University Senate calls for Cal Poly Humboldt President Tom Jackson to resign
On Thursday afternoon, Cal Poly Humboldt’s University Senate met a two-thirds majority to make a vote of no confidence for President Tom Jackson and Chief of Staff Mark Johnson. The general faculty of the university demanded the immediate resignation of both Jackson and Johnson. While the results need to be verified by staff to ensure all votes are valid —many proxy votes were made due to the short nature of the meeting — Patrick Malloy said the preliminary count Thursday for both proxy votes and those polled at the meeting surpassed a two-thirds majority. The resolution notes that shortly after students occupied Siemens Hall, the university called on multiple law enforcement agencies to respond, which included dozens of armed, non-university police officers arriving at Siemens Hall wearing body armor and carrying shields. “President Tom Jackson and Chief of Staff Mark Johnson, through their unfamiliarity with the Cal Poly student body, mishandled the protest by calling those law enforcement agencies to attempt to extract protesters from Siemens Hall, which led to the injury of students and faculty of Cal Poly Humboldt,” the resolution states. Three students
