Around campus. Across generations. Among friends. These are the stories that recall the adventures of youth and the special challenges and rewards in pursuing a Johns Hopkins University education.
Two Billy Joel Tickets
Lisa Wexler ’81 and husband, Bill Wexler ’81, remember how their romantic relationship began with a Billy Joel concert; it later led to a marriage proposal.
Mickey Mouse on Gilman
Howard Zipser ’62 – with fraternity brothers, Judah Sommer ’66 and David Wirtz ’69 – remembers looking up to see the face of Mickey Mouse painted on the face of the Gilman Hall clock.
Mother Knows Best
Bittersweet Proposal
Wolman Photos
Prepares You for Anything
What Has Not Changed
Dancing with the Dean
Playing the Housing Lottery
The Llama Won
The Toga Party
Muddy Circumstances
Streakers, Spiderman and a Clown
Staying Up for a Week Straight
Like a French Restaurant
Take Care of My Baby
Ways to Get Out of an Exam
Text in Hopkins Sweatshirt
Mistaken Identity
Pizza for Spicolli
This Way to Hell
Election Night 2008
He Knew A Lot of Girls
I Didn’t See Nothing
Hamster Burial
Lots of Dates
Like Father Like Daughter
They Must Be RAs
Study, Then Protest
The Dr. Was From Johns Hopkins
Snowtorious B-I-G
When You Graduate
You Didn’t Vote for Me
Frank Zappa on the Line
Blue Jay Tattoos
Close Bonds
Stuck in Elevator
They Let Me Back In
The Flip of a Coin
The Mr. Miagi of Political Science
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