JHU embraces “fanboy” culture with JohnCon
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 JohnCon, Hopkins’ annual science-fiction and fantasy convention.
- The paper reported that HopSFA ran the two-day event in Levering Hall, from 5 p.m. Friday to 5 p.m. Sunday, with panels, board games and anime.
- The article says the convention featured groups including Cyanide and Happiness, Surviving the World, Manly Guys Doing Manly Things and Disorganization 13, along with two student panels.
- According to the article, HopSFA received about $4,000 from the SGA and spent about $1,000 of its own money; Rena Finkel said funding limits did not appear to attendees.
- The reporter writes that Jeffrey Bismayer described attendance as better than the previous year, while Zoe Longenecker-Wright said, “Turnout was lower than I expected it to be.”
- The News-Letter reported that Finkel estimated about 100 people attended, many for the whole weekend, and that HopSFA and attendees considered the convention a success.