Adjusting after a rough year - Guest column
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 Johns Hopkins News-Letter guest column covers Charles Reyner’s account of a turbulent school year and his call for more stability at Homewood.
- The News-Letter reported that Reyner described the year as unusually unsettled, citing the referendum, reaccreditation process and Chris Elser’s death among the events that prompted the university to rethink itself.
- The paper reported that the Student Activities Commission appeared close to running out of money, after which Student Council recovered misused and unused funds and changed its funding policy.
- The article adds that Spring Fair, the MSE Symposium and academic improvements were among the year’s positive developments, and that a Rhodes Scholar, two Marshall Scholars and a Nobel Laureate were honored.
- The reporter writes that Reyner said Elser’s death raised questions about student safety and when the university should intervene, while the reaccreditation review ended with the school passing.
- According to the article, Reyner argued that stronger community ties required stable traditions and expectations, and expected the following year to be less turbulent.