Letter to my freshman self
Dear freshman self,
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Dear freshman self,
The Aronson Center for International Studies held the third event in its 2020 Fall Speaker Series on Human Rights to discuss the topic of “Women and Conflict” on Thursday, Oct. 29.
Hopkins Alumni Association announced that Homewood’s Alumni Weekend will be held online this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. The virtual Alumni Weekend will consist of various events from Thursday, May 14 through Sunday, May 17.
For the residential students who had to vacate their dorms from March 13-15 due to coronavirus (COVID-19), moving out was a stressful experience. Days before, when announcing the suspension of in-person classes, the University had notified students that they had the option to stay. Then some students no longer had a place to stay. Many were forced to leave their belongings.
Refuel Our Future (Refuel) held the first Fossil Fuel Friday demonstration from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on the steps of Gilman Hall last Friday. The group said that it will continue holding such demonstrations weekly until the University divests itself from the fossil fuel industry.
HopHacks, a biannual hackathon hosted at Hopkins, held their first 36 hour marathon session of the 2019-2020 academic year, which started last Friday and concluded Sunday.
The Student Government Association (SGA) held their first weekly meeting of the 2019-20 academic year at Charles Commons on Tuesday.
In honor of Black History Month, the Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) hosted an opening ceremony at The LaB on Feb. 1. The ceremony featured poets Aja Monet, Dominique Christina and Mecca Verdell as the opening act. This was the first in a series of events that will be held throughout Hopkins during the month of February.
At the first Women in Computer Science (WiCS) meet and greet on Sept. 7, freshman Rena Liu observed the welcoming environment of her new major.
Baltimore Ceasefire 365, a movement that aims to decrease Baltimore’s homicide rate, hosted a workshop titled “Beyond 911: Exploring Anti-Racist Routes to Community Safety” on Sunday at the 29th Street Community Center. Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ), a national organization that works to promote racial justice and end white supremacy, co-hosted the workshop.
The Friends of the Libraries, in partnership with the Enoch Pratt Free Library, hosted award-winning journalist and New York Times best-selling author Susan Orlean at the George Peabody Library on Tuesday. Orlean discussed her new book, The Library Book, which focuses on the historic fire of the Los Angeles Library in 1986.