Administration, SGA to extend Thanksgiving vacation
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”, “student government” and “student council”.
Summary
- This Johns Hopkins News-Letter article reports on a proposed academic-calendar change involving the administration and the SGA.
- The paper reported that administrators and SGA leaders were working on a schedule with a longer Thanksgiving break and an earlier fall start.
- The article says Paula Burger called the extra day a practical response to low attendance and long-distance travel, while Prasanna Chandrasekhar said it could reduce students’ travel time and costs.
- The reporter writes that the Wednesday start would help Monday-Wednesday-Friday classes meet twice in the first week, but would shorten freshman Orientation by one day; Chandrasekhar said events would be rearranged rather than cancelled.
- The article says a nearly unanimous vote at Tuesday night’s SGA meeting showed support for the changes.
- According to the article, the proposed schedule was intended for the 2009-2010 academic year, after consultation with other colleges and further discussions with faculty, department chairs, the Registrar and Orientation staff.