Students vote in Council referenda - Amendment B wins out over Amendment A
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 reports on a student vote on two Student Council Constitution amendments and the debate around them.
- The News-Letter reported that Amendment B won with 341 votes, while Amendment A received 231 votes and 102 students voted for no change.
- The paper reported that Amendment A would separate policy work from social programming and reduce Student Council's size from 29 members to 19.
- The article says Amendment B would set a process for filling permanent vacancies and allow Student Council to change or add committee rules.
- The reporter writes that James Borod said he understood both amendments, spoke with Student Council members and voted for Amendment B.
- The paper reported that Amendment A supporters Morgan MacDonald and April Land criticised the campaign, while Chris Cunico said, “It got ugly” and that it was “not a good debate.”