ASPSU Vice President Azadeh Chitsaz announced her resignation from the elected position at last night’s Student Senate meeting, citing the need to spend time with an ill family member in her resignation letter.
‘So far I have not heard or seen anything that would preclude us from not having a vice president,’ said pro tempore Senate President Daniel Lyons, who will assume control of the Senate.
President Jonathan Sanford is working with Judicial Board Chair Brad Vehafric to determine what will happen next, if anything. If the determination is made that a vice president must be chosen, that person will be selected by the president and then confirmed by the Senate.
Though he has received ‘tons’ of interest in the vice president position, Sanford said he doesn’t see how someone could take on the job mid-year because, ‘the executive staff has such camaraderie.’
Sanford said that Chitsaz needs a break to be with her family after a tiring voter registration drive that lasted more than seven months.
‘It’s been a long hard year,’ he said.
Lyons said he will definitely rely on the coordinating committee of the Senate for help with the transition, though some members of the Senate believe that the coordinating committee is not needed to oversee the activities of the Senate.
In the event that the ASPSU president can no longer perform their duties, the role falls to the Judicial Board chair, according to the ASPSU Constitution.
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