List of 20 news stories.

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  Global and Local: The Climate Crisis and Hopkins

  Evie Doolittle ’23 News Editor
  As we recover from our past year of quarantine, we begin to reflect on the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the environment. Members of the Hopkins community speculate that Covid-19 contributes to a worsening climate.
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  Hopkins Remembers 9/11 on 20th Anniversary

  Kallie Schmeisser '22 Lead News Editor Conor Tomasulo '24 Assistant Editor-At-Large
  September 11, 2021 was the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, as well as the hijacked United Airlines Flight 93 which, diverted by brave passengers, crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
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  New School Year Brings New Schedule for The Hill

  Riley Foushee '23 News Editor
  Hopkins has a new schedule for the 2021-22 school year. Changes include longer class periods, adjustments to the middle of the day, and the return of in-person assemblies.
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  Student Activities Fairs Return to Campus

  Amir McFerren ’24 Assistant News Editor
  The Hopkins Activities Fairs took place on Monday, September 27, and Friday, October 1. The first fair was dedicated to community service-based activities such as Maroon Key, Peer Tutoring, and the Natural Disaster Relief Club, while the second was for activities like Model UN, The Razor, and Robotics.
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  Normalcy Returns to The Hill

  Evangeline Doolittle '23 News Editor
  The 2021-2022 school year marks the in-person return of all clubs, sports, and Student Council (StuCo) activities.
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  Casanovas Depart After Over Two Decades At Hopkins

  Evie Doolittle '23 News Editor
  After more than two decades of devoted teaching and leadership in the Hopkins community, Gerard and Catherine Casanova are retiring.
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  Hopkins Staff Members Depart After Decades on The Hill

  Juan Lopez ’22 Editor-at-Large, Kallie Schmeisser ’22 Lead News Editor
  Hopkins says goodbye to two more staff members.
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  Legendary Head Librarian Retires

  Anushree Vashist '21 Lead News Editor Emeritus
  After a laudable 23 years on The Hill, Head Librarian Faye Prendergast is retiring this Spring.
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  McCord's Impact "Incalculable"

  Craigin Maloney '21 Arts Editor Emeritus
  David McCord, Math teacher extraordinaire, is retiring after 27 years of teaching at Hopkins.
  
  
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  At-Home Learning Causes Stress for Hopkins Students

  Evie Doolittle '23 News Editor
  With virtual school and limited in-person socializing, students' stress was heightened during the pandemic.
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  Virtual No More: Hop Returns to Campus

  Kallie Schmeisser '22 Lead News Editor
  On February 23, Head of School Kai Bynum announced that Hopkins would return to a fully in-person learning model: “After careful planning and consideration, Hopkins School will shift from our Hybrid Learning Model to our Fully In-Person Model beginning on April 5, 2021.” While the majority of students are opting into the model, campus life is still far from the pre-pandemic standard.
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  Yang Elected StuCo President in a Runoff

  Amir McFerren ’24 Assistant News Editor
  The 2021 Student Council (StuCo) Presidential Election concluded on April 13, when Albert Yang ’22 won in a runoff election against Chris Ruano ’22.
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  Community Responds to Insurrection at the Capitol

  Aanya Panyadahundi '23 Assistant News Editor Vivian Wang '23 Assistant Features Editor
  January 6, 2021 became an unforgettable day for many Americans due to the chaos and violence that erupted at the nation’s Capitol, receiving a wide range of reactions from the Hopkins community.
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  End of an Era: Students and Teachers Reflect on Hybrid as Administration Releases Fully In-Person Model

  Anushree Vashist ’21, Anjali Subramanian ’22, Melody Cui ’23
  WEB EXCLUSIVE:

  After 6 months of learning under the hybrid model, the Hopkins Community reflects on the challenges and opportunities it presented and their early reactions to a return to fully in-person learning this Spring. 
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  The Razor Celebrates 75 Years

  Anushree Vashist '21 Lead News Editor
  Our beloved school newspaper, founded during the 1945-1946 school year, is celebrating its 75th anniversary.
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  Are Snow Days Doomed?: A Potential Pandemic Casualty

  Melody Cui ’23 Assistant News Editor
  In past years, snow days have provided a momentary respite to students from their normally busy work-loads, but as distance-learning becomes the norm for students, the fate of snow days hangs in the balance.
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  Hopkins Celebrates Black History Month

  Anjali Subramanian '22 News Editor
  This February, the BLSU (Black Latinx Student Union), SURE (Students United for Racial Equity), and Diversity Board came together to plan and orchestrate a variety of events to celebrate Black History Month.
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  PPE Shortages 101: A (Very) Brief Overview

  Anushree Vashist '21 Lead News Editor
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  The United States Covid-19 pandemic has been marked with a consistent failure: chronic personal protective equipment (PPE) shortages.
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  Hopkins Reacts to Biden-Harris Win

  Aanya Panyadahundi '23 Assistant News Editor
  “No one pretends democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said democracy is the worst form of government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time” -Winston Churchill, November 1947
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  Resch Reflects on 1918 Flu Pandemic

  Melody Cui '23 Assistant News Editor
  History teacher Zoe Resch's lecture on the Spanish Flu of 1918, an annual installment of the History Department's Evans-Rood lecture series, takes on a new tenor as we live through the Covid-19 pandemic of 2020.