The Baltimore Book Festival filled the Inner Harbor this weekend, drawing crowds with stands of used and discount books, talks by renowned authors, local food vendors and live music. The free festival was sponsored by the Maryland State Arts Council.
University President Ronald J. Daniels admitted in an email to the Hopkins community Wednesday evening that his administration responded inappropriately to an alleged sexual assault at the Pi Kappa Alpha (PIKE) fraternity house in March of 2013.
Thursday evening, award-winning actor RJ Mitte took to Shriver’s stage to discuss how he overcame fear in his life. As the second speaker in the Milton S. Eisenhower (MSE) Symposium, the 22-year-old actor is best known for his portrayal of Walter “Flynn” White Jr. in AMC’s popular TV show Breaking Bad.
More than 400,000 people filled New York’s streets on Sunday for the People’s Climate March, the largest climate march in history.
As part of its ongoing efforts this year to fight alcohol abuse, the newly formed Alcohol Strategy Group, led by Vice Provost for Student Affairs Kevin Shollenberger, is strengthening efforts to reach out to Greek Life and other student organizations that hold off-campus events.
The White House launched the “It’s On Us” public awareness campaign on Friday to encourage students — and especially male students — to actively prevent sexual assault on college campuses.
At its weekly meeting on Tuesday, the Student Government Association (SGA) passed a viewpoint neutrality bill, which will allow all student groups to apply for equivalent amounts of funding. Although SGA can still deny a group’s request for additional funding, they cannot do so on the basis of the group’s agenda or mission.
The Center for Advanced Media Studies; the Program for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality and the Political Science Department collaborated to host “Politics, Family and Precarity Cinema in Winter’s Bone” in Mergenthaler Hall on Friday.
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.
