Impeachment charges against all but one member of the Residence Hall Association executive board, filed Nov. 19, will be debated once a senator proposes and reads them during senate. The charges, filed by Cliff Hall President Stephen Dilullo, aren't officially released. According to the organization's constitution, grounds for impeachment include not fulfilling the duties of office and breach of attendance requirements. None of the executive board members have missed more than three meetings, the maximum absences allowed, so the charges likely allege a constitutional violation.
The charges were sent to RHA President Turner Johnson — the only executive not up for impeachment — and University Housing's RHA advisor Tiffany Conde on Nov. 19, and the rest of the executive board was told on Nov. 20. The senate meeting scheduled for that day was abruptly cancelled by Johnson, who refused to call the meeting to order or grant his powers to another executive board member. Senate members, mainly freshman, should have the opportunity to attend Tiger Burn that night, Johnson told the executive board and the senate over GroupMe. Johnson has missed three senate meetings.
“I had no idea what the (executive) board could have done,” National Communications Coordinator Dylan Myers said. He is up for impeachment, along with Vice President Sam Pasyeur, Treasurer Matthew Warren, Secretary Cole Davis, Campus Liaisons Adarius Simpkins and Kat Staggers, Chief Officer of Sustainability Reaghan Murphy and Public Relations Director Maicca Millare.
"To say it bluntly, the organization is in total crisis and chaos," Warren said in an email. "Communication between the Executive Board and President has broken down completely."
Myers and multiple members of the senate expressed doubt that the charges would result in impeachment, including Patterson Hall President McKenzi Norris and East Quad President Nick Stathopoulos.
"I do not believe anything will come with the charges and I don’t think anyone should be impeached," Stathopoulos said in an email. Norris said that he would support an impeachment charge against Johnson, the only executive member not already charged.
The charges will be read at least two meetings, at which time the senate will vote on whether to bring each member to an impeachment hearing. Any hearings would likely take place early in the spring semester.
Conde declined to comment before the charges are read at senate. Dilullo and Johnson also had no comment at this time.
*This article previously stated that the charges would be read Nov. 28. According to the president's chief of staff, the charges don't have to read immediately after the impeachment proceedings are started. A senator must still propose action during a senate meeting, he said.