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(04/25/02 5:00am)
On Monday, the student body voted on two different Student Council (StuCo) Constitution reforms. At StuCo's weekly meeting Tuesday night, it was announced that the Student Council Constitution proposal known as Amendment B passed with 341 votes. The other proposal, known as Amendment A, received 231 votes, and 102 people voted for no change to the constitution.
(04/18/02 5:00am)
Daniel Weiss, Dean of the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, recently appointed Department of History Professor Sara Berry to head a task force of faculty members and students from the student group JHUnity to improve African and African-American academic programs at Hopkins. The group met for the first time last week to begin to outline the structure for the Center for African and African-American Studies.
(04/11/02 5:00am)
A group of five students, including senior Jenny Chiang, senior class President Stephen Goutman, sophomore April Land, senior Eric Leslie, and freshman class Representative Morgan McDonald, presented a newly proposed Student Council(StuCo) Constitution at this week's StuCo meeting. The proposed constitution restructures the positions of StuCo and the Hopkins Organization for Programming (HOP), and calls for a clear division between those who are responsible for policy issues and those responsible for social programming.
(04/04/02 5:00am)
Sophomore class President Simone Chen introduced Lindsay Allen as the new Class of 2004 vice president at last week's Student Council meeting. Chen became president after former President Bob Alleman resigned from his position on Feb. 26. Allen was chosen by Chen and approved by the rest of the Student Council officers.
(03/28/02 5:00am)
Starting in mid-February, the Office of Facilities Management began renovations in the basement of Garland Hall, which included demolition, construction and asbestos abatement. The renovations will affect certain student services offices, Hopkins Information Technology Services (HITS) and other various offices including the Office of the General Counsel.
(12/06/01 5:00am)
Three elevator malfunctions have occured in the past three weeks on the Homewood campus. On Monday, Nov. 19, a graduate student was trapped on the elevator in Barton Hall in the morning. A Johns Hopkins University employee was trapped on the elevator in Maryland Hall on Tuesday, Nov. 27 in the afternoon. On Thursday afternoon, Nov. 29, five students were trapped on the passenger elevator in Krieger Hall. In both the Barton Hall and the Maryland Hall elevators, people were trapped in the elevators because the elevator doors would not open.
(11/29/01 5:00am)
Last Monday, the National University of Singapore (NUS) signed a six-year agreement to collaborate with the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) to establish the Singapore Conservatory of Music (SCM) at NUS. NUS Deputy President and Provost Professor Chong Chi Tat, Vice-Provost of JHU Dr. Paula Burger and Director of the Peabody Institute Dr. Robert Sirota signed the agreement at the University Cultural Centre in NUS. The collaboration is the first of its kind between a well-known U.S. music conservatory and a leading university in the Asian-Pacific region.
(11/29/01 5:00am)
The Telecommunications Department and the Department of Housing and Dining Services have set up voice mail boxes for students with Johns Hopkins University telephone service, including all students living in residence halls and the Homewood Apartments. The voice mail service went into effect at no charge two weeks ago.
(11/08/01 5:00am)
Last Monday, the Johns Hopkins University Student Activities Commission (SAC) proposed an amendment at its monthly General Assembly meeting that would create a Judicial Committee to resolve disputes among SAC groups.
(11/01/01 5:00am)
On Wednesday, the Johns Hopkins Amnesty International organization hosted T. Kumar, the Amnesty International Advocacy Director for Asia and the Pacific. Kumar has served as the human rights monitor in Bosnia, Haiti, Guatemala and South Africa and as the United Nations representative for Peace Brigades International. He was also imprisoned for five years and tortured in Sri Lanka for his human rights advocacy and Amnesty International adopted him as a "prisoner of conscience."
(10/25/01 5:00am)
The winners of the class of 2005 elections were President Ben Radel, Vice President Megan Coe, Secretary/Treasurer Shannon Chang and Representatives Morgan MacDonald, Charles Reyner and Manu Sharma. There were seven candidates for president, four for vice president, two for secretary/treasurer and seven for representative. The elections were held from 12 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 8 and the results were announced on Tuesday at the weekly Student Council meeting.