SGA fails to support campus smoking ban
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 the SGA’s debate over a campus-wide smoking ban.
- The News-Letter reported that the SGA rejected the resolution by a 13–7 vote after discussing revisions to a proposal introduced the previous week.
- The paper reported that Rushabh Doshi supported passing the ban sooner, despite relying partly on a 2013 student survey, while Jennifer Baron questioned using older data.
- The article adds that Trevor Lee and Kwame Alston raised concerns that the proposal did not reflect faculty and staff views.
- The reporter writes that Anthony Boutros proposed separate staff support and access to smoking-cessation programs.
- The News-Letter reported that Doshi wanted the plan in place by August 2018, and that discussion would continue at the next meeting after the vote failed.