SGA signs onto letter calling for President Biden to cancel student-loan debt

News-Letter article · 109th session · dated October 25, 2021

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SGA signs onto letter calling for President Biden to cancel student-loan debt

By XINYUE GU · The Johns Hopkins News-Letter · October 25, 2021

Student Debt-Relief Letter Sign-on

During the 2020 presidential campaign, President Joe Biden pledged to enact student-loan forgiveness. As part of an effort to push Biden to fulfill this campaign promise, college student governments across the country, including at Hopkins, have been circulating a letter calling on the Biden administration to cancel all federal student-loan debt.

Mental Health Day Letter

In order to unify the various calendars across its campuses, the University has eliminated fall break. Members of SGA have been trying to persuade administration to give students a reprieve from school work.

Discussing whether to promote a Vaccination Event in Washington, D.C.

President of the Doctors Without Borders Student Chapter at Hopkins Christina Sia presented Rally to End the Pandemic and Vaccinate the World, a project intended to be held in D.C. that is hosted by Justice is Global.

Administration (Admin) Networking Event

SGA continued its discussion about the Admin Networking Event, with various members outlining topics they hope to discuss with specific administrative figures.

Confirmations

Summary

This News-Letter article covers the SGA’s reported discussions about student-loan debt, fall break, a vaccination event and an administration networking event.
The News-Letter reported that President Joe Biden pledged student-loan forgiveness during his 2020 campaign, and that college student governments, including Hopkins’s, circulated a letter calling for the cancellation of all federal student-loan debt. 1During the 2020 presidential campaign, President Joe Biden pledged to enact student-loan forgiveness.2As part of an effort to push Biden to fulfill this campaign promise, college student governments across the country, including at Hopkins, have been circulating a letter calling on the Biden administration to cancel…
The paper reported that the University eliminated fall break to align campus calendars, while SGA members tried to persuade administrators to give students a break from schoolwork. 3In order to unify the various calendars across its campuses, the University has eliminated fall break.4Members of SGA have been trying to persuade administration to give students a reprieve from school work.
The article says Christina Sia, president of the Doctors Without Borders Student Chapter at Hopkins, presented a Washington, D.C., vaccination event hosted by Justice is Global. 5President of the Doctors Without Borders Student Chapter at Hopkins Christina Sia presented Rally to End the Pandemic and Vaccinate the World, a project intended to be held in D.C. that is hosted by Justice is Global.
The reporter writes that SGA members continued discussing an administration networking event and listed topics they wanted to raise with specific administrators. 6SGA continued its discussion about the Admin Networking Event, with various members outlining topics they hope to discuss with specific administrative figures.