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(10/26/11 5:00am)
In updating its seemingly ubiquitous iPhone operating system to its fifth, and inarguably best, iteration — iOS 5 — Apple has effectively added a layer of polish to its "magical" product. An operating system for the 99 percent, iOS 5 continues the legacy of simplicity and intuitive design. iOS 5 brings a range of anticipated upgrades, necessary in an environment that's getting more competitive with the introduction of Windows Phone's Mango upgrade and Google's newest iteration of Android (4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich).
(10/26/11 5:00am)
Halloween comes full-force to Baltimore.
(10/26/11 5:00am)
No one can deny that Baltimore is the center of activity the weekend leading up to Halloween. However, if you're not looking to go out to celebrate Halloween, there's a lot you can do without ever leaving Hopkins.
(10/26/11 5:00am)
If you like visual symmetry, bright colors or fractals, Light Designs is for you. The book is a collection of original harmonograph-style designs and a few short creative pieces.
(10/26/11 5:00am)
Go on the award winning walking tour in Fell's Point and learn about the ghosts and supernatural events that have haunted the history of this maritime village.
(10/26/11 5:00am)
Last May, when the season three premiere of The Real Housewives of New Jersey started off with a full-out brawl at a baby's christening, it was apparent that it was going to be just as, if not more dramatic than, the previous two seasons.
(10/26/11 5:00am)
Zelda Fitzgerald's life was one of tragedy and defeat. Yet these morbid qualities can often make for inspiring art. Long overshadowed by her more famous and certainly more read husband, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald nevertheless has a remarkable body of work to her name. Her career as an artist and writer in her own right is the subject of Zelda Fitzgerald: Choreography in Color, a new exhibit at the Johns Hopkins's Evergreen Museum. The exhibit is the result of junior Laura Maria Somenzi's Woodrow Wilson Research project.
(10/26/11 5:00am)
The Buttered Niblets, Hopkins's own improv troupe, put on a comedy show that will never be replicated on Oct. 21st.
(10/26/11 5:00am)
The MSE Symposium continued its speaker series by hosting comedian and actor, Aziz Ansari this past Wednesday. Rather than having a philosophical lecture or address about the state of the economy, Ansari brought comedic relief to the Shriver Hall audience with his stand up routine while connecting with students and highlighting the importance of smart decision making.
(10/26/11 5:00am)
Though Halloween has not quite passed us by (indeed, the preponderance of Pumpkin Spice Lattés at Starbucks is as good a testimony as any that autumn is still very much in season), Christmas is already in the air. Specifically, the sounds of She & Him's Christmas album is in the air.
(10/26/11 5:00am)
This past weekend, Steven Blier brought his audience on a journey of yearning and time during the New York Festival of Song at the George Washington University in Washington D.C.
(10/26/11 5:00am)
The Johns Hopkins Archaeological Museum in Gilman Hall is offering undergraduates a uniquely scary opportunity this Halloween to view a repurposed Roman artifact which reportedly "haunted" a Hopkins staff member.
(10/26/11 5:00am)
On the bill at Rams Head Live! on October 19th were three highly skilled bands: Outasight, Gym Class Heroes and The Dirty Heads. Though not exactly homogeneous in sound, the three bands managed to work well together and made for an interesting musical experience.
(10/26/11 5:00am)
Greek Week kicked off last Thursday with a four-day long competition and philanthropic events, co-hosted by Hopkins's fraternities and sororities. The events gave each organization an opportunity to win points for a final prize and raised more than $18,000 for several charitable organizations.
(10/26/11 5:00am)
Halloween is a favorite holiday nationally, but Baltimore's enthusiasm for it is exceptional. Taking in the costume craziness at Fell's Point is as much a right of passage as it is a fun night out for anyone attending college in the area.
(10/26/11 5:00am)
New images from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) have revealed vast quantities of titanium ore on the moon. The orbiter's Wide Angle Camera (WAC) took images at seven different ranges of wavelength to detect minor differences in the light being reflected by the surface of the moon.
(10/26/11 5:00am)
1940s, Nazi soldiers looked for the missing foreskin to identify Jews, for whom the process has been sacred for centuries. Today, male circumcision is one of the most common neonatal surgeries, even outside of Islamic and Jewish communities, yet it has currently come under ethical and financial scrutiny.
(10/26/11 5:00am)
In the scientific field of protein study, the ability to actually purify and collect a protein of interest is the very first obstacle to overcome. In that endeavor, recent work by Hopkins researchers in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering has shed light on one area of improving protein yields: cell apoptosis, a pathway which ultimately leads to cell death.
(10/26/11 5:00am)
Four non-affiliates were victims of an armed robbery this past Saturday, Oct. 22, at 8:28 p.m. While walking eastward on the 300 Block of East University Parkway, three suspects passed them, then turned and came at the four victims from behind. The suspects told the victims to get on the ground. One of the suspects, wearing a black wool cap, showed a black handgun. Money, in U.S. dollars, was collected from two of the four victims. The incident did not result in any injuries. Both the Baltimore Police and Campus Officers searched the area but could not track down the suspects after the incident was reported.
(10/26/11 5:00am)
In an increasingly globalized world, it is becoming more and more important to have a real understanding of cultures and communities outside of the United States and their varying lifestyles and values. For this reason, the number of students choosing to spend part of their undergraduate experience abroad has been increasing steadily over the last decade – the numbers are now more than double what they were only ten years ago.
