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Concert Preview: Of Montreal, March 25, 9:30 Club

With the release of their latest studio album, White is Relic/Irrealis Mood, Of Montreal’s international tour continues at the 9:30 Club. Kevin Barnes’ psychedelic pop project has been around since... Read more

Leisure

Ava DuVernay’s A Wrinkle in Time is a Gift to the Youth of the World

When I was a child, my parents read my sisters and I Madeleine L’Engle’s sci-fi novels as bedtime stories. The books remain an integral part of my childhood because they... Read more

Sports

Baseball picks up the first two wins on the year

The Georgetown men’s baseball team (2-12, Big East) traveled to Port Charlotte, Florida last week for the Snowbird Baseball Classic. The trip featured games against Mount St. Mary’s (3-7, Northeast),... Read more

Sports

Men’s tennis struggles in Florida over the break

Over spring break, the Georgetown men’s tennis team (2-4, 1-0 Big East) travelled to Boca Raton, Florida for a set of three matches against Florida Atlantic (12-6, 1-0 Conference-USA), Lynn... Read more

Columns

Open Access: Ties of the NHS to Mental Health

I spent my spring break in London this year—seeing family, mostly, but also doing embarrassing tourist stuff like taking pictures with the guards in front of Buckingham Palace. On a... Read more

Leisure

Concert Preview: Coast Modern, March 19, 9:30 Club

Electro-duo Coast Modern has a style that matches their name: a beachy take on the modern hip-hop genre, a smooth and synthesized evolution of surf-rock. Their sound is uncompromisingly strange,... Read more

Halftime Sports

A Warning for VAR in Soccer

On Sunday, Carlos Vela was on one of his long, mazy runs in the 74th minute against the Seattle Sounders, creating both danger for his team as well as relief... Read more

Leisure

Thoroughbreds Gives Insight into What Makes a Killer

Thoroughbreds is a story about bad girls. Directed by Cory Finley, the film revolves around two friends—both rich white girls who live in mansions and drive expensive cars—and their odd... Read more

Leisure

Hold These Truths is a Poignant Memoir on Injustice

Hold These Truths is a one-man play written by Jeanne Sakata, featuring Ryun Yu in the role of Gordon Hirabayashi. Hirabayashi is not a fictional character, but a real man... Read more

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Concert Preview: Hatsune Miku, July 12, The Anthem

With her trademark long turquoise twintails, black miniskirt, and boots, sixteen-year-old Hatsune Miku is Japan’s most innovative global music phenomenon. Literally translated to “the first sound of the future”—hatsu means “first,” ne means... Read more

Sports

Lightning strikes twice: Men’s basketball eliminated by St. John’s for the second straight year

With an actual storm raging outside, the eighth-seeded Georgetown men’s basketball team (15-15, 5-14 Big East) fell to the ninth-seeded St. John’s Red Storm (16-16, 5-14 Big East) 88-77 at... Read more

Halftime Sports

LA’s New Team

There’s a new wave coming through Los Angeles. The ground broke at Exposition Park, right next door to the LA Coliseum, during August 2016, and on April 29, Banc of... Read more

Leisure

Loveless Is A Modern Domestic Tragedy

Loveless (Nelyubov in its native Russian), winner of the Jury prize at Cannes and a nominee for Best Foreign Language Film at Sunday’s Academy Awards, is a portrait of a... Read more

Sports

Photo Gallery: Women’s Big East Tournament 2018

Take a look at the best photos from the 2018 Women’s Big East Tournament in Wintrust Arena.

Sports

Pregame Primer: St. John’s Red Storm

A quick trip home? Or a date with destiny? The Georgetown men’s basketball team (15-14, 5-13 Big East) looks to achieve the latter as they take on St. John’s (15-16,... Read more

Sports

Speed Demons: DePaul outlasts Georgetown in Big East Tournament Semifinals

The No. 6-seed Georgetown women’s basketball team (15-15, 9-9 Big East) fell to the No. 2-seed DePaul (25-7, 15-3 Big East) 85-53 in the semifinals of the Big East Tournament... Read more

Leisure

Concert Preview: MGMT, March 15, The Anthem

Off the heels of their latest album, Little Dark Age, psychedelic electro-pop outfit MGMT are riding critical acclaim and renewed fan enthusiasm through a North American and European tour circuit.... Read more

Sports

Dogs on the loose: Petke’s big night lifts women’s basketball to upset over Villanova

The No. 6-seed Georgetown women’s basketball team (15-14, 9-9 Big East) beat the No. 3-seed Villanova (22-8, 12-6 Big East) in the quarterfinals of the Big East Tournament to advance... Read more

Columns

Politics and LSD On the Brain

As another mass murder of school children strikes the country, the fire of a familiar debate is reignited. Both sides accuse each other of apathy and disrespect for the victims... Read more

Sports

Third time’s the charm?: Women’s basketball faces Villanova in the Big East quarterfinals

The Georgetown women’s basketball team (14-14, 9-9 Big East) will play its quarterfinal in the 2018 Big East Tournament on Sunday at Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Illinois. The Hoyas have... Read more

Sports

Off the Marcus: Hoyas fall to Villanova in Derrickson’s absence

In its final game of the regular season, the Georgetown men’s basketball team (15-14, 5-13 Big East) fell to the No. 4 Villanova Wildcats (27-4, 14-4 Big East) 97-73 at... Read more

Halftime Sports

Jeter’s New Job

Last September, a group including former Yankees superstar Derek Jeter purchased the Miami Marlins for 1.2 billion dollars. While Jeter only owns a 4% stake in the team, controlling owner... Read more

Leisure

Red Sparrow is Seductive, Deadly, and Dull

The worst thing about Jennifer Lawrence’s new movie, Red Sparrow, is her terrible attempt at a Russian accent. The second worst thing is the plot. Red Sparrow follows Lawrence’s character,... Read more

Leisure

Game Night : A Refreshingly Light, Creative Film

Game Night begins with an irresistibly funny and ridiculous montage in which the main couple meets that sets the tone for the entire film. Max and Annie (Jason Bateman and... Read more

Features

Charlie Visconage on Color, Beginnings, and Doing it All

Charlie Visconage is taking it easy. The 31-year-old Washington artist responsible for Cool Guy Alert!, a Hill Center exhibit on display from Jan. 4 to Feb. 24, recently donated a... Read more