The Student Government Association announced that they are having their third change in presidency since last January.
The announcement came on Jan. 16 from Interim President of SGA and information security and intelligence senior Cale Herzenstiel. He held the position as consigliere, what put him third in line for president. With neither the president, nor vice president at the meeting, Herzenstiel stepped up to the plate.
“Moving into new business, first thing I mentioned is that we will be working on a presidential election,” Herzenstiel said. “We don’t have the details just yet. But we’re going to be possibly putting that out there. Maybe a month, or a couple of weeks. We will work out the details, acquire more information, next meeting, but at least want to let everyone know just so you’re aware, so that we want to think about it or just put it out.”
On Friday, Herzenstiel sent out an email explaining the current situation of SGA.
“A few days ago, we received resignation letters from President Andrews and Director of Philanthropy Lagreca,” Herzenstiel wrote. “These two positions need to be filled along with other notable open positions within SGA such as press secretary and consigliere.”
Economics and finance sophomore Pedro Saltini was previously on SGA at the beginning of the academic year as press secretary before deciding to step down the position after being there for three months.
“I think student government is going through a lot of different moments,” Saltini said. “And different perspectives. I mean, it’s different, having a president resigning position. So more than ever, I think the students should get together and make the best decision that is going to make our campus move forward. I think it’s time for us to expect something better from our student government.”
Saltini explained that he wants to run for the position of president when the election is finalized.
“[What] I plan on doing is working in more partnership with Ferris if I’m elected as a president,” Saltini said. “Today, I don’t feel that student government attend the demands for all the groups on campus. I want to make it clear that you student government welcomes everybody on campus to collaborate for a better environment inside our community. And I think we don’t we don’t have this today.”
Herzenstiel further explained that while the president is voted on by the student body, the other positions are filled by who the president appoints. Anyone who is interested in these positions, however, can reach out to Herzenstiel.
SGA meets every Tuesday in the Founders room located in the David L. Eisler Center at 6:30 p.m. The meetings are open to anyone who would like to attend.
The former President, Dylan Andrews, was unable to be reached by the Torch at the time of this article.