List of 20 news stories.

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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.
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  Seniors Apply to College Amidst Covid-19

  Anjali Subramanian ’22 News Editor
  With college campuses shut down and limited standardized testing opportunities, the college application process has been upended by Covid-19.
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  Students and Faculty React to Local Elections

  Anushree Vashist '21 Lead News Editor Shriya Sakalkale '24 Campus Correspondent
  In addition to a historic presidential race, the 2020 election was filled with many important campaigns at the local level.
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  Administration Rolls Out Reopening Plan

  Anushree Vashist ’21 Lead News Editor
  As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to challenge America, schools across the nation have adapted to new learning environments.
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  Hopkins Students March in Protest for BLM

  Anjali Subramanian ’22 News Editor
  Many Hopkins students are participants and leaders in the protests and events for the Black Lives Matter [BLM] movement that have swept through New Haven and West Haven since May.
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  Students and Faculty Adjust to Hybrid Model

  Melody Cui ’23 Assistant News Editor, Aanya Panyadahundi ’23 Assistant News Editor
  Through the implementation of new technology and approaches to different parts of instruction, Hopkin teachers are striving to make the most of the hybrid learning environment.
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  The Past, Present, and Future of Sustainability at Hopkins

  Aaron Gruen ’21 Campus Correspondent
  “Climate pledge.” “Carbon neutral.” “Green energy.” Over the last few years, companies and organizations have publicized terms like these in their plans to reduce carbon emissions.
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  As Black Lives Matter Movement Continues, Hopkins Community Demands Better

  Anushree Vashist '21 Lead News Editor and Melody Cui '23 Assistant News Editor
  As the nation protests systemic racism in policing, education, housing, and other institutions, instances of discrimination and microaggressions on The Hill are being brought to light and examined by members of the community, resulting in a push for change.
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  Connecticut Rolls Out Reopening Plans

  Melody Cui '23, Assistant News Editor
  After three months in quarantine and with summer quickly approaching, the reopening of Connecticut is finally beginning. But is it too early for restrictions to be lifted, especially as the total number of cases continues to increase?
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  Honoring Retiring Hilltoppers: Chris Jacox

  Saira Munshani '20, Senior Op-Ed Editor Emeritus, Sarah Roberts '20, Managing Editor Emeritus
  Chris Jacox, beloved English teacher and Friday poem extraordinaire, is retiring from Hopkins after 18 years on The Hill.
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  Honoring Retiring Hilltoppers: Jim Lawson

  Anu Vashist '21, Lead News Editor
  Jim Lawson, a member of the Hopkins Maintenance Department, will be retiring this June after 18 years on The Hill. 

   
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  Hopkins' Responses to Past Crises

  Anjali Subramanian, '22, News Editor
  The recent coronavirus outbreak is the latest crisis at Hopkins, but it is not the first. In the past, Hopkins has responded to crises over curriculum, religious division, and war.

   
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  Spring Events on The Hill Find a Way Despite the Coronavirus

  Aanya Panyadahundi '23, Assistant News Editor
  While the “coronavirus curve” is flattening as we approach summer, the virus continues to take a toll on numerous spring events on The Hill.
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  The Silver Linings of Quarantine

  Compiled by Anushree Vashist '21, Lead News Editor
  During a time of uncertainty, many have been fortunate to find reprieves from the current situation, especially self-isolation. We surveyed the Hopkins community to learn more about our very own silver linings.
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  Hopkins Elects New Student Council President Amid School Closure

  Aanya Panyadahundi '23, Assistant News Editor
  This year’s Student Council (StuCo) presidential election was one of the first major all-school events affected by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic; nonetheless, the Hopkins student body elected Ella Zuse '21 as the 2020-2021 Student Council President.
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  Hopkins Students Weigh in on Government Corona Policies

  Melody Cui '23, Assistant News Editor
  On March 27, 2020, in response to the quickly worsening recession brought on by COVID-19, President Trump signed into law a two trillion dollar relief package, the largest fiscal stimulus in American history.