News & Features

Lawyer calls on Asian American community to unite

By RIA ARORA | April 18, 2019

Ronak D. Desai gave the Asian-Pacific Heritage Celebratory Keynote Address in the Glass Pavilion on April 15. His presentation focused on Asian American narratives and the challenges that the community faces. Desai, a lawyer and Hopkins alum, is an affiliate at the Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute at Harvard University. 

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Sit-in in Garland Hall continues on day 15

By RUDY MALCOM and RACHEL JUIENG | April 20, 2019

For over two 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). 

Local journalists explore media and news in the 21st century

By NEHA SANGANA | April 18, 2019

Inform, Discuss, Enlighten, Acknowledge, Learn (IDEAL) JHU hosted a discussion on the role of local news and journalism in Baltimore on Wednesday, April 18. The discussion was moderated by Political Science Professor Emeritus and Academy Professor Matthew Crenson. The event featured Doug Donovan, an investigative reporter at the Baltimore Sun, and Ron Cassie, a senior editor at Baltimore Magazine. 

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Students march on University President’s house

By MEAGAN PEOPLES | April 18, 2019

Hopkins and Baltimore community members met for a third rally to protest the Hopkins private police force, University contracts with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and promote Justice for Tyrone West on Wednesday, April 17 in Wyman Park Dell. The rally was organized by members of Students Against Private Police (SAPP), Hopkins Coalition Against ICE (HCAI) and leaders of West Wednesdays, a weekly vigil held in honor of West, who died in 2013 while in police custody. Morgan State University police officers were investigated in conjunction with West’s death. 

Panelists discuss menstrual health and hygiene

By TRISHA PARAYIL | April 18, 2019

Wings, a student group aiming to improve menstrual health and hygiene, and Sexual Assault Resource Unit (SARU), a student group advocating for increased awareness of rape culture and sexual violence, hosted a panel titled “Health Justice, Policy and Equity” on Wednesday. The panelists discussed barriers to menstrual and sexual health equity and the policies surrounding those topics. 

  courtesy of Mary Shepard Wings partnered with SARU to host the panel on reproductive health.
COURTESY OF SHERRY KIM The Humanities Center in Gilman Hall offers interdisciplinary courses.

Hopkins releases second Diversity Roadmap update

By EMILY MCDONALD and JAE CHOI | April 18, 2019

University President Ronald J. Daniels and Provost Sunil Kumar released the second progress report on the Roadmap on Diversity and Inclusion on Friday. University officials drafted the Roadmap, a document outlining plans to make Hopkins more diverse, following the Black Student Union’s (BSU) 2015 protests and list of demands. 

Indian American author explains the inspiration for her first novel

By ISHA RAI | April 18, 2019

Mathangi Subramanian, an award-winning Indian American author, gave a presentation on her book, A People’s History of Heaven, at Red Emma’s Bookstore on Wednesday, April 17. This work, which revolves around five girls and their mothers who live in a small village in Bangalore, India, is her first piece of literary fiction. 

Mathangi Subramanian explained that her novel details the story of five children in Bangalore.
Activist Ava Pipitone linked gender to white supremacy and imperialism.

Ava Pipitone discusses transgender identities

By YASMIN YOON | April 18, 2019

Ava Pipitone, the executive director of the Baltimore Transgender Alliance, discussed how gender relates to all aspects of life — including race and class — at an event called Trans Issues are not Trans Issues. The Impact Hub hosted the event, which took place on Tuesday.

SGA creates new civic innovation funding

By SOPHIA LIPKIN | April 18, 2019

Student Government Association (SGA) members discussed a new civic innovation grant and fund at their weekly meeting in Charles Commons on Tuesday. Executive President AJ Tsang pledged to donate funding to create the grant, which he intends to promote and sustain student activism on campus. 

Daniels votes in favor of Pugh’s resignation

By KATY WILNER | April 18, 2019

The Greater Baltimore Committee (GBC) voted unanimously in favor of Mayor Catherine Pugh’s resignation on Friday, April 12. The Committee deemed Pugh unfit for office after mass controversy surrounding her book sales. 

Aaron Long, Class of 1988, poses with his girlfriend, mother and a few of his biological children.

Hopkins alum Aaron Long may have fathered as many as 67 children

By KATERINA FRYE | April 18, 2019

Aaron Long estimates that he has fathered 67 children. The Hopkins alum graduated in 1988 and has, in his own words, become sort of famous. Long is a writer and communications specialist from Seattle. In his 20s, while broke and living at home, Long donated his sperm twice a week for an entire year to earn a little extra cash. He did not think much of these donations until a few decades later. 

University appoints first SDS executive director

By WILLIAM EDMONDS | April 18, 2019

Catherine Axe joined the University as its first executive director for Student Disability Services (SDS) on March 11. Vice Provost for Student Affairs Kevin Shollenberger and Vice Provost for Institutional Equity Kimberly Hewitt announced the creation of the new position in a schoolwide email sent in July 2018.

  COURTESY OF CATHERINE AXE Before coming to Hopkins, Axe worked at Brown University for 15 years.
Event attendees played the board game Factuality, where they acted as characters with different identities.

City residents reflect on the Baltimore Uprising four years later

By RACHEL JUIENG | April 18, 2019

The Reginald F. Lewis Museum and the Maryland Commission on Civil Rights co-hosted an event entitled “Baltimore After Freddie Gray” on Saturday. The event reflected how the 2015 Baltimore Uprising drew attention to systemic issues of racial inequality within the city, such as the implementation of zero-tolerance policing. 

Nonprofit celebrates Monument Quilt with performances

By RUDY MALCOM | April 18, 2019

FORCE: Upsetting Rape Culture, a Baltimore-based arts and activist group, hosted an event called Grown in Baltimore at Whitelock Community Farm in Reservoir Hill on Saturday. The event featured performances from local musicians Uni Q. Mical, DZL MC and DJ Laila Snacks and celebrated the thousands of individuals who have contributed their resources and creativity to the Monument Quilt.

The TEDxJHU event “Connect the Dots,” took place in the Bloomberg Center for Physics and Astronomy.

TEDxJHU speakers challenge society’s status quo

By JERRY WU | April 18, 2019

TEDxJHU held its annual conference at the Bloomberg Center for Physics and Astronomy on Saturday. United by the theme of “Connecting the Dots,” six speakers shared their stories of overcoming adversity and challenging the status quo to effect positive change in the world. 

On day seven of sit-in, protesters demand negotiations

By MEAGAN PEOPLES | April 18, 2019

For over a week, 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 Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The protest is organized by Students Against Private Police (SAPP) and the Hopkins Coalition Against ICE. 

EDA INCEKARA/PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR The sit-in began at Garland Hall on Wednesday, April 3 at 1 p.m. Students Against Private Police and the Hopkins Coalition Against ICE organized the protest.

Speakers promote civil discourse at Hopkins

By YASMIN YOON | April 11, 2019

The Forums on Race in America series hosted an event called Bridging Political Divides through Civil Discourse on Tuesday in Mason Hall. The event featured Michael Steele, the former chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC), and Vilma Martinez, civil rights activist and former ambassador to Argentina, in a talk about the current political landscape in the United States.