SGA plans initiatives to engage students
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 SGA discussions about student engagement, mental health and campus policies.
- The News-Letter reported that representatives unanimously passed a Ban the Box resolution supporting removal of the criminal-conviction question from the Common Application.
- The paper reported that Anthony Boutros said the proposal would protect students and prevent convicted sex offenders from coming to campus.
- The article says representatives introduced Turbovote for voter registration, planned to promote it with two banners and might later focus on international students.
- The reporter writes that representatives introduced the Calm app, which could offer students a 50 to 70 percent discount if the University did not provide the service.
- The article adds that Trevor Lee was inaugurated after Joshan Bajaj resigned, and that possible future legislation would address streaming University sports on OrcaTV.