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(04/14/05 5:00am)
Hey, remember a long time ago, before you came to college? You did stuff then, remember? And had, like, interests? Maybe, like many of us, you've forgotten that before your primary forms of recreation were half-heartedly crap-talking your peers and wistfully reading PDFs of transfer applications at 2 a.m., you actually cared about the bands and books and movies in your thefacebook.com profile. Anyway, take heart. There's a dose of arty fun around the corner. The annual Johns Hopkins Film Fest will be here from April 21-24, and for a few days we can all pretend like we go to a normal college.
(03/23/05 5:00am)
D.A. Pennebaker, music documentary superstar, hosted a screening of his seminal film, Don't Look Back, as the fourth event in the MICA/Maryland Film Festival Spring Film Series Reality, on Monday, March 21. The series runs through April 25 and brings several standout documentary films and their directors to Baltimore.
(12/02/04 5:00am)
Romantic, operatic and so-damn-handsome Rufus Wainwright is playing in Shriver Hall on Friday evening, courtesy of the HOP (and at $3, no less). Get on it, kids; Wainwright's music is spicy, lush, and poignantly sassy -- everything you'd expect from a reformed club kid with a classical music education and an outspoken approach to politics, art and life.
(10/30/03 5:00am)
Last Wednesday, pink and blue flags littered the upper quad as part of the Johns Hopkins Voice for Life (VFL) protest against MSE symposium speaker Patricia Ireland. The group's demonstration holds to the anti-choice movement's tradition of deception and duplicity. A poster from the demonstration read, "Women deserve better," the newest catchphrase of the anti-choice movement.
(05/02/02 5:00am)
Now that spring is in the air and the weather is warmer, it's time to get out of the library and enjoy some sunshine. Though we don't usually recognize Baltimore for being "crunchy" and outdoorsy, there most definitely are places to go to get out and about on a nice day. The Beach is nice and all, but when you want to get off campus, try one of the local parks.
(04/18/02 5:00am)
Though summer is generally thought of as a time to relax at home or travel, many Hopkins students decide to stick around in balmy Baltimore. Why? For summer session, where they can take classes for enjoyment, to absolve less-than-stellar grades, or to get a head start on requirements. Along with Hopkins undergraduates, visiting undergraduates and pre-college students come to JHU to take classes and enjoy the summer in Baltimore.
(04/04/02 5:00am)
The Student Labor Action Committee (SLAC) recently held a rally in front of Garland Hall to protest the Johns Hopkins Institution's refusal to commit to an indexed Living Wage for all Hopkins employees and subcontracted workers. The Living Wage is not simply a number, but a measure of how we, as a society, value work, compensation and the rights of all workers to live with respect, dignity and freedom from poverty. The Living Wage is an hourly wage determined by the federal poverty line for a family of four. The Baltimore City Living Wage Ordinance, passed in 1995, currently sets the city Living Wage at $8.20 per hour (set to rise to $8.50 per hour this July). But, even though Johns Hopkins is Maryland's largest private employer, it does not have to follow this ordinance because it operates as a private "corporation."
(03/28/02 5:00am)
Last spring, students in Matthew Crenson's course, Baltimore: Place and Race, created a short documentary video, Sick Transit, examining Baltimore's lack of adequate transportation and the effect it has on the population of Baltimore City. The piece gives a brief history of public transportation in Baltimore and directly and indirectly addresses the issues of suburbanization, urban poverty in Baltimore City, and examines the role that public transit plays in what kind of jobs are available to city residents.
(03/28/02 5:00am)
While the weather sucks and the meal plan may rob you blind, you can always count on help at Johns Hopkins - from the security van drivers. Ah, the heroes of Homewood, always available to take you to Superfresh or Sammy - without them, most of us would be doomed to wander the streets drunkenly on the weekends or do without groceries. Until 3 a.m., these guys are your ticket to anywhere in a one-mile radius. So who are these mysterious characters with the walkie-talkies? Why do they drive the vans? And what do they have to put up with to earn their pay?
(03/07/02 5:00am)
"See, the word 'prefrosh' comes from 'pre' meaning 'before' and 'frosh' being an abbreviation for 'freshmen'" said sophomore Dan Paulson.
(11/01/01 5:00am)
We all love to shop. Whether we're buying clothes or CDs, tie-dye wear or teddy bears, there's no denying that each of us has a particular store where we would blow our paycheck every week if given the chance. Fell's Point in Baltimore offers up many different stores, all catering to different tastes and clientele, but there's bound to be something for everyone.
(10/11/01 5:00am)
College campuses across the country are constantly integrating information technology into course curricula, and Johns Hopkins University is no exception. Here at the Homewood campus, the WebCT program allows for professors to put lecture notes online, facilitate student-to-student and student-to-teacher chats, respond to questions via online message boards and much more. For classes using the WebCT program, students can also check their grades online, access old exams, homework, answer keys, syllabi, study guides and more.
(10/04/01 5:00am)
Kadee Niles Russ is a graduate student and TA in economics in her fourth year at Johns Hopkins. Originally from Blacksburg, Virginia, Russ completed her undergraduate work at William and Mary College and received her masters degree at Virginia Tech. Now working on her PhD, Russ says that she was an economics major from day one. She said, "My first day of economics class at William and Mary, the teacher said that economics was a financial representation of sociological factors and human nature. When I left that class, the sun shined brighter, the sky was bluer, and I was hooked."
(09/27/01 5:00am)
Across the country, official buildings and airports have increased security measures after the attacks of Sept. 11 In Baltimore, the World Trade Center building in the Inner Harbor has been blocked off by cement blockades, police heavily patrol the area, and pedestrians must show proper identification to walk by it.
(09/20/01 5:00am)
Do you think that you should always eat dessert last? Think again. Vaccaro's pastry shop, at 222 Albermarle St. in Little Italy, is the place to go whenever you get a craving for something sweet. Offering a menu comprised solely of desserts and coffee drinks, Vaccaro's has been satisfying sweet teeth in Baltimore since 1956.