Graduation an exercise in self-discovery - Guest Column
In less than a month, I will officially become an alumnus of the Johns Hopkins University. It is a moment that I have been both eagerly awaiting and dreading at the same time.
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In less than a month, I will officially become an alumnus of the Johns Hopkins University. It is a moment that I have been both eagerly awaiting and dreading at the same time.
Every September, as the academic calendar begins, a few brave souls make their way to Homewood Field to attempt the seemingly impossible: to make the men's lacrosse team as a walk-on.
The Johns Hopkins University is comprised of 13 different campuses, eight academic divisions, and at least 18,000 students worldwide. In the middle of this gigantic behemoth sits a small little entity called the School of Arts and Sciences, which for too long has been treated by the administration as just another piece of the puzzle.
The first ever Johns Hopkins News-Letter was published on April 28, 1897. It was an eight page broadsheet that sold for 15 cents a copy.
Short of Shakespeare, Charley's Aunt is one of the oldest plays you'll ever see on a Hopkins stage. First performed in 1892 in London, Brandon Thomas' farce is a classic comedy that includes sharp-tongued butlers, men in drag and even a fair bit of slapstick.
Hopkins-Nanjing Center for Chinese and American Studies
President William Brody addressed faculty concerns regarding the effect of new security costs on Homewood school budgets at a faculty assembly meeting held last Tuesday. Brody pledged at the meeting that costs would be spread across the University's divisions.
Twenty female students stand on a stage in Arellano Theater yelling out answers to the following question: "If your vagina could speak, what would it say?"
Paper bills from nations around the world are taped to the wall above the check-out counter at the University Mini-Mart. To store owner Sam Hamideh, this collage represents his vision for the future.
Dr. Allen Shearn, chairman of the biology department, has a daring new plan to improve undergraduate collaboration in the sciences.
Every year, a small handful of Hopkins students take the plunge and apply for the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship, which pays for two years of study at Oxford University in England. The process is arduous and time-consuming, and includes compiling up to eight recommendation letters, writing a 1,000-word essay and going through countless mock interviews in preparation for the final stages.
Throat Culture has always been about the laughs. TC is a sketch-comedy group affiliated with the JHU Barnstormers whose mission is to poke fun at anything it can find. In its recent showcase (Nov. 19 and 20 in Arellano Theater), TC shared almost three hours worth of spoofs and short-videos ranging from laugh-out loud funny to sleep-inducing. While many of the sketches were inventive and humorous, others lasted well beyond their welcome.
The year was 1927. America was rolling in money and the stock market crash was two years away. In Germany, Albert Einstein was emerging as the world's leading physicist. In Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University President Frank Goodnow was making an all-out effort to recruit the Nobel laureate and most-recognized scientist of the 20th century.
At most universities that participate in Division I athletics, being a good athlete is usually enough to be offered admission and a full or partial scholarship. For Hopkins' Division III athletes, (everyone but lacrosse players), it takes a whole lot more for a quarterback to get in than just a stellar arm.
The decision is in: President George Bush will serve another four years in the White House. The half of the country that voted for John Kerry now begins to cope with the bitter taste of defeat. At the polls in Baltimore, an overwhelmingly democratic city, several voters and Hopkins students voiced their rationales for supporting Senator Kerry.
After watching a performance of Waiting for Godot, most viewers struggle to define what they just saw or describe what it was exactly all about. Famously dubbed "the play about nothing", Samuel Beckett's masterpiece succeeds in saying quite a lot about time, space, and the nature of existence. And that's just for starters.
It is easy for freshmen to be seduced by the wild revelry, carefree drinking and uninhibited young coeds that typically adorn most fraternity parties. But after a few weekends of dragging an unconscious roommate back to their room, many students start looking for alternative forms of entertainment.
One of the most defining parts of any university is its undergraduate curriculum and the types of courses it requires for graduation. Curriculums can vary in breath, depth and subjects. The best curriculums give their students a well-rounded education that prepares them for almost any career they could conceivably plan to pursue.
According to a recent survey of private university presidents' salaries, PresidentWilliam Brody was paid $772,276 for the fiscal year 2001-02, making him the fifth highest paid in the country. In last year's survey of the 2000-01 fiscal year, Brody's salary of $677,564 ranked third in the nation.
Intersession needs a lot of work. This year, the course offerings are as bare as ever, not including the exotic vacations, excuse me, classes, that cost multiple thousands of dollars.