Outgoing Undergraduate Student Government Social Chair Carla Javier’15 and outgoing Campus and Community Affairs Chair Trap Yates’14 were dishonorably discharged from the USG Friday morning after failing to express appreciation for USG president Shawon Jackson’15 on their personal social media accounts.
Javier and Yates were the only members of the USG who did not create personalphoto collages of themselves with Jackson and post them to Facebookwith a birthday message. They were also the only members to not "like"the birthday postings made by others in which Jackson was tagged.
A USG investigation headed by Academics Chair Dillon Sharp ’14 found thatthe tagged posts had shown up on Javier's and Yates's news feeds, andthat they had received the mass text from Jackson the morning of hisbirthday that read "It's my birthday. So thankful to have all of youawesome, inspiring people in my life!!!"
In the eyes of the investigating committee, Sharp said, the evidencesupported Jackson’s assertion that Javier and Yates had knowinglyneglected Jackson’s birthday.
Sharp declined to comment on why the academics chair of the USG was tasked with leading the inquest.
"Carla and Trap have dishonored me, this administration, this government, thisUniversity, Barack Obama and indeed this great nation by theirmisdeeds," Jackson said in a statement to The Daily Princetonian.
"It was my birthday," Jackson added. "Do they just not care? So not awesome."
All members of USG and class governments have received orders from Jackson —effective immediately — to "shun" Javier and Yates, Jackson's officeannounced in an email sent to all undergraduate students by ChiefElections Manager Rachel Nam’15.
According to the terms of the shun, the USG must avoid eye contact withJavier and Yates, leave any room either of the two pariahs has enteredand pointedly refuse to "like" their Facebook postings throughout themonth of January.
"I was on vacation," Javier said, crying, in a phone interview with TheDaily Princetonian. "Time zones are different in Aruba. I forgot! WillShawon ever forgive me?"
Yates declined to comment verbally, but directed The Daily Princetonian to aphotograph of himself with faux bear paws on his hands captioned "Fuckthe police."
Javier is a senior writer for The Daily Princetonian. Yates is a former associate Street editor.
* Just in case you’re a reporter forThe Daily Callerlooking to dig up dirt, please note that this article is part of The Daily Princetonian’s annual joke issue. Use discretion before citing.
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