SGA confirms student group audit decisions, discusses transparency
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 phrases “sga” and “student government”.
Summary
- This Johns Hopkins News-Letter article covers the SGA’s final meeting of the semester, including student-group audits, transparency proposals and other legislation.
- The News-Letter reported that an audit of more than 100 student groups led to 11 deactivations because groups either did not meet with the SGA or failed the audit.
- The paper reported that the deactivated groups included the Dialectic, Students for Justice in Palestine and Take Back the Tap, while the audit’s recommendation to merge InterVarsity with Athletes InterVarsity was also approved.
- The article says Chase McAdams supported the deactivations because most groups lacked 10 members, while former Dialectic editor Caroline West accepted the decision and hoped future freshmen would revive the publication.
- The reporter writes that a bill requiring meeting notes and a public records folder was tabled; sponsor Nathan Mudrak said he would bring it back in January.
- The paper reported that a livestreaming bill was tabled by a 13–11 vote after Eric Armstrong argued that broadcasting meetings could discourage controversial views.
- The article adds that a Women and Gender Minorities’ Caucus and several other measures were approved, while a vacant sophomore senator position might be filled by the end of the semester or early the next one.