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September 2014


News

University holds Ebola symposium, addresses student concerns

In light of concerns from disease experts about the Ebola epidemic, Georgetown hosted a symposium, “The Ebola Crisis: Context, Systemic Challenges, Consequences” on Sept. 23. Panelists—students, professors, and luminaries including... Read more

Leisure

Critical Voices: alt-J, This Is All Yours

Alt-J’s new album, This Is All Yours, is like cappuccino-flavored potato chips: mystifying and unconventional, yet also a joyride for the senses. Building upon their hit debut album An Awesome... Read more

News

City on a Hill: The brutal truth about D.C.’s finest

Watching the riots unfold in Ferguson while sitting on my couch back home in Jackson, Miss., during the 50th anniversary of the South’s Freedom Summer movement for racial equality no... Read more

Sports

The Sports Sermon: Nipping it in the bud

These days, you can’t so much as look at the homepage of a major sporting news outlet without seeing Johnny “Football” Manziel’s name somewhere in the headlines. Between tearing it... Read more

Sports

Football poisons Ivy, beats Brown

The Georgetown University football team (2-2, 0-0 Patriot League) capped its 50th anniversary off this Saturday with a definitive win over Brown University (0-1, 0-0 Ivy League) by a score... Read more

Sports

Women’s soccer dethrones Dukes

The Georgetown women’s soccer team (5-2-2, 0-0 Big East) strolled to a comfortable victory over Duquesne University (3-3-2, 0-0 Atlantic 10) this past Sunday by a score of 2-0.  ... Read more

Sports

Men’s soccer defeats William and Mary in brutal heat

Some wins come ugly. That was the case this past Sunday as the Georgetown men’s soccer team (3-1-3, 0-0 Big East) faced off against William and Mary (2-4-0, 0-0 Colonial... Read more

Voices

You are what you commit to, so stick to what you love

  Commitment is one quality that heavily defines who we are as human beings. It is a reflection of not only our values and beliefs, but also of how strongly... Read more

Voices

Females and the family feud: Why we deserve to have it all

  Every conversation I have with my mother nowadays seems to end up in the same place: my future.  In my mother’s mind, women of my generation are supposed to... Read more

Voices

Carrying On: Navigating a commitment-phobic culture

  Sex has changed drastically in recent years. Well, not the act of sex itself, but American cultural norms surrounding it have certainly changed substantially. Most of us consider it... Read more