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You asked me if you could drive my car the rest of the way home and I said, “Only if you have your learner’s permit on you.”
I’ve been thinking about my arrival at Hopkins a lot, especially because my amazing academic advisor Christine sent me an email talking about the big decision I will have to make soon: declaring my major.
Most sports fans out there will have been through a period (or two, or three or four...) where their favorite team is just absolutely terrible. I’m not talking about first-round exits or just missed the playoffs; I mean seriously, horrendously, god-awful bad. Those seasons where you would rather be stuck in a three-hour lecture that never seems to end than turn on the tele and watch five minutes because you know you’ll just be disappointed.
On Wednesday, March 11, the SNF Agora Institute and the Center for Leadership Education hosted Sen. Ben Cardin, former Maryland representative and U.S. congressman. His talk, titled “Engineering Responsible and Effective Civic Engagement,” explored the importance of civic engagement, leadership and being an informed citizen.
While brainstorming for my first Voices article this semester, I found myself rereading the pieces I wrote when college was still new enough to feel like something from a movie. One line from the first article I ever wrote stopped me: “I entered college believing in my ability to create and reinvent myself.”
I’ve been wanting to write an article for my mom, but never know where to start. An anecdote would be reductionist. A compliment would feel flattening. Any rendering would be static — and maybe that’s at the heart of it, that writing commits something to paper and necessarily asks us to draw pieces together into a neat picture. But people are not neat pictures, least of all those we know well.
19 is such a “middle child.” You’re past that initial excitement you had at 18 of technically being an adult, but you’re also still mentally a teen because your age doesn’t start with a 2. Yes, I’m turning 20 in about three months, and it feels very strange, but let this piece be something I can look back on years into the future.
Let me take you back to November 28th, 2025. It is 23:15 and to a group of friends, I text:
From Feb. 26 to March 1, the International Studies program hosted the annual Hopkins Model United Nations Conference (HOP MUNC). Model United Nations (MUN) is an educational simulation in which students compete as representatives from different countries in public speaking events. During these conferences, students debate and work to solve diverse transnational issues while practicing public speaking techniques and learning more about international diplomacy. Participants at the Hopkins MUN chapter engage with the organization by competing in different conferences and volunteering to staff HOP MUNC. At this conference, delegates from across the nation, hailing from other academic institutions, gathered at the Hopkins Bloomberg Center in Washington, D.C., to role-play a range of United Nations (UN) committees and debate pressing global matters.
There’s a sort of ineffable magic in my hometown.
As innocent bystanders in the rapidly changing hellscape of the English language, semicolons have received far too much disrespect. It breaks our hearts.
John P. Toscano is a professor in the Hopkins Department of Chemistry. He joined the department in 1995 as an assistant professor, eventually becoming a full professor in 2003. He later served as vice-chair of the department in 2004, and served as chair from 2005 to 2011 and again from 2013 to 2014. He also served as vice dean and interim dean for the University’s natural science departments.
For NFL diehards out there, this period without football can be difficult... but thankfully the offseason is just kicking off, and with that comes the multitudes of mock drafts, free agency predictions and the frenzies of the trade season! The Draft Combine has just wrapped up in Indianapolis, and with it came some truly mind-boggling results from some of the best athletes on the planet. As the draft season progresses, there will be plenty more movement on each team’s boards, so why not have some fun with some predictions of where players might land come April!
Julia Vargas is a sophomore majoring in Mathematics from Brooklyn, N.Y. Using the popular student app Sidechat to gauge interest, her sourdough business quickly exploded in popularity and is now taking orders on Instagram: @sidechatsourdough. Some of the options offered include rosemary, jalapeno cheddar and pesto mozzarella.
Divyansh Lalwani, a recent Biomedical Engineering and Applied Mathematics and Statistics graduate, recently released “overlay,” a software that reduces the effort that comes with switching screens by relying on overlays, content that lays on top of the overall screen. In an interview with The News-Letter, Lalwani described the program and the journey that led to its creation.
The Whiting School of Engineering (WSE) Class of 2029 experienced the first year of the curriculum redesign labeled as “Foundational Abilities” (FAs), replacing the previously existing distribution requirements that require 18 credits that are categorized under humanities (H) and/or social and behavioral sciences (S), a First-Year Seminar and 6–12 credits of writing intensive courses that can also be double-tagged for fulfilling the S and H requirements listed above.
Perspective is an annual online publication produced by the Hopkins Black Student Union (BSU). In a magazine format, Perspective seeks to commemorate the year’s Black students – their achievements, celebrations and contributions. For example, recent publications have highlighted organization events, member spotlights and creative works. However, the origins of Perspective lie in the latter half of the 20th century, where past BSU members published Perspective in a printed newspaper format, not unlike The News-Letter.
Liisa Hantsoo is a clinical psychologist and an assistant professor at the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at the School of Medicine. Hantsoo conducts clinical research in sex-specific mood disorders like premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) and postpartum depression in addition to providing cognitive behavioral therapy to patients having significant premenstrual mood issues or post-partum or pregnancy-related depression and anxiety. In an interview with The News-Letter, Hantsoo explained one of her current studies along with her thoughts on the changing landscape of reproductive health.
On Thursday, Feb. 19, the Cochlear Center for Hearing and Public Health invited Dr. Charlotte Yeh to talk about the intersection of technology, business and health within the field of age-related hearing loss. This event is part of their broader seminar series that runs from September to April and features speakers with expertise in topics surrounding sensory function, aging and public health. Having been one of the center’s very first inaugural seminar speakers back in 2018–19, Yeh has been a part of the center’s rich history and is also the only speaker they have had back.
When I first stopped drinking almost two years ago, I didn’t realize how limited the options were for people like me: those who want their fair share of fun drinks once in a while, without the alcohol. I personally found several soft drinks that satisfied the urge. Kombucha (specifically GT's Synergy Guava Goddess flavor), Churchill and cappuccino became my go-to drinks whenever I went out to hang out with friends.