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TIM PIERCE/ CC BY 2.0 Donna Brazile met with left-leaning student group leaders last Friday.

DNC chair meets with select student leaders

By ROLLIN HU | February 16, 2017

With the Republican Party controlling both houses of Congress and the presidency, the Democratic Party is evaluating the next steps they should take in response to the Trump administration.

After impeachment, SGA replaces senator

By SAM FOSSUM and SARAH Y. KIM | February 16, 2017

Following Tiffany Onyejiaka’s impeachment for attendance infractions last November, new senior class senator Jeremy Fraenkel was officially sworn in at the end of the Student Government Association’s (SGA) meeting on Tuesday.

CINDY JIANG/PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR Nine East 33rd is one of many off-campus housing options in Charles Village available to upperclassmen.

Off-campus housing search frustrates students

By AMY HAN | February 16, 2017

The University has a two-year on-campus residency requirement for students, and while there are some University housing options available to upperclassmen, the majority of undergraduates move off campus following their sophomore year.

University turns down labor coalition meeting

By SAM FOSSUM | February 16, 2017

The Student-Labor Action Coalition (SLAC) protested on Feb. 3 and demanded a meeting with University President Ronald J. Daniels to discuss policies that would benefit Hopkins contract workers. But since then, attempts to arrange a meeting between SLAC and the administration have broken down.

COURTESY OF MANIARI SRIPARNA PekoPeko Ramen was opened by Hopkins alumnus David Forster.

Students flock to new Charles Village eateries

By JACOB TOOK | February 16, 2017

New restaurants PekoPeko Ramen and R. House recently opened for business near the Homewood campus, quickly gaining popularity among students. R. House is a large warehouse-turned-dining-hall in Remington, while PekoPeko found its place in the Nine East 33rd building in Charles Village.

COURTESY OF KUNIL MAITI Hopkins MFA graduate Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (right) spoke out against the institutionalization of dehumanizing language in the United States.

Adichie urges students to fight climate of hate

By JACOB TOOK | February 9, 2017

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, renowned author, social activist and Hopkins alumna, spoke about the normalization of hate in the United States. She also reflected on her own literary works on Wednesday, Feb. 8 as part of the Foreign Affairs Symposium (FAS) in Shriver Hall.

COURTESY OF SAM FOSSUM Protesters told Daniels “You can’t hide! We can see your greedy side.”

Contract workers demand $15 living wage

By SAM FOSSUM | February 9, 2017

Roughly 60 students, dining workers and security guards surprised University administrators on Friday, Feb. 3 by holding a protest in Garland Hall. They demanded new policies benefitting all contract workers, who are not directly employed by the University.

Tycher steps down as SGA executive treasurer

By HANA KADIR | February 9, 2017

The Student Government Association (SGA) elected Kenneth-Von Blackmon as the new executive treasurer at their weekly meeting in Charles Commons this Tuesday. The election followed the announcement that former Executive Treasurer John Tycher would step down from his position after his decision to go abroad in the spring 2017 semester.

COURTESY OF SAMANTHA SETO Professor Fairman emphasizes that accuracy in medical illustrations is paramount.

Fairman discusses art of medical illustrations

By JEANNE LEE | February 9, 2017

Jennifer Fairman, associate professor at the Department of Art as Applied to Medicine, spoke about the role of art in medical practices in the Bloomberg Center on Wednesday as part of the weekly JHU Visualization Discussion Group lecture.

Prof. tells the history of cities and capitalism

By KAREN WANG | February 9, 2017

Erica Schoenberger, a professor of Environmental Health and Engineering, gave a talk called “The Non-market Origins of Markets, Capitalism and Creative Cities” in Ames Hall on Tuesday, Feb. 7. Schoenberger’s lecture, which is a part of the M. Gordon Wolman Seminar hosted by the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering, focused mainly on the development of markets.

COURTESY OF MORGAN OME The LaB will offer food options such as sliders and milkshakes up until 2 a.m. everyday.

Students welcome new social space on campus

By MORGAN OME | February 9, 2017

The new student union space and dining facility, the LaB, opened on Feb. 3 in the Homewood apartments building. It joins a cohort of other student union spaces including Levering Hall, the Mattin Center and Nolan’s on 33rd that serve as social areas.

Alum promotes black male youth education

By KELSEY KO | February 9, 2017

Hopkins graduates Mario Jovan Shaw and Jason Terrell were roommates at Teach for America and then entered the master’s program the Johns Hopkins School of Education when they realized a fundamental problem: How could they encourage young black boys to continue their education or go into education, as they did? Shaw and Terrell discovered that young black boys needed to see role models like themselves in the classroom.

COURTESY OF NEHAL AGGARWAL Students gathered in front of the Hopkins sign to protest sexual assault and call for transparency.

Impromptu rally calls for end to sexual assault

By NEHAL AGGARWAL | February 9, 2017

Students gathered in front of the Hopkins sign on N. Charles Street on Wednesday afternoon to denounce sexual assault. They stood holding signs, some of which read, “End Rape Culture,” “Estimated 95% Unreported,” “Silence is Violence” and “You are not alone.”

COURTESY OF SHERRY KIM Professor Prasenjit Duara applies transcendence to global sustainability.

Prof. Duara analyzes challenges of global sustainability

By VALERIE CHAVEZ | February 9, 2017

Prasenjit Duara, the Oscar Tang Chair of East Asian Studies at Duke University, gave a lecture titled “Transcendence in a Secular World” on Monday, Feb. 6 in Mergenthaler Hall. As the first event of the East Asian Studies spring 2017 speaker series, Duara’s talk centered around Asian traditions and their impact on a sustainable future.

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