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October 2014


News

Carry That Weight emphasizes heavy impact of sexual assault on campuses

Georgetown’s Red Square included more than its usual fare of tabling student groups and farmers market tents on Wednesday. Pillows and mattresses bearing red tape in the shape of an... Read more

News

Student groups gather to support GU Fossil Free divestment proposal delivery

Georgetown undergraduates, graduate students, and university faculty rallied outside McShain Lounge in Southwest Quad to support GU Fossil Free as it officially presented its divestment proposal to the Committee on... Read more

News

D.C. voters to decide on marijuana legalization within the District

On Nov. 4, District voters will determine whether the D.C. Council can move forward with Initiative 71, an act to legalize recreational use of marijuana within D.C. Initiative 71, the... Read more

News

Saxa Politica: Admission based on assets?

It’s college admissions season, and Georgetown’s Nov. 1 deadline for early action admissions is just a few days away. Every year—it seems as if on a fixed schedule—the New York... Read more

Features

Don’t Stop Believing: The Catholic perspective on Georgetown’s religious identity

Early yesterday afternoon, three unidentified men approached the front gates and set up camp in Healy Circle. They carried black signs with white lettering that read “Repent and Believe the... Read more

Sports

The Sports Sermon: Casillas already in soccer’s pantheon

I recently came across an online piece written by international soccer writer Kris Voakes in the wake of this weekend’s clásico match between Spanish clubs Real Madrid and Barcelona. In... Read more

Sports

Volleyball falls to Marquette

The Georgetown women’s volleyball team (9-15, 3-8 Big East) fell in their crucial homecoming matchup last Saturday against Marquette (17-6, 8-3 BE), dropping the first three sets of the match... Read more

Sports

Men’s soccer earns vital six points

In a week when the Georgetown men’s soccer team (9-3-4, 4-2-1 Big East) desperately needed to prove itself against the Big East’s big guns, the team defeated No. 2 Creighton... Read more

Sports

Georgetown football comes up short on homecoming

Though many Georgetown students enjoyed the festivities associated with this past Saturday’s annual Homecoming Day, the same could not be said for the Georgetown football team (2-6, 0-3 Patriot League).... Read more