The Graduate Student Senate voted Sunday night to continue to table a resolution encouraging the Undergraduate Student Congress to impeach the entire UOSA Superior Court.
Senator Silas DeBoer introduced the legislation that he said was motivated by an injustice against GSS and specific senators.
He said Susan Adams-Johnson and Lindsey Harvell, who were both fined $75 for allegedly hosting a forum against an injunction, were not given a chance to speak at their appeal hearing.
Senator Jason waddell said the UOSA Constitution lists impeachable offenses, and the court’s actions do not fall under any of the offenses.
Senate Secretary Derrell Cox recommended the resolution be further tabled. A vote on the resolution was already postponed April 18 at a GSS meeting.
Also at the meeting, law students defended allocations to the Student Bar Association in a debate over an administrative appropriations bill.
The association was allocated $9,000 for programs events and activities.
Vice-chairwomen Marilyn Krell authored an amendment to move $1,000 allocated to the Student Bar Association to GSS and the executive branch. She said GSS should fund organizations that tailor its events to the entire student population. She also questioned whether the group should be funded through an administration budget.
“What is it that they do that is administrative for them to even be here [on the budget] and be considered administrative?” Krell said
Waddell, law student, defended the money allocated. He said the Student Bar Association provides the law school with representation to UOSA.
“It’s not just a campus group or activity group,” Waddell said.
The amendment was defeated and the administrative budget was passed by GSS. Fourteen organizations were funded a total of $483,593 in the budget.
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Okie3L 2 years, 1 month ago
Sounds to me like those in GSS just have it out for Law students.
soonerboomers 2 years, 1 month ago
The horror of injustice! Oh no! Comical.