Volume 127, No. 34 Thursday, September 28, 2017
OPINION
SPORTS
A&C
GRAHAM-CASSIDY FAILURE A RELIEF
FORMER ATHLETIC DIRECTOR TIED TO COLLEGE HOOPS SCANDAL
IS ‘MOTHER’ ARTSY OR WEIRD?
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ASCSU President
Attempts of impeachment resurface ASCSU student body president Josh Sillva listens to the ASCSU senate discuss budget reforms at the Sept. 27, 2017 meeting. At the senate meeting, the ASCSU senate moved to impeach Silva citing several violations of the ASCSU Constitution and ASCSU Code of Ethics on multiple occasions. PHOTO BY TONY VILLALOBOS MAY COLLEGIAN
Documents show accusations of harassment, verbal abuse By Haley Candelario @H_Candelario98
A third impeachment petition against Student Body President Josh Silva was brought forward by the student government senate Wednesday night, but it leaves out the accusations of harassment and discrimination that were included, but not read aloud, in
the last attempt of impeachment. After the senate body tried to call an executive session during its second attempt of impeachment to keep the violations private, the petition filed Sept. 13 was obtained by the Collegian through an open records request. The petition claims that Silva harassed and verbally abused members of the executive branch, deleted
and concealed emails and files in attempt to obstruct impeachment proceedings, and had a consensual relationship that caused a lack of respect for others in the executive branch. Sen. Cerridwyn Nordstrom filed all three complaints on behalf of several members, but according to Silva, Nordstrom has no firsthand knowledge of the harassment.
“(The complainant) doesn’t have any knowledge of these instances occurring,” Silva said. “It’s, at this point, merely word of mouth and screenshots of texts and emails that are open to interpretation.” According to Silva, the screenshots of messages were taken out of context. And, he said he is unsure where the allegation that he deleted and concealed
emails came from. “I don’t even know how they would have access to (my ASCSU presidential email) in the first place,” Silva said. “I have no clue what concealment or deletion of emails would entail in their minds. To my knowledge, I have not concealed (or) deleted emails.”
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