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Today is National Voter Registration Day. In recognition of the day and the upcoming national election, The News-Letter reflects on the importance of voting and encourages all eligible students to register and make a plan to vote.
The Hopkins chapter of the Young America Foundation (YAF), in partnership with members of the Hopkins College Republicans, hosted their first event on Wednesday, Sept. 11. The event featured a talk on immigration reform by Mark Krikorian, which was to be followed by a 45-minute Q&A with the speaker. However, the event was soon disrupted by student protestors and ended early.
On the night of Sept. 12, I went downtown with a few friends and a camera in hand. We had seen the flyers and social media posts, with ‘Bromo Art Walk’ pasted in big bubble letters and a short blurb below advertising a night of creative performances and open galleries. Ever eager to get a taste of artistic expression on a school night, we boarded the Purple Line and headed into the arts district.
Every year, around 60 undergraduate researchers are awarded the Astronaut Scholarship by the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (ASF). The ASF is a nonprofit organization created by the Mercury 7 astronauts, and its mission is to support scholars in STEM fields as well as honor the legacy of American astronauts.
It’s easy to rush through campus without noticing the little details around us, but sometimes the scent of a flower in the breeze makes me pause. Watching flowers is like meditation for me; they give me small moments of peace — their scent makes me stop and take in nature even when I’m in a hurry.
As we begin a new academic year, many departments on campus face uncertainty about the future of their graduate programs. It’s a surprising development for Johns Hopkins, created nearly 150 years ago as a university dedicated to graduate training.
I remember sitting in my English teacher’s room during the last week of senior year, on the verge of tears. I was having an absolutely horrible day; I was exhausted, my limbs hurt a little more than normal and I could feel a stress headache from the subtly creeping impending doom.
This August, the band Big Thief released a song called “Incomprehensible,” and it is about getting older. Yikes! Worst of all, it has wormed its way into a TikTok slideshow trend. Double yikes! TikTok has not been kind to the aging girl: a forum to promote infrared anti-wrinkle masks and face yoga and freezing your body in time, a platform for dermatologists who show you how drastically your young face will morph with the years if you do not buy their cure-all.
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The News-Letter is proud to be financially independent from the University — a tradition started by alumni of the paper that we have maintained for decades. This means that the paper does not receive funding from the University which enables us to serve as an unbiased and trusted organization when reporting on matters affecting the Hopkins community. As we begin the new school year, we want to provide readers with a greater understanding of our sources of funding and the importance of maintaining our independence.
In an email to the Hopkins community on May 10, President Ronald J. Daniels wrote that, “The time for protest and disruption that violates our rules and norms must end. The encampment must be dismantled. In its stead, we must return to respectful dialogue on difficult issues that is the work of the university.”
For my entire life, I have explained, to those asking, that while I have a Hispanic-sounding first name, my parents actually emigrated from the Philippines. For those sufficiently curious, I have further elaborated that I was named after my father’s maternal grandfather, whom we refer to as “Lolo (Grandfather) Miguel.”
The Hopkins Postdoctoral Researchers Organizing Committee (Hopkins-PRO) hosted a union launch picnic at Wyman Park Dell on Saturday, August 31. The event, which took place from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m., marked a significant achievement for the group in its ongoing efforts to go public and establish an official postdoctoral union at the University.
Welcome back to school and happy Labor Day!
In an email to the Hopkins community earlier today, President Ronald J. Daniels announced that Bloomberg Philanthropies, the philanthropic organization of alumnus Michael Bloomberg, has donated $1 billion in funding to alleviate the financial burden of students attending Johns Hopkins graduate schools.
The University is mourning the loss of Zoe Underwood, who passed away last week. She was a senior and dual degree student studying clarinet performance at the Peabody Institute and history at the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences.
The University announced the establishment of the Ethan M. Posner Fellowship on June 13. This fellowship honors Ethan Posner — an undergraduate student who studied Biophysics with a passion for research and community involvement — who passed away in March from a brief illness.
Editor’s Note, 2024: This op-ed was written in early May and was delayed in publication.
Editor’s Note, 2024: This article was sent to The News-Letter for publication as an op-ed and completed the editing process prior to being posted elsewhere.
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