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New GUSA lecture series scheduled to begin April 14

The Lecture Fund has committed to organize a new professor lecture series with the Georgetown University Student Association. The first lecture, featuring assistant professor of government Fr. Matthew Carnes, S.... Read more

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GUSA cabinet appointed

The new cabinet of Georgetown University Student Association President and Vice President Trevor Tezel (SFS ‘15) and Omika Jikara (SFS ‘15) was approved on Sunday by the GUSA Senate. In... Read more

News

Union Jack: “Between Two Ferns” insufficient

On March 12, 1933, a president addressed a nation in the first of many radio chats. For the next decade, Franklin D. Roosevelt would speak to American citizens in his... Read more

Editorials

Mandatory housing unfair solution for juniors

Though the 2010 Campus Plan poses serious concerns for student living, the University should not mandate on-campus housing for juniors. Instead, it should increase incentives for upperclassmen to choose on... Read more

Editorials

Students should support immigrant rights

When he began to advocate for immigration reform in mid-2010, President Barack Obama reminded the American people that “we’ve always defined ourselves as a nation of immigrants.” Four years and... Read more

Editorials

SCOTUS ruling further jeopardizes fair elections

The Supreme Court struck down limits on individual campaign donations in a 5-4 decision in the case McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission. While donors may still only give up to... Read more

Leisure

Mask & Bauble’s She Loves Me finds love in a hopeless place

With its comical lyrics and endearing storyline, She Loves Me sweeps the stage of Poulton Hall with a kinetic performance that inspires smiles all around. The musical takes place in... Read more

Leisure

Watergate Italian warrants inspection

Richard Nixon brought notoriety to the Watergate complex almost half a century ago when he sent his henchmen to break into the Democratic National Committee headquarters. Fortunately, the building still... Read more

Leisure

Spicing up the hero film, new Captain America marvels the District

Captain America is back! The World War II hero who helped save the world in Captain America: The First Avenger and The Avengers has returned, once again fighting to save... Read more

Leisure

Deadbeats: Cleaning the artist closet

I don’t know the first thing about rap, but I know that Eminem is awesome. It’s not just his devilish delivery, his introspective lyrics, or his self-aware sense of humor... Read more

Leisure

Eating Out: Fine dining at the waterfront

We all harp on how much we hate Leo’s. It’s just a fact of Georgetown life. Though it is not “home-cooked,” Leo’s can offer some foods that you would otherwise... Read more

Leisure

Critical Voices: Mac DeMarco, Salad Days

Beneath his dirty and bayou-esque (although incredibly sexy, if I do say so myself) persona, Mac DeMarco is the archetypal musician. He plays music because he loves to—not because he... Read more

Leisure

Critical Voices: Kaiser Chiefs, Education, Education, Education & War

If a haunted house with some serious political grievances put on a 46-minute rock show, you might get something resembling Kaiser Chief’s latest release, Education, Education, Education & War. The... Read more

Sports

The Sports Sermon: Nationals bring hope to Washington

The Washington Nationals are different from all of the other professional sports franchises that call D.C. home. No, they haven’t won a title, but the simple fact that it seems... Read more

Sports

Crew team treading water

After months of winter training, the Lightweight crew team’s spring season got started with a series of difficult losses against the University of Delaware and Princeton University. According to Head... Read more

Sports

Men’s lacrosse comes up short against Denver

This past Saturday afternoon at Multi-Sport Field, the No. 6 Denver Pioneers (8-2, 2-0 Big East), in their first year as a part of the Big East, came away with... Read more

Sports

Track and field shines in Richmond

The outdoor season opened for the Georgetown track team last weekend, as they traveled to the University of Richmond for the Fred Hardy Invitational. The Hoyas had a strong start... Read more

Sports

Rise and Fire: You can’t handle the truth

The world of college athletics was turned on its head Wednesday, and it only took 24 pages of writing. Peter Sung Ohr, of the National Labor Relations Board, issued a... Read more

Voices

Implications of poverty reach deeper than students’ wallets

Although middle school lunchroom politics should be far beneath Georgetown students, cafeterias can still feel like bizarre social experiments, with students segregating themselves into groups by clubs, gender, and race.... Read more

Voices

Carrying On: Activism across decades

My generation can be divided into two types of people: those who care about making the world a better place and those who just don’t. Of those of us who... Read more

Voices

Cura Technologis: Online classes abandon the ‘whole person’

“Go to class at the beach. Go to class on top of the Eiffel Tower. Go to class during your lunch break,” a March 18 email from Georgetown promised. According... Read more

Voices

Transfer students not feeling the love from Georgetown housing

It’s an open secret at Georgetown and it’s an unhappy reality for a few hundred incoming Hoyas every year. Transfer students are treated like second-class students by the University and... Read more

Halftime Leisure

Another Modern Family

Modern technology aids and amplifies our relationship to music. We can store, categorize, purchase, and exchange music. We can digitize our instruments and synthesize our voices. This new musical world... Read more

Halftime Sports

Qatar 2022 Abuses: Why Are We Surprised?

This past Monday, the International Labor Organization condemned Qatar for not improving working conditions for migrant workers involved with the preparations for the 2022 World Cup. New information released by... Read more