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Confusion reigns during meeting -
Bulletins
By Deborah Martin
Confusion over how many
senators constitute a quorum
reigned during the opening
minutes of the March 5 meeting
to do if quorum is not achieved
Epps tried to decide how long
Shelton then walked in
Nawer told Epps thr number of
excused absences is irrelevant.
Molly
finally settled on IS minutes
Vice President of Internal Affain
Cory Epps claimed six were
needed to establish a quorum
Sen Mike Short comuited the
Callan had a class during the
meeting, excusing her absence
Epps then totaled the four ex-
cused absences, subtracted them
present to begin a meeting
Epps left to retrieve a copy of
Robert’s Rules of Order to settle
decided five senators were wHi
While he was gone. Nasser
dispatched Sen Lance Medrano
to call Sen Eric Mountin while
she called Sen Sheldon Wheeler
meet the required number, but
could find no instructions
The constitution states 50 per-
Sen Hector Camarena walked
in during opening roll call bring-
President Deanna Nawer and
Executive Assistant Beverly
ed senators could he reached
Naxser apok ogized % > < organiza
tion representatives who had
come to prevent their bills. The
senate then abandoned chambers
$1,2 million in aid remains unclaimed
By Hugo I. Ontiveros
“But to a student, $50 may
seem like $500.” he said
Seated behind a pile of about
500 Pell grant awards, Cindy
Vasquez
benetic laries
their
Althe ugh financ lal aid person-
nel released about half of the
saw 300 students during those
two days (March 2 and 3); from
12 30on, I was dead both days."
By Wednesday, traffic at the
office was Mill light
"We know they have financial
ed checks totaling about $7,500
The checks will be canceled
this spring during the last week
formation call Harry Kahl
million worth of awards remain
unclaimed, said Financial Aid
Director Richard Aranda
"We're saying, We're here,
the money is here, where arc
you?’ " he said
Ruben Torres, financial aid of-
ficer. said the awards may be
worth from $5 to $700
went through a whole lot," Aran-
da said.
Torres speculated that many
freshmen were not aware of the
payment procedures
"Some may not even know
they received money since the
majority applied since May
1986,"’ he said
in most caves, students are
awarded an amount from which
tuition and money for books is
deducted during registration
the remainder of the grant, if
any, is to be picked up now
Students who want to pick up
their aw ards will need their award
letter. I D., last semester’s grades
and this semester’s tuition receipt
A* of March 9. there were still
about 800 checks left in the
Financial Aid office, Torres said.
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University of Texas at El Paso. The Prospector (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 46, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 10, 1987, newspaper, March 10, 1987; El Paso, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1626150/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting University of Texas at El Paso.