StuCo split: Elections to select senators
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 phrase “student council”.
Summary
- This Johns Hopkins News-Letter article covers mid-term elections created by Student Council’s new constitution.
- The News-Letter reported that elections were scheduled for Sunday and Monday after the constitution dismissed the elected freshman, sophomore and junior class representatives; senior representatives would remain until year’s end.
- The paper reported that four senators would each lead a committee, while candidates had to submit agreements and 50 signatures by Tuesday at 10 p.m.; all nine dismissed representatives were running again.
- The article says the constitution was intended to increase student representation and spread responsibility, while freshman class president Jae Jin said senators would make more decisions and class officers would handle diplomatic work.
- The reporter writes that displaced sophomore representative Gavin Maguire and senior senator Lindsay Allan said the change could cause stagnation, disrupt progress and remove experienced members during a busy period.
- According to the article, the elections were moved to avoid conflicts with exams, and the council could do little beyond preparing for changes until the positions were filled; secretary-treasurer Beverly Lee said, “our hands are tied.”