President
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 “student government” and “student council”.
Summary
- The Johns Hopkins News-Letter article from Oct. 18, 2001, presents statements from candidates for freshman class president about their goals and proposed changes.
- The News-Letter reported that Justin Caplan said he would focus on policy while an appointed social board planned events, and cited his work on MSE and student-government reform.
- The paper reported that Michael Cho wanted direct communication between student-council officers and students, with student involvement guiding university improvements.
- The article adds that Ben Deitchman proposed events such as a weekend shuttle to Washington, D.C., and a Freshman Day of Service, while raising concerns about meals, course changes, desks and university policies.
- The reporter writes that Sean Kelly proposed rolling over meals, longer shuttle and library hours, meal equivalency at the Jay Store and Levering, a student union and other campus improvements.
- According to the article, Kestrel Linder focused on student participation, dining changes, recycling and communication, including improved meal equivalency, longer Wolman hours and wider J-CASH use.
- The paper also reported that Ben Radel proposed using administration feedback to make academic and residential processes more convenient, while Toliy Samoylov proposed changes to meal plans, J-CASH, dining-hall hours and left-handed desks.