Socializing virtually as a freshman
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 government”.
Summary
- This Johns Hopkins News-Letter article covers how freshmen are trying to socialize during online college and the challenges they face.
- The News-Letter reported that the writer interviewed Kobi Khong, the freshman class president of the Student Government Association, who said, “It’s really easy to just fall off the face of the planet sometimes.”
- The paper reported that Zara Hamid said students do not spend enough time with the same classmates in breakout rooms to form connections.
- The article adds that Rida Chowdhury said students in breakout rooms focus on problems instead of talking about themselves.
- The reporter writes that Hamid and Khong cited online movie nights and games such as Among Us as ways to help students become comfortable with one another.
- According to the article, Chowdhury said Hopkins could offer social events at more varied times to better include international students.