Campus groups bolster awareness
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 News-Letter article covers campus groups’ efforts to promote cultural and diversity awareness.
- The News-Letter reported that CultureFest took place in mid-November, had been held annually for 21 years and brought students together to perform and discuss diversity.
- The paper reported that DSAGA’s annual Awareness Days discusses and promotes gay rights, while Diwali Dhamaka and Black History Month events celebrate Hindu and Black culture.
- The article quotes Chinese Student Association vice president Chloe Huang saying the group promotes Chinese students’ social and cultural needs and awareness of Asian issues.
- The reporter writes that Huang described CSA collaborations with groups including the Black Student Union, SASH and TASA, and said the group seeks to bring people together.
- The article quotes Hindu Student Council president Abha Gupta saying that working with students from different cultures, faiths and backgrounds helps people learn from one another, though she wanted more collaboration.
- The article adds that Huang wanted more interaction among diversity groups and hoped to plan a CSA event with OLE.