News-Letter

Thank you Sigma Chi for creating this mess. By now, nary a Hopkins student is unaware of the events of Oct. 28, events that have quickly spiraled into scandal. On that day, the brothers of Sigma Chi hosted a party dubbed "Halloween in the Hood," and emotions have since been running high.… 4 Comments

The past few months have not been kind to America's higher education system. There was the study showing that college students at major schools do not know civics (Hopkins finished dead last), a report on Brown University's historical ties to slavery, protests at one of America's leading deaf-schools, Gallaudet University and a brawl between the border-patrolling Minutemen and students at Columbia University.… Post the First Comment

I'm losing my hair. There, I said it. Are you happy? Go on, smirk. Do it. Laugh at my misfortune. Yuk yuk yuk, you thickly-maned jerk. I hate you. I'm sorry, reader. I totally didn't mean it. I promise I'm over that lashing out. Let me buy you an Aquafina.… Post the First Comment

Of late, an abundance of religious social service organizations have been compelled by the courts to offer government guaranteed programs to American citizens. Catholic Charities (CC) comes to mind in two instances. First, in Massachusetts this past summer CC were required to provide adoption services to same sex couples, and secondly, in New York where the Court of Appeals (New York's highest court) sided with lower courts stating that CC must provide, among other things, health care coverage for contraceptives for its female employees.… Post the First Comment