Archive

Burning Issues: Why Republicans Need Trump

I’ll admit, I was hesitant to put my real name on this column. I worry I’m starting to come off as that rarest of Georgetown students, the Trump apologist. Let... Read more

By Austin Stollhaus May 1, 2016

Burning Issues: The #Chalkening

The death knell of irony may have officially sounded last month. In the wee hours of April Fool’s Day, a group of students slipped out of Darnall Hall to execute... Read more

By Austin Stollhaus May 1, 2016

Paul Ryan discusses conservative principles at town hall

On April 27, House Speaker Paul Ryan participated in a town hall event entitled “Building a Confident America” at Georgetown University to address millennials. The event, held in Gaston Hall,... Read more

By Margaret Gach April 30, 2016

Halftime

The Three Lions Roar Again?

Before the March international friendlies, I read an ESPN FC article about England. Wayne Rooney was out injured, but the article argued that even when Rooney is fit, the logical... Read more

By Jorge DeNeve April 30, 2016

Critical Voices: Beyonce, Lemonade

Last Saturday night Beyoncé reaffirmed her dominance over the R&B/pop music scene and dropped her sixth solo album, Lemonade, alongside her hour long HBO special of the same name. True... Read more

By Danielle Hewitt April 29, 2016

Opinion

Let’s Talk About Your Mental Health

We have a problem with how we deal with mental health issues at Georgetown. As students, we seem unwilling to have an open conversation about what mental health is, who... Read more

By Ricardo Mondolfi Salmen April 28, 2016

Not To Be: The Reduced Shakespeare Company’s Latest Performance Dissapoints

Much like that of Bach, Beethoven, or Brahms, the works of Shakespeare are often thought of as high art: deeply important, and therefore inaccessible, incomprehensible to mainstream audiences. Since the... Read more

By Daniel Varghese April 28, 2016

Voices

Troubled Campus, Troubled Lecture Fund

The Lecture Fund’s inviting Cecile Richards, head of Planned Parenthood, to speak on campus is causing pain to significant segments of the Hilltop. We might wonder, however, whether our troubled... Read more

By Stephen Fields April 28, 2016

Panel discusses diversity requirement for incoming class

On April 25, GUSA hosted a town hall meeting in the Great Room of the Healy Family Student Center to discuss Georgetown’s new “Engaging Differences” core requirement, which will mandate... Read more

By Michael Coyne April 28, 2016

NASC Pow Wow seeks to spread appreciation of Native culture

On April 23, the Georgetown Native American Student Council (NASC) held their fourth annual Native American Pow Wow on Copley Lawn to celebrate Native American culture and spread awareness of... Read more

By Margaret Gach April 28, 2016

Critical Voices: M83, Junk

The French electronic-pop group M83, fronted by Anthony Gonzalez and Jordan Lawler, recently released Junk on April 8th. The band has been around since 2001, but their 2011 album Hurry... Read more

By Devon O'Dwyer April 27, 2016

Lessons from Literature: The Infinite Potential of the Human Mind

“Every man should be capable of all ideas, and I believe that in the future he will be.” ― Jorge Luis Borges, Ficciones Jorge Luis Borges is often considered the master... Read more

By Louisa Christen April 25, 2016

Talking Tech: The Man, the Myth, the Legend

He has been dubbed many things: the real life Tony Stark, the modern-day Tesla/Edison, and an antagonist like Hugo Drax and Dr. Evil (albeit jokingly). But if one thing is... Read more

By Yafet Negash April 25, 2016

Sexual Assault Open Forum addresses gains, concerns

On April 20, six administrators gathered with students to discuss new programs and answer questions pertaining to sexual assault on campus in the third annual Sexual Assault Open Forum. Sponsored... Read more

By Margaret Gach April 24, 2016

Sports

Bradley Stays: NCAA grants Hayes hardship exemption, will return next season

He’s back. Senior center Bradley Hayes announced Friday evening that the NCAA has granted him a fifth year of eligibility through a hardship exemption and that he will return... Read more

By Joe Pollicino April 22, 2016

A Tropical, Playful Twelfth Night Delights at The Gonda Theatre

Lightning and rain thunders through Gonda Theatre. Nona Johnson (COL ‘17) and Alex Yurcaba (COL ‘18), playing twins Viola and Sebastian respectively, spin wildly in the midst of the chaos.... Read more

By Amy Guay April 22, 2016

Editorials

A Tale of Two Rivers: Environmental Injustice in D.C.

There are stark differences between the Potomac River and the Anacostia River. The first, bordering the south section of our campus, is a source of pride for its community. In... Read more

By the Editorial Board April 22, 2016

Features

A Shared Environment: D.C. and Environmental Justice

“The hoopla of Earth Day is over. The problems remain. Only time will tell if these demonstrations accomplished anything.” 46 years ago, “the most trusted man in America,” NBC news anchor... Read more

By Caitlyn Cobb April 22, 2016

Cecile Richards, Planned Parenthood President, discusses reproductive rights

Cecile Richards, President of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America and Planned Parenthood Action Fund, spoke at Georgetown University on April 20 to a packed Lohrfink Auditorium in an event... Read more

By Cassidy Jensen April 22, 2016

Dr. Kimberly Brown speaks at Emancipation Day Symposium

On Monday afternoon, Dr. Kimberly Juanita Brown, Assistant Professor of English and Africana Studies at Mount Holyoke College, discussed her 2015 book, The Repeating Body: Slavery’s Visual Resonance in the... Read more

By Michael Coyne April 22, 2016

Dialogue between doctoral students and administration grows as petition circulates

The Doctoral Students Coalition (DSC) began to circulate a petition on March 29 asking that Norberto Grzywacz, Dean of the the Georgetown University Graduate School, postpone and reconsider changes to... Read more

By Jake Maher April 21, 2016