Debate over internal matters within the Undergraduate Student Government (USG) continued last night as the USG Senate fought over rules and technicalities for the impeachment of USG President Galen Foulke.

Throughout the day yesterday, there was a recurring theme that internal fighting within USG over the past several years has kept the organization from fulfilling its purpose of representing students.

More internal fighting in USG has the potential to make the administration "pull the plug on USG" and develop a new form of student government, USG Vice President Luke Adams said.

"The administration is sick of it. They're sick of what's been going on for years," he said. "No matter what, the future of student government is at stake."

Ultimately, the Senate voted last night to proceed with the impeachment largely as outlined by the USG Academic Assembly Monday night.

The assembly moved unanimously Monday to impeach Foulke on several counts of allegedly failing to fulfill his duties, including his creation of a commission to re-evaluate the structure of the USG Constitution.

An impeachment calls for a joint session of both the Senate and the assembly, where the complaints against Foulke would be brought to trial. The trial will be held Nov. 30.

Senate President Chris Owens said the impeachment marks the same type of behavior he saw in USG last year, when "too many people had too many personal agendas."

He said the assembly's date for impeachment trial will interfere with a regularly scheduled Senate meeting, taking even more of the Senate's time away from regular business.

"Do you think it's fair that we're sitting here for four hours and not doing any service to the students?" he asked the Senate at one point. The meeting lasted about five hours, ending slightly before midnight.

Town Sen. Diana Maxham initially proposed legislation saying the Senate did not wish to participate in the impeachment. Such a move would, according to the legislation, halt the impeachment process.

The Senate ultimately voted not to bring the legislation to the floor because of concerns over whether the Senate had the power to stop the impeachment once the assembly started it.

There was no debate last night over the specifics of the allegations in the assembly's impeachment, but both senators and members of the packed gallery were called out of order, as interactions were marked at times by both raised voices and obscene language.

Assembly member Ashley Harris, who sponsored the impeachment Monday night, said the process was not meant as a personal attack, though she said she was nervous about how it may appear to others.

Harris said bringing the assembly's concerns to trial would resolve semester-long disputes between the assembly and Foulke.

"I just want us to stay productive and keep doing what we're doing," she said. "By finding out what's wrong in the system and fixing it ... we should be able to do a lot better."

During an open student forum period last night, several students spoke in support of Foulke and encouraged the Senate to focus on its main objectives.

"Just let him do his job serving students, just like you all should do," former Town Sen. Sean Miller said.

Collegian Staff Writer Devon Lash contributed to this report.