we can write a bill to add it

g. Zoya: Working with OMA?i. Yes. Met with director and they are all on board with this

and next 3 billsh. Jonathan negative speech

i. I think we already have thisii. Our rules have nondiscriminatory policy and other policiesiii. We pass bills enthusiastically to support all people that

bring bills to usiv. We maintain MA committeev. We have a director of DEIvi. All of these show we have the capacity to be accepting vii. This bill says nothing to the contraryviii. There are grievances, but grievances not supported by

evidence in the bill should lead us to all be burdened by mandatory training? I ask that these bills are all brought up with evidence supporting this

1. This isn’t additional training – this is codifying what we have done

a. Incorrect to look at it as basic on-the-job training

b. Intended to replace people’s thinking, somewhat authoritarian way to do training

ix. Trinity: I have no idea why any student senator would think you can serve the entire student body without being receptive to cultural competency..how do you expect anyone to be able to fix senate without going through these processes?

1. The political process is political for a reason, if we wanted an authoritarian system we would have people placed. That’s the nature of the political process.

x. Motion to extend speakers time by number of questions on the floor, division rules in favor of extending speakers time by 7 questions

xi. Marcus: Do you believe Senate is competent to represent these cultures and if not what should be done about it?

1. Trinity thinks you can’t represent someone without having their identity. We are here to learn about things and of things different than us. For instance, my tailor is a thin 5’3” woman. How can she make my clothes I am a 6’0” fat man. How can we make decisions about what we haven’t experienced personally? Incorrect to say that we can’t represent people who haven’t shared the same things as us. We have the capacity for empathy and love for one another. If we exercise that we can very well represent people different than us.

xii. Chancellor: Assuming you read SSRR, should we not promote the inclusion of multicultural students?

1. We should, this is the wrong way

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xiii. Katherine: How can we make sure that future leaders are culturally competent then? You spoke mostly about current

1. If we’re already culturally competent, then maybe we should keep doing the things we’re doing is that what you were suggesting?

a. Noi. Tempting to assume future generations

share our values, but wise to trust future generations will make their decisions based on the values they have

xiv. Stephonn: Have you had cultural competency training in the OMA?

1. No, in the military but not in an educational setting. Didn’t stop me from researching it all. Not a killshot like everyone thinks it is that because I haven’t taken the OMA training I don’t know about it.

xv. Nora: Why do you think it would be an issue for the student body to further their understanding?

1. Burden that is unnecessary. I would like to write a bill to require every senator to take a law class about writing bills, but that’s not realistic because everybody in here would want to get some training for others to be like themselves.

xvi. Victoria: As someone who has gone through cultural competency, I don’t share a lot of the beliefs that are expressed, but I do not see no merit in the training, how do you say that we connect with people who disagree with us whose views are not expressed here if we do not try to understand their experiences?

1. We invite them here and have people bring bills to us. If we do not have the capacity to welcome people then I am in favor to expand this kind of training. But until then I don’t think there is nay justification.

xvii. JuJuan: Are you aware that multiple student jobs on campus facilitate and therefore kind of require multicultural competency training?

1. Yes but those are jobs. These are voluntary positions. There is a distinction. I look at this as an elected position not a job.

i. Allyssa moves to call to question, seconded, (vote 24) passesJ. 2017-142: A BILL TO AMEND STUDENT SENATE RULES & REGULATIONS

ARTICLE VII SECTION V a. Similar to previous bill but for SBP and SBVP candidates – must

go through this during their time as a candidatei. We should be trained to handle and represent every single

student on campusii. The day you are elected you are put in a position to

represent the student body, must have that knowledge to begin with

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iii. Trinity: You guys have larger reach and impact than most employees, so your requirements shouldn’t be less than theirs

iv. This isn’t incredibly burdening – SafeZone has training left before the election, candidates currently can go to this

b. Victoria: Would this go into effect immediately?i. Yes

c. Brittney: Can we add SAPEC training?i. Definitely needed

d. Marcus: Why was SafeZone training only included in the presidential candidates and not executive staff and slate?

i. Vanessa is the only one operating out of the center so there would need to be continued discussions to accommodate any more than just SBP and SBVP candidates

e. Motion to extend speakers time by one question, seconded, passes

f. Chance: If candidates have completed these trainings throughout their time does that satisfy?

i. If you can get the group to certify you have done it then yes

g. Victoria: Would you be in favor to add “prior or during the time of their candidacy” rather than “During” only?

i. Yes, friendlied onii. Also friendlying on that proof of completion or satisfaction

is required and must be enforced by ECh. Motion to vote on amendment to add a SAPEC training,

seconded, amendment approvedi. Joe motions to call to question on the bill as amended, seconded,

(vote 25) bill passes K. 2017-143: A BILL TO AMEND STUDENT SENATE RULES & REGULATIONS

ARTICLE VI SECTION IIa. This addresses the fact that anyone who comes to committees is

able to speak, this just makes that more obvious b. Dylan: Mentions at the beginning of the committee meeting, so if

somebody comes in late then they can’t talk?i. Could talk to secretary about that. Just that you are

intending to come and get there to speak. ii. Jonathan: can we friendly and cross out “at the beginning”

1. Yesc. Daniel motions to call to question, seconded, passes (vote 26)

L. 2017-144: A BILL TO AMEND STUDENT SENATE RULES & REGULATIONS ARTICLE V SECTION XVIII

a. This requires executive staff to go through the same multicultural competency training that senators are required to do

b. Marcus: Would you be open to adding SafeZone training?i. Yes, not within first two cycles

c. Daniel: Friendly a SAPEC training?i. Yes, not within first two cycles

d. Dylan: Friendly “training” out of a part where it shouldn’t bei. Yup

e. Victoria motions to call to question on the bill as amended, seconded, passes (Vote 27)

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M. 2017-313: A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR THE STUDENT SENATE MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE TO MEET IN THE SMRC CLASSROOM

a. This makes sense given MA is supposed to represent a common constituency as the OMA

b. Nowhere in our rules requires us to met in a certain place, so this would not make it totally required but suggested

c. Trinity: MA in OMA encourages interacting with the populations that they serve and is less intimidating to enter. Marginalized students may not even know they have the ability to come to committees and speak and this could help that.

d. Something similar passed to make Finance meet at 6 a few years back, this would be in that model

e. Zoya: Because this is just a strong recommendation, what can we do to be sure that this happens?

i. Court of Appeals could rule that they mustf. Chancellor moves to call to question on the bill, seconded,

passes (Vote 28)g. Jasmine: This is more accessible to those with blindness, in a

wheelchair and with other accessibility needsN. 2017-106: A BILL TO IMPLEMENT THE CAMPUS FEE REVIEW

SUBCOMMITTEE’S RECOMMENDED FISCAL YEAR 2018 REQUIRED CAMPUS FEES

a. MSG funding given to OMA ($2)b. Sustainability got $.25 increasec. Josh: Go over the discussion had in finance over MSG?

i. Discussion that was had was very similar to the debate given by MSG during our last full senate cycle, vote from the committee was 22-3 in favor. Other than that there were concerns brought up about last year wit this approach.

ii. Trinity: We were berated, told we were illegitimate and still got finance committee to vote for this fee. It wasn’t as simple as just debating and it wasn’t what we just presented in full senate. Was not allowed in full senate. Added another therefore clause to have representation from each body on the others

d. Jack: Budget presented for renewable energy and sustainability fee?

i. None explicitly given, said that it would be used for grants for the next year

1. Rex: they have a $3,000 project to get stickers around graduate programs to reduce emissions for lab sciences

a. $33,000 energy dashboard program , I think it is great personally

e. Allyssa: Can you scroll upi. Yes know what you’re getting at. Summary all up here,

everything down here shows rules for dispersing funds.f. Allyssa: Comfortable as fee chair friendlying two dollars to switch

it to 89.05?i. Yes BUT P.O.I. cannot amend it tonight and friendly is an

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1. So it would have to be failed?a. That is just the summary, it won’t actually

affect the feesg. Brittney: SBP said we must bring this back to finance, do you

think there is another way to include the 2 dollar fee somewhere else in the fee package?

i. I do and there are discussions ongoing and I think that could definitely be presented at the next finance meeting

h. Jonathan moves to call to question, second, division rules in favor (Vote 21) of calling to question on the bill

i. Fee package (Vote 22) does not pass. Will be reconsidered at finance next cycle.

VII. Announcements

A. Cycle 12 Full Senate (April 5th) will begin at 6:00 pm in order to accommodate for the Campus Carry Information Session

B. Invite anyone you know to come to this C. Katherine: Tomorrow JRP 150 we have a panel on navigating online

communities, spaces of resistance in critical discourseVIII. Adjournment – 10:50 pm (vote 29)

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