The Student Government Association (SGA) held its general body meeting on Feb. 14 to discuss the Whiting School of Engineering (WSE) technology in the classroom survey results, the Meat the Future Movie Night Funding Bill and the Plushie Refund Bill. The Committee on Student Elections (CSE) also gave a presentation outlining dates and procedures for upcoming elections.
CSE presentation
CSE Chair Mimi Mensah and Vice Chair Nubaira Milki shared the schedule for SGA’s upcoming elections. Dates for information sessions, application deadlines, executive board debates and elections were announced.
- Information sessions will be held on Feb. 19, 20 and 26, and applications are due March 1. Executive debates are March 7 and 8, and elections will be held on March 14.
- Milki noted that the only change made from the last election cycle is that the CSE will no longer be approve individual social media posts and instead will only respond to complaints.
WSE technology in the classroom survey results
Sophomore Class Senator Jackson Morris presented the results of the WSE technology in the classroom survey. The survey collected student opinions from 225 students from both WSE and the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences.
- “The most interesting result was that sickness or illness... was still a significant reason why students weren’t able to attend lectures,” Morris noted. He added that the second most common reason for absence was studying for another class.
- The survey asked if students want their voices to be edited out of recorded lectures and found that most students would prefer their voices to not be edited out.
- Morris shared some of the additional feedback collected from the survey, including that students would appreciate slides being posted before class and for lectures to be consistently recorded if it is stated that they will be recorded in the course syllabus.
Meat the Future Movie Night Funding Bill
Junior Class Senator Rachel Huang introduced the Meat the Future Movie Night Funding Bill. The bill provides sponsorship for a movie night hosted by the Alternative Protein Project and Sustainable Hopkins Innovative Projects (SHIP).
- Huang stated that since the bill’s first reading, the event cap has increased from 30 to 60, and the location has changed to accommodate the increased cap.
- The bill requested a total of $717.20, with the Alternative Protein Project and SHIP each contributing $160.
- The bill passed unanimously.
Plushie Refund Bill
Sophomore Class President Ryan Chou presented the Plushie Refund Bill.
- Chou described the bill’s intended purpose. “We had 15 keychain plushies from the sophomore class council used for a tabling event... so this is really just refunding the cost of the plushies that were used at the time,“ he said.
- The bill passed unanimously.
