Open letter concerning new JHU- Mobile application
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 “sga”.
Summary
- This Johns Hopkins News-Letter article covers an open letter about campaign claims concerning the upcoming JHU-Mobile application.
- The News-Letter reported that Steven Presser said a campaign video and website claimed the candidates had created the app and secured university support, though the video was later edited.
- The paper reported that Presser attributed the app’s development to the SGA’s Hopkins App Ad hoc committee, IT@Johns Hopkins and Student Technology Services, with university oversight and anonymous donor funding.
- The article adds that Presser credited Kirk Sabnani with organizing support for JHU-Mobile and wrote that the app would not exist without his contributions.
- The reporter writes that Presser thanked the donor, university leaders, advisers, committee members, staff, students and the Blackboard team who contributed to the project.