Blue Jay Pride Week aims to boost spirit
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 article covers the SGA’s first Blue Jay Pride Week and its efforts to increase school spirit.
- The News-Letter reported that the week ran Nov. 13–15 and ended with a football tailgate attended by 400 to 500 people.
- The paper reported that Rep Your Club Day offered free food and drinks to students wearing group apparel, with more than 250 participants; the article adds that Hopkins Day included cookies, buttons and stickers.
- The reporter writes that the Sophomore Class Council planned the event and that the SGA later formed a committee for future spirit events.
- According to the article, students said the events helped build solidarity, but exams, other campus issues and the short three-day schedule limited participation.
- The article says organizers were pleased with the turnout and that Hossain hoped the event would become a larger tradition within three or four years.