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Censure, gun issues on ASOSU Senate's plate
Censure tabled regarding sexual assault/harassment; gun resolution involving concealed carry not approved
Shanna Woodruff
Issue date: 4/29/09 Section: News
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The censure against Pennington for alleged sexual assault/harassment was previously tabled until a committee, including Pennington, ASOSU president, vice president, members of the Office of Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity, the victims and a few additional members involved, meets to discuss the situation.
It was presented in the meeting that the committee has not yet met and since the issue is still pending the motion remains on the table. Senate Chair Jerred Taylor, a senior in chemistry, explained that since the appropriate administrative offices have been contacted, further discussion on the censure will no longer appear on future agendas until the situation is no longer pending.
"The crimes of improper sexual conduct did, in fact, occur," said Senator Desiree Segura, a senior in philosophy and women studies. "It is within our means to ensure we take action to show that we do not condone such actions, especially from members of our own."
"We must do what we can to ensure that these instances do not occur in the future and to give support to those who have experienced it in the past," Segura said.
Since the censure had already been tabled, a motion was made to bring back the censure from the table to be discussed and voted upon.
"We reached the consensus that the next appropriate action was to see a resolution," said Senator Alia Beyer, a junior in chemistry. "I don't think we should just let it slide."
Some senators mentioned that they would like to have a guilty statement before making a decision to censure Pennington.
"If we table this then what are we saying to those that were willing to come forward?" Segura said, reminding the senate that one of the victims did testify in the previous senate meeting.
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Andrea
posted 4/29/09 @ 12:40 PM PST
Why would the senate censure someone when guilt has not be admitted or proven? What if evidence were to come out later that the crime did not occur?
Tucker Rossetto
posted 4/29/09 @ 3:07 PM PST
We only elect the most capable and competent detective-, lawyer-, and jurist-students to represent us in the ASOSU Senate.
Why, if they cannot determine the guilt of someone in their bi-weekly meetings with a preponderane of evidence in the form of slander spoken by one of their peers, who in the world COULD determine such a thing?
Jerred Taylor
posted 4/30/09 @ 12:02 PM PST
There are a few details that need clarifying in this article.
First, my decision in the last ASOSU Senate meeting was to table the censure motion indefinitely, due to the fact the university is looking in to the claims in question. (Continued…)
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