Performing arts groups report budgetary cuts
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 reports on budget cuts affecting campus performing arts groups and related student-organization funding decisions.
- The paper reported that many performing arts groups said the Student Activities Commission, the SGA’s funding board, cut their budgets.
- The article says Barnstormers’ budget fell by almost 50 percent; business manager Hamilton Sawczuk said the group would not be affected this year but could have less ability to produce programs if the cut continued.
- The reporter writes that Dean of Student Life Smita Ruzicka said SAC allocations overall rose 6 percent, while some groups received less because they had not shown a need or had not spent their previous funding.
- The News-Letter reported that Witness Theater’s budget dropped from $3,000 to $1,400 and that the group had contacted SAC but had not received a response.
- The article adds that The Vocal Chords said the cut would limit their ability to perform and leave them with enough money to hire sound contractors only once instead of twice.
- The paper reported that the CSO paused new-club creation for the semester to audit student organizations’ funding and purpose, while Calvin Smith said the review was unrelated to performing-arts funding.