Artzer challenged; Students question appointments

At the first Student Assembly meeting of the term last night, an Assembly representative accused president Nicole Artzer '94 of making unconstitutional appointments to her executive committee. Representative Grant Bosse '94 demanded the formation of an ad hoc committee on procedure to investigate the constitutionality of Artzer's appointments. Bosse also proposed that the ad hoc committee discuss rules of order for the Assembly this term and how to change the constitution to incorporate changes to the Assembly's standing committee structure proposed by Artzer last spring. "There are some major procedural questions that need to be addressed before we can move on to the other business of the Assembly," Bosse said. The general Assembly approved Bosse's motion by a vote of 10 to two with four members abstaining. Bosse said many of Artzer's executive committee appointments were not elected to the Assembly by the student body in the spring, and that this violates the Assembly's constitution. But the constitution does not specifically require members of the executive committee to have been elected to the general Assembly. Each year, the Assembly president hand-picks the executive committee, which decides what issues the Assembly should discuss. Only two of Artzer's executive committee appointments were elected to the general Assembly last spring.