Student Council debates Constitution committee
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 News-Letter article covers a Student Council debate over whether to rewrite its Constitution.
- The News-Letter reported that Student Council passed a proposal to consider rewriting its Constitution after Dr. Bill Smedick spoke about student leaders having more influence over policy.
- The paper reported that Senior Class President Stephen Goutman proposed a committee to restructure Student Council and report back by mid-November, allowing a vote before Intersession.
- The article says Class of 2004 President Bob Alleman opposed the proposal and said, "I don't think the Constitution needs to be changed."
- The reporter writes that Alleman, Vice-President Sarah Cummings and Representative Ali Fenwick raised concerns that a small committee might not represent students or might pressure the Council to approve a prepared plan.