Bader pushes to make majors more flexible
Majors in the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences have undergone a face change.
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Majors in the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences have undergone a face change.
Participants in a discussion panel held that the United States and Israel are following an agenda of colonization of Arab regions during a Monday event sponsored by Hopkins Students for a Free Palestine (HSFP).
On Tuesday, Del. Maggie McIntosh met at the Mattin Center with Hopkins students for an informal discussion about her experiences as the House Majority leader. McIntosh is the first woman and the only openly gay member of the Maryland state legislature to hold this position.
The Student Council meeting was held in the Mattin Center this week. Originally scheduled to take place in Shriver, the student representatives were forced to change locations due to a scheduling conflict. In addition to regular business, the meeting focused largely on a funding request from the Underground Shakespeare Company to build a stage for their upcoming show. Students also presented and discussed a recent amendment to the Student Council constitution.
Last Thursday, the Foreign Affairs Symposium held a panel discussion in Shriver Hall entitled "U.S., Iraq, and the War on Terrorism." The discussion featured three prominent authorities on the issue of Iraq, including a former U.N. weapons inspector and an ambassador to Iraq. The controversial discussion focused on the issue of U.S. foreign policy toward Iraq in light of economic sanctions, Saddam Hussein and the humanitarian crisis in Iraq. Following the lectures, the floor was opened for a panel discussion which quickly escalated into a heated debate between the speakers and members of the audience.
The Hopkins administration has decided to revamp their Commencement ticket policy to account for the growing problem that has faced graduating seniors in recent years. Due to a steady increase in the undergraduate population, recent graduation ceremonies have become more crowded. Earlier this year, President Brody and the Hopkins administration announced that each graduating senior will receive four tickets for friends and family in the main Commencement tent on Garland Field.
Senator Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) spoke on Monday to open the 2002 Symposium on Foreign Affairs. In his speech entitled "Post Cold War Power Vacuums in Africa: Options for U.S. Policy," Feingold focused his discussion around the U.S. government's policy towards Africa in the light of the growing concern for national security.
Students and faculty gathered in Mudd Hall last Tuesday to hear Dr. Michael Ain, Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery and Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins, give a lecture entitled "To Dare Mighty Things." The lecture focused on Ain's own experience of overcoming obstacles as a victim of achondroplasia, an abnormal development of cartilage in which the person has an average size trunk, but shorter than average limbs. In his lecture, Ain focused on the importance of overcoming challenges, relating his own experiences in the medical world and discussing the demands that face students entering the medical profession.
The Graduate Representative Organization (GRO) of Johns Hopkins was awarded the highest honor of Graduate/Professional Student Organization of the Year at the annual National Association of Graduate and Professional Studies (NAGPS) Conference in Tucson, Ariz., Nov. 10. This award acknowledged the efforts of the Hopkins GRO to address and solve current issues such as the cost of health insurance, the lack of social activities for graduate students at Homewood as well as other problems that face graduate students at Hopkins.
This year's slogan of "Identify. Relate. Construct." was the theme of Culturefest 2001 during the period of Nov. 8-17. Student groups representing cultures from around the world joined to share their traditions and customs with their classmates at Johns Hopkins.
The Center for Civilian Biodefense Studies hosted a week-long lecture series in response to the recent anthrax attacks in New York and Washington, D.C. Held at the Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the event addressed the growing public concern over the threat of bioterrorism.
Johns Hopkins University students gathered on the lawn outside MSE Library on Wednesday for "A Time of Reflection" to discuss the repercussions of the war in Afghanistan and the tragedies of Sept. 11. The forum, sponsored by JHU for Peace, focused on opposition to U.S. policy regarding the war against the terrorism. Among the topics discussed were the effects of U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East, the role of the military and the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. The forum also addressed the issue of censorship in America. The purpose of the discussion, cited in an informational bulletin, was to "generate thought and dialogue about the situation."