Statue memorializes dead student
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 News-Letter article covers a memorial statue for late Hopkins student Rex Chao and the committee that funded it.
- The News-Letter reported that the Spirit of Music statue was erected near the Mattin Center to commemorate Chao, who was shot and killed in 1996.
- The paper reported that the memorial committee raised more than $70,000, with donations including money from the Student Council and the Class of 1996.
- The article says Mary Ellen Porter described the statue as reminiscent of Chao but not an exact replica, adding, "It is meant to memorialize him," she said.
- The reporter writes that the statue was still covered and scheduled for unveiling at a private ceremony for Chao’s friends and family on Nov. 23.
- The article quotes former girlfriend Suzanne Hubbard as saying, "[we want] a memorial that would be beautiful?because there are so many bad things associated with his death."