Ethics Bd. nominees approved

In addition to announcing the results of Monday's class and referenda election, Student Council (StuCo) approved new Ethics Board members and announced teaching award recipients at their meeting on Tuesday.

Other meeting highlights included a prolonged discussion about how to deal with the results of the referendum passed in the recent election. Council also discussed fund-raising requests for a new undergraduate research journal and a recently-created art program.

Ethics Board nominees were introduced to StuCo and approved. Fourteen of 55 applicants will serve on the Board. The Chair will be current junior John Tiberi and the Presiding Officer will be current sophomore Daisy Beatty. Board members answered questions about their views on the importance of the Ethics Board in Hopkins life. Feroze Sidhwa spoke about his experience in the Whiting School of Engineering.

"I found cheating to be a major problem there," he said, mentioning that if he turned in everyone who cheated on homework in one of his engineering classes, he would be the only one left in the class. Elizabeth Owens spoke about the lack of a "cohesive community" at Hopkins and the possibility that improving student ethics could help in this area. Possible goals of the committee include utilizing student proctors at exams and increasing the number of students involved with the Ethics Board.

Junior Representative Chris Cunico said that the StuCo Teaching Award would be awarded to Professor Stuart William Leslie, Ph. D., of the History of Science Department, and to Chemistry Teaching Assistant Dustin Yoon. Cunico then said that the student-faculty meal program was doing well and that there is still money left in the programs budget for this year.

Freshman Representative Charles Reyner said that the results of a poll on what to do with the Mattin Center cafe indicate that, "People like greasy food. After that, they like sushi." The results of this poll will be used in future planning.

Senior President Stephen Goutman's sent a message to seniors: "Today is April 23, graduation is May 23, so my calculation is 30 days." He then said, "The senior formal went well," despite problems with an unreliable caterer. His suggestion for the future is that classes should maintain a blacklist of caterers who cannot be trusted to keep good on their promises. Goutman reminded that a senior-faculty barbeque and the senior trip are coming up soon.

The movies originally to be shown on the quad will instead be shown in Shriver, for free, this Thursday. Cocktail and Jurassic Park are planned.

Sophomore President Simone Chen said that Class of 2004 t-shirts are on their way. They are light blue and say "JHU Class of '04," along with a quote from Michael Bloomberg: "You bet I did, and I enjoyed it." Shirts will be $5 each.

A funding request from the student group organizing Pre-Orientation trips passed. The group will receive $500 for CPR training.

StuCo granted funding to a student-run arts program that is running Friday life-drawing sessions from 5-7 p.m. This group is also responsible for the student/faculty art show in the Mattin Center. With this funding, they plan to organize a stress-relieving quad activity where students will be able to throw paint, "Jackson Pollock-style" onto a huge canvas.

A funding request was also granted to the Hopkins Undergraduate Research Journal, a new journal that will feature undergraduate research from a variety of disciplines. This journal plans for financial self-sufficiency next year and aims to print between 1,000 and 2,000 copies for distribution in slightly over a week.

The Committee on Leadership Appointments (COLA) presented its nominee for the Hopkins Organization for Programming (HOP) Chair. Joseph Hanauer spoke about his plans for next year, which include concerts - "real events" - in the gym, perhaps in both the fall and during Spring Fair. He also plans for club nights and "to get some real student participation into the HOP."

"Student life at Hopkins next year... is going to rock and roll," said Hanauer. Hanauer, whose credentials include organizing this year's Spring Fair, was approved for the position.