Today may be Halloween, but a crowd of hundreds of vampires, ghosts, skeletons and penguins — just to name a few costumed characters — biked around the city this past Friday, passing near campus by North Calvert Street and East University Parkway before riding down San Martin Drive. The unexpected gathering, almost a week in advance of the holiday, had an explanation: the Baltimore Halloween Brew-Ha-Ha Bike Party.
Tuesday evening marked the beginning of the President’s Reading Series, a yearlong event that will bring distinguished novelists, journalists and playwrights to the Homewood Campus. The program is oriented towards work of social importance.
On Tuesday night, the Student Government Association (SGA) convened to discuss a host of subjects including the design and installment of a new University mobile app as well as the pending approval of five new student groups.
As part of the 2013 Hopkins Department of Military Science Symposium, former FBI counter-terrorism and counterintelligence operative Eric O’Neill spoke to Hopkins students on Wednesday in the Great Hall of Levering Hall. This was the first such event sponsored by the Department of Military Science.
Despite this year’s World Series between the Boston Red Sox and St. Louis Cardinals shaping up to be memorable for its ample share of competition and controversy, Hopkins students do not appear to be paying it much attention.
Despite the influx of Campus Security alerts in Hopkins students’ inboxes, this year’s on-campus crime is predicted to decrease and continues to decline from around 10 years ago, according to Campus Safety and Security. The University’s Annual Clery Report, which details crime statistics from the last three years, however, reveals a trend of noticeable increases in off-campus crime, such as burglaries. Forcible sex acts also saw a sharp increase last year.
Last Thursday, the Hopkins chapter of Relay for Life held its annual Kick-Off event, opening up student registration as this year’s fund raising efforts for the American Cancer Society get underway.
Approximately 1,200 undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and staff from the University’s campuses in the city gathered on Saturday to serve the greater Baltimore community as part of the fifth annual President’s Day of Service (PDOS).
Last weekend, the Hopkins African dance group, Temps d’Afrique, hosted Twerkshop, a three day, three session event in the Mattin Center on campus.
Last Monday, the Jewish Student Association (JSA) had their first open board meeting to discuss their plans for the year. The board consisted of seven people: President Ari Weiss, Vice President Andrea Fields, Treasurer Matthew Lehmann, Communications Director Michelle Greenman, Jewish Life Director Jon Weinreich, Social Life Director Erica Biegen and First Year Students at Hopkins Hillel (FYSHH) Director Arielle Kaden.
30 years after first entering the Wilmer Eye Institute at Hopkins Hospital to seek treatment for his father’s macular degeneration, Chairman of BP Capital Management and philanthropist T. Boone Pickens returned last week to announce a $20 million donation to the hospital’s Ophthalmology Department.
The Student Government Association (SGA) Senate on Tuesday approved only four out of the five nominations to the SGA Judiciary by Executive President Alex Schupper.
“Intimate Partner Violence Across Baltimore: Lessons From The City,” a panel discussion held on Monday in Charles Commons, spotlighted the prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) as part of a forthcoming on-campus awareness campaign.
Students, historians and members of the community gathered in Mergenthaler Hall on Monday to hear Professor Mary Ryan lecture on local monuments. Ryan, the John Martin Vincent Professor of History, discussed the political and social contexts behind the formation of the Washington and Battle Monuments, both of which are situated in Baltimore.
This past week, the University’s annual Greek Week competition brought out both members of Greek organizations as well as members of the broader Hopkins community to participate in a series of on-campus events.
The University’s website, jhu.edu, is undergoing a redesign to be completed next year as part of the Hopkins Office of Communication’s Identity Initiative. The project is in its early stages, but the results are aimed to promote the University’s unique story and help users access information.
This Saturday, as Hopkins students mobilized around Baltimore for President’s Day of Service, community members passionate about social justice convened in the MICA Graduate Studio Building for the daylong Fusion Partnerships Innovation for The Greater Good Conference.
On Thursday, Oct. 17, the sisters of Phi Mu hosted their annual Greek week philanthropy event, Phi Mu Presents: Hopkins’ Most Eligible Bachelor (HMEB). For almost two hours, selected participants from different Greek organizations and athletic teams unleashed their inner bachelor to seduce the packed audience in Hodson Hall.
Voice for Life (VFL), a Hopkins undergraduate pro-life advocacy organization, sparked campus-wide controversy on Tuesday and Wednesday with a demonstration on the north side of the Milton S. Eisenhower (MSE) Library that included a mock graveyard.
Kevin Dungey, a senior lecturer with the Center for Leadership Education (CLE), spoke to students in an event titled “Living the Ethical Life and Achieving Happiness” on Wednesday in Shaffer Hall. Theta Tau, the University’s co-ed engineering fraternity, organized the talk.
