A cease-and-desist letter has quelled public speculation about the role of the Nipissing University Student Union’s general manager Todd Fearnley in two secretive November impeachments.
NUSU’s board of directors unseated president Kyle Marsh on Nov. 18 in a private 3-2 vote, triggering student protests at Nipissing and elsewhere against Fearnley, an unelected general manager hired by the board for his business experience, voting an elected representative from office. Meaghan Byrnes, president of an affiliated student representative group, was similarly impeached by NUSU earlier that month.
Former NUSU president Steve Evans accused the board of “sweep[ing] more and more decisions under the rug.”
Since the letter was sent by Fearnley’s lawyer to at least three students, including Marsh and Ryerson Student Union’s Nora Loreto, little has been said about the impeachments. Byrnes announced on Dec. 20 that will not appeal her impeachment further, believing she will not have a fair hearing.
-Andre Bovee-Begun
