2023–24 SGA freshmen representatives elected
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 reports on the Sept. 14 election of freshman representatives to the 2023–24 Student Government Association (SGA).
- The paper reported that eight seats were filled: Vishnu Dontu won president; Omotara Tiamiyu, Arihant Singh, Jaden Williams and Tarini Basireddy won senate seats; and John Cintron, Jazzlyn Fernandez and Joshua Brown won Freshman Programming Council seats.
- The article says 607 Class of 2027 students voted, for about 38% turnout; Cintron and Fernandez had the largest margins, while Dontu won the presidency with 26.81% of the vote.
- The News-Letter reported that the “Team Blue” ticket produced five of the six winners, and Arihant Singh said its candidates shared platforms and concerns about dining, facilities and the gym.
- The reporter writes that some freshmen were unclear about the SGA; Teddy Starynski said, “I understood a little bit [about how SGA works], but not fully,” they said.
- The article adds that Sophia Burnett questioned whether the SGA would affect student life, while Dontu said, “I'm really passionate about these initiatives,” he said.