Letter to the Editor 10/11/2018
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 government”.
Summary
- This Johns Hopkins News-Letter article presents a letter responding to reports about protests and Johns Hopkins’ contracts with ICE.
- The article reports that a coalition of students, faculty and community activists petitioned Vice Provost Kevin Shollenberger to end the University’s financial ties with ICE.
- The paper reported that the Student Government Association had passed a mid-September resolution calling for an end to Hopkins’ ICE contracts.
- The article adds that the University administration had not publicly responded to either the petition or the resolution.
- The reporter writes that the letter contrasted the contracts with the University’s Day of Service, quoting President Ron Daniels’ statement that the event reflects Hopkins’ commitment to Baltimore communities.
- According to the letter as reported, ending the ICE contracts was “non-negotiable,” and the University should explain what steps it was taking.