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Baltimore police arrest students at Garland Hall

By SARAH Y. KIM
May 8, 2019

Baltimore Police officers arrested seven people — including four students — who were part of a month-long sit-in at Garland Hall on Wednesday morning. Students and community members have been holding a sit-in at Garland Hall to protest ...

COURTESY OF LAURA WADSTEN The University summoned police early Wednesday morning to break up the month long sit-in at Garland Hall. Officers arrested four students and three community members.

Mayor Catherine Pugh resigns amid corruption investigation

By RUDY MALCOM | May 4, 2019

Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh resigned on Thursday, May 2 in light of controversy over sales of her children’s book series, becoming the second Baltimore mayor this decade to step down amid a criminal investigation. She apologized for the damage she has done to the legitimacy of her office and the face of the city in a statement her attorney Steven Silverman delivered at a news conference.

MARYLAND GOVPICS Mayor Catherine Pugh stepped down amid scandal over sales of her children’s book series.

What is the past, present and future of Sharia law?

By ISHA RAI and WILLIAM EDMONDS | May 4, 2019

Sharia is a term that often evokes confusion, debate or even outright fear.  “Sharia Today,” Rumee Ahmed, an associate professor of Islamic Law at the University of British Columbia, led a discussion called “Sharia Today,” on Thursday, April 25. It was an event that sought to promote dialogue on the nature of Sharia in the modern era.

State Comptroller Franchot talks private police force at roundtable discussion

By RUDY MALCOM | May 2, 2019

The Student Government Association (SGA) hosted a policy roundtable with State Comptroller Peter Franchot, who serves as Maryland’s chief financial officer, at Shriver Hall on Wednesday. At the event, Hopkins students from groups including the Black Student Union (BSU); Multicultural Leadership Council (MLC); and SGA’s Policy, Research and Development Commission (PRDC) shared their perspectives on sexual violence, gun violence and mental health on campus and in the Baltimore community. 

COURTESY OF RUDY MALCOM The Student Government Association invited Peter Franchot to campus
COURTESY OF MORGAN OME A bust of Woodrow Wilson sits in Mason Hall.

Should the Woodrow Wilson Fellowship be renamed?

By MORGAN OME | May 7, 2019

Two and a half years ago, Nathan Connolly, a professor in the History Department, submitted a motion calling on Hopkins administrators to rename the Woodrow Wilson Fellowship in light of the former U.S. president’s racist legacy. Connolly — along with the Homewood Faculty Assembly, which voted to support his motion — is still waiting for an answer.

Prof. discusses black queer feminist intersectionality

By YASMIN YOON | May 3, 2019

Omise’eke Tinsley, an associate professor of African and African Diaspora Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, discussed pop culture icons and black femme futures at an event titled, “PYNK: Black Femme in Slavery’s Archive,” this Wednesday in Gilman 388. The presentation was the closing event of the Sex and Slavery Lab at Hopkins.

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SGA creates measures for regulating private police

By ALYSSA WOODEN | May 3, 2019

The Student Government Association (SGA) held their final meeting of the 2018-19 academic year on Tuesday in Charles Commons. At the meeting, SGA members passed a resolution calling on the University to provide proof of community support and to hold two public forums before implementing a private police force. 

Spring Fair 2019 overcomes budget constraints

By CLAIRE GOUDREAU | May 2, 2019

Homewood Campus held its annual Spring Fair this weekend. The event was open to the entire Baltimore community. It kicked off the evening of Thursday, April 25 with fireworks and included a concert headlined by electronic dance music group Cash Cash, other musical performances, vendors, dances, games and a beer garden.

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Hopkins community reflects on Mayor Pugh scandals

By RUDY MALCOM | May 6, 2019

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agents raided Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh’s house and offices at City Hall on Thursday. Maryland Governor Larry Hogan called on her to resign in a public statement hours later, following the lead of the City Council and the Greater Baltimore Committee (GBC), a regional organization comprised of University President Ronald J. Daniels and other business and civic leaders.

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Law Review brings together pre-law community

By TED TAK | May 2, 2019

The Johns Hopkins Undergraduate Law Review hosted the first Law Review Gala this Monday. The event featured William H. “Billy” Murphy Jr., a civil rights lawyer and former judge who represented the family of Freddie Gray, and Christina Bostick, the civil rights lawyer who represented the family of Henrietta Lacks. 

COURTESY OF TED TAK  Famed civil rights attorneys come to Hopkins to speak to Law Review.

Peabody’s black students report discrimination

By SABRINA ABRAMS | April 26, 2019

When Clifton Guidry III, a black Peabody Institute alum, experienced a seizure during orchestra rehearsal as a student, he was met with suspicion.  “Security, instead of seeing if I was having a medical emergency, was trying to ask if I was on any drugs,” Guidry said. “I was just really sick.”

The Peabody Institute in Mount Vernon. DADEROT/PUBLIC DOMAIN
FILE PHOTO The sit-in at Garland Hall reached its third week on Wednesday, April 24.

Garland protesters strive to elevate marginalized voices at sit-in

By KATY WILNER and RUDY MALCOM | April 25, 2019

For over three weeks, members of the Hopkins and Baltimore community have participated in a sit-in at Garland Hall to protest the proposed private police force and the University’s contracts with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The protest was organized by Students Against Private Police (SAPP) and the Hopkins Coalition Against ICE (HCAI). 

Students rally against ICE, private police force

By JAE CHOI | April 25, 2019

Students, community members and faculty members protested the University’s proposed private police force, its contracts with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and police brutality in Baltimore in Wyman Park Dell on Wednesday, April 24. Later, protesters marched to Garland Hall.

COURTESY OF EDA INCEKARA This is the fourth rally held in collaboration with West Wednesdays.
COURTESY OF KEELIN REILLY Many members of Students for Environmental Action worked to expand their butterfly garden this Earth Week

Students push for sustainability during Earth Week

By KATY WILNER and RACHEL JUIENG | April 25, 2019

This past week, Hopkins students celebrated Earth Week by hosting events such as a sustainability town hall and a fashion show called Planet Runway. Although many of these events were interactive and designed to be fun, they all called for participants to take action against climate change.