SGA considers role of Baltimore in undergraduate education
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
- The Johns Hopkins News-Letter article reports on an SGA meeting about student-group funding and proposed Baltimore-related undergraduate education.
- The paper reported that members unanimously passed changes making indebted student groups ineligible for Student Activities Commission funding, while requiring notice of debt at least 30 days before the next year's funding decisions; Chase McAdams said the change would prevent funding from paying off debt.
- The article says SGA members discussed CUE2 proposals for required first-year seminars and an optional “Hopkins semester,” then heard Nathan Mudrak recommend Baltimore involvement as a common first-year-seminar theme.
- The reporter writes that Mudrak said the university should promote civic engagement, while McAdams opposed a Baltimore-focused curriculum and Dean Chien said Baltimore is part of students’ college experience.
- The News-Letter reported that members postponed a vote because they were unsure whether the resolution would change whole curricula or add only a few discussion days.
- The article adds that Dean Chien planned to request moving weekly meetings from the East Room to the Glass Pavilion, and that Mehak Ali said the change would make SGA more transparent; the paper also reported that Class Council voting would run from April 16 through April 19.