Show Prince Resigns Student Senate La Velle Prince elected senator at large and parliamentarian by appointment appointment appointment appoint appoint- ment has resigned his position in the aftermath of an explosive senate meeting meeting meeting meet meet- ing on Jan 12 according to June Carlson executive vice president of the student body The meeting was the climax of an ongoing debate over the use of parliamentary parliamentary procedures and objections by the senate that it was not being used effectively and that certain senators were exploiting the senate through its use Carlson said that she wanted to table the use of full parliamentary procedures in order to regain control and allow for more time to accomplish accomplish lish important business using a modified modified modified mod mod- form of the procedures that the senate was comfortable with Prince blocked the motion after which he was told by an advisor that he should stop trying to control the meeting with his use of technicalities and delaying tactics He has resigned due to conflicts over matters of procedure accusations of usurping authority and using the senate to own goals He maintains that he was planning to resign anyway and that the events of Wednesdays Wednesday's meeting finalized that decision In response to the above accusations accusations accusations Prince maintains that his goals were to see the senate meetings conducted conducted conducted con con- ducted in an orderly manner through the use of parliamentary procedure and that the members of the senate had an obligation to learn the rules and abide by them He blocked the vote vot he said To prove a point point He feels that the best way to learn the proper use of parliamentary procedure procedure procedure dure is by doing it While admitting that he sometimes pushed too hard he insists that he was filling a void for which no one else wanted to be responsible and has felt frustrated because of the lack of cooperation on the part of his senate colleagues He feels he has outgrown the senate and is looking forward to working with Senator Bill Barton R- R as an intern for which he will receive 5 credit hours for political science He plans to pursue a career in public administration His resignation leaves a vacancy in inthe inthe inthe the senate and the position of parlia parlia- Carlson said she would like to see the position abolished and plans to bring it up in future meetings meetings meetings meet meet- ings of the senate Mike Durrant student body president will fill Prince position until a new senator is selected |