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Hopkins Students Prepare for an Action-Packed Summer

Aanya Panyadahundi ’23, Vivian Wang ’23 Co-Lead Features Editors

Last year, Covid-19 forced millions across the nation to reconsider their plans for the summer season as quarantine shut down the country. With the school year coming to an end and vaccination rates on the rise, Hopkins students share their plans and expectations for this coming summer.

Small Businesses Thrive in the Wake of Quarantine

Megan Davis ’23 Assistant Features Editor

In the many months spent at home throughout the past year, several members of the Hopkins community have tuned into their entrepreneurial instincts, starting their own small businesses and online shops, selling clothes, jewelry, and more.

SusCo’s Recent Initiatives to Make Hopkins Greener

Zoe Sommer ’23 Assistant Features Editor

This April, the Sustainability Committee (SusCo) introduced a new way to celebrate Earth Day at Hopkins: Climate Week. During Climate Week, which took place from April 12-23, SusCo generated a series of sustainability-related challenges for the Hopkins community.

Exploring Women’s History and Representation at Hopkins

Vivian Wang ’23 Lead Features Editor Zoe Sommer ’23 Assistant Features Editor

To honor the thirty-sixth anniversary of Women’s History Month, dedicated to commemorating and celebrating contributions made by women throughout history, The Razor examined the history of women and gender equity at Hopkins.

Student Council Pilots New Scavenger Hunt

Aanya Panyadahundi ’23 Lead Features Editor

In March, Hopkins held its first Campus Scavenger Hunt as a part of the new March Madness Day.

Students “Zoom” to the Dominican Republic

Megan Davis ’23 Assistant Features Editor

During the first week of March break, Hopkins students connected over Zoom with students and community members from Batey Libertad, a small area in the northwestern Valverde Province of the Dominican Republic.

Aspire to Inspire: Why Hop Teachers Chose Teaching

Amir Mcferran ’23 Campus Correspondent

At a certain point in life, something influences or impacts every single person to pursue a particular career. What was that experience for you? Was it your upbringing? A person, place or moment? Hopkins’ teachers share what sparked their desire to teach.

Hopkins’ Emissions Statistics: Admit what You Emit

Sophie Sonnenfield ’21 Lead Features Editor

A new heating system for Baldwin, a pledge to offset carbon emissions, and the installation of solar panels are some of the solutions the Sustainability Committee has pitched to administrators during 2020.

Pandemic Poll: Best Campus Hangouts

Covid-19 mitigation policies alter where students can hang out on campus. The Razor polled students on the best places to spend their free time, Covid-19 style.

Bodhan Chiravuri Designs Toilets For Astronaunts

Aisha Nabali ’23 Campus Correspondent

There are several privileges and commodities we take for granted on Earth, and being able to use the bathroom is one of them.

Chatting With Art Teacher Legend, Peter Ziou

Amalia Tuchmann ’23 Campus Correspondent

Peter Ziou is nothing short of a celebrity on Hopkins campus.

Diversity and Climate: Community Reacts to Cabinet Picks

Zoe Sommer ’23 Campus Correspondent

On January 20, 2021, at 12:00 pm, Joseph R. Biden was sworn into office, becoming the forty-sixth President of the United States.

Home for the Holidays: “A Thanksgiving Meal Sans the Extended Family”

Rose Robertson ’24 Campus Correspondent

As health experts worry about a surge in coronavirus cases this holiday season, members of our Hopkins community have adapted traditions to hold onto valuable family time that usually comes with the Thanksgiving and winter breaks.

Senior College Essay Hooks

The Class of 2020 shares a glimpse into their essays as they near the end of the college application process:

Senior Holiday Wishes

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Student Council Adapts Winter Holiday Traditions

Vivian Wang ’23, Evie Doolittle ’23 Assistant Features Editors

As the holiday season approaches, in the midst of a pandemic, Hopkins continues to uphold its winter traditions.

Students Volunteer for Local and Statewide Elections

Megan Davis ’23, Connor Tonasull ’24 Campus Correspondents

In an election where more voters than ever got out to the polls and mailed in ballots, many Hopkins students chose to get involved in local and statewide electoral politics for the first time.