Four of the five senators who signed Vice President Tanya Smith’s impeachment notice withdrew their names Monday and decided to work things out with Smith.

If the fifth person, Sen. Paul Fabrizius, withdraws his name the impeachment notice will be null and void.

However, Fabrizius, who had an appointment with Smith last night, said he would give his decision today because he has “got all the cards in his hands.”

The decision to try to cancel the impeachment was started by Sen. Mike Ruderman. Before things went too far, Ruderman said he felt he had to talk to Smith person-to-person.

“I signed the (impeachment) notice to make it very clear I am fed up with what is happening with the vice presidency, and it was time to make things very clear to the senate body as a whole that it’s time to solve these problems,” Ruderman said.

However, he said he talked to Smith after the Nov. 11 meeting before going “full force” with preparations for Sunday’s impeachment proceedings.

Smith said a few senators approached her on Nov. 11 and asked her if she would be willing to work out the disagreements.

“I would like to move forward,” Smith said. “If we have the Student Association’s best interests in mind, it’s time to get down to the real business of the SA,” she said.

uderman said, “At our meeting, Tanya and I made an agreement to open up the communication channels with everyone concerned about the vice presidency, and to work at alleviating those problems through person-to-person agreements.”

Smith said she can’t solve all of the problems in the SA, but she is willing to work with the senate concerning any issues about herself.

“We just felt that an impeachment wasn’t necessary after all,” said Sen. James Rock, who also withdrew his name from the notice.

Smith said she was disturbed the senators didn’t come to her with their complaints from the beginning. She said Sen. Kelly Marie McDonald, who was also one of the impeachment notice signers, came to her and expressed ideas with the Channels program and has since helped start the program.

In a memo to The Northern Star the senators stated, “We have chosen to work with our vice president together, and not against each other (as in past terms) in order to solve the problems that have arisen in the present term of office.”

“I certainly hope things get straightened out from within the senate so we may serve the students instead of our own egos,” Ruderman said.