Is student input shaping design of student center?
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 News-Letter article covers how student input is shaping plans for a new student center at the Mattin Center site.
- The News-Letter reported that Shanahan said Mattin move-outs would begin at the end of spring 2021, with demolition afterward and construction expected in spring 2022.
- The paper reported that architects gathered student views through events; Gifford said four to six summer events drew about 200 participants and 2,000 comments, with about 5,000 comments expected overall.
- The article adds that SGA representatives were working with Shanahan and SCAC, while Williams said they aimed to ensure affected demographic groups were heard.
- The reporter writes that students raised concerns about whether arts spaces would be replaced and whether input events were accessible, including Wellons’s concern that the Breezeway had only stairs.
- According to the article, the University had not decided which Mattin spaces would be rebuilt, and Shanahan said it was too early to give definitive answers about the final design.