Freshman claims non-fulfillment of duties against McLain, SunOwen
A grievance was filed yesterday against ASUO President Emily McLain and Vice President Chii-San SunOwen by University freshman Caroline Beranek for non-fulfillment of duties. The grievance requests the two be removed from office. From today’s Emerald story:
Three elections board members were confirmed by the Senate on Jan. 23 and one was confirmed on Feb. 20, 2008. The ASUO constitution states that all members must be confirmed by November 1 of each academic year. […]
“Some of the issues were brought up months and months ago, so I’m really confused why this grievance is being brought up several months after the fact,” McLain said. “I’m confused as to why a student who wasn’t even here is bringing this up. She was a senior in high school in May.” […]
Last year, then-Senate President Sara Hamilton was removed from Senate by a grievance alleging non-fulfillment of duties. The court ruled it had no other choice.
Isn’t that sort of what Emily ans San did last year? And Jared the year before? I mean use programs and their positions with in the ASUO to get contact information for people? ANYWHO I love the ASUO!!! I did have a good time last year even though I was called racist and had to put up with some big cry babies! 😀
Do people even care what happens in the asuo? Students must read the ODE’s weekly vague senate coverage and realize that although the asuo takes >$600 from students, it’s just a shit hole. The exec does little to nothing, the senate bitches, and the con court rejects amendments due to missing punctuation and other errors by incompetent authors, while removing members for late agendas and (probably) late appointments.
If I were an employer and saw “asuo” on a resume, I would end the application there and move on to the next person.
Eva: It means the same in Russian.
“Dusche” actually means something in German, but probably not what I’m back thinks it does. It means “to shower.”
Thank you. I AM German, now that you think of it.
Sean Jin = dusche
From Hamilton? She’s going to law school and I hope is over ASUO. We can generate enough controversy ourselves without help from past political grenades.
The only thought on my mind is this: if the court keeps mclain but booted hamilton, would that not be grounds for further action? Legal action?
Doesn
Matt Greene = expensive prositute
How is that an analogy?
Sakaki…I love the analogy.
Well, the Con Court is ruled by Matt Greene, who is about the slimiest person that one could ever meet. And is also one of the more brilliant of minds that is involved in stuff like that. Which means that people he doesn’t like, like Hamilton for denying the Con Court pay increase last year, get boned.
Damn. I was hoping it had something to do with prostitutes. Doesn’t Springfield have some classy escort services?
Senate President Athan Papiliou would be sworn in in-flight aboard Air Force One on the way to Washington from Dallas.
If Emily and Sun-Owen are forced from office, will their staff be dissolved? And who will take over the executive?
Ford: Duh, it’s either the Free Masons or the Illuminati.
I’d not like to see Emily go, just because it would solidify the already ridiculous precedent that exists. But knowing our con court, she’s got less than a week.
I do want to see some top notch investigative journalism from the OC and learn who’s behind all this. Or at least some CNN quality speculation.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year…
Of course, my paranoia tells me that the Con Court will find a way to tie itself into logical knots trying to justify keeping McLain despite having tossed Hamilton last year. Still… Emily comes across as pretty shrill in all this. Like she’s scared that they might get rid of her, just to make last year look less ridiculous. It’s a silly grievance, but more legitimate than Hamiltons dismissal.
Live by the grievance, die by the grievance.
I just cracked open my first Pabst of the day. It definitely helps.
I think I may need the whole bottle of Maker’s to get through this election.
Tossers.
Hooray!
Is it finally the time of the year when everyone goes bat-shit crazy?
There is also a letter to the editor today in the ODE by Beranek claiming that Take Back the Night was a campaign event for Kari Herinckx and Jesse Hough.
Thanks Sean. Here’s the link for Beranek v. McLain.
The full grievance is on the Con Court website (the only ASUO site that is regularly updated). The reporter on this story doesn’t really say fully what the grievance was about, and only covered the more irrelevant parts.