The Student Government Association denied a nominee to join Senate after members said the candidate was trying to be elected as pro tempore.
During the vote Wednesday afternoon, Bryan Kubel recommended SGA Senate not approve sophomore political science major Daqavise Winston’s application. Though Kubel is chair of the credentials board, he made the recommendation as a senator.
James Wells, a freshman senator, said Winston approached him with his “Plan to 25,” in which he would gain 25 supporters to back him for the position of president pro tempore.
To achieve this goal, Winston would have enough senators approved next week — the last week to join for this semester — to initiate an SGA general election.
Wells informed Kubel of the situation and Kubel wrote the statement to read to SGA Senate.
“Then, he would overwhelm the vice president to resign, and he can move into that office and find a way to overthrow the president to cause another crisis [like one] that happened during beginning of school year,” Wells said.
Winston said he did not have any plans and did not take his application very seriously.
“No one decided to ask me questions [during my Q-and-A],” he said. “If someone in Senate had a sincere problem, I wish they would have brought it up. I couldn’t defend myself.”
In his statement, Kubel said Winston had a list of 25 current and potential senators that he considered his supporters. The list was not circulated.
Senator Jacob Cash said he was on the list without his consent.
“Make sure you are in this organization for the right reason,” Cash said. “It’s times like this that take people’s integrity into question. I’ve seen progress over the last few weeks, and I don’t want to take a step backward.”
Winston was a senator last spring, but he was not able to be one this year because of an internship.
He said he thinks some people in SGA are more concerned with doing things for themselves and their friends instead of generating real change.
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