Archive

Student collaboration Killer Joe strangles societal comfort zones

Killer Joe packs a punch as strong as its main character. The new collaboration between Mask and Bauble Dramatic Society and Nomadic Theatre brings serious themes to the forefront, achieving... Read more

By Dinah Farell March 26, 2015

Black Iron Pizza a lukewarm burnout

As a senior with roots in New York City, I’m a huge pizza fan—I could eat the stuff all day. Unsurprisingly, I was pretty excited to try Black Iron Pizza,... Read more

By Riley Mellen March 26, 2015

Amidst the noise, Slow Falling Bird finds solace and soars in silence

“This isn’t life, or death, but something in between, some other geography.” If Christine Evans’s play, Slow Falling Bird, has a central focus in its narrative of Australian xenophobia and... Read more

By Julia Lloyd-George March 26, 2015

Groove Theory Showcase

The McDonough School of Business will be pulsing with a different kind of energy this Friday night. This won’t be because of hyper-eager underclassmen buzzing around Shea Commons or jittery... Read more

By Steven Criss March 26, 2015

Out of Control: No need for a throwback Thursday for many of our childhood titles

Nineties kids and nostalgia go hand-in-hand like cats and the internet. Much like the patrons of these videos, the current makeup of the gaming market is young. So many published... Read more

By Chris Castano March 26, 2015

Reel Talk: And this is how you beat Shaq

There are many days I cherish throughout the year—Oscar night, Opening Day, Christmas. But nothing can quite match the first two weekends of the NCAA Tournament. Even as we mourn... Read more

By Brian McMahon March 26, 2015

Critical Voices: Earl Sweatshirt, I Don’t Like Sht, I Don’t Go Outside*

Emerging from the rambunctious skate rap crew Odd Future, the transformation of 21-year-old Earl Sweatshirt into one of hip-hop’s most cerebral and vulnerable artists has been fascinating to watch. In... Read more

By Jay Benjamin March 26, 2015

Carrying On: Risks, Rewards, and a Georgetown Education

Last fall, I got in a rather bizarre accident. It’s a long story, but it involves a trip to an apple farm, a hayride trailer carrying lots of innocent children... Read more

By Julia Lloyd-George March 26, 2015

Beyond Borders: Undocumented and Traveling the World

I don’t know if it was my obsession with watching Pokémon or all the long nights I spent reading fantasy novels, but I’ve always had an insatiable thirst for adventure... Read more

By Rio Djiwandana March 26, 2015

Time for a New Deal: A student-first approach to the 2018 Campus Plan

With the first GAAP weekend just days away, Georgetown will soon be flooded with masses of accepted students anxious to get a first taste of the environment where they may... Read more

By Amber Athey & Matthew Gregory March 26, 2015

A Game of Homes: How You’ve Already Lost the Housing Lottery

That uncomfortable squirm in your stomach is not the 5th cup of coffee this time. Housing selection is upon us. It’s all most of us are thinking about, it’s largely... Read more

By Dominique Rouge March 26, 2015

Editorials

Criticism of Fossil Free undermines free speech

On March 18, GU Fossil Free (GUFF) walked on stage during World Bank President Jim Yong Kim’s speech about climate change at Gaston Hall to promote their campaign for the... Read more

By the Editorial Board March 26, 2015

Editorials

Quality, affordable laundry crucial to campus living

At the end of February, the Georgetown University Student Association and the InterHall Council distributed a Residential Living Survey, in which they solicited feedback for a potential prepaid system for... Read more

By the Editorial Board March 26, 2015

Editorials

Republicans: Think before slashing student aid

Last week, Republicans in the House of Representatives released a budget memo for fiscal year 2016 that includes a freeze on the maximum amount of federal financial aid that a... Read more

By the Editorial Board March 26, 2015

News

Office of Residential Living considers offering pre-paid laundry plan to students

GUSA and the Office of Residential Living (ORL) released a survey on student housing needs in an effort to evaluate the need to reevaluate the university’s laundry system. According to... Read more

By Dominique Rouge March 26, 2015

Tournament run ends too soon for men’s hoops

The tough reality of the NCAA Tournament is that only one of 68 teams finishes its season without disappointment. Another tough reality is that this year, the Georgetown men’s basketball... Read more

By Robbie Ponce March 26, 2015

Men’s lacrosse ascends to Top 20

The No. 14 Georgetown men’s lacrosse team (6-3, 1-0 Big East) seems to have hit its stride just in time for the most important part of its season. On Saturday,... Read more

By Kevin Huggard March 26, 2015

TV ratings for Big East Tourney fall

It has not been the best of weeks for the Big East Conference. After seeing five of its six teams that earned an NCAA Tournament bid get eliminated during the... Read more

By Joe Pollicino March 26, 2015