When the Philadelphia 76ers started the season on a stunning winning streak, the basketball world took notice. Philadelphia began with a remarkable come-from-behind victory over the defending champion Miami Heat,... Read more
The pictures drew me in. Independence Square, the central square in Kiev, evoked flashes of post-apocalyptic video games with graffiti and fireballs from Molotov cocktails flaming in the background. I... Read more
If you attend a Jesuit institution you are bound to hear the same platitudes over and over again: “Men and Women for Others,” “Ad maiorem Dei gloriam” and, especially, “cura... Read more
“Do you know how fabulous I’d look? I’d be so skinny!” When the co-host of “The Five” on Fox News, Andrea Tantaros, beamed at the camera and bragged about how... Read more
After watching the Oscars, I found myself in awe of Lupita Nyong’o. At first, I wasn’t sure what had struck me most about her. Perhaps it was her modern-day Cinderella... Read more
On March 25, 2007, I learned what the NCAA men’s basketball tournament can do to one’s heart. I was thirteen years old and my beloved North Carolina Tar Heels were... Read more
After their heart-wrenching 60-56 loss to last-place DePaul (12-21, 3-15 Big East) in the Big East Tournament, the Georgetown men’s basketball team (18-14, 8-10 Big East) returned to Washington as... Read more
The only members of the Georgetown campus more worried about the number of snow days piling up this semester than Assistant Provost John Q. Pierce would be the baseball team,... Read more
The Georgetown Hoyas Track and Field team’s indoor season came to a close this past weekend at the NCAA Indoor National Championship in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The men’s team struggled,... Read more
Your “Intro to Philosophy” paper is due in 24 hours—so, you open a new Word document, grab an M&M cookie from Wiseys, plug your headphones into your ears and click... Read more
When most people think about a college spring break, they imagine sun-soaked beaches, palm trees, and friends clinking Coronas. They don’t usually picture embarking on a road trip to Montreal,... Read more
As Brazil 2014 fast approaches, Halftime thought it might be prudent to take a look at each of the 32 teams participating in the World Cup and assess possible lineups... Read more
He was fat. As though his stomach contained a disorderly boiler, that would blast out hot air and whimper and shrill. He was addicted to those things we are... Read more
I got to admit, I love She-Hulk. There’s something ridiculously charming about a female hero that not only is comfortable with herself enough to have a sense of humor, but... Read more
Welcome to The Weekly List, a curation of the latest and greatest tracks to hit the interwebs in the past two weeks. Didn’t get a chance to peruse the blogosphere... Read more
Mac DeMarco, down-to-earth Canadian rocker dude (with a tendency to get a little weird), agreed to discuss his upcoming album Salad Days and his thoughts on the music industry with... Read more
You wouldn’t be wrong to immediately associate the film Bethlehem with the birthplace of Jesus Christ. But Bethlehem’s namesake is instead the site of violence—cold, calculated and endemic violence that... Read more
At first glance, because of the cheesy Italian music and the complimentary warm homemade bread with cheese, Lupo Verde appears to be just another mediocre American take on the Italian... Read more
Ben Marcus was a philosophy major at NYU grappling with Wittgenstein and Hegel, planning on continuing his studies at the graduate level. Somewhere in between, he found his calling in... Read more
WHAT YOU HAVE HEARD is true. I was in his house. His wife carried a tray of coffee and sugar. His daughter filed her nails, his son went out for... Read more
People often ask me how I ever feel safe as a young woman traveling to such “interesting” places. They remind me to always keep my guard up, to be careful... Read more
Oxymoron is not an album that goes down easily. From the hook of the first track, where Quincy Hanley, known as ScHoolboy Q, repeatedly screams “Gangsta, Gangsta, Gangsta,” to the... Read more
Real Estate has finally waded out of the shallowness of beer-drenched suburbia. While their previous efforts laid the foundations for the dissonant genre of suburban surf rock with flawless instrumentals... Read more
Although top University administrators have examined adding bus stops at the National Mall and Capitol Hill to the Law Center route of the Georgetown University Transportation Shuttle, they cautioned it... Read more
The Georgetown Speech and Expression Committee is establishing the final details of a memorandum of understanding on free speech policies that was submitted to the committee by outgoing GUSA President... Read more
