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August 2009


News

Hoya independence delayed, again

Sanctions prompted by The Hoya’s 2009 April Fools issue have halted the paper’s two decade-long independence movement for at least another year, e-mails obtained from a former Hoya staffer confirm.... Read more

Sports

Studying abroad

When David Beckham joined the L.A. Galaxy in January 2007, soccer enthusiasts believed his arrival would be the catalyst for a renewed American interest in the sport. They also expected... Read more

Sports

What Rocks: Victoria Sekely

  Most freshmen spend their summer before college preparing for school, but few must prepare like Victoria Sekely. The incoming tennis player spent her vacation playing on the Intercollegiate Tennis... Read more

Sports

Men’s soccer looks to reload

Despite losing six seniors from last year’s squad (11-5-3)—including leading scorer Peter Grasso—men’s soccer head coach Brien Wiese is optimistic. “Last year, we were a bubble team, we didn’t take... Read more

News

GU cashes in on stimulus

The lives of the mice used for scientific research at Georgetown may be short and often painful, but, thanks to the federal government, they’re about to get a little nicer. ... Read more

Sports

The Sports Sermon: Georgetown’s Prodigal Son

This July, the Worldwide Leader in Sports descended on Georgetown to fete Alonzo Mourning, the Hoya basketball legend and recently retired NBA star. Mourning’s laudatory interview with ESPN’s Rick Reilly... Read more

Sports

Women’s soccer relies on experience against tough schedule

The Georgetown women’s soccer team finished last season with its most conference wins in one season and an invitation to the Big East tournament for the fourth time in five... Read more

News

This summer’s six biggest stories

2010 Campus Plan Every ten years, Georgetown must draw up a new campus plan and present it to the District of Columbia Board of Zoning Adjustment. The plan dictates how... Read more

News

Davis Center to see cafe

Students should expect a departure from Corp coffee shops’ standard fare of coffee and bagels with the opening of a new cafe in the Davis Center for the Performing Arts. ... Read more

News

City on a Hill: Fenty: Modern day Marion?

D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty is in trouble. An Examiner poll in early August found that only 30 percent of Washingtonians would definitely vote for him, and his attorney general and... Read more