Opposing Viewpoints: SGA's new club policies do a disservice to student groups
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 opinion article covers its authors’ objections to SGA policies on club membership, new organizations, budgets and communication.
- The News-Letter reported that the open-membership policy covers SGA-supervised clubs but excludes sports teams, performing arts groups and Greek life.
- The paper reported that the ban on new student organizations prevented students from addressing unmet campus needs and denied them space at the SLI Fair.
- The article adds that students could view remaining account balances, but that SLI’s purchase-approval process was slow and inefficient.
- The reporter writes that incomplete emails warned groups to meet with SLI or risk suspension, gave little information about the meetings, and went unanswered when students replied; the article says students then arrived unprepared.
- According to the article, the Parents Fund was reported to be forcing open admissions and student-group audits because of concerns about how its money was spent; the authors urged SGA to negotiate for changes.