GSO Sen. calls special meeting to form impeachment committee

By Jana Seal news editor

At least 10 Syracuse University Graduate Student Organization senators filed articles of impeachment against GSO President Yousr Dhaouadi last week, which Dhaoadi shared in an email to GSO on Monday. GSO’s Senate is set to hold a meeting on Friday evening to form an impeachment committee.

In the articles, the ten impeaching senators, whose names were redacted in the document

Dhaouadi circulated, allege “repeated resistance” by Dhaouadi to the establishment of more transparency and accountability in the organization’s advocacy efforts.

The Graduate Student Organization Constitution mandates that following the receipt of articles of impeachment, the Senate is responsible for appointing a committee at its next regular meeting, or, as for Friday’s meeting, at an out-of-session special meeting called for the express purpose of forming an impeachment committee.

The articles of impeachment point to Article II Section 4 of the GSOC, and advocate for impeachment on its grounds that Dhaouadi represents graduate students to the Board of Trustees, SU administration and the graduate school, and is bound to advocate on behalf of graduate students to the university administration.

Dhaouadi sits on the Board of Trustees at SU via her position as president of GSO, and is a university senator. She spoke at Wednesday’s University Senate meeting, during which she alleged that her attempts to put out open debate on GSO Senate Resolution 23.06 — which at GSO’s Feb. 1 meeting passed to establish its recognition and support for Syracuse Graduate Employees United — motivated the impeachment effort.

The articles do not reference this resolution or discussion surrounding it directly.

“I just want to ask the Senate to, if you know graduate students, just urge that idea of free and open debate on the topic. My goal is really see relief page 3 see gso page 3

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