Freshman class elections: more of the same old story
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 the 2001 freshman Student Council elections, voter turnout, the voting system and the elected officers’ prospects.
- The News-Letter reported that 47 percent of freshmen voted and that Board of Elections chair Erika Stoddard called the turnout “above average.”
- The paper reported that the computerized voting system created blockages and long lines, and said paper ballots might have been more efficient.
- The article says the officers were elected and describes their goals as “by and large commendable,” while predicting they would make less progress than expected.
- According to the article, decisions about making Levering a student union, changing the meal plan and reforming upperclassman housing would be made more by the administration than by students.