Supporters of the Humanities Center (HC) marched last Thursday, Nov. 17, from Levering Courtyard to the Wyman Park Building to confront Dean of the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences (KSAS) Beverly Wendland about the Center’s possible closure. Protesters held signs that read, “Cut Admin, Not Departments” and “Teach Deans how to read.” They also […]

The Humanities Center (HC) was founded in 1966 under the guidance of Milton S. Eisenhower, then president of the University. Eisenhower’s goal was to promote the study of the humanities at Hopkins, which had been undermined by a significant shift in the University’s academic focus toward the study of the sciences. The HC emerged from […]

The University announced on May 6 that it will discontinue covered grades in the fall of 2017. In the past week, many students, led by a coalition of groups called #ReCoverHopkins, have criticized the University’s decision. They say the covered grades policy is an effective program to guide students through the transition from high school […]

COURTESY OF EMILY HERMAN The LGBTQ community crowded the steps of the Supreme Court to celebrate the end of bans on same-sex marriage. In a landmark 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled Friday to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide. Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote in the majority opinion for the case, Obergefell v. Hodges, that  under the Due Process...

Freddie Gray’s death has been ruled a homicide, and six officers have been charged in the case, Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby announced Friday. Three of the Baltimore Police Department officers are charged with involuntary manslaughter, and one is charged with second-degree murder. All have charges of assault and misconduct in office, and...

LEON SANTHAKUMAR/PHOTOGRAPHY EDITORStudents held hands in prayer at the gathering on the Keyser Quad. Christian groups on campus organized ”Prayer for Baltimore,” a non-denominational prayer event, held Tuesday on the Keyser Quad. The gathering united people from the University community during a time of chaos in the city. Approximately 200 students...