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Talk about the birds and bees, again

Talk about the birds and bees, again
For those of you who don't know, using a tampon when you're young can be quite painful. Imagine yourself trying to pump a piece of plastic and cotton into a tight, sensitive hole. It's not a surprise that my friend couldn't use one. Every summer there was at least one pool party she had to miss because she couldn't use tampons.… Post the First Comment

Service program gets students into the city

While some Johns Hopkins University students remain barred within the confines of 3400 N. Charles St, there aresome who are willing to venture into the city as volunteers at National Student Partnerships (NSP), a nonprofit organization committed to building student leaders through a service program focused on linking people in need with the resources and opportunities necessary to become self-sufficient.… Post the First Comment

Model students catwalk for a cause

Imagine a scared young girl in Cambodia or Thailand. This girl, and the thousands like her, is a victim of human trafficking. Is there someway to help her? There are numerous Hopkins students who have undertaken efforts to do so through their participation Dec.… Post the First Comment

Many surprises were served on Thanksgiving

To the chagrin of many and the great relief of a few, the long-awaited Thanksgiving vacation has come and gone. In the weeks before Thanksgiving, Hopkins students are stretched thinner than at any other time during the year because it is the longest that they go without having any sort of vacation.… 1 Comment


A proper handbag is the window to her soul

Nicole Richie has 350 of them. The Queen of England prefers hers in exotic skins, and author Candace Bushnell claims her addiction is positively out of control. What could such a diverse group of women possibly have in common? An obsession with the reverential handbag, of course. Post a comment

Prepare for a rat invasion

Imagine the vilest beast you can: a horrific creature that roams in dark alleys waiting to terrorize the innocent passers-by; a monster that can never fully be destroyed, a contemptible creature that can detect poison with an accuracy akin to finding a grain of salt in half a pound of peanut butter and can ingest many times the fatal dosage of said poison for an animal of comparable size; a beast with a vertical jump of four times its height; a villain that can have 100,000 descendants in just three years; a fiend with flesh-rending teeth and infectious saliva; a horrendous brute with testicles twice the size of a 400-pound gorilla's! Now imagine there's one of these suckers for every 13 Baltimoreans, and their numbers are only growing. Post a comment

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