SENATE RESOLUTION 56

A RESOLUTION TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT TO IMPEACH Senator Jessica Hoffmann on Charges of Excessive Accumulated Absences

WHEREAS,   Jessica Hoffmann, a student of North Carolina State University, became a Student Senator, representing the College of Management, on April 17th 2002; and,

WHEREAS,   the Student Body Statutes, Chapter 2, Article 1, Rule 2e, provides that the Student Senate Secretary shall maintain records of the absences of Student Senators from meetings of the Student Senate; and,

WHEREAS,   the Student Body Statutes, Chapter 2, Article 1, Rule 2e, provides that absences from formal meetings of Senate committees shall be treated as one-half (1/2) a Senate absence; and,

WHEREAS,   the Student Body Statutes, Chapter 2, Article 1, Rule 2e, provides that absences from the Student Government Retreat shall be treated as one (1) Senate absence; and,

WHEREAS,   as of November 17th 2002, Senator Hoffmann has missed a total of fourteen (15) Senate roll calls or committee meetings amounting to seven and a half (7.5) absences in addition to one (1) absence for the Student Senate Retreat, totaling eight and a half (8.5) absences; and,

WHEREAS,   should the Senate find Senator Hoffmann guilty of these allegations at trial, according to the procedures set out in the Student Body Statutes, Chapter 2, Article 2, the Senator shall be immediately removed from office, and prohibited from serving in a Student Government Office for the remainder of the 2002-2003 academic year; now, therefore be it

RESOLVED,  that the North Carolina State University Student Senate hereby impeaches Senator Jessica Hoffmann on the charge of accumulated absences in excess of a reasonable quantity, given the specifications:

(i)                  Senator Hoffmann missed six (6) Student Senate meetings, namely those on August 21^st 2002, September 4^th 2002, September 18^th 2002, October 2^nd 2002, October 23^rd 2002, and November 6^th 2002;

(ii)                Senator Hoffmann missed three (3) University Affairs Committee meetings, namely those on October 9^th 2002, October 30^th 2002, and November 13^th 2002;

(iii)               Senator Hoffmann missed the Student Senate Retreat; and, be it further

RESOLVED,  that the North Carolina State University Student Senate establishes January 29^th 2003 at 7:30pm, as the date for the impeachment trial for Senator Hoffmann.

We, the undersigned, hereby introduce this resolution into the North Carolina State University Student Senate, this 18^th day of November 2002.

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Erich M. Fabricius

Student Senator, College of Engineering

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Meagan Langdon

Student Senator, College of Management

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C. Seth Lester

Student Senator, Life Long Education

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Mark Matthews

Student Senator, College of Humanities & Social Sciences

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Gary Palin

Student Senator, Graduate School

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Stuart Wright

Student Senator, College of Humanities & Social Sciences

I hereby certify that this resolution was read twice and adopted by consent in the North Carolina State University Student Senate, this 16^th day of January 2003.

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Joshua C. Cox

Student Senate President