Can you impeach a member of the Undergraduate Government of Boston College?
Yes, members of the UGBC can be impeached. According to the UGBC Constitution, "Charges may be brought against any member of the UGBC based on non-performance, absences, misconduct, and violation of this Constitution and/or By-laws. Charges must be relayed to the individual in writing. The Vice-Chair shall serve as the secretary and draft the appropriate documentation to the individual in question. In the event of charges being brought against the Vice-Chair, the Chair shall assume this role" (Article IV, Section 1).
The member in question has one week to reply, and may request a hearing. The president and vice president must also be notified of all charges.
In order to be impeached, the Board of legislative directors holds a hearing with the chair presiding (unless it is the chair which the charges are being brought against), in which the member in question may not vote, nor any members with a direct interest in the matter.
Elected members (president, executive vice president, chair, vice chair, and any legislative director) cannot be removed with out a hearing. They may be removed by a three-fourths vote of the Legislative Board after a hearing has taken place.
Appointed members may also be impeached by a three-fourths vote after a hearing, but they can be removed "at the discretion of the president and executive vice president at any time without a hearing. Removals must receive approval by majority vote of the legislative directors," according to the the UGBC constitution.
- Rosanne Palatucci
How is the Middlemarch theme chosen?
This year's Middlemarch theme was announced to the public on Feb. 15, but the O'Connell House managers have known the theme since September. "The theme is chosen early because there's a lot to plan," said Mike Ward, a manager and CSOM '05.
The five managers, who live at the O'Connell House, choose the theme each year. They get some input from website submissions, but their ideas come from "what we hear on the street," said Ward.
The managers meet with each other to discuss them until they decide on one. Ward said this year it was a unanimous decision for "Superheroes and Supervillains."
"There was a lot of enthusiasm at the announcement," said Ward.
The managers don't want to repeat Middlemarch themes of the past, including Space Odyssey, Alice in Wonderland, Willy Wonka, Studio 54, Casablanca, Broadway, Robin Hood, Titanic, and the Orient Express.
Middlemarch will be off-campus this year at a "mystery location." This change in tradition comes on the heels of last year's cancellation of Middlemarch due to violations of the fire code in the O'Connell House.
- Rosanne Palatucci
What is 104 Days?
It's not 99 days unil graduation. Not even 100. 104. It may seem random, but the first Senior Week event and the official start to the countdown to graduation correlates to the last two digits of this year's graduating class.
The tradition started in the mid-80s, said Emily Roper, one of two graduate interns for Senior Week. "Eventually we will have to change it because it will go into first semester, but we haven't changed it yet because it's still working."
This year's 104 Days event was unique because it actually fell on the 104th day before graduation. For a variety of reasons, in past years the party hasn't fallen on the exact day.
"One thing we have to take into consideration is when we can be in Conte Forum to do bus loading," said Roper.
Seniors board the buses outside of Conte, and this year headed they to The Roxy, a club in Boston. Roper said that though the interns and Carol Hughes, the Senior Week dean, looked at other venues, they keep going back to the Roxy.
"It's a great space to work with, it's a lot of fun, and it's a great place to theme or not to theme," said Roper.
Roper also said that the size of the Roxy is good for the event. "Because it's on a weekday and it's far away from graduation, you don't get the whole class to go," said Roper.
This year more than 1,100 seniors attended. Other Senior Week events will take place the Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday before graduation.
- Rosanne Palatucci
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