Campus blogging system created - Two undergraduates introduce Web site for communication between students, faculty
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 two students’ websites for improving communication across the Hopkins community.
- The article says Asheesh Laroia and Christopher Chan created Hopkins Weblogs, where Hopkins users can create and update personal blogs.
- The paper reported that Laroia and Chan were inspired by alumnus David Sifry’s idea for blogs that would connect students, faculty and researchers.
- The article adds that users include student groups, people abroad and faculty; one user, Emily Kumpel, wrote about community service work in Africa.
- The reporter writes that the students also created JHUWiki, an editable site with guides on topics such as off-campus resources, cheap textbooks and dining.
- According to the article, the students hoped both sites would address what Laroia called poor communication within the university.