The Class of 2011 elects its first representatives
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 Johns Hopkins News-Letter article reports on the Class of 2011’s first Student Council elections.
- The paper reported that elections ran from Oct. 4 to 6, with 12 candidates for president, compared with five the year before, and voter turnout of 50 percent.
- The article adds that candidates had to attend meetings, collect 100 signatures and submit statements, scripts and YouTube videos; the election also introduced online videos, direct emails, a Facebook group and an election-night event.
- According to the article, Daniel Teran and Nicholas Gilson became president and vice president, while Sam Lichtenstein, Brian Pascal, Daniel deLeon, Stephanie Hsu and Justin White won the other listed offices.
- The reporter writes that Teran and Gilson planned to work on Hopkins Engaged, which would promote political dialogue and voter registration, and on an online student book exchange.
- The article says the president would lead class activities and serve on the Student Life Committee, while the vice president would assist and represent the president; Lichtenstein said he would work to represent his campaign platform.