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October 31, 2025
October 31, 2025 | Published by the Students of Johns Hopkins since 1896

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Hopkins community mourns Abigail Bastien

The Hopkins community is mourning the death of Abigail Bastien, a rising sophomore. The Baltimore Police Department (BPD) found her body early in the morning on July 13th and are currently conducting an investigation.


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The overdoses occurred at the Elmo's house on East University Parkway.

University and BPD investigate student drug overdoses

Four Hopkins undergraduates overdosed on an opioid substance at a party hosted by The Delta Phi Fraternity on May 7. Delta Phi, also known as St. Elmo Hall or “Elmo’s”, is not recognized by the University and has been suspended by its national chapter.


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Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei designed the posters and layout for the FAS exhibition.

FAS hosts Ai Weiwei photo exhibit despite logistical problems

For its final event of the semester, the Foreign Affairs Symposium (FAS) held a pop-up exhibition of 20 posters designed by Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei. The posters, which depicted scenes from the global refugee crisis, were displayed in the Mudd Hall Atrium from Sunday to Monday.


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Final exams were postponed for one hour after a student called in a bomb threat Thursday morning.

BREAKING: Student arrested for false bomb threat

Baltimore Police Department (BPD) arrested sophomore Advaith Baimeedi on Thursday for calling 911 to make a false bomb threat at approximately 7:07 that morning. According to a statement from the BPD, Baimeedi said in the call that he had placed explosive devices in several lecture halls on Homewood Campus. The University postponed 9 a.m. final examinations by an hour to investigate but found nothing suspicious.


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Students cite that their academic workload is a contributor to stress.

Students evaluate Mental Health Task Force’s recommendations

The University’s Task Force on Mental Health and Wellbeing has worked for over a year to assess mental health resources at Hopkins and address student concerns about high stress levels on campus. The Task Force released a draft of its recommendations for improving mental health and wellness on Wednesday, May 3.



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Students signed up to check out human “books” so they could learn more about them.

The Human Library combats stereotypes

The Human Library (HL), an event where people chosen as “books” talk to visitors about personal experiences with discrimination, took place in the Brody Learning Commons on Sunday.



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David Harvey, who formerly taught at Hopkins, discussed how he makes Marx’s ideas more accessible.

Marx scholar explores modern capitalism

David Harvey, distinguished professor of anthropology and geography at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY), spoke to a crowd of around 200 in Hodson Hall about his work bringing critiques of capitalism back into public discourse.


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Gary Vikan spoke about his career working as a museum curator.

Author shares stories on museum robbery

Retired Walters Art Museum Director, Gary Vikan, spoke about his book, Sacred and Stolen: Confessions of a Museum Director, at the Charles Village Barnes and Noble on Thursday, April 27.



COURTESY OF ANNA GORDON. Thousands protested the Trump Administration’s climate policies.

Hopkins students join climate march

Tens of thousands of protesters participated in the People’s Climate March on Saturday, April 29, in Washington, D.C., to voice their opposition to the Trump administration’s environmental policies.



Startup offers support for med school applicants

While medical schools accept around 70 percent of Hopkins applicants each year, many students find the application process challenging. To address this problem, two Hopkins alumni and one current student created White Coat Strategists (WCS), a company that helps students prepare for medical school admissions.





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Many Hopkins students joined city-wide protests to demand justice for the death of Freddie Gray in April, 2015.

Remembering the Baltimore uprising two years later

The arrest and death of Freddie Gray, a 25 year old black man and Baltimore native, sparked both peaceful and violent protests in April 2015. Two years later, Baltimore and the Hopkins community are still trying to make sense of Gray’s death and the surge of activism that followed.


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Profs. criticized for “anti-LGBT” paper

For months, activists have criticized the University for failing to condemn a paper published by two Hopkins affiliates in The New Atlantis last August. The paper suggests that biology does not play a role in determining sexuality and gender identity and argues that children who identify as a different gender will likely grow out of it.


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