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The Cap: Why Pro Teams Shouldn’t Sell Individual Tickets

Halftime Sports Editor Matt Jasko examines the intersection between finance, economics, and athletics in his segment, “The Cap.” Earlier this year Troy Kirby, president of the National Association of Athletic Tickets and Sales,... Read more

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LeBron’s Potential to be the ‘Best Ever’

Avid sports fans, despite varying athletic interests and hometown loyalties, all share an important commonality: a love for making controversial statements. We derive peculiar satisfaction from offering obscure statistics to... Read more

Halftime Leisure

Halftime Reviews: Every Open Eye by CHVRCHES

Scottish trio CHVRCHES has dedicated the foreseeable future to a long period of touring (and a pleasant visit to DC for the first ever Landmark Music Festival). This is following... Read more

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The Four Stages of Injured QB Grief

Anyone who has watched a football game or sports network in the past month has seen Verizon Wireless’ commercial featuring New Orleans Saints backup quarterback Luke McCown. The commercial, narrated... Read more

Halftime Leisure

Introducing the The Daily Show with Trevor Noah

For the past three years I watched almost every episode of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. When I found out that Stewart was leaving his beloved news desk I... Read more

News

Albright and President of Kosovo discuss women’s role in peacemaking

President of Kosovo Atifete Jahjaga and former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright  spoke Sept. 30 in Gaston Hall on the involvement of women in peace processes. Ambassador Melanne Verveer,... Read more

Sports

Shipping Up to Boston: Hoyas prepare for matchup at No. 24 Harvard

Fresh off their 24-16 win against Columbia last week, the Georgetown football team (2-2, Patriot League) returns to action this weekend when they travel to face the defending Ivy League... Read more

Sports

Women’s Soccer Road-Trip Roundup: Hoyas Cook Friars in Overtime, Look Forward to Villanova Showdown

With 45 seconds remaining in regulation against Providence (7-4-0, 0-1-0 Big East), it appeared the Georgetown soccer team (6-4-0, 1-0-0 Big East) had let another one slip away. Friars senior... Read more

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Why Your UFC Obsession Should Start This Saturday

IT’SSSSSSSSSSSS TIIIIIIIIIIIME! I’m sorry, but I love Bruce Buffer and I can’t wait for the “veteran voice of the Octagon” to shout those infamous two words before the Light Heavyweight... Read more

Halftime Leisure

The Weekly List: Braving the Rainy Weekend

Hello friends! So it looks we on the east coast are bound for a rainy weekend as Hurricane Joaquin slowly lumbers in our direction. But hey, sometimes having a few... Read more

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Living in Fear: Why FIFA Has Been Corrupt for Too Long

Last week, Swiss authorities opened criminal proceedings on FIFA President Sepp Blatter, charging him with misappropriation and criminal mismanagement. This is just the most recent instance of a FIFA official... Read more

Halftime Leisure

Halftime Brunch Bracket: Closing out the first round

“Veni, comedi, vici.” – Julias Caesar(ish) The second round of the Halftime Brunch Bracket is upon us! So far, we have completed 7 of our 10 brunch outings. Here are... Read more

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Re-Discovering the Magic: The Revival of Orlando Basketball

Let me take you back to 2009. Barack Obama had just been inaugurated, people were still scared of swine flu, and Dwight Howard wasn’t yet one of the NBA’s least... Read more

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Pony Down?: SMU and the NCAA’s problem

Ah, the NCAA vs. Larry Brown show continues. For the third time in his illustrious career, ol’ Larry has been sanctioned by Big Brother, this time because he “failed to... Read more

News

Romney talks business and 2016 presidential politics at Georgetown

On Sept. 30, former governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney opened a dialogue in Lohrfink Auditorium with Georgetown students in the form of question and answer, addressing student-led issues such as... Read more

News

WHO’s Chan speaks on the problems of 21st century global health concerns

Director-General of the World Health Organization Margaret Chan spoke in Gaston Hall on Wednesday Sept. 30 to discuss the issues of 21st century global health and how they relate to... Read more

Leisure

Deadbeats: The Evolution of Indi(an) Pop

If it’s approximately seven minutes long, about falling in love, and strings English words together in the strangest, most amusing ways, you’re probably listening to a Bollywood ‘filmie’ song. Almost... Read more

Opinion

Boehner’s Penance: Reacting to the Speaker’s Resignation

It was an honor and a privilege to see Pope Francis speak on Thursday. I stood on the West Lawn of the Capitol as Pope Francis called for our government... Read more

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NFL Offseason Trade Evaluations

There were several trades this past NFL offseason.  Some of them have proved to be productive so far, while others have not worked out particularly well.  Let’s take a look at how... Read more

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Jonathan Papelbon: A National Tragedy

On Sunday, during the 8th inning of the Washington Nationals’ contest against the Philadelphia Phillies, closer Jonathan Papelbon scolded teammate Bryce Harper, leading to a physical altercation. Papelbon was soon... Read more

News

University honors two professors with President’s Award

Last Friday, University President John DeGioia announced in an email the 2015 recipients of the President’s Award for Distinguished Scholar-Teachers, Dr. Christian Wolf, an associate professor in the Department of... Read more

Halftime Leisure

Behind the Superfood Fad: quinoa in the western world

Five years ago, most of us had probably never heard of quinoa. The first time I read (and mispronounced) the word was a couple years ago, as I scrolled through... Read more

Halftime Leisure

Voice at Landmark: In the Valley Below

Landmark day two was kicked off by the California-based trio In the Valley Below. The band took the stage early this afternoon for the day’sfirst round of concerts. Hailing from... Read more

News

SFS to host dinner and discuss future

With the one hundred year anniversary of the School of Foreign Service only four years away, the new Centennial Vision Committee has begun seeking student input in order to effectively... Read more

Halftime Leisure

Voice at Landmark: Manchester Orchestra

Hard Rock are two words that undoubtedly describe Manchester Orchestra. The Atlanta-based band brought tremendous energy to their early afternoon performance on day two of Landmark Music Festival. Filled with... Read more