SGA passes bill to promote civic activity
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 an SGA meeting covering voting access, bylaws and student-group funding.
- The News-Letter reported that the SGA met in Charles Commons, congratulated election winners, passed two bills and debated bylaw changes.
- The paper reported that Anthony Boutros proposed bringing TurboVote to campus, an online system for voter registration, absentee ballots and election information.
- The article quotes Boutros saying the initiative should increase civic engagement, and reports that Dean Martinez would fund half of TurboVote’s cost.
- The reporter writes that the bill passed, TurboVote would start on the Homewood campus the next semester, and the SGA and Office of Student Life would split the $2,500 cost.
- The article says that the SGA reviewed training requirements and approved revised bylaw sections; it also approved $500 in retroactive funding for a consulting networking event.
- The article adds that Jonathan Brown described consulting as a major career path for Hopkins students, while Kirsten Fricke said 150 of the 409 student groups had re-registered by the April 15 deadline.