New SGA representatives discuss future initiatives
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 election results and proposed initiatives of new SGA representatives.
- The News-Letter reported that the elections produced a freshman class president, six freshman senators and Jake O’Keeffe as the new senior class senator, with a record number of freshman candidates.
- The paper reported that 56 percent of the Class of 2023 voted, compared with 57 percent of the Class of 2022, while 154 of 206 senior-election voters chose O’Keeffe.
- The article says Breanna Soldatelli made free printing her main platform issue and proposed using part of the laundry fund to pay for it.
- The reporter writes that O’Keeffe and Eric Yang discussed stronger Baltimore engagement, more school events and free doughnuts and coffee during midterms.
- The article adds that Mariano Thomas focused on mental-health awareness, while Anthony Singleton proposed regular student forums for discussion.
- According to the article, the representatives described goals of serving younger students, listening to students’ concerns and representing students from all backgrounds.