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(11/19/25 7:00am)
Thanksgiving can be a tone-deaf holiday. As the year draws to a close, things don't seem to be going well for a lot of us. Whether our concerns are as grave as the political milieu of our country, as mundane yet end-of-the-world-inducing as finals or even as simple as adjusting to daylight savings time, there is just about always something picking at the deep space in our brains. And then — as if to counterbalance all this — comes a holiday that offers us the emotional equivalent of a no-good therapist: just eat and be grateful. Although Thanksgiving is sometimes seen as a superficial holiday preaching forced positivity, it is still an opportunity to appreciate small things and shape the holiday in ways that are unique to each of us.
(11/18/25 8:00pm)
My dad still has a huge vinyl collection — The Beatles, ABBA, The Carpenters — and shelves full of original Asterix and Obelix and Tintin comics. Every now and then, he even styles his hair like Reggie from The Archies. He loves old-school diners and fries with ketchup will always be his ultimate comfort food. He’s a true ’90s kid at heart: someone who actually lived and breathed the culture that shaped his generation.
(11/17/25 10:08pm)
The blue jay is our campus mascot. But have you ever actually seen a blue jay on campus?
(11/16/25 10:00pm)
A breath of fresh air. It feels like a breath of fresh air.
(11/19/25 8:00am)
Today I examine the Opinion section of The News-Letter through a written interview with its editor, Ayden Min.
(10/29/25 12:41am)
Around 17 years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered one of its most consequential decisions in modern American history. The case before the court — District of Columbia v. Heller — concerned D.C.’s law that banned people within the jurisdiction of the District from possessing handguns or assembled long guns for purposes such as individual self-defense. This case is one which took up the mantle of a centuries-long debate regarding the intended scope of the Second Amendment and sought to settle its ambiguous wording.
(10/29/25 4:00am)
Defining art
(10/30/25 9:00am)
On Sept. 16, The Johns Hopkins News-Letter Editorial Board released an article bearing the title “On generative AI: The News-Letter commitment to journalistic integrity.” It set the paper’s opinion on the application of artificial intelligence to student journalism, that The News-Letter would not sacrifice ethical reporting in the cause of efficiency, though the temptation may be. The editors provided three primary justifications for this stance: (1) generative AI is not capable of being responsible for its actions, (2) AI is able to violate copyrights and (3) AI can harm the process of critical thinking.
(10/07/25 6:00am)
Reading “University students respond to the assassination of Charlie Kirk,” I was impressed by the way the paper addressed it: How do we protest the violent suppression of opinions while acknowledging the damage a person’s platform may inflict? As a student paper publishing an article on a political assassination is no small matter. It carries ethical weight and needs to approach the issue thoughtfully, considering how it can divide the campus community.
(10/01/25 3:06am)
Dining halls are a problem. Workers are understaffed and overworked, and students and staff have recently commented on the poor quality of food and reduced portion sizes. Dining is a crucial component of student life and well-being, and Hopkins staff are critical to its success. The administration, however, has neglected to provide an adequate working environment for its dining employees — it is incumbent upon the University to provide reasonable conditions for its staff.
(10/26/25 3:56pm)
When I applied for a PhD program in the U.S., I was attracted to the fact that American universities have been unmatched as drivers of knowledge and innovation – from the moon landing to the Internet to chemotherapy. This prestige dates back to the robust government investment in university research based on merit, with minimal political oversight since the post-World War II era.
(10/07/25 9:57pm)
In the race to build the biggest and baddest AI data centers, everyday Americans are being left behind. Predominantly Black and low-income communities have taken the biggest hit, especially in cities like Memphis, where the xAI Memphis Supercluster went online just last year. Now Maryland residents are facing a similar battle against plans to construct a data center at the former site of the Landover Mall in Prince George's County.
(10/08/25 4:00am)
On Sept. 8, the U.S. Supreme Court — by a 6-to-3 majority, divided along ideological lines — temporarily halted the enforcement of an appeals court ruling against the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) ability to use frivolous discriminatory factors such as skin tone and speaking Spanish as a reason for stopping individuals and checking their immigration status. This decision comes as a significant departure from the so-called ‘race blindness’ the Supreme Court has tried to pursue in college admissions and allowed ICE to continue their crackdown in Los Angeles. This temporary halt also represents a major step back for the Fourth Amendment right not to be subject to stops or detainments without reasonable cause, especially for reasons solely regarding race.
(10/07/25 1:57am)
Acceptance rate: 4%. Meaning for every 100 applicants, only about 4 were accepted. Congratulations — you made it. Welcome to the Nest.
(09/28/25 5:39pm)
What is a public editor, anyways?
(09/16/25 11:58pm)
Generative AI is everywhere. ChatGPT and other similar software are used across disciplines — in the office, in classrooms, for assignments and even for participation points in class discussions. At Hopkins, many students use AI not just for quick and easy answers on homework assignments but also in their writing — in essays, short stories, poems and, in some cases, articles. The University recently announced the Hopkins AI Lab, which “offers members of the Johns Hopkins community secure and easy access to Large Language Models (LLMs) from industry leaders including OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta.”
(09/18/25 9:00am)
This fall, The News-Letter conducted a community survey to better understand who makes up our readership. In total, 43 students shared their identities, academic backgrounds and experiences.
(09/17/25 8:00pm)
On Jan. 16, the Hopkins Public Interest Investment Advisory Committee (PIIAC) rejected a proposal from the Hopkins Justice Collective (HJC) to divest from weapons and surveillance companies implicated in atrocities in Gaza. The decision came during one of the worst humanitarian crises in recent history, as over 90% of over 2 million Palestinians faced bombardment, starvation and displacement, with man-made famine confirmed in Gaza. Some critics argue that the PIIAC’s report was methodologically weak, morally evasive and damaging to the credibility of the University.
(09/14/25 8:00am)
Not a month passes in which I don’t wish Hopkins offered a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry.
(09/17/25 4:00am)
The mission of the University, inspired by Daniel Coit Gilman’s inaugural address, is “to educate its students and cultivate their capacity for lifelong learning, to foster independent and original research and to bring the benefits of discovery to the world.” This mission has helped shape Hopkins into the academic powerhouse that it is today, having produced the world’s most notable scholars, innovators and thinkers such as Michael Bloomberg, Woodrow Wilson, John Dewey, Madeleine Albright and 29 Nobel Prize Winners. But what happens when these scholars are gifted a secondary, artificial mind to complement their studies? Do the scholars remain independent and original? Do they bring their own benefits of discovery to the world or instead the benefits of a computer system that can reason and problem-solve the way humans do? The rise of AI has significantly disrupted the pursuit of higher learning, overshadowing intellectual struggle and catalyzing a generational cognitive decline.
