Hopkins Engaged fails to attract high-profile speakers
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
- The News-Letter reported on Hopkins Engaged, a Sept. 27 political event’s speakers, voter-registration drive and funding.
- The paper reported that the event would feature Maryland Republican Party Chairman John M. Kane, Congressman John Sarbanes, Brad Heavner and video messages from Benjamin Cardin and Sheila Dixon, while organizers were still trying to confirm Barbara Mikulski.
- The article says Students for Life and Students for Choice were not invited until the week of publication, because organizers wanted to avoid heated debates.
- The reporter writes that JHU Votes planned a free drive to register every Hopkins student, using forms that allow registration in Maryland or a student’s home state.
- According to the article, the Obama and McCain campaigns had not indicated whether they would send speakers, and Hopkins’ SGA had voted in closed session to provide an additional $2,000 for unanticipated costs related to rapper Wale.