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It’s time for a diversity requirement at Georgetown

On Mar. 27, the Main Campus Executive Faculty will consider a proposal to include an “Engaging Difference” requirement in the undergraduate core curricula. The Last Campaign for Academic Reform and... Read more

Editorials

Firearms have no place in sexual assault battle

Ten state legislatures are considering legislation to permit concealed firearms on college campuses. Supporters argue that firearms, especially in the hands of women, give potential victims of sexual assault the... Read more

Editorials

All-boys high school wrong solution for DCPS woes

D.C. School Chancellor Kaya Henderson announced in late January her plan to create a college preparatory high school for black and Latino boys in the District. The proposed school, which... Read more

Halftime Leisure

The Rise of the Web Series

Some of the best content on YouTube comes from scripted web series. The more free-from approach to web content allows creators to experiment, take risks and develop their skills. Web... Read more

News

Saxa Politica: Hoyas need to set aside moral superiority

No doubt everyone is relieved this year’s Georgetown University Student Association elections are over. Out of the four GUSA executive elections I have witnessed, these were probably the most dramatic... Read more

Halftime Sports

The Great QB Debate

Once time expired in Super Bowl XLIX, the long road to the 2015 NFL Draft began, with my team, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, on the clock. Coming off a disastrous... Read more

Halftime Leisure

In Defense of Visual Art

Who’s your favorite musician? Actress? What’s your favorite movie? Book? Almost everyone has a response to these questions. Kanye West. Keira Knightley. Star Wars. Harry Potter. Rarely do the answers... Read more

Halftime Sports

Why Sports Betting Should Be Legalized

Every year when March Madness rolls around, tons of people participate in bracket pools in which real money is wagered and either won or lost.  In fact, March Madness alone... Read more

Halftime Sports

Old School: Remembering Mason and 1990s NY Sports

This past Saturday, the sports community learned of the tragic passing of 48-year-old former power forward Anthony Mason. There has been plenty of praise given to the Knicks’ big-bodied, fierce-hearted... Read more

Halftime Sports

The End of Spanish Duality?

In the past 20 seasons of Spanish La Liga football, there were only five seasons where a team other than Real Madrid and Barcelona had won the title. As such,... Read more

Halftime Leisure

Season 3 of House of Cards Rises to the Top

Everyone’s favorite murdering, conniving, scheming, lying, and manipulating politician is back! Netflix’s hit series House of Cards released its third season on Friday, February 27th. After two seasons of political... Read more

Halftime Leisure

A Tribute To Leonard Nimoy

Leonard Nimoy died Friday, February 27th in his home in Bel Air. He was 83 years old and died of end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. When I heard about Nimoy’s... Read more

Halftime Sports

Four Thoughts from the Premier League

The League returned this past weekend after a break for cup ties. Some great games yielded some great results. Here are some important takeaways. The Resurgence of Liverpool? Liverpool has... Read more

Halftime Leisure

A Happy, Healthy Fellow: Pete Holmes at DC Improv

As Pete Holmes was introduced to the DC Improv stage last Sunday, hardcore gangster rap started to play. Holmes came running out in his slightly ripped cardigan, grabbed the mic... Read more

Halftime Leisure

HALFTIMERS COMMENT: Winter around the United States

Just when we thought we had survived the worst weather that January could throw at us, the snow of February hit. To the people who are used to this climate,... Read more

Halftime Sports

I Hate the Kings and Other Musings

Remember when Los Angeles couldn’t give a crap about hockey? It wasn’t that long ago when nobody in SoCal had any idea who the Kings were. Now, the twice-recent Stanley... Read more

Halftime Sports

Age Before Beauty

In January of 1976, the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Dallas Cowboys 21-17 to win Superbowl X. That season, the Colts played in Baltimore, and the Broncos finished under .500. A... Read more

News

Office of Residential living to offer different housing options next year

The Office of Residential Living will be offering different living options to students as they enter next year’s housing selection process as the university works to meet the requirements of... Read more

News

Peace Corps Director Carrie Hessler-Radelet speaks about the future of organization

Director of the Peace Corps Carrie Hessler-Radelet spoke in the ICC auditorium on Monday evening of Feb. 23  about the Corps’ vision for college graduates’ future service abroad. Hessler-Radelet opened... Read more

Voices

Where our smartphones fail us: ‘TTYL, but not face-to-face’

I find myself eating lunch alone in Leo’s once or twice a week. I can’t even imagine what I’d do with myself if I couldn’t look at Bleacher Report or... Read more

Voices

Reflecting on last week’s Page 13 cartoon

I can think of a lot of mistakes that I have made in my life. As a first grader, I earned myself detention after walking through a puddle an administrator... Read more

Voices

Carrying on: Politics at the Oscars

The subject of politics frequently finds its way into the Academy Awards, and the 2015 Oscars were no exception. Not even including red carpet movements such as #AskHerMore, this year’s... Read more

Voices

Pursuing a diversity requirement in the wake of ignorance

The Feb. 19 edition of this paper featured a racially insensitive cartoon called “Beating the Dead Horse,” depicting GUSA candidate Chris Wadibia, the only black man in the race, as a... Read more

Voices

The slippery slope of tipping: Why it’s inimical to Uber drivers

Over the past two years, perhaps no other private tech company has generated the kind of press, positive or negative, that Uber has. The popular ridesharing app, a mainstay on... Read more

Features

The Carroll Fellows: Georgetown’s elite academics

“It really causes you to question who you think you are,” Jessica Hickle (SFS ‘18) describes how she believes the Georgetown’s Carroll Fellows Initiative has shaped her time on the... Read more