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Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania has too much goop

Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania (2023) fails on nearly every front where its predecessors triumph.

By Hailey Wharram March 26, 2023

Podcasts

Turf & Burn: Episode 1

Welcome to the very first episode of Turf and Burn! Co-hosts Caroline and Dylan check in with all in-season sports and reveal their sports fandoms, biases, and hot takes. They... Read more

By Dylan Campione and Caroline Huang March 25, 2023

Kenneth Bond, freed after 27 years, still fighting for exoneration

Kenneth Bond, who was the subject of a documentary for Georgetown’s Making an Exoneree (MAE) class, has been released from incarceration after 27 years. Now, he hopes to be exonerated.

By Graham Krewinghaus March 25, 2023

Editorials

Georgetown, change your colors

The school's colors harken to the original uniforms of the Union and Confederacy respectively, supposedly purporting “unity” between the North and South. It is past time for the university to stop honoring enslavement and white supremacy in its symbols—blue and gray must go.

By the Editorial Board March 25, 2023

Wistful and witchy, Weyes Blood hypnotizes audiences at 9:30 Club

Mering conveys her message through a grand, sonically sweeping, soulful aesthetic that transports the listener into a cavernous cathedral.

By Christine Ji March 25, 2023

“A Season of Sondheim”: Signature Theatre’s Pacific Overtures pays homage to Japanese theatrical traditions

Signature Theatre’s production of Stephen Sondheim’s Pacific Overtures handles its complex subject matter sensitively, but never with kid gloves.

By Hailey Wharram March 25, 2023

Halftime Leisure

MILF Manor is the diabolical intersection of trash television and a Freudian nightmare

As an avid fan of trashy reality TV, I pressed play on MILF Manor knowing what to expect: an overdramatized, unorganized piece of junk that I would consume gluttonously. Despite... Read more

By Sofia Kemeny March 25, 2023

Features

ChatGPT is not the end of written integrity

ChatGPT has upended what it means to write, but it may not be the game-changer for writing that the world initially envisioned.

By Kulsum Gulamhusein March 25, 2023

How embracing sexual fluidity can liberate queer sexuality

I contend that being open to the idea that our sexuality can and may change can reduce queer (and perhaps even straight) people’s anxiety surrounding their sexual identity and encourage them to live their most authentic selves without fear of alienation.

By Lou Jacquin March 25, 2023

Features

HUGHLANDER demonstrates vulnerability on demo nights.

Through reckoning with grief, Malachi Quarles (CAS ’23) who releases music under the alias HUGHLANDER produced his latest album, demo nights.

By Annabella Hoge and Franziska Wild March 24, 2023

Miguel Wilson is reinventing wedding fashion—because it’s his day, too

With a philosophy of activism through fashion, designer and philanthropist Miguel Wilson has challenged the boundaries of men’s formalwear.

By Eileen Chen and Ajani Jones March 24, 2023

Anti-Zionism and antisemitism are not the same. Equating them harms all Jews.

Antisemitism and anti-Zionism are linked, and the former certainly can be present in the latter, but it is not always. In fact, assertions that the two are inherently synonymous are themselves antisemitic.

By Annette Hasnas March 24, 2023

Sports

Georgetown’s indoor track team makes strides in 2022-23 season

People thought it was impossible to run a sub-four-minute mile until Roger Bannister ran a 3:59:04 on May 6, 1954. In the 2021-22 NCAA indoor track season, 82 student-athletes ran... Read more

By Lucie Peyrebrune March 24, 2023

D.C. residents, officials defend home rule with “Hands off DC”

On March 8, statehood activists and elected officials gathered to speak out against their lack of independence at the “Hands Off DC” rally outside Union Station. U.S. Capitol Police arrested at least 17 protesters during the subsequent march on Capitol Hill, including U.S. Shadow Representative of the District Dr. Oye Owolewa.

By Alex Deramo and Sabrina Shaffer March 24, 2023

Podcasts

Post Pitch: Change Georgetown’s Colors

Welcome back to Post Pitch. This week, join Assistant Podcast Editor Romy Abu-Fadel in her interview with Editorial Board representative Andrea Ho. They discuss this week’s editorial board piece which... Read more

By Romy Abu-Fadel and Andrea Ho March 24, 2023

Halftime Sports

Hate in sports: dangerous and cyclical

On Oct. 30, 2022, the sports world got another reminder of how sports, at their lowest, can bring out the worst in players, coaches, and especially fans. After falling to... Read more

By Ben Jakabcsin March 23, 2023

We need to fight Biden’s proposed “asylum ban.” Here’s how you can.

Vocal, visible public opposition to the proposed policy is imperative. The proposal is currently in its public comment period, which will expire on March 27th. During this period, any member of the public can submit a statement with their thoughts on the proposed policy.

By Lukas Soloman March 23, 2023

Sports

Ed Cooley arrives on the Hilltop for the first time as a Hoya

The excitement was palpable on Wednesday afternoon at the Thompson Athletic Center as Ed Cooley was formally introduced to the Hilltop as the new head coach of the Hoyas men’s... Read more

By Carlos Rueda March 23, 2023

“Gifted kid burnout” is very real

“Gifted kid burnout,” however, is an internet term coined by Gen Z in recent years. Plainly put, it refers to students who were placed in advanced-level classes early in their educational careers, only to discover that they can’t maintain the same degree of academic excellence as they get older. They’ve been straight-A students all their life, their personalities slotting perfectly into the spot at the top of the class. But mediocrity crept up on them, until they feel like they have failed their past selves.

By Nikki Farnham March 22, 2023

Incalculable but invisible: Why Georgetown should erect a statue of Madeleine Albright

Though history best remembers Albright as a pioneering politician in a previously exclusively male role, she always said, “I am sometimes known as secretary, but most of all, I like being known as professor.” Thus, Georgetown should erect a statue of Albright in order to honor her contributions to higher education at the Hilltop, global politics, and, most importantly, her advocacy for women’s and refugee’s rights.

By Kami Steffenauer March 21, 2023

FRESH STARTS Act pushes for better food in the D.C. Jail

On Feb. 2, Councilmember Brooke Pinto (D-Ward 2) introduced the FRESH STARTS Act to improve quality food access in the D.C. Jail.

By Michelle Serban March 20, 2023

Sports

Cool times ahead: Georgetown announces Ed Cooley as next head coach

Georgetown has landed its coach. In what may be seen as a controversial move, Jack DeGioia and company have hired Ed Cooley from its fellow “Catholic 7” and BIG EAST... Read more

By Ben Jakabcsin March 20, 2023

Halftime Sports

Eight teams to watch out for in this year’s women’s March Madness

Welcome back to March–a.k.a. the very best time of the year. This year, women’s college basketball has reached new levels of parity and prestige, making this year’s version of March... Read more

By Jo Stephens March 19, 2023