The latest on the KU Student Senate leaders’ impeachment process

An impeachment committee should be formed today to prepare a report and make a recommendation for possible discipline of Kansas University Student Senate’s top three leaders.

According to an email to the Senate from senior senator Lauren Arney, a meeting was planned for this morning to form the committee, made up of some Senate standing committee chairs and several other senators chosen by lottery. Under Senate rules, the committee has five school days — so until roughly mid-next week — to prepare its recommendation, which must then be presented to the full Senate at a regular or special meeting.

Following a heated universitywide town hall forum on race Nov. 11, the Senate’s Student Executive Committee approved a motion demanding the resignation of Student Body President Jessie Pringle, Student Body Vice President Zach George and Senate Chief of Staff Adam Moon, whom some fellow senators and students accused of failing to do enough to support black and other marginalized students on campus. The three declined to resign, and the Student Senate took up impeachment procedures last week.

Pringle, George and Moon, in the meantime, have been working on a plan to improve the campus climate for marginalized students. They released a list of 11 commitments on Nov. 16, followed by a more detailed seven-page proposal for how to get them done shared on Friday.

• Gun survey wraps up Wednesday: In other Student Senate news, the online survey seeking students’ opinions about concealed carry on campus is still open — but not for long. The last day to take it is Wednesday. Students at KU and other state schools should have received links to the survey in their emails earlier this month.