Staff Editorial: BoE: leave time for debate
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 “student government” and “student council”.
Summary
- This Johns Hopkins News-Letter staff editorial covers a proposed new Student Council constitution and the Board of Elections’ schedule for voting on it.
- The News-Letter reported that freshman Jared Ede submitted a petition with 200 signatures, and that the proposal was scheduled for a student vote on Sunday and Monday.
- The paper reported that the proposal would create an Executive Council and a Student Assembly, establish a four-person committee to oversee student spending, restrict some meetings and allow student referenda to recall members or veto actions.
- The article says Executive President Charles Reyner warned that the funding committee could let a special interest control student funds and might duplicate the Student Activities Commission’s work.
- The reporter writes that Board of Elections co-chair Rick Aseltine said the compressed schedule was needed because students would be away for Thanksgiving and busy with finals, while February was too close to March elections.
- The editorial concludes that the schedule would limit debate and calls for more time for students to read and consider the proposal.