The Johns Hopkins News-Letter

1 week ago | jhunewsletter.com | Alicia Guevara

On March 28, Netflix’s latest rom-com endeavor was released: The Life List. I’ll admit, I had low expectations. The alliterated title did not inspire high hopes. I love Sofia Carson — the lead actress — but mostly because I watched and loved the Descendants movies as a kid. I was not actually aware that she continued to act after those films. But mainly, my reservations stemmed from how much the plot sounded like it could belong to a made-for-TV Hallmark movie.

2 weeks ago | jhunewsletter.com | Anne Li

I’d like to think that I’ve done many hard things in life: I moved to a new country; I learned to speak English fluently in a household that did not; I got accepted into the college of my dreams as a first generation student. But learning to love myself was the hardest thing I’ve ever learned to do. Growing up in an Asian household, compliments rarely existed. Loving myself did not exist because I was not taught or shown how to love.

3 weeks ago | jhunewsletter.com | Aimee Cho

An elegant dark red midi dress. That is not something I usually anticipate at a restaurant. Yet, that was the first thing I saw as soon as I entered Ammoora. I still don’t know why the waitress at the counter was wearing that flamboyant outfit unlike any of the other servers who wore “normal” formal uniforms. Nevertheless, the dress was exactly what my experience at Ammoora felt like. Unexpected and different, but charming.

2 months ago | jhunewsletter.com | John Cintron

On Jan. 29, the University’s Integrative Learning and Life Design Lab hosted the first inaugural industry-specific career fair. The event consisted of two separate sessions on the same day, and aimed to connect students with employers in specific industries, ranging from engineering to business and more.

2 months ago | jhunewsletter.com | Aimee Cho

Hello readers, welcome to this week’s edition of Hopkins Sports in review! Come and join us as we take a look at some of the results from our athletic teams across the board this week. Men’s Lacrosse: W (9-8) Winning may feel good enough, but a come-from-behind win feels even better. If that game-winner is scored within the final minute of the game, that is a feeling like no other. The men’s lacrosse team played a closely contested game last Saturday, Feb.