SGA has the power to fix student organization culture. We need to start using it.
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 opinion article covers Nathan Mudrak’s call for changes to student-organization management.
- The News-Letter reported that the SGA’s Committee on Student Organizations announced a temporary freeze on applications for new organizations and an audit of existing groups.
- The paper added that the announcement did not explain the reasons for those changes or their possible effect on student groups.
- According to the article, Mudrak wrote that selectivity in most student organizations violates existing SGA and University policies, with performing arts groups and club sports as exceptions.
- Mudrak wrote that the SGA should require most student organizations to accept all students who want to join.
- The article says Mudrak also proposed combining similar groups, reviewing organization applications more carefully and holding listening sessions with students.