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Four No-Scores And Nine Games Ago: Men’s soccer downs Marquette 3-0, extends undefeated streak to nine

The Georgetown men’s soccer team (8-2-2, 4-0-0 Big East) stayed perfect in conference play by shutting out the Marquette Golden Eagles (5-5-2, 1-2-1 Big East) 3-0 on Wednesday afternoon at... Read more

Leisure

Mask and Bauble Welcomes All My Sons to 164th Season

In its mission statement, Mask and Bauble strives to bring theatrical classes to Georgetown student life. Thus, their choice to open the season with a production of Arthur Miller’s All... Read more

Halftime Leisure

The New Prince Of Georgetown: A Evening at the Mr. Georgetown Pageant 2015

The weekend of October 3rd, hurricane Joaquin hit the Washington D.C. area. On October 9th  D.C. found itself in back to back weekends of torrential downpour as the sky opened... Read more

Halftime Leisure

The 250: The Lion King

The Halftime Staff breaks down a childhood favorite.

Halftime Sports

Silencing the DH Debate

The debate about whether or not the MLB should keep the designated hitter has been raging throughout baseball’s long history. It’s about time that we shut down this debate: the... Read more

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Pinch Me, I’m Dreaming: The Future of the USMNT

The United States Men’s Soccer Team will win a World Cup in the next 20 years. Am I crazy? Probably. Will this happen? Probably not. But, it wouldn’t surprise me... Read more

Sports

Three Musketeers: Corboz’s two goals help Hoyas down Xavier 3-0

The Georgetown women’s soccer team (9-5-0, 4-1-0 Big East) defeated the Xavier Musketeers (6-7-1, 1-4-0 Big East) 3-0 at Shaw Field Wednesday afternoon, bouncing back from their 1-0 loss away... Read more

News

Politics Institute hosts second debate watch party for Democrats

Over 300 Georgetown students packed the Healey Family Student Center Great Room on Oct. 13 to watch Democratic presidential candidates meet on the debate stage for the first time of the 2016... Read more

Sports

Big East Media Day Roundup: DSR, Copeland earn preseason honors

Georgetown senior guard D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera and sophomore forward Isaac Copeland earned preseason honors at the Big East’s annual media day Wednesday at New York’s Madison Square Garden. In a poll... Read more

Sports

Big East Media Day Roundup: Hoyas picked to finish second in coaches’ poll

For the second consecutive season, the Georgetown men’s basketball team has been picked to finish second in the Big East’s annual preseason coaches’ poll. The league announced the results at... Read more

Halftime Leisure

The Weekly List: Classic Coffee Shop Tunes

Greetings and welcome to another edition of Halftime’s the Week List! We are now in a time of pumpkin spice, colorful leaves on the trees, and apparently hurricanes (all the... Read more

Halftime Leisure

Halftime TasteTest: “SmallBites”

Halftime TasteTest is back! And this time, we have a compilation of ultra-mini-pods, called “Small Bites,” where our writers try different foods from around the DC Area and give live... Read more

Features

Role Call: Feminism in Pop Culture

This summer saw the budding friendship between Jennifer Lawrence and Amy Schumer, much to the joy of every Buzzfeed user and Twitter fanatic. According to Rolling Stone, after spending the... Read more

Leisure

Critical Voices: Ryan Adams, 1989

It’s fashionable to hate Taylor Swift these days—but Ryan Adams didn’t seem to get the memo. When Adams announced he would cover Swift’s 2014 blockbuster album 1989 in mid-August, many... Read more

Leisure

Zemeckis’ New Film a Walk to Remember

A work of art is forever.   The Walk tells the true story of Philippe Petit (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), the high-wire artist who walked between the World Trade Center towers, which... Read more

Halftime Sports

The Chase Utley Suspension: The Consequences of Hard Play

On Saturday night, during the seventh inning of Game 2 of the NLDS between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Mets, Dodgers infielder Chase Utley, in sliding to... Read more

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When Expectations Fall Flat

Imagine this- you walk into Chipotle and confidently place your order. The worker gives you the biggest scoop of chicken you’ve ever seen, and the cashier hands you a water... Read more

Sports

Seil-ing to Victory: Goals by Seiler, Allen lead Hoyas past Butler, extend undefeated streak to eight

The beautiful weather on Homecoming Saturday seemed perfect for the occasion, as the No. 12 Georgetown men’s soccer team (7-2-2, 3-0-0 Big East)  defeated the No. 21 Butler Bulldogs (6-2-3,... Read more

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Zebra Hunt: The Problem with Today’s NFL Officiating System

There is one job in sports that, believe it or not, is more thankless than being an NFL kicker: being a game official. Whether in football, baseball or basketball, the... Read more

Sports

Calming the Storm: Quick start helps women’s soccer down St. John’s

The Georgetown women’s soccer team (8-4-0, 3-0-0 Big East) handed St. John’s (11-2-0, 3-1-0 Big East) its first Big East loss Thursday afternoon. “Score early and score often” seemed to... Read more

Halftime Leisure

QI : Quite Interesting, Quite Entertaining

A garishly dressed Stephen Fry sits sandwiched between panelists, asking the simple question, “How many moons does the Earth have?” Alan Davies presses his buzzer, and it releases the sound... Read more

News

Are You Ready program examines role of bystander intervention and support

The 13th annual Are You Ready program, which is aimed at addressing the issues survivors of sexual assault and their allies encounter, took place on Oct. 7 in Copley Formal... Read more

News

LGBTQ Resource Center and Athletics Department sponsor discussion group for LGBTQ student-athletes

The first session of a new bi-weekly discussion group for LGBTQ varsity student-athletes took place on Oct.7 with Women’s Golf Team member Lauren Gros (SFS ’18) hosting the discussion that... Read more

Features

Remembering the Past: Georgetown charges working group on university’s history with slavery, considers African American Studies major

A Working Group on Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation has recently been charged by President DeGioia to confront Georgetown’s history involving slavery. According to two university-wide emails sent by President DeGioia,... Read more

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How Roger Can Rule the Tennis World Again

When I was eleven years old, I watched Roger Federer lose the 2008 Wimbledon final to Rafael Nadal. I’ll never forget my mom cheering in excitement as her favorite athlete... Read more