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Students Call on SAC to Defund Love Saxa

Student activists Chad Gasman (COL ‘20) and Jasmin Ouseph (SFS ‘19) have circulated a petition to support the defunding of Love Saxa, an official student group. Love Saxa is an... Read more

By October 30, 2017

Sports

Men’s Cross Country Three-Peats, Women Take Third at Big East Championships

On Saturday, October 28, the Georgetown men’s cross country team took first place and the women’s team took third place at the 2017 Big East cross country championships. The event... Read more

By October 30, 2017

Sports

Defensive Woes Continue for Football, Team Drops Seventh Consecutive Game

The Georgetown football team (1-7, 0-3 Patriot League) lost to Holy Cross (3-6, 2-2 Patriot League) at the Crusaders’ home field, 24-10, on Saturday afternoon. This is the seventh straight... Read more

By October 30, 2017

Halftime Leisure

The Weekly List: “Better” Beginnings

Back in high school, I had a pretty bad reputation among my friends for making a new playlist for every new mood I was in. Naturally, I called these playlists... Read more

By October 30, 2017

Podcasts

The Vault: Offseason Review

With the change in the name of Georgetown’s home venue from the Verizon Center to the Capital One Arena, your favorite Georgetown hoops podcast also needed a new name. Ladies... Read more

By , and October 30, 2017

News

DeGioia Affirms Support for DREAM Act in Op-Ed

University president John DeGioia co-authored an Oct 16 op-ed in The Hill with three other presidents of area universities asking Congress to pass the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien... Read more

By October 30, 2017

Sports

Volleyball’s Losing Streak Continues

The Georgetown women’s volleyball team (7-17, 1-11 Big East) dropped both of its weekend matches on the road, losing in straight sets (25-19, 25-18, 25-21) to Xavier (9-17, 4-8 Big... Read more

By October 29, 2017

Leisure

“The Utopian Projects” Combines Fantasy and Post-Stalinist Russia

“The Utopian Projects,” an exhibition which will be on display at the Hirshhorn Museum from Sept. 7 to March 4, is a culmination of works by two of the most... Read more

By October 29, 2017

Leisure

Concert Preview: Flying Lotus in 3D, Nov. 5, Echostage

Since releasing his debut album, 1983, eleven years ago, Flying Lotus (born Steven Ellison) has rocketed to the elite of a very distinct and unorthodox community of musicians, directors, and... Read more

By October 29, 2017

Sports

No. 10 Men’s Soccer Falls at St. John’s, Drops From Regular Season Championship Race

The No. 10 Georgetown men’s soccer team (11-3-2, 5-1-1 Big East) fell to St. John’s (8-6-2, 5-2-1 Big East), 1-0, on the road on Saturday evening. The game’s lone goal... Read more

By October 29, 2017

Opinion

Upon Turning 20

It was Oct. 6, the day before I turned 20. Suddenly the urge to do something crazy, something teenager-y, came over me. I think what’s odd about how I felt... Read more

By October 27, 2017

News

Women’s and Gender Studies Program Turns 30

“Georgetown has [historically] proven to be one of the slower institutions to react to the growing need for an expansive Women’s Studies program,” the New Press, Georgetown’s former feminist quarterly,... Read more

By October 27, 2017

Leisure

Murder at the Renwick: An Exploration of Forensics Pioneer Frances Glessner Lee

A doll hanging from a noose is exactly the sort of image that sends a shiver down the spine — after all “dolls and death” are a pretty unsettling duo... Read more

By October 27, 2017

Halftime Sports

What’s going on with Markelle Fultz?

The modern NBA has seen its fair share of unorthodox free throw releases. Whether you prefer Shaq’s knuckleballing bricks or Chuck Hayes’ hitch, the best basketball league on the planet... Read more

By October 27, 2017

Features

Suited for the Arts: Finding space for Georgetown’s creative communities

When Ariel Chu (COL ’18), one of the 12 studio art majors in this year’s graduating class, was deciding where to go to college, she had narrowed it down to... Read more

By October 27, 2017

Halftime Sports

This Week in Sportswriting

Giannis Antetokounmpo Might Never Need a Jump Shot GQ, Nathaniel Freedman The problem with witnessing history is that you’re always doing it, but also that you’re never quite sure when... Read more

By October 27, 2017

Columns

Bridging the Distance of Friendship

The day they left for college, two of my friends and I met at a Chick-fil-A next to the highway. During high school, the suburban chain had served as a... Read more

By October 27, 2017

Leisure

“What Absence is Made Of” Proves that Less is More

During a cursory walk around “What Absence is Made Of,” it’s easy to become confused or disoriented by the artwork’s variety of styles.  This is because as the title suggests,... Read more

By October 27, 2017

Sports

Football Battles Holy Cross as Both Teams Look to End Skids

After a 17-9 loss at home to the Fordham Rams (2-6,1-2 Patriot League), the Georgetown Hoyas football team (1-6, 0-2 Patriot League) will look to snap an ugly six game... Read more

By October 27, 2017

Leisure

Nomadic Theatre Balances Comedy and Domestic Violence in Exit, Pursued By a Bear

A figure struggles against the duct tape that binds him to a sofa-chair. A stripper and a man dressed as a cheerleader console a conflicted woman. The floor is littered... Read more

By October 27, 2017

Features

All that Glitters is Not Gold: Georgetown cheer team members speak out

One Friday night in October every year, Georgetown students fill McDonough Gymnasium to celebrate the beginning of the basketball season. They wait in line to see the players, the musical... Read more

By October 27, 2017

Halftime

The Sports Sermon: State of US Soccer

In this episode of the Sports Sermon, Nick Gavio, Jorge Deneve, Jonny Amon, and Jayan Hanson discuss the dismal state of the United States men’s soccer program after its failure... Read more

By , , and October 27, 2017

Opinion

Fear and Love in Beirut: Profile of a Syrian Street Musician

I stare at the grounds of Turkish coffee in my cup. The sunset bleeds down crumbling facades 100 miles from bleeding bodies in Syria. Beirut hums with evening fervor while... Read more

By October 27, 2017

Editorials

DC Wharf Brings Up Familiar Problems

Two weeks ago, phase one of the District of Columbia’s Wharf revitalization project in the southwest quadrant of the city opened to the public. The project, which has been labeled... Read more

By the October 27, 2017

Halftime Leisure

The Walking Dead Returns on a Painfully Average Note

Sunday night, AMC’s The Walking Dead returned for it’s 8th season premiere, which also just so happened to be the 100th episode of the series. This episode was hyped up... Read more

By October 27, 2017