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Concert Preview: Good Charlotte, Nov. 17, Echostage

Although they’ve gone through a couple of roster changes since, forming in 1996. Good Charlotte began as four high school friends from Waldorf, Maryland, fronted by twin brothers Benji and... Read more

By Monica Cho November 10, 2016

Untitled Leisure Project: Atlanta Season 1 Recap

In this episode of the Untitled Leisure Project, host Daniel Varghese sits down with Danielle Hewitt, Jon Block, and Mike Bergin to discuss the first season Atlanta. Topics include the... Read more

By Daniel Varghese, Danielle Hewitt, Jon Block and Michael Bergin November 9, 2016

As Trump wins, Georgetown students gather at White House

The following is an account of events from our assistant news editor, Cassidy Jensen. Before the election was called, Lafayette Park was full of a few hundred young people and college... Read more

By Cassidy Jensen November 9, 2016

Case for the Classics: Fiddler on the Roof

The story has reached near mythic status in my family history: as I stopped at houses on the Halloween of my fourth year on this earth, I captivated dozens of... Read more

By Amy Guay November 9, 2016

Critical Voices: A$AP Mob, The Cozy Tapes Vol. 1

The death of A$AP Yams in early 2015 continues to play a defining role in rap collective, A$AP Mob’s artistic expression, and the coziest crew in the rap game has... Read more

By Gustav Honl-Stuenkel November 9, 2016

Stripped: Power Dressing and Hillary Clinton

In this first episode of Stripped, Emma Francois and Isabel Lord address Hillary Clinton’s style evolution, the political role of the pantsuit, and the meaning behind the morphing landscape of... Read more

By Emma Francois and Isabel Lord November 8, 2016

CV: Jill Stein’s circuits to the sun

2016 Presidential hopeful Jill Stein had a folk rock band in the 1990s called somebody’s sister (intentionally lowercase for some reason). The duo was made up of Stein and folk... Read more

By Brice Russo November 8, 2016

A Love Letter to Leo’s

Dear Leo’s, I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I think I’ll miss you. No, no, not because I’m graduating in May and getting nostalgic about everything on Georgetown’s cam…... Read more

By Ryan Miller November 8, 2016

Moana, an Exciting Change in the Disney Formula

Three years after the cultural phenomenon that was Frozen, Disney’s newest “princess” movie isn’t about a princess at all. It’s about a chief, perhaps the first female in her village... Read more

By Isabel Lord November 8, 2016

Sports

Champs at Last: Georgetown dominates Marquette, wins Big East title

Though the two goal margin had all but given the team victory, the final seconds on Shaw Field were tense as the No. 7 Georgetown women’s soccer team (16-2-2, 6-1-2... Read more

By Chris Dunn and Jorge DeNeve November 7, 2016

Grad students discuss unionization at town hall

Georgetown’s graduate students held a town hall on Nov. 2 for teaching assistants to discuss the possibility of unionizing in response to an Aug. 23 ruling from the National Labor... Read more

By Noah Telerski November 7, 2016

Potomac gondola declared feasible

On Nov. 3, the Georgetown Business Improvement District (BID) released the results of the preliminary feasibility study for a public gondola system from Georgetown to Rosslyn, showing the concept is... Read more

By Margaret Gach November 7, 2016

Opinion

Beyond Sound Bites: Unsung Heroes Fails Workers

Unsung Heroes, an organization founded by Febin Bellamy (MSB ’17), has received significant news attention recently for highlighting the stories of on-campus workers and including them in the Georgetown community.... Read more

By Daniel Luis Zager November 7, 2016

Weekly List: And All that Jazz

Jazz is one of the most resilient forms of music, surviving and staying relevant through world wars, cultural revolutions, the frosted tips of the early 2000s, and now the explosion... Read more

By Gustav Honl-Stuenkel November 7, 2016

Doctor Strange Has Dimensionality

The trope of the arrogant, assholish genius is one familiar to both Benedict Cumberbatch and the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Both actor and movie empire have thrived because of the archetype,... Read more

By Brian McMahon November 7, 2016

The 250: Inside Out

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

By Danielle Hewitt, Daniel Varghese and Erika Bullock November 7, 2016

Hacksaw Ridge Looks for God in Hell

Hacksaw Ridge, directed by Mel Gibson, tells the story of Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Private Desmond Doss (Andrew Garfield). Doss, a conscientious objector to violence, heroically saves the lives... Read more

By Brynne Long November 7, 2016

Critical Voices: Meek Mill, Dreamchasers 4

It has been over a year since rapper Meek Mill released a full-length studio album, but the Philadelphia-based rapper has certainly remained a relevant name in the hip-hop world. Since... Read more

By Tyler Pearre November 7, 2016

Offensive fliers target Latin American and language programs

Just before 7am on Oct. 31, doctoral student and Spanish instructor Chrissy Bistline-Bonilla discovered a flier glued to the door of the Spanish and Portuguese Department advertising a “Frito Bandito... Read more

By Cassidy Jensen November 6, 2016

Sports

Exorcised: Women’s soccer squeaks past Blue Demons and into Big East Championship

On a dramatic Friday afternoon contest at Shaw Field, the Georgetown women’s soccer team (15-2-3, 7-2-2 Big East) defeated the DePaul Blue Demons (10-6-3, 7-2-1 Big East) in penalty kicks... Read more

By Jorge DeNeve November 5, 2016

Taste Test: Pumpkin Party

On this episode of Taste Test, host Erika Bullock and Danielle Hewitt explore the wonderful Fall world of pumpkin flavored foods. Tune in to learn about the history of the pumpkin,... Read more

By Erika Bullock and Danielle Hewitt November 4, 2016