The Daily Barometer, Thursday, October 29, 2015

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VOL. CXVIII, No. 35

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Thursday, October 29, 2015 Oregon State University

ASOSU President Impeached Brian Nguyen | THE DAILY BAROMETER

ASOSU President Cassie Huber reads a prepared statement at the House of Representatives meeting on Wednesday.

House of Representatives votes to advance impeachment hearing, president Cassie Huber suspended, awaiting trial By Riley Youngman News Contributor

The Associated Students of Oregon State University House of Representatives voted in a 15-8 count last night to enact an impeachment hearing for ASOSU President Cassie Huber. Effective immediately, Huber has been suspended without pay, and the current vice-president, Lyndi Petty, will serve as both President and Vice-President until the conclusion of the impeachment trial. Huber’s suspension will remain active until a trial conducted by the ASOSU Senate and Judicial Council determines her guilt or innocence of the allegations brought forth. Petty, the current ASOSU Vice-President, will assume the President’s duties while Huber awaits the result of

the official impeachment trial. Huber took office June 1, 2015 after winning the general election. The resolution was authored by William Miller, ASOSU Senate President Pro-Tempore, and Joshua Kaufman, ASOSU Executive Director of Finance, and sponsored by Frankie Flores, ASOSU Undergraduate Representative and ultimately approved by Mykael Moore, Speaker of the House. “This is not a personal attack against Cassie in any way,” Miller said. “There are some very important charges that have been brought forward, and I think that the due diligence will rest in the trial with the Senate.” Citing continual violations of the ASOSU constitution and statutes, the resolution detailed many occur-

rences in which Huber stepped outside of her authority since taking office and in turn directly went against the ASOSU Constitution. With fifteen charges listed against Huber, the resolution is a 3-page document that details Huber’s offenses. These include but are not limited to, “The President of ASOSU has stated on multiple occasions that she would like to depose James Knudsen as Judicial Council Chair so she can have a chair that would rule in her favor;” “All confirmations are to be sent to and reviewed by the ASOSU Senate, the SIFC interim members were never confirmed - they were simply appointed;” “The President of ASOSU has not upheld the ASOSU Oath of Office that she swore to uphold.”

See ASOSU, Page 6

ECO2go: University strives to eliminate campus waste UHDS does away with paper to-go boxes, offers reusable plastic containers By Jessie Shirley News Contributor

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To-go containers can be returned to several drop box location across campus.

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A new ‘Eco2go’ program on campus has been met with resounding positive feedback and is largely considered a success among housing and dining staff. University Housing and Dining Services introduced its newest attempt to reduce waste from dining centers this term by replacing all of the paper to-go containers with bright orange reusable plastic boxes. The boxes are given out when guests at university dining centers request a to-go option and can then be returned by patrons to any of the other dining centers, residence halls

or any of the five locations around campus. Chris Anderson, the assistant manager of Marketplace West and the leader of the program, hopes that the new “push vs. pull” program will seamlessly replace the previous Eco2go option, a buy-in program with a discount incentive. “We want to encourage new ways of thinking about food service,” Anderson said. He hopes that by making the reusable boxes the only to-go option customers will engage others in the program. The reusable boxes have replaced the approximated 600,000 disposable paper boxes normally purchased by UHDS. Anderson considers the program a success so far, “There is a huge return rate. I’ve even heard stories about customers finding them around campus and working together to bring them back to a return area,” Anderson said.

See Waste, Page 6

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