Last weekend, the Georgetown men’s soccer team took to the pitch for two matchups against Ivy League opponents. Despite their tough play, the Hoyas emerged from the Ivy-clad gauntlet winless. The Hoyas opened the weekend with a Friday night matchup in the Garden State against the Princeton Tigers.
After winning every game this season, the Georgetown women’s soccer team took to the West Coast for a tougher test against soccer juggernauts No. 2 Stanford and No. 10 Santa Clara. But the No. 19 Hoyas (7-2), came up empty handed on the road trip, though Friday night’s game against Santa Clara was a close battle.
A novel that is written so that it is a struggle to read is meant for a particular, masochistic literary crowd: fans of post-modernism. The works of classic post-modern authors, like Flann O’Brien and Jorge Luis Borges, abandon convention and required readers to plunge headfirst into a metaphysical world.
Fantasy football was born over 20 years ago as a pastime accessible to the public in major regional newspapers. With the rise of the Internet, fantasy football has become one of sports fans’ favorite distractions. Some of the biggest sports websites, which have their own leagues, have even hired fantasy football “analysts.”
An undefeated season may have been more of a dream than a realistic goal, but the Georgetown football team will nonetheless be disappointed knowing they were just seconds away from a perfect 3-0 start. The Hoyas surrendered a touchdown as time expired and were defeated by Yale University 40-35.
Last week, the official founding of Catholics for Equality sent a ripple through the Catholic community. The group, an LGBT rights organization aiming to mobilize Catholics in favor of same-sex marriage, has already been denounced by several Catholic leaders and outspoken members.
After getting off to a bad start this season, the Georgetown women’s volleyball team knows better than anyone that how you finish is more important than how you start. Luckily, the team took their early season experience to heart in Tuesday night’s game against the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
The models may have stepped off the runway at New York Fashion Week, but if you’re still hungry for hot new fall fashions, the nation’s capital has what you need. D.C. Fashion Week started on Monday and will be in full swing through Sunday, Sept. 26.
I looked at the Georgetown men’s basketball schedule, which came out last week, and I have good news: you’re not going to need to camp outside of the Verizon Center at six in the morning in the freezing cold. That’s not exactly what you want to hear before you shell out $125 for season tickets.
It’s been a long week and you’re at a friend’s townhouse, apartment, or dorm room. Music is playing loudly, conversation is even louder, and people are imbibing. Suddenly, three loud bangs on the door. Then, silence. Someone rushes to turn off the music.
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