On campus recreational spaces often difficult for students to reserve
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 “sga”.
Summary
- This Johns Hopkins News-Letter article covers students’ difficulty reserving outdoor athletic and recreational spaces on campus.
- The News-Letter reported that the baseball field was closed to general use, while the practice and lacrosse fields were rarely available without reservations.
- The paper reported that enrollment growth and changed class schedules had increased competition for limited space, with varsity, club and intramural sports receiving priority.
- The article says Bill Harrington reported that reservation requests should receive responses within days.
- The reporter writes that the Recreation Center’s website listed facility use, and Harrington said the link to the practice-field schedule would be simplified.
- The article adds that students gave mixed accounts of reserving the barbecue pit: Max Weider called the process easy, while Susan Boswell said student groups had not conflicted over the space.
- According to the article, SGA president Mark Dirzulaitis recommended off-campus events and other campus locations, while saying that the SGA wanted a student union built when funding became available.