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Gone with the Wind, Legally Blonde, and the Feminine Independent Woman

The first time I watched Gone with the Wind, I fell asleep five minutes in. When I woke up, I didn’t know where I was or what was happening but... Read more

By January 26, 2017

News

University misses GU F.R.E.E.’s disclosure deadline

The university missed GU Forming a Radically Ethical Endowment’s (GU F.R.E.E) deadline to release its financial relations with companies involved in state violence. At a Dec. 7 rally, GU F.R.E.E.... Read more

By January 26, 2017

Opinion

Georgetown Graduate Student-workers Need a Union

When many fellow graduate student-workers and I started the Doctoral Students’ Coalition (DSC) over a year ago, I didn’t have a firm opinion about whether graduate student-workers on campus should... Read more

By January 26, 2017

Halftime Sports

LeBron James Wants to Play Forever

It is a privilege that very few are afforded to complain about the direction of a team that sits atop their conference rankings. Yet, that is exactly what LeBron James... Read more

By January 26, 2017

News

Graduate student-employees form alliance

The Georgetown Alliance of Graduate Employees (GAGE) held their first meeting Jan. 10. The event marked the beginning of the GAGE campaign to fight for greater rights and protections for... Read more

By January 26, 2017

Sports

Curing the Conference Blues: Men’s Basketball Beats No. 16 Creighton

“It feels good. It feels really, really good.” So said Head Coach John Thompson III after the Georgetown men’s basketball team (11-10, 2-6 Big East) beat No. 16 Creighton (18-3,... Read more

By January 26, 2017

Halftime Leisure

Trailer Takes: Colossal, Raw, and The Lost City of Z

Colossal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlyFHc5Bsv4 Graham: I remember hearing about this movie getting made awhile ago, but this was not what I expected at all. I actually think that this trailer is extremely well-made.... Read more

By January 25, 2017

News

Georgetown students join in Women’s March on Washington

More than 500,000 people gathered on the National Mall on Jan. 21 to advocate for a wide variety of causes as part of the Women’s March on Washington, and many... Read more

By January 25, 2017

Features

Latinx Identity in the Georgetown Classroom

Chris Wager (SFS’ 17) thought he could learn all he wanted to know in Georgetown’s classrooms. But when he developed an interest in Chicano studies, the academic field of Mexican-American... Read more

By January 25, 2017

Features

The Way to San Jose: Recapping women’s soccer’s historic College Cup run

The Georgetown women’s soccer team (20-3-3, 6-1-2 Big East) made history in 2016. After a 2015 that ended in a disappointing exit from both the Big East Tournament and NCAA... Read more

By January 25, 2017

Features

GUerrilla Warfare: The fight for laughter on the Hilltop

Aside from the occasional snide remark in Matthew Kroenig’s Introduction to International Relations lecture, the Reiss 103 auditorium is not usually a space for comedy. Half of the “stage” is... Read more

By January 25, 2017

News

GUSA Constitutional Council overturns referendum result

On Jan. 20, the GUSA Constitutional Council invalidated the results of last month’s club funding and restructuring referendum. The council has prohibited the release of the results of the referendum... Read more

By January 24, 2017

Halftime Leisure

xXx (the kind you can watch with your mother)

A satellite is hurtling toward earth, flaming in all its CGI-glory, to a ballad of techno-rock music. You’re sitting in an IMAX theater, 3D goggles resting on the bridge of... Read more

By January 24, 2017

Leisure

Concert Preview: G. Love and Special Sauce, Jan. 29, 9:30 Club

In a music industry saturated with overproduced and unsatisfying pop tunes, G. Love and Special Sauce keeps it old school. Although the three-man combo group has come quite a way... Read more

By January 24, 2017

Editorials

Bowser’s Plan Provides Needed Aid

On Jan. 9, District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser announced the city’s intention to allocate taxpayer money to form the Immigrant Justice Legal Services Grant Program, a fund designed to... Read more

By the January 23, 2017

Editorials

Academic Freedom Exists Past the Classroom

Georgetown’s policy on academic freedom states that, “Faculty enjoy academic freedom in the classroom, the laboratory, the studio, the library, and all the domains of their academic activity. Academic freedom... Read more

By the January 23, 2017

Columns

The Privilege of Forgetting

I am nine months old when I fly first class for the first—and, at the time of this writing—only time in my life. My commuter dad amassed enough frequent flier... Read more

By January 23, 2017

Leisure

Americana Dream: The Founder Details McDonald’s Cutthroat Origins

Pursuits of the American Dream — successful or otherwise — litter our nation’s films, but rarely does the success story make you cringe. With The Founder, director John Lee Hancock... Read more

By January 23, 2017

Opinion

Beyond Thoughts and Prayers: Choose Love With Action

On Jan. 13, Jewish Life through Campus Ministry hosted a Civil Rights Shabbat. The powerful messages discussed by Rabbi Rachel Gartner, Professor Terrence Johnson, and Professor Jacques Berlinerblau culminated in... Read more

By January 23, 2017

Columns

Hidden Hegemony: Progress and Regression, Juxtaposed

Last week, we at Georgetown celebrated—insofar as cancelling classes on Monday and Friday serves as a barometer for celebration—a juxtaposition of historical forces personified in two men. This is a... Read more

By January 23, 2017

The Voice Podcast Network

The Untitled Leisure Project: Sherlock

On this episode of the Untitled Leisure Project, Danielle Hewitt and Graham Piro talk Sherlock. They look backs on previous season and also discuss their thoughts on season four and what lies... Read more

By and January 23, 2017

News

University brings in mediator for Nike negotiations while GSC files speech and expression complaint

Weeks after a student protest occupying University President John DeGioia’s office ended and Georgetown allowed its licensing contract with Nike to expire, the university has hired an independent mediator to... Read more

By January 22, 2017

Leisure

Evenings at the Edge Offers an Exciting New Spin to the National Gallery’s Art

On Jan. 12th from 6-9 pm, the National Gallery of Art buzzed with an energy imperceptible during its regular hours. Glowing tables, thumping music, and dim lighting all added to... Read more

By January 22, 2017

Leisure

Toni Erdmann Explores the Touching, Quirky Relationship between Father and Daughter

German director Maren Ade’s Toni Erdmann is one of the boldest films of the year. Built on witty dialogue, bombastic set pieces, and great performances by its lead actors, it... Read more

By January 22, 2017

News

Medical and legal centers partner to create Health Justice Alliance

The Georgetown University Medical Center and Georgetown University Law Center have partnered to form the Georgetown University Health Justice Alliance, a collaboration between the two centers and their training programs.... Read more

By January 21, 2017