Hampdenfest 2014, an event held annually on The Avenue, brought between 20,000 and 30,000 visitors to Hampden on Saturday. The event featured toilet races, live music performances and a “Hampden’s Got Talent” karaoke competition. Numerous local vendors were also in attendance, offering a wide range of food and drink, art, jewelry and information about local groups.
This year, Greek Week took place from Sept. 16 to 20, and it underwent significant changes following the departure of Rachel Drennen, former coordinator of Greek Life and Orientation.
Prominent contemporary writer and Writing Seminars graduate Lawrence Hill spoke about social equality and racial justice in Hodson Hall on Tuesday to kick off the second annual President’s Reading Series.
On Saturday, hungry Baltimoreans congregated at the Canton Waterfront Park for the first-ever Baltimore Seafood Festival.
Hopkins Raas 2014, a celebration of the Hindu festival of Navratri through music and dance, took place in the Glass Pavilion in Levering Hall on Sept. 20 from 6:30 p.m. until 11 p.m. The Indian Graduate Students’ Association (IGSA), the Hopkins Bengali Organization (HBO), the JHU Hindu Students Council (HSC) and South Asian Students at Hopkins (SASH) jointly coordinated the event. A diverse crowd of students, Indian and non-Indian alike, gathered on an open Dandiya Raas and Garba dance floor, feasted on a catered buffet of Indian delicacies and experienced a night of exuberant celebration.
On Sept. 22, John Waters visited the Johns Hopkins Barnes & Noble to sign Carsick, his newest novel. In a line stretching to the back of the store, patrons of all ages waited with copies of the book in hand to meet the award-winning author, director, screenwriter, actor and Baltimore native.
The seventh annual DIY Fest, a free festival featuring workshops on craft projects and self-improvement, was held at St. John’s Church on Saturday.
The Italian Club kicked off the year with a gelato social in the Charles Commons kitchen on Wednesday afternoon.
The Black Student Union (BSU) held a protest on Thursday in response to the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, an African American 18-year-old, by white police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Mo. on Aug. 9.
Voice for Life (VFL) hosted the We Care Tour, a campaign sponsored by its national umbrella organization Students for Life, on the Keyser Quad on Wednesday.
In conjunction with the University’s efforts to curb student alcohol abuse, the Center for Health Education and Wellness (CHEW) and the Office of Residential Life have teamed up to introduce the Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students (BASICS) program.
In response to the national focus on curbing sexual assault on college campuses, products meant to deter sexual assault, such as Undercover Colors drug-detecting nail polish, LifeShel smartphone cases and Vive bracelets, have been gaining attention and criticism.
Jeff Zucker, the president of CNN Worldwide and former president and CEO of NBC Universal, discussed his career over breakfast with a small group of Hopkins students and faculty on Sept. 11.
On Sept. 14, Old St. Paul’s Church in downtown Baltimore commemorated both the Battle of Baltimore and the publishing of “The Star Spangled Banner” with a program titled “Singing on Key: A Concert to Celebrate our National Anthem.” About 200 people were present at this event.
Wanderlust, the desire to travel, explore and be immersed in the world, can be difficult to reconcile with the stresses and pressures of college life. For sophomores Betta Hobbins, Gavi Rawson and Audrey Holt, the solution was taking a gap year before college.
Last week, Campus Safety and Security organized activities and events to promote safety at Homewood. Starting on Sept. 9 and ending on Sept. 12, Campus Security officers were out on different quads encouraging students to sign up for the city-wide crime watch program, and to learn about safety around campus.
The University’s colony of the Phi Iota Alpha Fraternity hosted the organization’s Northeast Province Regional Leadership Training Institute (RLTI) on Saturday.
The campus chapter of J Street U, a national student organization which promotes a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, held their first event of the fall semester, “Debriefing Gaza,” on Sept. 11 at the Smokler Center for Jewish Life.
The New Political Society (NPS) is a debate forum for undergraduate and graduate students to engage in rich political discourse on local, national and global issues. The idea for the forum was originally conceived by juniors Sarallah Salehi and Avi Posen during Intersession last year, and the group launched this fall.
