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Beauty and Empathy in A Fantastic Woman

From Sebastian Lelio, the director of Gloria (2013), comes a highly anticipated movie nominated for this year’s Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Featuring Daniela Vega, Chile’s first openly... Read more

By Suna Cha February 9, 2018

Black Movements Dance Theatre and The Power of Expressive Motion

At the end of her reaching arm, a single outstretched finger points up to the sky, demanding an undelivered promise. The dancer’s ascension is no solitary feat—supported by arms and... Read more

By Rachel Lock February 9, 2018

Third annual Hoya Hacks pursues greater diversity in participants

Over 250 college-aged hackers descended on the Healey Family Student Center on Jan. 26th to participate in Georgetown’s third annual Hoya Hacks event. The event included a wide selection of... Read more

By Austin Corona February 9, 2018

Women’s basketball looks to avoid shipwreck against the Pirates

The Georgetown women’s basketball team (10-12, 5-7 Big East) will take on Seton Hall (15-9, 7-6 Big East) on Friday in McDonough Arena. The Hoyas are looking to bounce back... Read more

By Errol French February 8, 2018

Halftime Sports

Battle of the Blue Bloods: New-look Duke takes on UNC

For the first time in 2018, the Tobacco Road Rivalry takes the stage. On Thursday at 8 p.m., No. 9 Duke takes on No. 21 North Carolina in Chapel Hill.... Read more

By Santul Nerkar February 8, 2018

Concert Preview: BØRNS, Feb. 13, The Anthem

BØRNS is from another world. The Michigan-born singer-songwriter has such an enchanting, lofty, unrealistically beautiful voice that hearing his music feels like a dream in another dimension. His most recent... Read more

By Claire Goldberg February 7, 2018

Concert Preview: Umphrey’s McGee, Feb. 15, The Anthem

Umphrey’s McGee has come a long way in their prolific, genre-defying career as a rock band. Despite releasing a total of nine studio albums in their twenty-year career, the band... Read more

By Kyle Parisi February 7, 2018

Halftime

Trailer Takes: Super Bowl LII TV Spots Edition

Avengers: Infinity War — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVxOVlm_lE8 Juliana: This trailer started playing during the Super Bowl while I was facetiming my dad, and his expression sums up pretty much everything that I... Read more

By Halftime Staff February 7, 2018

Concert Preview: COIN, Feb. 10, 9:30 Club

Following the release of their sophomore album How Will You Know If You Never Try (2017), COIN has built a reputation as an energetic and memorable live act, and taken... Read more

By Gustav Honl-Stuenkel February 7, 2018

Halftime Sports

NHL Halftime Report

It’s hard to imagine, but Tampa is a hockey town, as last week’s NHL All Star Game proved. While All Star Games across major sports are essentially a game for... Read more

By Bradley Galvin February 7, 2018

Frustrated in Friartown: Hoyas beaten again at the death

Another game, another late collapse. The Georgetown men’s basketball team (13-10, 3-9 Big East) fell 73-69 at Providence (16-8, 7-4 Big East) on Tuesday night. Junior center Jessie Govan led... Read more

By Santul Nerkar February 7, 2018

Georgetown slave descendants seek reparations from university

A group of descendants of the 272 slaves sold by Georgetown University in 1838 to keep the university afloat have renewed their calls asking for monetary reparations from the school.... Read more

By Damian Garcia February 7, 2018

Sister Simone Campbell addresses Catholic social justice in Sacred Lecture Series

Sister Simone Campbell, executive director of NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice, discussed the public element of spirituality on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018 in Dahlgren Chapel. The event, titled “From... Read more

By Alex Lewontin February 6, 2018

Halftime Leisure

Super Bowl Halftime Show Review

Justin Timberlake rocked his body Sunday night at the 52nd Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show. Performing live from the U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Timberlake danced and grooved to his... Read more

By Gabriela Rodriguez February 6, 2018

Georgetown kidnapper to be deported to UK

Paolo Aldorasi, the man convicted last January of kidnapping a Georgetown student, will be deported to the United Kingdom to serve further prison time after spending 11 months in the... Read more

By Damian Garcia February 6, 2018

Pregame Primer: Providence Friars

The Georgetown men’s basketball team (13-9, 3-8 Big East) returns to the hardwood against Providence (15-8, 6-4 Big East) Tuesday evening in Providence, Rhode Island. The Hoyas look to bounce... Read more

By Santul Nerkar February 5, 2018

Swimming and Diving places second in tri-meet with Seton Hall and Providence

On Saturday, February 3, the Georgetown Hoyas men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams traveled to New Providence, New Jersey, for a tri-meet against Seton Hall and Providence. Seton Hall... Read more

By Tristan Lee February 5, 2018

WMATA’s “Rush Hour Promise” refunds subset of delayed passengers

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) will refund metro riders whose train is delayed by 15 minutes or more during the rush hour commute in its new “Rush Hour... Read more

By Santul Nerkar February 4, 2018

University begins negotiating union election for grad students

The Georgetown Alliance of Graduate Employees (GAGE), the university’s union of graduate students who work for their departments, came one step closer to official recognition from the school on Thursday.... Read more

By Lilah Burke February 4, 2018

Halftime Sports

Well done, Indians. Now change the name.

On Monday, Major League Baseball announced that, in 2019, the Cleveland Indians will remove the controversial Chief Wahoo logo from their uniforms. The move, in the works for several decades,... Read more

By Aaron Wolf February 4, 2018