Columns

Recurring contributions from the opinions section.

Carrying On

Carrying On: Getting Comfortable with the Discomfort of Diversity

Tabling for three hours for the undergraduate Japanese club at the student activities fair a few weekends ago made me realize why diversity education is so important to the studies... Read more

By September 16, 2016

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A Political Coming of Age: Finding Lessons in the Time of Trump

This is a strange time in American politics to come of age. But before we get into that, here’s a little about me: I’m from the Boston area. I’m an... Read more

By August 30, 2016

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Burning Issues: Why Republicans Need Trump

I’ll admit, I was hesitant to put my real name on this column. I worry I’m starting to come off as that rarest of Georgetown students, the Trump apologist. Let... Read more

By May 1, 2016

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Burning Issues: The #Chalkening

The death knell of irony may have officially sounded last month. In the wee hours of April Fool’s Day, a group of students slipped out of Darnall Hall to execute... Read more

By May 1, 2016

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Lessons from Literature: The Infinite Potential of the Human Mind

“Every man should be capable of all ideas, and I believe that in the future he will be.” ― Jorge Luis Borges, Ficciones Jorge Luis Borges is often considered the master... Read more

By April 25, 2016

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Talking Tech: The Man, the Myth, the Legend

He has been dubbed many things: the real life Tony Stark, the modern-day Tesla/Edison, and an antagonist like Hugo Drax and Dr. Evil (albeit jokingly). But if one thing is... Read more

By April 25, 2016

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Talking Tech: Uberhaul

“On a snowy Paris evening in 2008, Travis Kalanick and Garrett Camp had trouble hailing a cab,” reads the “Our Story” section of a popular ride-sharing service’s website. It continues,... Read more

By April 13, 2016

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Burning Issues: Living Civilly

As housing season kicks into gear once more and new waves of Hoyas find out, to their dismay, that they’ll be living in VCW next year, the last few people... Read more

By April 10, 2016

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Lessons From Literature: Selfish Love

  “So long as one is happy, one can endure any discipline: it was unhappiness that broke down the habits of work … I became aware that our love was... Read more

By April 1, 2016

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Burning Issues: Board to Death

Last week a group of GU students crossed cultural lines and borders to give a public demonstration of why we can’t have nice things. It all started when Students for... Read more

By March 25, 2016

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Talking Tech: Let it Go

On March 12, AlphaGo—a computer program developed by Google’s DeepMind project—won the third out of five matches in the game of Go against Lee Sedol. With two more matches remaining,... Read more

By March 24, 2016

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The Round Table: Early Lives Matter

In the wake of the announcement that Cecile Richards will be coming to Georgetown to speak at the behest of the Lecture Fund it seems that the abortion debate has... Read more

By March 20, 2016

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Lessons From Literature: Dangerous, Destructive, and Necessary

“Today it is the duty of a genius to remain unrecognized.” –The Physicists, Friedrich Durrenmatt The Physicists is a very short play by Swiss dramatist Friedrich Durrenmatt that takes place... Read more

By March 4, 2016

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Talking Tech: Right War, Wrong Battle

“The United States government has demanded that Apple take an unprecedented step which threatens the security of our customers,” begins Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook in a February 16th release... Read more

By March 4, 2016

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The Round Table: Do No Evil

“The Democratic Party strongly and unequivocally supports Roe v. Wade and a woman’s right to make decisions regarding her pregnancy, including a safe and legal abortion, regardless of ability to... Read more

By March 3, 2016

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Burning Issues: Rhodes Gone Wrong

On Feb 15th, students at the University of Cape Town, South Africa started a riot. They vandalized statues, set fire to college transports, firebombed a vice-chancellor’s office, and burnt several... Read more

By March 3, 2016

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Lessons from Literature: Ye of Little Faith

“True religion? All the religions are true insofar as they make those people who profess them live spiritually, insofar as they console them for having been born to die, and... Read more

By February 26, 2016

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Talking Tech: Cryptocurren$y

By now, you have probably heard it mentioned at least a dozen times. You pretended like you understood what was being said. Or even if you were not pretending, your... Read more

By February 25, 2016

Columns

Burning Issues: Unpaid and Unethical

Every Hoya has heard of the Hillternship. The opportunity to work at Capitol Hill itself, serving under the legislators who make the running of this country possible. It looks great... Read more

By February 25, 2016

Carrying On

Carrying On: Learning to Define Oneself in a Label-Obsessed World

I have always tried to find a simple way to define my personality. Quite often, I become curious about why I feel the way I feel or why I like... Read more

By November 11, 2015