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The crowd at Rams Head On Stage in Annapolis on Saturday afternoon waited anxiously for its favorite pop sensation to take the stage.
The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions (JHMI) shuttle system, a shuttle service offered by the University for transit between the Homewood Campus, Peabody Conservatory and other Hopkins campuses, has now adjusted its services to include more express buses during the evening rush hour. Additionally, the shuttles will now be running on select holidays. These changes have been in effect as of Jan. 30.
I woke up at 7:30 a.m. this morning, the earliest that I have woken up in over three weeks, to take my place as a greeter for the SOHOP program in Mason Hall. Eagerly awaiting admitted high school seniors, I picked a chair in the lobby, one with a prime view of both entrances, and waited. And waited, and waited, and waited.
This Wednesday, the commencement speaker for the Hopkins class of 2011 was announced as journalist and author Fareed Zakaria.
The Hopkins Undergraduate Bioethics Society (HUBS) is a very small group that has been on campus for a few years. Meeting twice a month for discussions, 10 committed members discuss issues such as medical insurance, drug policies, abortion issues, environmental issues and informed consent.
The sounds of Mozart and Bach fill the room as 20 neuroscience, public health and International Studies majors chassé, temps lié and grand jeté across the floor. Students walk in consumed with thoughts of Orgo Lab and economics and 90 minutes later, they emerge as ballerinas.
Winners were announced last Friday for “Leading Social Change,” a three week Intersession class taught by Dr. William Smedick, the Director of Leadership Programs and Assessment Initiatives for the Office of the Dean of Student Life. The class culminated in a business plan competition where grant money was awarded to the groups whose plans demonstrated new programs and services designed to improve Hopkins and its surrounding community.
Last week, nearly two hundred freshmen returned to Hopkins to participate in an intensive week of coursework and field trips around Baltimore. Through the B’More Program, students became more connected with the city by studying issues of particular importance and interest.
The Hopkins athletic department is updating their drug testing policy this year to include an institutional policy that would help to better ensure the safety of all of it’s athletes. At present Hopkins athletes only are subject to drug testing by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA.)
On Tuesday, television personality and advertising executive Donny Deutsch spoke to Hopkins students and members of the Baltimore community about entrepreneurial success. He was the final speaker of the Milton S. Eisenhower (MSE) Symposium this year.
The Hopkins Hosting Society(HHS) has been in full swing for the past month, hosting hundreds of prospective students seeking to experience life at Hopkins. The HHS is actively working to make the program better. “ [A current priority] is accepting more prospective students to be hosted in the hope that more of them would apply to our beloved Hopkins,” HHS board member and sophomore Hieu Tran said.
Last Tuesday, the Milton S. Eisenhower (MSE) Symposium hosted speaker Reza Pahlavi, the former crowned prince of Iran, the eldest son of the Shah, Mr. Reza Pahlavi.
The Hopkins Taekwondo club is, as head instructor Michael Barry said, “dedicated to teaching Taekwondo to anyone in the Hopkins community.” Most members start as white belts with absolutely no experience, and have the opportunity to earn their black belts by the end of their third year. Students who demonstrate exceptional dedication and skill are given the opportunity to help lead classes and teach Taekwondo to newer members, and some participate on the competitive team.
Beginning with the class of 2015, the Writing Seminars major will be undergoing some drastic changes.
Audio-only podcasting services are available in any of the 21 level-3 tech classrooms throughout campus, though the number of classrooms that actually use the technology is merely a fraction, according to the JHU podcasting RSS Feed. Though the process to podcast is easy, Biochemistry Professor Blake Hill addressed the possible problem with podcasting
By the close of the fiscal year 2010 on June 30th, Hopkins’ endowment fund had increased to $2.281 billion. This figure represents a slight increase from $2.027 billion in fiscal 2009, but not yet back to the $2.67 billion realized at the end of fiscal 2008.