Polls present opportunity for SGA
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
- This Johns Hopkins News-Letter article covers student voting on the SGA executive elections and a proposed Homewood campus smoking ban.
- The article reported that students voting in the elections were also asked for their views on the smoking ban.
- The paper reported that 2,860 students participated, which Rob Turning called the “highest voter turnout in recent SGA memory.”
- The article says its editorial board welcomed the turnout and urged the SGA to use online referendums for significant issues in the future.
- The reporter writes that referendums could give the SGA a clearer view of student opinion and increase direct participation, but would not solve all communication problems.