Lighting of the Quads returns for 10th year
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” and “student government”.
Summary
- This Johns Hopkins News-Letter article covers the 10th annual Lighting of the Quads and the SGA’s role in the event.
- The paper reported that the event was held on Keyser Quad and added to HOP’s Winter Wonderland week; SGA Executive President Janice Bonsu said its leadership had changed and the event was growing.
- The article says each SGA Class Council gave gifts to students: mugs for seniors, beanies for juniors, touchscreen gloves for sophomores and ornaments for freshmen.
- Reporter Sabrina Wang writes that Junior Class President Jahan Mirchandani said more than 300 students lined up early and that the event ran out of 200 beanies in two minutes.
- According to the article, HOP marketed the event through social media, with more than 2,000 students invited on Facebook; the program also included three a cappella groups and the Pep Band.
- The News-Letter reported that students held a protest during the lighting ceremony over grand jury decisions involving the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner; the protesters were not associated with a student group.