Convocation
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Although the ballroom was filled
to almost two-thirds capacity, the
crowd was mostly older, and there
were few if any students present.
At 4 p.m., several professors gave
remarks about 1876, and following
them was the premiere of the docu
mentary “A History of the Universi
ty of Oregon: The Founding.” The
video is the first in a two-part series
about the University’s early years,
and is written, narrated and direct
ed by journalism associate prdfes
sor Rebecca Force.
Convocation literally means a
gathering, but the word has religious
overtones stemming from its original
use to signify a gathering of churches
or a church congregation. Now the
word is used to describe many
things: At Georgia Southern Univer
sity, a convocation is a twice-month
ly gathering of the student body to
listen to primarily religious messages
from the school; at many other
schools, a convocation is basically a
freshman introductory seminar.
Marty Toohey is a freelance reporter
for the Oregon Daily Emerald.
ASUO
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asked to resign three days later, Sib
ley said.
“People have been asking around
for (the documents),” he said. “(The
things) I have access to are public
records. That’s completely in my
power to help them find what
they’re looking for.”
But Sibley said the executives de
nied that this had anything to do
with his termination. He said the
pair told him they’d received com
plaints about him from student
groups and EMU directors, he had
made a few mistakes and in general
he was not protecting the student
incidental fee. They fired him after
he refused to resign, he said.
Sibley contends none of the rea
sons the executives provided had
merit. And he had never heard
about such problems from them nor
from ASUO accounting coordinator
Jen Creighton, who also supervises
controllers and would not comment
on the incident.
, “I’ve never made the same mis
take twice. I certainly don’t make
any more mistakes than any of the
other controllers do,” Sibley said.
“When I asked (Brooklyn and Nair)
for specific examples, they would
n’t give me any.”
Sibley was also the only controller
out of the four who had all his reports
finished when Brooklyn and Nair
fired him, he said. And he added that
his working relationship with groups
had always been positive.
ASUO Senate President Peter
Watts agreed that Sibley was a com
petent worker.
“I think Justin was doing a great
job as a controller, and I think he
had great personal skills,” he said.
“It’ll be sad not to have him in the
office anymore.”
Watts added that even if the exec
utives’ reason for firing Sibley was
related to him helping someone
find public records, that may not
have been appropriate justification.
“If a controller was revealing in
formation that a program didn’t want
out — even if it was public record —
they would probably be upset,” he
said. “But I don’t know that there’s
necessarily a cause of action for it. ”
Sibley’s grievance may also in
clude charges of gender discrimina
tion. Out of the 26 ASUO employ
ees, six are males.
“I also feel that I’m targeted be
cause they just don’t like me,” Sibley
said. “And it makes me think they
just don’t want guys in the office. ”
The grievance will be filed to the
ASUO Constitution Court today or
Tuesday. The court has 7 to 10 work
ing days to hold a hearing and usu
ally makes a decision within a cou
ple of days, Watts said.
Watts was not sure what would
happen if the court ruled to kick
Brooklyn and Nair out of office, but
said impeachment is unlikely.
“There doesn’t seem to be any
limits to what the court can do,” he
said. “I suppose it’s possible (the ex
ecutives be impeached), but I would
seriously doubt it would happen. ”
Sibley said even if his grievance
is not approved, he hopes to at least
make other students aware of what
he believes to be an “unprofession
al” and “inexperienced” ASUO ad
ministration.
“It’s frustrating that they have the
power to do this with no merit —
two people who have no experience
with management,” Sibley said.
“They are supposed to be represent
ing students’ interests and should
be held to a higher standard. ”
Beata Mostafavi is the student activities
editor for the Oregon Daily Emerald.
She can be reached at
beatamostafavi@dailyemerald.com.
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