News-Letter

U.S. News rankings lose collegiate support

Hopkins has no plans to join a consortium of universities that will no longer participate in the U.S. News & World Report's annual influential college ranking list. Nineteen liberal arts institutions collectively known as the Annapolis Group, which includes nearby Goucher College, drafted the "President's Statement on College Rankings" letter on Sept. 1 Comment

Fair seeks to foster sense of community

Walking along St. Paul Street near Barnes & Noble last Saturday, it would have been very difficult to miss the third-annual Community Get-Together. If people weren't attracted to the colorful tables set up by businesses and school clubs, or the bands and a cappella groups, perhaps it was the voice of Student Community Liaison Carrie Bennett's enticing people to sign up for the free raffle drawing that got their attention. Post a comment

A lecture on how religion is poisoning everything

Hitchens: U.S. may be exception

With a reputation for sparking controversy and a scathing wit, Christopher Hitchens kicked off this year's MSE Symposium with a bang. Hitchens, a journalist and political critic, has spent his career attacking everything and everyone from the Vietnam War to Mother Theresa and Bill Clinton. Post a comment

Scholar program takes city's brightest

Many Baltimore students once considered an education at Johns Hopkins University to be beyond reach. Aware of this notion, Johns Hopkins University founded the Baltimore scholars in 2004. This relatively new award program, spearheaded by professor of political science Michael Crenson, a graduate of the Baltimore City school system and alumnus of Hopkins, officially began with the class of 2009. Post a comment

Hopkins employee seeks city changes

Escort van service coordinator Richardson lost bid for 12th district City Council seat against incumbent Bernard Young

When Frank Richardson begun his campaign for city council, a race that ended on Sept. 11 with his defeat by incumbent Bernard Young, he thought he knew Baltimore. A native son, he attended Townson University after spending two years at Baltimore City College. Post a comment

iPhone hacked by Hopkins' own

The release of the iPhone in June was greeted with long lines, glowing reviews and the kind of fanfare generally more appropriate for a Harry Potter book than a touch-screen phone.At first few had negative remarks about the new device, except for grumbling about AT&T being the sole service provider, a problem remedied in August by 17-year-old George Hotz. Post a comment

Lauded inventor West reflects on life, successes

Growing up, James West was prone to the common childhood affliction of taking apart everything he could get his hands on as an attempt to satisfy his insatiable curiosity. "Model airplanes were a big favorite. If I had a dollar I knew exactly where I'd spend it," West said. Post a comment

Trolley could connect campus with Harbor

Board of Estimates approves $200,000 in funding towards a study to decide if line is possible

As the University struggles with how to strengthen ties to the community, a literal connection to the rest of Baltimore may soon be arriving in the form of a proposed trolley line that would run from Homewood to the Inner Harbor. The Board of Estimates approved $200,000 of funding last June to study the feasibility of creating a proposed seven-and-a-half-mile trolley line along Charles Street. Post a comment

News in Brief

Kimmel Cancer Center Director Abeloff passes away at 65 Martin D. Abeloff, director of the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, passed away on Sept. 14 of leukemia. He was 65. As chief oncologist and director of the Center for 15 years, Abeloff worked to double the Center's faculty, increase research funding sixfold, and improve its reputation. Post a comment

Freshmen: take care of health with veggies, warmth and moderation

You can always tell when a freshman is a freshman. Freshmen girls are the ones who are dressed up rather too nicely for frat parties - she hasn't yet discovered that inches of sudsy alcohol will be swamping her shimmering Jimmy Choo's. For guys its the one who is boisterously cliquish with pals, but demurely cautious alone. 1 Comment

Checks, plaids and the Emerald Isle style

Start your very own fashion revolution this Fall by layering, wearing V-neck sweaters and dressing in the colors of the season

As I walked across the red brick paths, crossing the beautiful lush quads on my first day at Hopkins, I couldn't help but notice one small thing: the student population resembled poster ads for Abercrombie & Fitch and Ralph Lauren Polo. Coming from a strange and foreign land myself, Canada, this notion of uniformity across campus struck me as odd. Post a comment

With society turning a blind eye, why the hullabaloo over the phrase "Pre-Marital" sex?

It seems to me that the term "pre-marital sex" is no longer very accurate. A more accurate description of this intercourse would be "extra-marital." 3 Comments

Few incentives for Hopkins grads to stay in Baltimore

Back in the stress-free world of high school, it was unlikely for future Hopkins graduates to refer to themselves as Baltimoreans. But as over 1,000 new freshmen step onto campus each year, students from all over the U.S. and across the oceans become Blue Jays and temporary Baltimore residents. Post a comment

Rosen: Roberts Court on collision course with America?

"I got to work at the New Republic the old fashioned way," said its legal affairs editor and this year's Constitution Day speaker Jeffrey Rosen. "I went to college with the editor. So I'm the Harriet Miers of legal journalism." Rosen, who is charmingly self-effacing, is a professor at the George Washington University Law School. Post a comment

Brody challenges candidates, media on health care reform

The American health care system doesn't work - in fact, it doesn't even exist. That's what University president William Brody told a gathering of the nation's most influential journalists at the prestigious National Press Club two weeks ago in Washington, D. Post a comment

Professor's death shocks community

Nicholas Allocca, a professor in the Center for Leadership Education at Hopkins, died of an apparent heart attack on Wednesday, Sept. 12. He was 54 years old. Allocca began teaching at Hopkins in 2000. He split his time between two part-time teaching positions at Hopkins and at his alma mater, the University of Maryland at College Park. In addition to his demanding teaching schedule, he was also a full-time writer. 1 Comment