News Briefs
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 covers debate results, journalism fellowships and a delay in student class elections.
- The News-Letter reported that the Woodrow Wilson Debate Council received top honors at the national tournament, with Jon Bateman named Speaker of the Year and several Hopkins teams placing in their categories.
- The paper reported that Bateman said the results were gratifying and that the team would continue building a legacy.
- The article says Zach Goodman, Sal Gentile and Patrice Hutton each received the Azrael Fellowship and $5,000 for excellence in journalism or other public communication.
- The reporter writes that the fellowship honors Baltimore journalist Louis Azrael, whose work included coverage of World War II and D-Day.
- The News-Letter reported that technical problems delayed online class elections after some students could not access the correct class voting page.
- The article adds that elections reopened after the issue was resolved, and StuCo President Atin Agarwal said the problem was unrelated to the Student Council.