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Maintenance worker alleges racial profiling by GUPD

On Jan. 6, a GUPD officer allegedly stopped Clarence Wesley, a maintenance worker who has worked at Georgetown for almost 15 years, outside of New North. Wesley, who is black,... Read more

By January 30, 2017

Halftime Leisure

The Untitled Leisure Project: Rogue One and Beyond

Welcome to The Untitled Leisure Project. This week Graham Piro and Devon O’Dwyer discuss their thoughts on Rogue One and the future of the Star Wars franchise.

By and January 30, 2017

Halftime Leisure

The Weekly List: Chopped and Screwed

Originating from the Houston hip-hop scene of the 1990s, “chopped and screwed” refers to a type of remixing that creates a pensive and at times startling reinterpretation of popular songs.... Read more

By January 30, 2017

Leisure

The Red Turtle is a Poignant, Artful Vignette of Life

In the beginning, you hover above the turmoil of dark, crashing waves and are thrown under the moving ocean. You watch a bearded man desperately try to claw his way... Read more

By January 30, 2017

Sports

Hinkle Magic: Men’s basketball defeats No. 11 Butler on the road to earn consecutive wins over ranked opponents

Two consecutive wins against ranked opponents may prove the turning point for the Georgetown men’s basketball team (12-10, 3-6 Big East), which entered the week facing its worst record to... Read more

By January 29, 2017

Sports

Women’s basketball claws past Villanova for fourth straight win

The Georgetown women’s basketball team (13-7, 5-5 Big East) won a low-scoring thriller, 54-49, against the Villanova Wildcats (11-10, 6-4 Big East) on Saturday afternoon. After a 1-5 start to... Read more

By January 29, 2017

Opinion

The Public School Story DeVos Won’t Tell You

Betsy DeVos, the nominee for secretary of education, has a lot of ideas about the present state of our public education system. In light of this, I’d like to share... Read more

By January 28, 2017

News

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