TRAVIS LEFEVRE
Editor in Chief
Two weeks ago, droves of students opened their emails and voted for who they wanted to become the next president of the Student Association. While this is normally a time to look at who might be sitting at the top of the Fredonia’s bureaucratic food chain, the process was disrupted when current SA President Conner Aitcheson vetoed the election and signed an executive order that declared him President for Life.
To celebrate his fair and just victory at the polls, President Aitcheson decreed election day be replaced with “Aitcheson Day,” which is now formally recognized on all SUNY Fredonia calendars and is celebrated with a University Police Parade down Ring Road and through the center of campus on Old Main Drive.
“I mean, it’s kinda bullshit, but who am I to say, he is the president, after all,” said one student. “I guess that means he can kind of just do this stuff.”
Other students have been critical of Supreme Leader Aitcheson’s “dictator-like” move, but, after some talks with the administration, the protesters have backed down and since switched to his side.
“He made some really great points when we met with him, he was so open and willing to hear our critiques of him. He truly deserves to be President for Life,” said former protester Leon Parsons, with two burly UP officers closely monitoring the interview.
The Scallion has reached out to Supreme Leader Aitcheson for a comment on his new administration and how being “President for Life” would work once he graduates. We haven’t heard back from the reporter we sent out and have since received a letter in the mail saying “Don’t send more reporters.”
We’re currently investigating in an attempt to find a connection between these two incidents.