The College Board announced major changes to the design of the SAT on Wednesday afternoon, including letting students opt-out of the essay, combining the critical reading and writing sections, and offering a computer-based version of the test for the first time. The changes were seen by many educators as a response to the growing popularity of the ACT, the rival standardized college admissions test.
The first Student-Faculty Social of the semester was held in Levering Hall last Thursday. The social aimed to create a relaxed setting in which students and professors could get to know one another on a more personal level.
JHU Confessions, a Facebook page featuring anonymous, student-submitted confessions, was temporarily deactivated Monday in order to fix the posting system that turned the page into a hub for cyberbullying and controversial posts about race and sexual orientation.
Over 700 students came to Shriver Hall last night for the Foreign Affairs Symposium (FAS)’s second event, hosting Jocelyn Richard, a features editor at the The Onion. The event was co-sponsored by The HOP as a part of their goal to provide more free events for students.
On Saturday, Hopkins hosted its first TEDx event at Hackerman Hall. The event featured eight speakers, with backgrounds ranging from music to neuroscience. All the speeches had the common theme of “firsts.”
This Tuesday’s Student Government Association (SGA) meeting focused on two main issues: reactions to an article about Bon Appétit featured in last week’s issue of The News-Letter and an ongoing debate over whether Hopkins should adopt a Latin honors system.
Last Tuesday, the Hopkins chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) hosted the first event of Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW), an international series of events intended to raise awareness about Israel’s policies toward Palestinians, which they view as constituting apartheid. The week seeks to garner support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, which aims to use political and economic pressure on Israel to end Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories.
On Feb. 18, junior Aryel Abramovitz found himself in a bind. On B level of the Milton S. Eisenhower Library two hours before class, he was unable to connect to the Hopkins internet network.
This past week marked Baltimore’s sixth annual Winter Restaurant Week, beginning on Feb. 16 and running through Feb. 23. Though the city also hosts this event in the summer, its winter iteration tends to be more highly publicized and celebrated with more gusto.
This past Monday saw the revival of the Hopkins Commemoration Ball. The event, which hasn’t taken place since 2001, commemorates the school’s founding and the swearing in of the University’s first president, Daniel Coit Gilman.
Blue Jay Bikes, a new advocacy and awareness club dedicated to improving bicycle policies, infrastructure and awareness on campus and in the greater Baltimore area, discussed the University community’s attitude towards bicycles at its first meeting last Friday.
On Feb. 17, University President Ronald J. Daniels and Provost Robert Lieberman named Peter Agre, Kathryn Edin and Carol Greider as the first of 50 Bloomberg Distinguished Professors.
Senior Stephen Filippone was selected as one of 40 nationwide recipients of the Gates Cambridge Scholarship, a prestigious honor awarded to outstanding students from outside the United Kingdom.
Editor’s Note: The names Abe, Beth and Carol have been used in place of employees’ real names. These employees have asked to remain anonymous out of fear for losing their jobs.
Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley, a rumored 2016 presidential candidate, spoke to an audience in Shriver Hall on Wednesday evening as the first speaker of the 2014 Foreign Affairs Symposium (FAS). The speech was followed by both a question and answer session and a reception in the Clipper Room hosted by the Hopkins College Democrats.
Last Wednesday, Hopkins hosted a screening of Geraldine Ferraro: Paving the Way in Hodson Hall. Senator Barbara Mikulski of Maryland and Donna Zaccaro, director of the documentary and the daughter of Ferraro, were in attendance and answered questions from the audience after the showing.
Next Monday, Feb. 24, the University will hold a Commemoration Ball in honor of the school’s founding. The official anniversary of the school’s founding falls on Feb. 22 each year — the date that the University’s first president, Daniel Coit Gilman, was sworn in.
A record number of women — 303 in total — registered for Panhellenic sorority recruitment this year. According to the University’s Coordinator of Greek Life & Orientation Rachel Drennen, 275 women registered last year.
On Sunday, the Black Student Union (BSU) hosted an event during which students, faculty and staff discussed the racial climate at Hopkins.
While many professors pursue academic endeavors outside of the classroom, such ventures usually entail writing articles or conducting laboratory research; Professor John Driscoll’s undertaking, however, is a different, full-time career.
