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July 5, 2025
July 5, 2025 | Published by the Students of Johns Hopkins since 1896

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FAS announces spring speaker lineup

The Foreign Affairs Symposium released its spring speakers line-up on Friday, which features Martin O’Malley, the governor of Maryland, and high-profile professor and public intellectual Cornel West, as well as others.


Plans for new student union start to take shape

The University is making progress on ambitious plans to build a new student union or campus center in or around the Mattin Center and transform the intersection of the Homewood Campus and Charles Village, officials said in an interview with The News-Letter last week.


SGA under fire from political organizations

The Hopkins College Democrats and the Hopkins College Republicans are protesting a recent decision by the Student Government Association (SGA) to reclassify three political groups as Advocacy and Awareness organizations, a label that renders the clubs ineligible for annual funding grants.


Freshmen claim title at second HopHacks

Freshmen programmers Alec Tabatchnick, Matt Richard, Christian Reotutar and Bertha Hu came out on top this weekend winning the first place prize of $1,024 at the second ever student-led Hopkins hackathon, HopHacks.


Board of Trustees reappoints Pres. Daniels

Two weeks ago on Jan. 16, the University’s Board of Trustees unanimously voted to reappoint President Ronald J. Daniels to his post. Now that his contract with Hopkins has been extended, Daniels will hold his position until 2019.


PIKE brother stabbed at house party

An unidentified assailant stabbed junior Giovanni Urquilla in the basement of a residence belonging to Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity (PIKE) in the first hours of Jan. 19 and the final hours of a fraternity party. The aftermath of the party did not yield answers, and confusion as to the identity and motive of the aggravated assault persists.



Sophomore President steps down from post

Former Sophomore Class President Alex Koren resigned from his post Monday night due in part to increased time commitments with Hyv, a data analysis system he cofounded. Acting in accord with the SGA’s Constitution, the remaining six class senators voted in former Senator Jahan Mirchandani as Koren’s successor.


Students travel to tropics to study biology, evolution

Students interested in tropical biology and evolution traveled to Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands this past Intersession. The class of 22 students, which was open to all majors, took place on campus from Jan. 4-5 and in Ecuador from the 6th to the 17th. The class was led by instructors Dr. Greg Ball, Dr. Richard Shingles and Professor Farrah Madison.


University among first to oppose ASA boycott

President Ronald J. Daniels and Provost Robert Lieberman were among the first of more than 200 American university and college leaders to denounce the American Studies Association’s (ASA) boycott of Israeli academic institutions late last year.


JHUMUNC prepares for largest conference yet

The seventeenth annual Johns Hopkins University Model United Nations Conference (JHUMUNC) is set to start next week on Feb. 6. The 162 undergraduate staff members of the conference are gearing up to host the largest batch of high school students yet, with a total of 2,079 students registered to attend.





261 Graduate students resist University’s plan

A group of graduate students in the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences are rallying to protest the implementation of a plan that will introduce major changes to the graduate program. The school’s Strategic Planning Final Report was released on Nov. 11 to graduate students, who responded with a comprehensive Strategic Plan Response.


Debate over nuclear energy gets heated

Considering the rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide and the impact of greenhouse gases on climate change, should the United States shift its energy supply away from fossil fuels by replacing them with nuclear power?



HopSecret unmasks hidden side of Hopkins

Encouraging students to share their anonymous stories, the website HopSecret, run by the Center for Health Education and Wellness (CHEW), has spotlighted issues including depression, sexual assault and general hopelessness among the student body.


School spirit shines at Lighting of the Quads

At 9 o’clock on Tuesday evening, the Hopkins community celebrated the ninth annual Lighting of the Quads. More than 863 students RSVPed for the event on Facebook, and by 8:45 p.m. hundreds of students had gathered on Keyser Quad for what has become an anticipated Hopkins tradition.


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