SGA passes smoking cessation resolution bill
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 covers an SGA meeting about smoking cessation, the Monument Quilt Project, academic freedom and crime reporting.
- The News-Letter reported that the SGA discussed the Monument Quilt and that Sophomore Class Senator Anthony Boutros proposed $200 for materials; Boutros said, “If there are Hopkins students who would like to share their stories or even allies working on their own, that $200 goes to buying materials,”
- The paper reported that the SGA passed a smoking cessation resolution bill 16-4, with planned resources including nicotine patches and a counseling hotline.
- The article adds that Executive Secretary Rushabh Doshi said Erin Yun would discuss the smoking ban and resources at the next meeting, and that the administration had approved everything in the resolution.
- The reporter writes that the SGA discussed a special council on academic freedom and a proposal to increase the Civic Engagement Committee’s membership; Junior Class President Ash Panakam opposed quotas.
- According to the article, Senior Class Senator Kwame Alston raised concerns about how campus security handled a robbery and about crime reports’ suspect descriptions, saying, “There is no point in sending out a broad range of ‘18-26 year old black male.’ What is that doing for you? That’s not doing anything, that’s like inciting racial fear,”
- The News-Letter reported that SGA members said they would discuss Alston’s concerns with Student Services or send them to the Health and Safety Committee.