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Carey Business School to offer masters program

Johns Hopkins University's Carey Business School plans to launch a full-time MBA program for graduate students in 2010. … Post the First Comment

MSE Library expands access in electronic offerings

Hopkins follows national trend in online accessiblility with digitization of older materials
Libraries across the nation are digitizing their holdings to preserve aged books and to provide patrons with convenient, 24-hour access. … Post the First Comment

Students get credit for community service

Students get credit for community service
The Community Based Learning Initiative, led by the Center for Social Concern (CSC), has finalized plans to begin offering community serviced-based courses for academic credit.… Post the First Comment

Few options for students with allergies in FFC

When freshman Vivi Machi wants a cookie at the Fresh Food Café (FFC), she reaches over the stack of peanut butter cookies and tries to find a chocolate chip cookie untouched by the others. … Post the First Comment


College News in Brief

Professors lament "anti-political" bias Many Americans would hold strongly to their impression that the college classroom is a place full of political biases whether they be liberal or conservative. It has been reported that 58 percent of adults believe that there is a significant problem with liberal bias among college professors, by public opinion polling agency Zogby International. Post a comment

Stepping Stone ministry offers students fellowship, time of praise

The drab, brick Mudd Hall, with its dark auditoriums and laboratories, came alive on a rainy afternoon with live music filled with messages of love. Post a comment

JuicyCampus facilitates anonymous gossip

Students, citing lack of privacy, decry malicious rumors; freedom of speech keeps Administration's hands tied

Infamous Hopkins gossip site JHU Confessions has recently met its match with this year's freshman class in the form of the even more nefarious JuicyCampus.com. Post a comment

The persistent double standard for women

My last article was about a sexual double standard. This week, I think it is fitting to write about a gender-role double standard, especially when so many are talking about it in the Halloween season. Post a comment

Kyro's delivers pizza on the cheap

It's not every day that you enter a café with two known aliases. Kyro's, also known as Café Isis and Al Pacino Café II, offers great pizza and ethnic food to boot. Post a comment

Everything old can be made new again

What is the appeal of vintage clothing? There is the pleasure of having a unique piece. Who wants to have the same wardrobe, piece for piece, as three other girls around campus? Vintage clothing lacks the stiffness and sterility that I sometimes see with newer clothing. Post a comment

Brody's Successor Named

Ronald Daniels, University of Pennsylvania Provost, to Speak at Hopkins This Afternoon
Brody's Successor Named

Members of the Hopkins community were notified by e-mail blast this morning that Ronald Joel Daniels will be the 14th University president. The pick was unanimously supported by the Presidential Search Committee and the board of trustees elected Daniels earlier today. 6 Comments

Student groups push voters to polls throughout Election Day, then gather in suspense at night

Election Day, as it approached, was anticipated with fervent preparation. From phone banking for Obama to canvassing for John McCain, Hopkins students worked to piece together a dedicated base for their respective candidates. Post a comment

Obama victory celebration turns ugly after police use force to disperse ecstatic crowd

Obama victory celebration turns ugly after police use  force to disperse ecstatic crowd

Sixteen individuals, including four undergraduates, one graduate student and one professor from Hopkins, were taken into custody early Wednesday morning after Baltimore City Police intervened to break up a peaceful 500-person celebration of the election results at 33rd and St. 2 Comments

Charles North set for revitalization

City of Baltimore proposes $1-billion neighborhood renewal
Charles North set for revitalization

The City of Baltimore has proposed a $1-billion plan to revitalize Charles North, the neighborhood north of Penn Station. Post a comment

Former CIA agent speaks about identity leak to public

Valerie Plame Wilson smiled at the crowd of Hopkins students, faculty and local residents who had gathered in Shriver Hall on Thursday to hear the latest in the line of Milton S. Eisenhower (MSE) Symposium speakers. 5 Comments

Private organizations push for college accountability

Though Congress has begun to address the issues of college affordability and financial aid, there is no indication that it will, in the near future, address the issue of academic accountability. 3 Comments

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