SGA discusses Healthy Hopkins Initiative
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 an SGA debate over the proposed Healthy Hopkins Initiative and other meeting business.
- The News-Letter reported that Junior Class Senator Pavan Patel introduced a proposal for a three-week trial of free personal training, costing $1,784 and offering 70 training hours.
- The paper reported that the meeting also included selecting Eric Armstrong as the sixth freshman senator, discussing administrative dinners and observing a moment of silence for Evelyn Feeney.
- The article says Patel argued that SGA should fund services that directly affect students, saying, “I’d be pretty hard pressed to say two or three things that SGA has done for me.”
- The reporter writes that Treasurer Mi Tu raised concerns about the cost, while Panakam questioned whether the program would reach students who do not already use the gym.
- The article reports that representatives voted 11 to 2 to delay the final vote until a future meeting, and Patel was unsure when the proposal would return.