By OLIVIA SPECTOR
Senior Ben Wasser has initiated an online petition asking the University to make the commencement speaker selection process more transparent and to pay future commencement speakers, after the selection of Hopkins neuroscientist and neurosurgeon Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa to be the 2013 commencement speaker.
Last Thursday’s fireworks kicked off this year’s Greek mythology-themed Spring Fair festivities.
The Johns Hopkins Human Rights Working Group sponsored a workshop entitled “Legality, Politics and Ethics of Militarized Drones” on Tuesday evening in which members of the Baltimore community and approximately 50 students and faculty were in attendance.
The Foreign Affairs Symposium hosted Frank Jannuzi, the Deputy Executive Director of Amnesty International USA, as their fifth speaker on Tuesday, April 16. Jannuzi also heads the Washington, D.C. office of Amnesty International.
Interim Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Jonathan A. Bagger announced that the new Vice Provost for Student Affairs will be Kevin G. Shollenberger. He will assume his new role this July.
Voice for Choice, a bipartisan, pro-choice movement on campus, has formed in response to the new presence of the student pro-life club, Voice for Life.
On Wednesday, the development team responsible for the Olmsted Lot construction announced that it will not pursue plans to include a grocery market on the empty lot. Armada Hoffler, the development firm, released a statement explaining that it will not include a grocery store as a result of community pressures urging the firm and University to instead pursue other options.
Due to a pending appeal before the Student Government Association (SGA) judiciary committee about the decision of the Committee on Student Elections (CSE) to disqualify a candidate, the official results of the SGA Executive Board elections have not been released to the student body.
The Food Service Selection Committee and Hopkins Dining announced that Bon Appetit Management Company is to replace Aramark as the new dining provider on the Homewood Campus. Aramark’s seven-year contract with Hopkins expires at the end of the semester, and Bon Appetit will begin operating Homewood dining venues during the summer term.
On Monday, perseverance saved senior Kathryn Ledwell’s life. Seconds after she crossed the finish line of the 117th Boston Marathon, two homemade bombs crafted from pressure cookers exploded yards from the line itself, killing three and injuring more than a hundred.
In the wake of the SGA Judiciary’s decision to grant Voice for Life (VFL) official group status, pro-choice students are stationed on the sidewalk outside of Charles Street Market in protest.
The Hopkins College Democrats attended CASA de Maryland’s “Citizenship for 11 Million” March for Immigration Reform yesterday afternoon in Washington, D.C.
In an effort to strengthen connections between women in medicine, the Women’s Pre-Health Leadership Society (WPHLS) held their fourth annual conference on April 6. The event included speeches by a variety of renowned female professionals with the theme “Careers in Medicine: Exploring Medical Specialties” as its mission.
Groups from across Baltimore and different Hopkins divisions came together Sunday as participants in the first annual Hop Into Health fair held on the Homewood campus. Sponsored by JHU International Service Learning (ISL), the event sought to connect the wealth of health resources at Hopkins and beyond with Baltimore city’s low- and middle-income residents.
The Hopkins College Democrats attended CASA de Maryland’s “Citizenship for 11 Million” March for Immigration Reform yesterday afternoon in Washington, D.C.
Students gathered to watch Middle East experts Gaith al-Omari and Jonathan Schanzer debate issues regarding Israel and Palestine last night. The event was sponsored by the Coalition of Hopkins Activists for Israel (CHAI) and was cosponsored by the Alexander Hamilton Society, J Street U, the Jewish Student Association, the Hopkins Partnership for Israel and JHU Politik.
The JHU SGA Judiciary unanimously ruled to overturn the decision of the SGA Senate to deny official group status to Voice For Life (VFL). SGA will hereby grant VFL group status as an advocacy and awareness group, and it will be granted all rights and privileges as such.
Hopkins neuroscientist and neurosurgeon Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa will speak at graduation on Thursday, May 23.
