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Georgetown student kidnapped

Jan. 30 update: Police have released photos and are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying the suspected kidnapper of the Georgetown student who was forced to withdraw cash and make... Read more

By January 27, 2017

News

Committee on Investment and Social Responsibility accepts student comments

The university’s Committee on Investment and Social Responsibility (CISR) accepted input from the student body until Jan. 27 on an October proposal submitted to CISR according to a Jan. 9... Read more

By January 27, 2017

Halftime Leisure

Taste Test: Pressed Juice

Welcome to Taste Test! This week, host Erika Bullock sits down with Danielle Hewitt to learn about the high class history of pressed juices.  

By and January 27, 2017

Halftime Leisure

The Weekly List: 10 Best Hip-Hop Verses of 2016

2016 was one of the best years for hip-hop in recent memory. There was also a lot to sift through. In a year with so many great projects, so many... Read more

By January 27, 2017

Halftime Leisure

Where’s Amy?

At this point Amy Adams will be winning an Oscar next year. As a five-time Oscar nominee, if she follows in the footsteps of Leo and Kate (who were each... Read more

By January 27, 2017

Leisure

Split: Back to Form

M. Night Shyamalan’s movies are known for their twists. Looking at his résumé, it is not hard to see why audiences have come to expect that final, shocking revelation that... Read more

By and January 27, 2017

Halftime Sports

The Sports Sermon: MLB Hall of Fame Debate

Host Nick Gavio moderates a debate on the MLB Hall of Fame between Editor-in-Chief Graham Piro and Features editor Alex Boyd. The trio discusses Performance Enhancing Drug use during baseball’s Steroid Era... Read more

By , and January 27, 2017

Leisure

Concert Preview: White Lies, Feb. 1, 9:30 Club

Formerly well-known for adhering to a distinctly post-punk style, the English trio White Lies has begun to branch out from their limited frame in their latest album, Friends Harry McVeigh,... Read more

By January 26, 2017

Halftime Leisure

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