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University begins partnership with dockless LimeBike program

On Mar. 13, Robin Morey, the university vice president of planning and facilities management, announced a new partnership between Georgetown University and LimeBike, a dockless bike sharing company headquartered in... Read more

By March 17, 2018

Sports

Cynthia Petke’s big performance propels women’s basketball to WNIT second round

The Georgetown women’s basketball team (16-15, 9-9 Big East) knocked off Delaware (19-13, 11-7 CAA) in the opening round of the WNIT on Friday, winning by a score of 67-57.... Read more

By March 17, 2018

Leisure

Concert Preview: Dan Auerbach and the Easy Eye Sound Revue, March 23, 9:30 Club

With the release of Waiting on a Song, his first solo release in eight years, Dan Auerbach has transitioned from the blues-centric roots that dominated his time in the Black... Read more

By March 16, 2018

Halftime

The 250: The Coen Brothers’ No Country For Old Men

In this episode of The 250, Danielle and Kayla Hewitt discuss—with ample heated argument—No Country for Old Men, starring Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, and Josh Brolin. The film won the Academy... Read more

By and March 16, 2018

Leisure

7 Days in Entebbe Proves to be Unfocused and Hard to Follow

A film that depicts a high-stress hijacking, followed by one of the most daring rescue missions in history ought to reflect the hardships, emotions and complications that came with those... Read more

By March 16, 2018

Sports

Women’s basketball hosts Delaware and former head coach Natasha Adair in WNIT first round

The Georgetown women’s basketball team (15-15, 9-9 Big East) will host Delaware (19-12, 11-7 CAA) in the first round of the Women’s National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) on Friday at 7... Read more

By March 16, 2018

Columns

Solidarity Shouts: How I Became A Prison Abolitionist

Most Georgetown passions begin with a student organization. One of the first clubs I joined upon arriving at Georgetown was Prison Outreach, a service program directed by the Center for... Read more

By March 16, 2018

News

Students join nation-wide school walkout to advocate for gun reform

Over 200 Georgetown students participated in the Walkout to End Gun Violence, a nation-wide event in which students left their classes in protest of the government’s lack of action on... Read more

By March 16, 2018

News

Sen. Durbin receives Healy Award for service to humanitarian causes

Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois (SFS ‘66, L‘69) received the Timothy S. Healy, S.J. Award on Feb. 28 in recognition of his lifelong support of humanitarian causes. University president John... Read more

By March 16, 2018

Halftime

The Weekly List: Lana Del Rey’s Hidden Gems

The stereotype of Lana Del Rey’s music is that it best fits emo young girls who are trying to be hipster and artsy. Yet, her discography hides many musically and lyrically... Read more

By March 14, 2018

Halftime Sports

A KenPom Method to the Madness

If you’ve read any of my College Basketball articles up to this point, you’ll know that I consistently invoke a man named Kenneth Pomeroy, colloquially known as KenPom, for my... Read more

By March 14, 2018

Leisure

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

By March 14, 2018

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

By March 14, 2018

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

By March 13, 2018

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

By March 13, 2018

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

By March 13, 2018

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

By March 12, 2018

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

By March 11, 2018

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

By March 10, 2018

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

By March 9, 2018

Leisure

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

By March 9, 2018

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

By March 8, 2018

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

By March 7, 2018

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

By March 7, 2018

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.

By March 6, 2018