Infighting rages among senior officials - StuCo officers Payal Patel, Brian Drolet trade accusations amid senior class feud
Reporting about the SGA, not a record of it: The Johns Hopkins News-Letter published this and the SGA did not write it, file it, or approve it. The archive holds it because the article itself uses the phrase “student council”.
Summary
- This Johns Hopkins News-Letter article covers a dispute among senior Student Council officials over recall petitions and the council’s future.
- The News-Letter reported that the senior class delegation was at a standstill, with resignation and removal petitions circulating.
- The paper reported that Patel submitted a petition signed by 164 seniors seeking Drolet’s recall over alleged exclusion, a policy violation and the loss of $3,000 in class funds.
- The article says Patel blamed Drolet’s event planning, while Drolet called her claims “libelous” and “entirely on falsehoods.”
- The reporter writes that four of the other five officers rejected Patel’s claims; according to the article, a senior class vote next semester will decide whether Drolet remains in StuCo.
- The article adds that a school-wide vote will decide whether the council can handle impeachments internally, while Long said, “I wanted to see an internal solution to this conflict. But given the current situation, it doesn't look good for StuCo.”