Anti-gay marriage protest prompts student response

On Thursday, the Diverse Sexuality and Gender Alliance (DSAGA), along with the Office of LGBTQ Life, held a counter-protest outside of Charles Street Market in response to a protest earlier in the day  by the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) that advocated for heterosexual marriage.

Friends remember Yangkai Li fondly

Yangkai “Kane” Li, 20, tragically passed away last Wednesday. A native of Guangzhou, China, Li had just declared a major in physics, was a member of the Johns Hopkins Society of Physics Students and was preparing to start research.

SJP members use their bodies to protest Gaza violence

SigEp contestant named Mr. Phi Mu 2014

On Wednesday, Phi Mu hosted its annual philanthropy event, Mr. Phi Mu, an interfraternity competition. The event benefited the Katie Oppo Research Fund, which endows ovarian cancer research at Johns Hopkins University Hospital. Admission was $5, and each attendee got five votes.

Yik Yak app provokes laughs and concerns

Yik Yak is a relatively new social media platform that allows users to post their opinions anonymously and “up-vote” or “down-vote” posts they like or dislike. The app has spread to colleges across the country and allows students to express their feelings, which can be  funny as well as brutally honest.

Workshop invites discussion regarding the relation of law to place

While many left Baltimore during the three-day Fall Break, around 20 faculty and graduate students gathered for a workshop titled “Law and the Local” on Friday afternoon.

Foundation donates to theater renovation

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation will provide Hopkins with $5 million, enabling the University to work with the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) and the Maryland Film Festival to renovate the Parkway Theater. The theater, located near the corner of Charles Street and North Avenue in Baltimore’s Station North Arts and Entertainment District, is slated to open as the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Film Center in 2016.

Saint Francis-inspired festival held at Peabody

Francis in the Schools, an educational festival for underserved urban children, was hosted for the first time on the East Coast at the Peabody Institute for more than 600 children on Friday.

Active Learning challenges conventions of physics

Enabled by the University-wide Gateway Science Initiative, the physics department has begun offering an Active Learning (AL) variant of General Physics I. It is now in its second year of operation. The course was developed in part through site visits to other universities, including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and North Carolina State University. The class is heavily modeled on MIT’s Technology Enabled Active Learning (TEAL) physics courses.

Krauzlis speaks about research on attention

On Monday, the Zanvyl Krieger Mind/Brain Institute invited Dr. Richard Krauzlis to speak about his new research findings.

John W. Rawlins III joins administration

John W. Rawlins III joined the Johns Hopkins community on Oct. 1 as the special assistant to Associate Vice Provost and Dean of Student Life Terry Martinez.

Baltimore Running Festival draws 25,000 runners

A record 27,000 runners participated in the Baltimore Running Festival on Saturday. The festival, now in its 14th year, consists of a marathon, a half marathon, a team relay, a wheelchair race, a 5K run and a Kids Fun Run. An estimated 25,000 people participated in these races.

SGA talks Flightplan, transportation issues

The Student Government Association (SGA) discussed its plans for student outreach, reviewed new student groups, reformed its What To Fix (WTF) Hopkins page, appointed new members to the Judiciary board and the Committee on Student Elections (CSE) and temporarily suspended sections of the SGA constitution while reviewing compliance with those sections.

Insomnia Cookies employee dies at store

On Friday afternoon, an Insomnia Cookies employee was found dead at the store location inside Charles Commons.

Phi Mu trounces competition in Powderpuff tournament

Phi Mu won its third consecutive Panhellenic Powderpuff tournament on the Practice Field Sunday, defeating all four other Panhellenic sororities in the annual flag football competition.

Olmsted lot will be turned into apartments

Construction will begin on an apartment and retail complex in the open lot at the corner of St. Paul and 33rd Streets in April, the University announced Wednesday.

Donilon talks current foreign policy dynamics

Former National Security Advisor Thomas E. Donilon joined Professor Steven David in Shriver Hall to discuss his career and his views on current foreign policy  Wednesday evening. As the third speaker in this year’s Milton S. Eisenhower (MSE) Symposium, Donilon chronicledhis career in politics and policy and then transitioned to discussing his views on current foreign policy issues.

Alums return for YAW festivities

More than 2,100 recent graduates returned to Homewood from Friday through Sunday for Young Alumni Weekend (YAW) to reconnect and network with their former classmates.

Hopkins Hospital opens new building

The Johns Hopkins Hospital unveiled the renovated Nelson/Harvey buildings, which include 136 new private patient rooms and sleeping accommodations and respite areas for patients’ family members, at a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday.