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No End in Sight: Men’s soccer defeats DePaul 1-0, extends unbeaten streak to 10

The No. 10/7 Georgetown men’s soccer team (9-2-2, 5-0-0 Big East) defeated the DePaul Blue Demons (3-11-0, 2-3-0 Big East) on the road in Chicago on Saturday afternoon.  The game... Read more

Sports

Brushed Aside: Hoyas’ fourth quarter comeback falls short in 17-13 loss to Colgate

Too little, too late. The Georgetown football team (3-4, 1-1 Patriot League) lost to Colgate (3-4, 2-0 Patriot League) 17-13 Saturday afternoon in front of sold-out Cooper Field crowd of... Read more

News

Medstar Georgetown seeks approval for $567 million renovation plan

Medstar Georgetown University Hospital (MGUH) has applied for the approval of $567 million renovation and construction plan, which would include building a new surgical pavilion on part of what is... Read more

News

Writing Center and SEED D.C. partner for tutoring program

This Wednesday began a new partnership between Georgetown and the SEED School of Washington D.C. as eight students of the tuition-free college preparatory boarding school started tutoring sessions at the... Read more

Sports

Football Pre-Game Primer: Hoyas look to stay unbeaten in Patriot League against Colgate

Fresh off their dominating 38-7 win against Lafayette last week during Homecoming weekend, the Georgetown football team (3-3, 1-0 Patriot League) will look to stay unbeaten in conference play when... Read more

Halftime Sports

The Cap: Saving Money on a World Series Contender

Halftime Sports Editor Matt Jasko examines the intersection between finance, economics, and athletics in his segment, “The Cap.” After last night’s NLDS series conclusions, SportsCenter released a fascinating graphic on its social media... Read more

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Why Cooper is my Favorite Manning… And He Should Be Yours Too

The past few articles I have written have, in general, have been either criticisms or lamentations about the NFL…so, in order to prove to readers (but mostly myself) that I... Read more

Halftime Leisure

Halftime Reviews: V by Wavves

In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Nathan Williams, lead singer of the San Diego based band Wavves, described the band’s new album: “If it’s cold outside and you listen to... Read more

Halftime Sports

Diving is for Jerks

Why hello there!   Diving is a phenomenon in the sport of soccer that is one of the most obnoxious, if not the most obnoxious aspect of the game. Oh... Read more

Halftime Leisure

Halftime Brunch Bracket: Mark’s Duck House

There’s escaping the Georgetown bubble, and then there’s going to Mark’s Duck House. For those of you who really, REALLY need to leave our polished college town behind, have I... Read more

Halftime Sports

KD, Come Home

At the end of the 2015-2016 NBA season, Kevin Durant will confront the toughest decision of his professional career. The three-time NBA All-Star and three-time scoring champion will have to... Read more

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Let’s (Quickly) Fix College Football

“You…uhhhh, and you, hmmm, you right there in the red, and also the big guy right behind you.  Everyone else, thanks for playing and try again next year!” What? Did... Read more

Sports

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