UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, September 13, 1995
3A
Get to know your Student Senate
Student Senate consists of about 70 student senators who are elected and appointed each spring to represent students at the University of Kansas. Full Senate meets at 6:30 p.m.every other Wednesday in the Big Eight Room on the fifth floor of the Kansas Union. All meetings are open to the public. Student Senate has an annual budget of about $1.5 million, which comes from the $35 student activity fee students pay each semester. The money supports organizations and programs which benefit students.All proposed legislation passes through at least two of Senate's five standing committees before reaching the full Senate.
Student Senate
Bob Grunzinger
St. Louis senior
Job Description
Oversee all student fees and maintain accounts, books and financial records of Senate and student fee-financed organizations.
Student Senate Assistant Treasurer
Jade Shopp Estes Park, Colo., senior
Job Description Manages various accounts of Senate, processes account paperwork and assists the treasurer.
Kim Cocks Lee's Summit, Mo., senior
Job Description
Student Body President
Job Description Serves as a representative to the University administration, the Board of Regents and the state for all KU students.
President Klueng
Student Body Vice President
Dan Hare
Olathe senior
Job Description
Preside at Student Senate meetings, is responsible for the orientation of new senators and works with Senate's internal structure.
Transportation Board
Monitors the quality and quantity of transportation available on campus and works to recognize the transportation needs of the student body.
Job Description Manages KU on Wheels bus service on a day-to-day basis, reports to transportation board and works with the Lawrence Bus Company.
Student Senate Executive Committee chairman
Ron Vanderalice
Tulsa, Okla., senior
KU On Wheels coordinator
Ken Martin Eden Prairie, Minn., senior
Job Description
Serves as a liaison between Senate's
standing committees and student sen-
sators and works with both entities to
make Senate run smoothly.
Student Executive Committee
Ensures that the functions of Student Senate are carried out quickly and conform to the rules and regulations of Senate.
Job Description Organizes and updates all records of Senate and makes the records available to the public upon request.
Student Senate Executive Secretary
Made up of about 70 student senators who debate legislation, includes bills and resolutions, vote on electing student activity fee money to various organizations and control student activity fee rates.
Student Senate Body
Eileen Force Mundelein, M., senior
Center for Community Outreach Advisory Board
Student Legislative Awareness Advisory Board
Offers non-partisan advocacy for KU students' legislative concerns and increases student awareness of political issues.
Student Legislative Awareness Board campus coordinator
Student Legislative
Jason Schreiner
Wakeeney sophomore
Job Description Organizes educational events and activities to increase student participation in the political process.
Consists of 14 members who oversee all of the center's community service activities and programs, as well as monitors the actions of its co-coordinators.
Student Legislative Awareness Board issues coordinator
issues coordinator David Stevens Wichita senior
Job Description Develops agenda for student relations with several levels of government and researches and publishes legislative position papers.
Center for Community Outreach co-coordinator
Julio Harris Shawnee senior
Job Description Creates community service programs and opportunities for KU students and reports to the Center for Community Outreach Advisory Board.
Job Description Creates community service programs and opportunities for KU students and reports to the Center for Community Outreach Advisory Board.
Center for Community Outreach co-coordinator
Lorraine Claassen
Nesston senior
Multicultural Affairs chairman
Cesar Millan Kansas City, Kan., senior.
Committee Description Deals with issues including minority relations, discrimination and Student Senate's servicing of multicultural concerns and community concerns.
University Affairs chairman
Jamie Johnson
Lenexa junior
Committee Description
Deals with issues that involve student life. Reviews academic policies, student services and non-academic University events and activities.
Hasn't selected a chairman yet
Graduate Affairs chairman
Committee Description Deals specifically with graduate concerns, including professional development skills/opportunities and a graduate student orientation.
Student Rights chairman
Alan Pierce Independence, Kan., senior
Kevin Lafferty Valley Center junior
Committee Description
Reviews all legislation concerning the rights of KU students. Reviews student grievance procedures and the role of students in the University community.
Committee Description Reviews all legislation authorizing expenditures by Student Senate. Conducts budget hearings for student organizations seeking funding.
Source:
Student Senate
Remaining Student Senate Boards
Campus Lighting Advisory Board
Develops and recommends a campus lighting plan and allocates funds generated by the campus lighting fee.
Publicizes and promotes all Student Senate elections activities to the student body and the Lawrence community.
KJHK Board
Formulates rules for Student Senate elections and hires a commissioner to run the election. Members of Student Senate or Student Senate-financed organizations are ineligible for membership.
Sets and oversees policies for KJHK-FM Radio and hires the student station manager each semester.
Lecture Series Board
Elections Commission
Lecture Series Board
Plans and schedules a lecture by a nationally renowned speaker and investigates future options for establishing a permanent lecture series fund.
Legal Services Board Advises Legal Services for Students director about increasing student awareness of programs offered for students.
Recreation Services Advisory Board Responsible for administrative budgetary and appellate procedures for recreation services, recreation facilities and all sports clubs.
Student Health Advisory Board Works with the director and staff of Watkins Health Services to set public policy, public administration and public relations for Student Health Services.
Student Media Board
Student Media Board Allocates funds to student media in one-year block allocations. Funds are generated by the student media fee.
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