The Student Judiciary ruled Monday that College Republicans did not receive due process in its April 23 appeal for a larger office space in the Student Activities Center and should receive a re-application hearing.
Following the College Republicans’ appeal for the SAC Governing Board to reconsider, the group filed a complaint that the SACGB did not give it fair consideration.
The original application’s meeting calendar lacked the number of people to occupy the office. Since the application was incomplete, the Student Judiciary ruled SACGB did not give College Republicans due process, according to a statement.
College Republicans Chair Charlie Hoffmann said he is pleased with the Student Judiciary’s decision.
“I think we kind of got screwed over in the application process, and we believe the SAC is not taking into account what we use the office for and how effective [the larger office space] is to our organization,” Hoffmann said.
College Republicans previously operated in a “small” office space but moved to a “medium” office for this academic year. However, the SACGB again allocated a small office to College Republicans for 2014-’15.
“We’ve been able to reach out to a lot more students,” Hoffmann said. “We have a place on campus where kids can congregate and know they can come to talk to us about any issues.”
Hoffman also said the small office space is only big enough for storage and the lack of closed doors prevents discussing private finances or political agendas.
Although College Republicans also charged the board with violating viewpoint neutrality, Student Judiciary found the board did not.
