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Student leaders reflect on security meetings with administrators

By DIVA PAREKH and By SIRI TUMMALA
February 7, 2019

At the end of the fall semester, student leaders from various organizations had the opportunity to speak directly with administrators in closed meetings, give feedback and ask questions about the proposed police force.

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Students are divided over the proposed police force.

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Speakers from various backgrounds discussed women’s rights at the March.

Baltimore City hosts third annual Women’s March

By RUDY MALCOM and JAE CHOI | January 31, 2019

Hundreds of Baltimore residents and Hopkins students gathered at City Hall on Jan. 19 for the third annual Women’s March. Speakers highlighted women’s recent political gains, protested the Trump administration’s policies and outlined various challenges women in Baltimore face, before leading demonstrators through War Memorial Plaza.

Three governors discuss bipartisanship in the U.S.

By JAKE LEFKOVITZ | January 31, 2019

Governors Chris Sununu (R-N.H.), Tom Wolf (D-Pa.) and Larry Hogan (R-Md.) discussed bipartisanship in an era of division on Monday at the Parkway Theater. PBS Managing Editor Judy Woodruff presented the talk, titled “Divided Nation, United States.” The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Agora Institute sponsored the event.

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Governors Sununu, Hogan and Wolf discussed bipartisanship at Monday’s talk.

University solicits feedback on draft of new personal relationships policy

By EMILY MCDONALD and KATY WILNER | March 18, 2019

Vice Provost Sunil Kumar informed the Hopkins community on an email sent on Friday, Dec. 14 that the University is drafting a policy regarding personal relationships, particularly between students and professors. The Draft Personal Relationships Policy defines personal relationships as dating, romantic, and sexual relationships. The University is currently soliciting feedback on the draft.

University releases new compensation plan for RAs

By MEAGAN PEOPLES | December 18, 2018

The Office of Residential Life and the Office of Student Financial Services announced a new compensation plan for Residential Advisors (RA) in response to concerns that RAs are not paid equitably. The plan, which was announced on Thursday, will take effect in the 2019-2020 school year. RAs will be considered student employees and receive a yearly $5,100 stipend. In addition, their housing will now be considered non-taxable income, and therefore it will not affect financial aid.

OIE blocks 18 reports of sexual misconduct

By DIVA PAREKH | January 31, 2019

The Office of Institutional Equity (OIE) announced on Wednesday that an issue with its website had mistakenly blocked it from receiving 18 reports of sexual misconduct, which took place between January 2016 and October 2018.

A Place to Talk and SGA host inaugural speaker series about empathy

By AASHNA SUNDESHA | December 8, 2018

A Place to Talk (APTT), a student-run peer listening service, and the Student Government Association (SGA) hosted the “Dimensions of Connection” speaker event in Hodson Hall on Saturday. The event focused on the importance of empathy and human connection in everyday interactions.

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Speakers at the “Dimensions of Connection” event approached empathy from different angles.

Activists gathered on the steps of MSE Library where they shared their experiences reporting sexual misconduct and assault to the Office of Institutional Equity.

Students protest the University’s mishandling of sexual violence cases

By MORGAN OME and DIVA PAREKH | June 7, 2019

Around 100 students, faculty and community members gathered outside of the Milton S. Eisenhower Library (MSE) on Thursday to demand that the University reform how the Office of Institutional Equity (OIE) handles cases of sexual violence. Demonstrators also called on administrators to take action against Anthropology Professor Juan Obarrio, who has been accused of sexually assaulting a visiting graduate student in May.

Students Explore Identity Struggles at TEDxJHU

By TRISHA PARAYIL | December 6, 2018

The student-run organization, TEDxJHU, held its annual fall salon event on Wednesday. The event, titled “Postscript” featured three student speakers.

Students reflected on their undergraduate experience at TEDxJHU
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Many community members attended Barbara Ransby’s talk at Red Emma’s coffeeshop

Activist explores the history of Black Lives Matter

By WILLIAM EDMONDS | December 6, 2018

Activist and historian Barbara Ransby discussed her upcoming book, Making All Black Lives Matter: Reimagining Freedom in the Twenty-First Century, which examines the future of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, on Wednesday at Red Emma’s Bookstore and Coffeehouse.

Panel criticizes the use of policing in addressing crime

By ANNA GORDON | December 6, 2018

Five panelists discussed ways to help end violence in Baltimore this Wednesday in the final event of the University-led discussion series on policing. The event aimed to approach the issue of crime in Baltimore from a public health perspective and to focus on the University’s relationship with the city.

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Founder of Baltimore Ceasefire, Erricka Bridgeford was one of the five panelists who spoke.

SGA passes bill calling for OIE to reform its practices

By RUDY MALCOM | December 6, 2018

The Student Government Association (SGA) unanimously passed the Title IX Policy Resolution, calling for the University to reform the Office of Institutional Equity (OIE), at their weekly meeting on Tuesday.

Dr. Deidra Crews discusses class, race and kidney disease

By NEHA SANGANA | December 6, 2018

The School of Medicine hosted Dr. Deidra Crews, recipient of the President’s Frontier Award, who discussed her research on kidney disease on Monday. Crews is an associate professor of Medicine and serves as the associate vice chair for Diversity and Inclusion in the Department of Medicine.

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Crews discussed the socioeconomic factors behind kidney disease.

Journalists investigate high infant mortality

By MEAGAN PEOPLES | December 6, 2018

A year long investigation by the Tampa Bay Times found that one in 10 patients died at the All Children’s Hospital’s Heart Institute in St. Petersburg, Fla. last year, which was taken over by the Hopkins Hospital six years earlier.

Daniels contemplates the future of Hopkins

By DIVA PAREKH | December 8, 2018

In an interview with The News-Letter on Monday, University President Ronald J. Daniels shared his perspective on a variety of issues, including the ongoing discussion about the University’s proposed private police force and resources for low-income students in light of Michael Bloomberg’s $1.8 billion donation. He also discussed graduate students’ concerns about their working conditions, the state of mental health at Hopkins and how he decides when to publicly take a stance on national issues.

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Alaleh Azhir is a Rhodes Scholar, and will be studying at Oxford.
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Hopkins Rhodes Scholar discusses future goals

By RUDY MALCOM | December 6, 2018

Senior Alaleh Azhir was named a Rhodes Scholar in November, becoming one of 32 American students to receive the prestigious international postgraduate award.

Nurses call for union rights and better patient care

By RACHEL JUIENG | December 6, 2018

Nurses from the Hopkins Hospital and National Nurses United (NNU), a union of registered nurses, joined local politicians and community members for a town hall event on Saturday at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum. Nurses from the Hospital gave a presentation called “Reputation vs. Reality,” arguing that the institution does not live up to its worldwide reputation.

Panelists discussed issues such as understaffing and turnover
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Students gathered to celebrate their different cultures.

OMA hosts first annual celebration of diversity

By JOHN FRYE | December 6, 2018

The Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) hosted its first annual Cultural Festival on Saturday. The event featured numerous student groups and offered food, games, music and a glimpse into diverse cultures.

Educating the public on drug use and overdoses

By MICHAEL TRAUTMANN RODRIGUEZ | December 6, 2018

The Baltimore Harm Reduction Coalition (BHRC), a public health organization, held a workshop on opioid overdoses and Naloxone on Friday. The event took place in the SPARC Women’s Center in Baltimore and was lead by speaker Harriet Smith, the executive director of the BHRC.

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George Ciccariello-Maher, a radical political theorist, spoke on campus.

MSE Symposium invites radical political theorist

By KATERINA FRYE | November 29, 2018

George Ciccariello-Maher, a political activist and writer, discussed white supremacy and the American political system in his talk “Discourse in the Trump Age” on Wednesday as part of the Milton S. Eisenhower (MSE) Symposium speaker series. Some consider Ciccariello-Maher to be controversial for his radical views, including a tweet from 2016 which read, “All I want for Christmas is white genocide,” which Ciccariello-Maher has stated was satire.

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