Archive

Workers, students discuss experiences at GSC “Work with Dignity” rally

Georgetown Solidarity Committee (GSC) staged a rally in Red Square on Friday, March 18 to gain support for their Work with Dignity Campaign and demands.

By Lilah Burke March 22, 2016

Club sports circulate petition for solution to Kehoe’s closure

On March 13, a petition titled ‘A Cure for Kehoe’ was released to voice concerns by Georgetown students in club sports about the lack of solutions to the closure of Kehoe Field on Feb. 2.

By Caitlyn Cobb March 21, 2016

Midnight Special Presents a New Kind of Superhero

Midnight Special is, in a sense, a superhero movie, but it’s also perhaps the best antidote for the looming superhero overload in the film industry. It shares much of the... Read more

By Andrew Gutman March 21, 2016

The Halftime Report: Week of 3/21

Early spring means two things: The weather is finally starting to warm up, and the entertainment industry is in a lull. Still, we searched the nooks and crannies and found... Read more

By Halftime Staff March 21, 2016

Higher Edge: Student Protest in the Time of Trump

If Donald Trump, with all his bigotry and hair spray, were invited to speak on Georgetown’s campus, how should students react?

By Kevin Huggard March 20, 2016

Rom remembered for authentic approach to life

Dahlgren Chapel was filled with a standing-room only crowd on Thursday afternoon as the Georgetown community gathered to honor the life of Nathan Kittredge “Kitt” Rom (SFS ’19).

By Michael Coyne March 20, 2016

Columns

The Round Table: Early Lives Matter

In the wake of the announcement that Cecile Richards will be coming to Georgetown to speak at the behest of the Lecture Fund it seems that the abortion debate has... Read more

By Joshua Raftis March 20, 2016

Halftime Sports

Does Spring Training Predict Regular Season Results?

Spring training is well underway, and the regular season is rapidly approaching. The first spring training games are exciting—they let diehard baseball fans know that warmer weather and the regular... Read more

By Tyler Walsh March 19, 2016

Halftime Sports

CBS, NCAA, and the Mutilated Selection Show

If someone told me Sunday night’s NCAA Tournament Selection Show could have been any worse, I don’t think I would believe them. One of the more exciting nights for college... Read more

By Nick Gavio March 19, 2016

Study abroad housing hold applications surge

Applications surged in the Spring Housing Selection for the 2016-2017 academic year, exceeding five times the number of applications for the 2015-2016 academic year.

By Jake Maher March 19, 2016

Fractured Beauty Found in Malick’s Knight of Cups

Knight of Cups is a fairly difficult movie to pin down. It’s a film that plays out as if in memory, a collection of disjointed, stream-of-consciousness images coupled with vague,... Read more

By Andrew Gutman March 18, 2016

Critical Voices: The Struts, Everybody Wants

Long hair, leather jackets, cigarettes, dark eye shadow—it would appear that classic rock is making a comeback. Imagine a blend of The Rolling Stones, Queen and Oasis and you might... Read more

By Sarah Pavlak March 18, 2016

Features

Disengaged District: A History of D.C. Sports

Ed Cole remembers January 30, 1983. He remembers grocery stores in his suburb closing early. He remembers sitting with his in-laws around a television. He remembers excitedly thrusting his fist... Read more

By Chris Almeida March 18, 2016

Halftime

Will concussions take down the NFL?

On December 25, 2015, Sony Pictures released a film that, for all intents and purposes, culminated reports, concerns and lawsuits regarding the increasing fear that American football is detrimental to... Read more

By Amanda Christovich March 18, 2016

GSC Presents Administration with Pillows, Demands More Just Employment

On March 16, the Georgetown Solidarity Committee (GSC) presented five administrators or their staff with packages of pillows, sheets, and towels, along with a list of demands.

By Lilah Burke March 18, 2016

Features

Uprooted: The Displacement of Georgetown’s Black Community

In 1957, the year Little Rock Central High School was desegregated, Sen. John F. Kennedy bought a house in the Georgetown neighborhood. Attached to the deed was a restrictive covenant:... Read more

By Lilah Burke March 18, 2016

Fiorina talks candidacy, leadership with GU Politics

Former Hewlett-Packard CEO and 2016 presidential candidate Carly Fiorina discussed the trials and triumphs of her campaign journey with a crowd of more than two hundred Georgetown students on Monday, March 14.

By Margaret Gach March 18, 2016

A Case for the Classics: His Girl Friday

Older movies can be a drag. No matter how classic, well-constructed or entertaining, it goes without saying that movies predating the 1950s usually lack the rapid-fire editing, breakneck plotting and... Read more

By Amy Guay March 18, 2016

Suits Season Five Falls Short

USA’s Suits has made a name for itself as one of the most clever dramas on television. The show’s premise concerns a brilliant college-dropout who lies his way into an... Read more

By Graham Piro March 16, 2016

GU Politics hosts Huckabee for first ‘Reflections on Running’

Gov. Mike Huckabee, two-time Republican presidential hopeful and the 44th Governor of Arkansas, gave a retrospective on his political career and his 2016 campaign to Georgetown students on Wed., March... Read more

By Michael Coyne March 15, 2016

An Interview with the creator of Virtual Reality Experience, Doors of Silence

If you’ve played with one of Gelardin’s two Oculus Rifts in the past few months, you may have noticed a particularly frightening Virtual Reality Experience on the menu: Doors of... Read more

By Erika Bullock March 15, 2016

Critical Voices: Macklemore, This Unruly Mess I’ve Made

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis have not released an official album since “The Heist” in 2012, which contained hits like “Can’t Hold Us”, “Thrift Shop”, and “Same Love” and thrust them... Read more

By Claire Smith March 15, 2016