StuCo split: Confusion taints transition - News Analysis
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 News-Letter article reports on the transition from the undergraduate-approved StuCo constitution to a Senate system.
- The News-Letter reported that the constitution left StuCo without bylaws or class representatives; Jeff Groden-Thomas said, "Student Council is dead in water," until new Senators and bylaws were in place.
- The paper reported that Jered Ede’s petition reached 200 signatures by Nov. 18, and that the referendum passed by 67 votes after 711 students voted.
- The article adds that Ede said he would have tried to bring more people to the debate if he had received earlier notice.
- The reporter writes that the election for 13 senatorial positions began after Thanksgiving, with petitions due Dec. 2; Matthew Bouloubasis said the BoE was trying to finish before finals.
- According to the article, the BoE delayed notifying students because of concerns about a pre-Thanksgiving email, while Vidya Mahadevan said the lack of online material until the day before the deadline was "absolutely ridiculous."
- The article reports that Dean Susan K. Boswell called the process "incredibly fast" and that her office provides Student Council and its affiliates with more than $400,000 annually.