SGA supports making Election Day a University holiday
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 an SGA meeting about election support and student volunteering.
- The News-Letter reported that SGA members voted to sign a letter asking the University to make Election Day a holiday, which would cancel classes and support civic engagement.
- The paper reported that Junior Class Senator Talal Widatalla said a day off could increase student voter turnout, citing a study that found many young non-voters had Election Day conflicts.
- The article adds that SGA had sent election resources before Election Day and that Executive President Sam Mollin asked administrators to encourage professors to be lenient during election week; Mollin said this appeared to help some students.
- The reporter writes that Thread recruiter Nadiyah Edwards presented the organization and said recruiting Homewood volunteers had been difficult, while Grace Wang said students involved in Thread needed a stronger community.