Say what? Making sense of Hopkins' affinity for acronyms
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 article is a humorous guide to campus acronyms, places, programs and student life.
- The News-Letter reported that the guide explains campus shorthand, including the Athletic Center, Academic Probation and Alumni Memorial Residences.
- The paper reported that the Board of Elections runs campus elections as a subgroup of the Student Council.
- The article adds that the Student Activities Commission distributes funds among campus groups.
- The reporter writes that the Student Council was reorganized after a freshman overthrew its Constitution and still had no elected president.
- The article also describes campus facilities, sports, academic programs, bars, shops and the student-run radio station, which it says is available only online.