Partying needs new approach - In The Right
Reporting about the SGA, not a record of it: The Johns Hopkins News-Letter published this and the SGA did not write it, file it, or approve it. The archive holds it because the article itself uses the phrase “student council”.
Summary
- This Johns Hopkins News-Letter article by Eric Wolkoff discusses pressure on Hopkins parties and proposes moving them away from Charles Village.
- The News-Letter reported that, citing local complaints, Baltimore police had been breaking up more house parties than before.
- The paper reported that the article calls for student-neighbor forums, civil communication and more student self-policing.
- The article proposes creating a fraternity row and opening on-campus rooms for parties instead of holding them off campus.
- The reporter writes that Harvard’s model uses student party coordinators, limits parties to fewer than 100 students and allows a $100 Student Council grant for expenses.
- The article adds that Harvard parties end at 2 a.m. and that student hosts are responsible for their guests.