Archive

Baseball has mixed results in opening three games

After a 19-29 campaign in 2014, the Georgetown baseball team (1-2, 0-0 Big East) returned to action this past week with three games at the Wake Forest Invitational in North... Read more

By Matt Jasko February 19, 2015

Men’s basketball blows by St. John’s

Freshman guard Isaac Copeland defied his years once again to help the Georgetown men’s basketball team (17-8, 9-5 Big East) put together another strong conference win, this time against St.... Read more

By Chris Castano February 19, 2015

E-volution: Gamers becoming athletes

In the world of sports, there have always been the fringe activities whose participants know that what they do is a sport while still trying to convince outsiders that this... Read more

By Max Roberts February 19, 2015

Women’s lacrosse drops opener

The Georgetown women’s lacrosse team (0-1, 0-0 Big East) suffered a painful road loss to the University of Delaware Blue Hens (2-0, 0-0 CAA), falling 17-5 at Delaware Stadium on... Read more

By Joe Pollicino February 19, 2015

Student Activities Commission considers restructuring its process to fund student groups

The Student Activities Commission is considering restructuring its process of funding student organizations beginning next semester. Under the proposed system, groups would apply to one of ten general tiers of... Read more

By Thomas Stubna February 19, 2015

City on a Hill: Hoya See, Hoya Do

According to the website of the International Society on Infant Studies (whose unfortunate acronym is ISIS), babies as young as four months exhibit a behavior called mirroring, by which they mimic... Read more

By Ian Philbrick February 18, 2015

Aramark workers and students rallied to present petition to Hoya Court managers

A group of Georgetown students and workers from Hoya Court, Einstein Bros., and Leo’s rallied on Wednesday to present two petitions to Aramark managers in Hoya Court. A group of... Read more

By Caitlyn Cobb and Ryan Miller February 18, 2015

LGBTQ Resource Center sponsors new group to address issues faced by queer men of color

A new weekly peer-led discussion group for queer men of color, led by Esteban García (SFS ’15), is set to begin meeting the week of Feb. 22. The group will... Read more

By Lilah Burke February 18, 2015

Yik Yak raises questions about online forums on college campuses

In the past few months, the anonymous social media application Yik Yak raised questions about students’ use of public forum on college campuses across the United States. Several universities have... Read more

By Mia Lopez-Zubiri February 18, 2015

Delicious or Disaster: A Critic’s Review of the Desserts of O’Donovan’s

Every Sunday, my friends and I convene at O’Donovan’s on the Waterfront to indulge in the delicacies of the sophisticated establishment. After finishing our lavish meals of grilled cheese and... Read more

By Eleanor Sugrue February 18, 2015

Not Your Padre’s Padres

With pitchers and catchers set to report to Spring Training this week, the proverbial “hope springs eternal,” which sustains baseball fans through the cold winter months, is nearing its conclusion.... Read more

By Jay Benjamin February 18, 2015

Vikings Proves That Quality Over Quantity Wins Out

Vikings, the current pride of the History Channel, has shocked and entertained for nearly two years while only releasing 19 episodes total . This is one of the first times... Read more

By Michael Bergin February 18, 2015

Voices

A Student’s Take: Believe in the Future of Student Funding

When the Corp began selling yogurt and Coca-Cola in March of 1972, not even the founders could have predicted the successful series of storefronts and services it would come to... Read more

By Reed Howard February 17, 2015

Critical Voices: Drake, If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late

2pac released All Eyez on Me after his first big break. Biggie dropped Ready to Die after a round of first hit singles. Successful rappers, much like Han Dynasty emperors,... Read more

By Kieran McLean February 17, 2015

Early March Madness Dark Horses

The recent bitter cold makes it a bit difficult to believe, but we are not all that far away from the craziest time of the sporting year—March Madness. In just... Read more

By Matt Jasko February 17, 2015

TV Review: Friends Watching Friends

While at first poorly received by NBC, the portrayal of six young friends trying to make it in the big city managed to climb to the top of the ratings... Read more

By Dinah Farrell and Danielle Hewitt February 17, 2015

Take Your Vinyasa: Pop-Up Yoga at the Botanical Gardens

If you are looking for the perfect way to say goodbye to winter and welcome in springtime, it’s difficult to imagine a better way to do so than free yoga... Read more

By Caitriona Pagni February 16, 2015

The Weekly List: Music For Making

I came home to my apartment this past Friday to a deafening silence; not one of my roommates was home. As I came to the realization that each had departed... Read more

By Christina Libre February 16, 2015

Premier League Midseason(ish) Grades: Part 2

A few weeks ago, I analyzed each of the teams the bottom half of the Premier League and graded each club’s performance in league play so far this season. Admittedly, we are currently... Read more

By Sri Ramesh February 16, 2015

What’s Gone Wrong With Dortmund?

When Borussia Dortmund snatched the Bundesliga title from usual favorites Bayern Munich at the end of the 2010-2011 season, fans of German football believed that the Munich monopoly was finally... Read more

By Dasoo Milton Yoon February 16, 2015