The powers that be - A Necessary Ambiguity
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 covers M. O. Hart’s argument that Hopkins should end official social programming and narrow Student Council’s role.
- The paper reported that Hart described H-Fest as bringing together cheerleaders, food service providers and DJs, while presenting the event as a challenge to uniting a diverse student body.
- The article says Hart argued that these organizations’ main power came from authority to allocate funds, while most programming was poorly attended.
- The reporter writes that Hart proposed letting students and funded organizations form their own social groups without official events.
- The article adds that Hart called for abolishing the programming board and limiting Student Council to administrative petitions and club funding.