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Voice Your Style: Stormy Weather

Do you remember how depressing the rain was? At least some people know how to put it to their advantage and make a raincoat look chic. Morgan found this Burberry... Read more

Halftime Leisure

The Weekly List: Pulling an All-Nighter

The first round of midterms has come and gone, and in its place, a whole new realm of stress and assignments has emerged. Now is the time to find yourself... Read more

Sports

Proud Old Princeton Tiger Wasn’t at a Loss: Hoya football drops second straight to Ivy League Opponent

In a cold and rainy matchup at Cooper Field on Saturday, the Georgetown University football team (3-2, Patriot League) lost to Princeton University (3-1, 1-0 Ivy League) by a score... Read more

Halftime

Bob Bradley to Swansea: Another Reminder of U.S. Soccer’s Double Standard

Bob Bradley, former Head Coach of the United States Men’s National Team, was named the manager of English Premier League Club Swansea City earlier this week. This shouldn’t be overlooked;... Read more

Leisure

Critical Voices: Bon Iver, 22, A Million

Five years after the release of their last album, Bon Iver has taken an experimental, manipulated approach to music in their extraordinary third full-length album 22, A Million. While it seemingly... Read more

Halftime Leisure

Taste Test: It’s Poppin’

On this week’s episode of Taste Test, Erika, Danielle, and Daniel return to Trader Joe’s to uncover a few kernels of wisdom from America’s favorite snack: popcorn. The team covers... Read more

News

Leftist group tries to establish itself on campus

A group of students are starting a Georgetown chapter of New Students for a Democratic Society (New SDS) this semester. Despite initial struggles with poor attendance, the organization has had... Read more

Leisure

The Girl on the Train is Subtle, Bone-Chilling

Psychological thrillers earn praise when executed well. Their mind-boggling plot schemes cue existential crisis along the lines of reality versus figments of imagination, but because of that very tendency, films... Read more

Leisure

Critical Voices: Danny Brown, Atrocity Exhibition

When music reviewers talk about genre-blending, they most often mean the seamless incorporation of one genre into another.  Projects like Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly from last year exemplify... Read more

Halftime Leisure

The 250: The Dark Knight Rises

Welcome to the 250! The 250 is a weekly podcast where Halftime staffers watch a movie on IMDb’s Top 250 list and discuss their thoughts on the work. This week... Read more

Editorials

Do not ignore “Caeser’s Photos”

On Thursday, Sep. 22, the Intercultural Center unveiled the exhibit “Caesar’s Photos,” focusing on the ongoing civil war in Syria. The conflict, now in its fifth year, has led to... Read more

Halftime Leisure

The Reel Pulpit: High Hopes for Doctor Strange

There’s no denying that the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) has changed Hollywood. The release of Iron Man in 2008 jumpstarted an unprecedented set of interconnected films that were more than... Read more

Halftime Leisure

Untitled Leisure Project: Bon Iver

Bon Iver is back! In this week’s Untitled Leisure Podcast, host Daniel Varghese, Leisure Editor Mike Bergin, Assistant Leisure Editor Caitlin Mannering, and News staff writer Michael Coyne, discuss the... Read more

Leisure

A Shock to the Electronic Genre: Bob Moses at the 9:30 Club, 9/29

Like Robert Moses, the New York architect that the Canadian band Bob Moses is named for, Tom Howie and Jimmy Vallance are on their way to becoming architects of a... Read more

Leisure

Critical Voices: Florida Georgia Line, Dig Your Roots

Florida Georgia Line lead singers Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley said prior to the release of Dig Your Roots that their third album would cover more mature topics than those... Read more

Halftime

It’s time to embrace e-Sports

A new era of sports is coming. It’s fast-paced, it’s exciting, and last year one of its final games was watched by more people than the average viewership of the... Read more

Sports

Stick-ing Together: Field Hockey uses collective effort to down Longwood University

On Sunday afternoon, the Georgetown women’s field hockey team (4-8) won their second match in three games by defeating the Longwood University Lancers (6-5, MAC) by a final score of... Read more

News

GUSA announces Senate results

GUSA’s annual Senate elections closed on Sept. 29 and results were released the next day. A total of 57 registered candidates ran for 32 available seats. There were several changes... Read more

Leisure

Necessary Evils: The Birth of a Nation Finds Beauty in Hate, Hope in Atrocities

Having been both coronated and condemned in the months preceding its release, The Birth of Nation arrives as one of the most complicated pieces of cinema in recent memory. Adored... Read more

Halftime Leisure

The Weekly List: Midterm Survival Kit

Midterms are upon us, and if you’re asking yourself, “How am I going to get through this?” The answer is by cranking the volume up to 100 and blasting these... Read more

Halftime

Remembering Arnie: Golf’s Greatest Ambassador

When I was eight years old, a family friend placed a golf club in my hands for the first time. Instantly hooked, I spent dozens of hours in my apartment’s... Read more

Leisure

No Mastermind Behind This Film: Masterminds Proves Itself Unworthy of Cast

Director Jared Hess used to win hearts with his endearingly awkward oddball films, but those days seem to be behind him. Based on the 1997 Loomis Fargo Bank Robbery, his... Read more

Leisure

Critical Voices: Shawn Mendes, Illuminate

When Shawn Mendes first broke out onto the scene in 2014, he was fresh-faced and stealing teen hearts everywhere. It’s 2016 and his new album, Illuminate, plays with a more... Read more

Halftime Leisure

ABC’s Designated Survivor Shows Promise

New fall television is always a mixed bag. Some shows earn a 10 out of 10. Some fall into the negative range. Then there are those that are strictly average,... Read more

Opinion

Party Culture Shock: Getting Comfortable Around Alcohol

On Friday night, my roommate wakes me up as she walks into our room at 1 a.m. “Sam’s super drunk and we think he’s going to throw up,” she mumbles,... Read more