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After 40 Years of CFBF, StuCo Switches it Up

Rose Porosoff ’27 Assistant News Editor

The Connecticut Food Bank Fundraiser (CFBF) has been around for roughly 40 years, and is now in its peak
time of development. Big changes came to the CFBF this year.

Fall Community Service Brings Opportunities Galore

Lena Wang ’27 Campus Correspondent

On and off campus, and even all the way in Hartford, Hopkins students have been serving the community this past fall. Maroon Key, Hopkins’ largest student-run community service board, ran their annual Clothing Drive from September 30 to October 30, partnering with St. Luke’s Episcopal Church to replenish their clothing

closet.

Reimagined Lovell Hall To Open Term II

Rose Porosoff ’27 Assistant News Editor Sarah Solazzo ’26 Assistant News Editor

At the start of Term 2, Lovell Hall will again be open and ready for use. Over the summer, significant progress was made on the construction of the new performing arts center. The new Lovell will have nearly twice the square footage as the old Lovell, and, with several levels, lots more volume. Drama teacher Michael Calderone said that “all of Hopkins is going to benefit from the renovation.” Complete with state of the art technology, Lovell “will be a place where we come together as a community,” Calderone shared.

Stacey Abrams to Visit Hopkins for Democracy Assembly Series

Claire Billings ’25 Lead News Editor

As part of this fall’s Democracy Assembly theme, Hopkins will be hosting several important guest speakers, most notably former Georgia State Representative and gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams. Speakers will also visit sections of the senior-school Twenty-first Century Democracy elective, designed by Assistant Head of School John Roberts, which studies and dissects different pieces of modern government and involves a distinctive experiential component where students work on a local campaign.

Échange Fantastique: French Students Visit Hopkins

Rose Porosoff

This month, thirteen students and two teachers from Lycée Louis Pasteur in Avignon, France came to Hopkins and stayed with host families throughout the week.

Hopkins Students Spring into Spring Break China Trip

Sarah Solazzo

This spring break, 31 Hopkins Chinese students and four teachers voyaged to China and Taiwan, with stops

in Beijing, Xi’an, Changsha, and Taipei.

Presenting Prez Pres: Hopkins Elects New StuCo President

Sophie Denny ’24 Lead News Editor

In April, Preston Parker ’24 was elected Student Council President for the 2023-24 school year, defeating opposing candidate Axel Fine ’24.

Young Democrats and Young Republicans Seek Middle Ground

Claire Billings ’25 Assistant News Editor Rose Robertson ’24 Editor-in-Chief

“There are no teams, no winners, no losers.” And with that statement, co-head of the Young Democrats Club, Kian Ahmadi ’24, opened the floor to this spring’s Middle Ground Conversation. Co-hosted by the Young Democrats and Young Republicans clubs, the Middle Ground conversations offer a space for Hopkins students to have safe, productive dialogue over various political issues.

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Hopkins Connects With European Sister Schools

Claire Billings ’25 Assistant News Editor

This year, Hopkins introduced the spring break trips to Italy for the first time in over three years. In addition to visiting important historical landmarks, students also had the opportunity to connect with French and Italian students at Hopkins’ sister schools.

Hopkins Springs into Action for Service Week

Abigail Rakotomavo ’26 Assistant News Editor

Hopkins’ second annual Spring Service Week, led by The Maroon Key Board, took place from April 3-6.

DeLauro Combats Climbing College Costs

Abby Rakotomavo ‘26 Campus Correspondent

On March 30, 2022 U.S. Rep Rosa DeLauro introduced the Affordable Loans for Any Student Act to the Senate. This proposed piece of legislation is one of DeLauro’s efforts to make a college education more affordable to students throughout America.

Hopkins Responds to Earthquake Disaster

Anya Mahajan ’25 Assistant News Editor

The countries of Turkey and Syria remain in peril after Feb. 6, when a magnitude 7.8 earthquake devastated the two areas, rallying the support of students at Hopkins.

DeLauro Combats Climbing College Costs

Abby Rakotomavo ‘26 Campus Correspondent

On March 30, 2022 U.S. Rep Rosa DeLauro introduced the Affordable Loans for Any Student Act to the Senate. This proposed piece of legislation is one of DeLauro’s efforts to make a college education more affordable to students throughout America.

Elon Musk's Twitter Reign: Dictatorship or Democracy?

Sophie Denny ’24 Assistant News Editor

Elon Musk first began the process of purchasing Twitter in the spring of 2022 by offering to buy the platform for around $44 billion. Musk told NBC News that “the company will neither thrive nor serve this societal imperative in its current form. Twitter needs to be transformed as a private company…Twitter has extraordinary potential. I will unlock it.”