President-Elect Jon Long may have misused QSA funds
Daniel Nash
Issue date: 6/2/09 Section: Campus News
Between Nov. 25, 2008 and Jan. 12, QSA account activity consisted entirely of Long's personal transactions.
From Nov. 25 through Feb. 9 -- shortly before being discovered by other QSA members -- Long's activity actually provided the club with a positive cash flow of $84.81. However, his spending patterns were troublesome for the account's day-to-day activity, sending it into debt at several points in January and February and incurring overdraft fees. The worst of the overdrafts reached $660.82, though the largest debts were almost immediately balanced out by deposits of equal or greater amounts.
The problem wasn't the flow of money, but the fact that the account funds were misappropriated, Hillius said.
"At no point have we used the word 'embezzlement' in relation to this case," Hillius said. "But there was a serious misuse of club funds."
Though the Ledger obtained a copy of the initial incident report against Long, official documentation regarding the resulting sanction against him was unavailable. A Facebook message written by Long and sent to Hillius stated that he would be suspended until spring quarter 2010, pending approval by the Faculty Appeals Board in Seattle. A copy of the Facebook message was provided ot the newspaper. In it, Long said he intended to appeal and requested that Hillius submit a letter on his behalf.
Hillius did write a letter to the board, though he was not supportive of Long.
"We agreed… as an organization that Jon needed to step down as the President," Hillius wrote. "We allowed Jon to step down with out [sic] any publicity, hoping this would be punishment enough.
"However within just a few weeks of his stepping down form the smallest organization on campus, he decides to run for ASUWT president. This is strong evidence that Jon has no remorse for his actions."
The members of QSA stood behind Julie Draper's decision, he wrote.
Draper, the associate director for student services and arbiter on the incident report, said she was unable to discuss the specifics of the QSA report because she is a staff member. But Long's report was given the same consideration as any other report filed for another student, and judged on all available evidence, she said.
From Nov. 25 through Feb. 9 -- shortly before being discovered by other QSA members -- Long's activity actually provided the club with a positive cash flow of $84.81. However, his spending patterns were troublesome for the account's day-to-day activity, sending it into debt at several points in January and February and incurring overdraft fees. The worst of the overdrafts reached $660.82, though the largest debts were almost immediately balanced out by deposits of equal or greater amounts.
The problem wasn't the flow of money, but the fact that the account funds were misappropriated, Hillius said.
"At no point have we used the word 'embezzlement' in relation to this case," Hillius said. "But there was a serious misuse of club funds."
Though the Ledger obtained a copy of the initial incident report against Long, official documentation regarding the resulting sanction against him was unavailable. A Facebook message written by Long and sent to Hillius stated that he would be suspended until spring quarter 2010, pending approval by the Faculty Appeals Board in Seattle. A copy of the Facebook message was provided ot the newspaper. In it, Long said he intended to appeal and requested that Hillius submit a letter on his behalf.
Hillius did write a letter to the board, though he was not supportive of Long.
"We agreed… as an organization that Jon needed to step down as the President," Hillius wrote. "We allowed Jon to step down with out [sic] any publicity, hoping this would be punishment enough.
"However within just a few weeks of his stepping down form the smallest organization on campus, he decides to run for ASUWT president. This is strong evidence that Jon has no remorse for his actions."
The members of QSA stood behind Julie Draper's decision, he wrote.
Draper, the associate director for student services and arbiter on the incident report, said she was unable to discuss the specifics of the QSA report because she is a staff member. But Long's report was given the same consideration as any other report filed for another student, and judged on all available evidence, she said.
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Greg
posted 6/07/09 @ 9:15 PM PST
Shame on the QSA for not bringing the situation to light sooner. They made a mockery of the election.
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