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Senators elected Catherine Morris as the president’s chief of staff and Zachary Nosanchuk as the senate s chief of staff to help manage the executive and legislative branches of the SA, respectively.
The Student Association Senate unanimously approved two appointees to serve as executive and legislative chiefs of staff next year during a meeting Monday.
Senators elected Catherine Morris as the president’s chief of staff and Zachary Nosanchuk as the senate’s chief of staff to help manage the executive and legislative branches of the SA, respectively. After SA President Brandon Hill ascended to the SA’s top post in January following the resignation of then-President Howard Brookins, Morris replaced Hill as executive vice president and Nosanchuck served as the president’s chief of staff – experience that the appointees say prepared them for their new positions.
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Hill said he was aware that some senators began to “whip votes” and make “backdoor deals” to block Carpenter’s nomination before she had her time to present her case for the EVP position.
The Student Association Senate rejected the nomination of SA Sen. Kate Carpenter, U-at-Large, to serve as executive vice president for the remainder of the body’s term at its meeting Monday.
SA President Brandon Hill selected Carpenter, who is also a Hatchet photographer, to fill the vacant position after he ascended to the presidency last month. After members of the senate posed several questions to Carpenter and held an almost hourlong private executive session to discuss her selection, Carpenter did not receive the required two-thirds majority vote to be confirmed, gathering about 55 percent of the vote.