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FBI investigating ricin incident at McCarthy Hall

A white powdery substance found in a student’s dorm room on the sixth floor of McCarthy residence hall tested positive for ricin, according to an email from Georgetown Police Chief... Read more

By Rhiannon Greene March 20, 2014

GUSA promotes conservation in water week event series

The GUSA Freshmen Sustainability Council and Office of Sustainability organized the first Georgetown Water Week to highlight issues of water conservation and sustainability at Georgetown. The environmental initiative began Monday... Read more

By Grace Brennan March 20, 2014

Healy Pub vendor to be chosen by April

University officials said this week that they will decide on a vendor by April for the Healy Family Student Center Pub, which is slated to open in August along with... Read more

By Shalina Chatlani March 20, 2014

SFS junior, Mark Adamsson, dies over spring break

Mark Adamsson (SFS ’15) passed away during spring break while traveling with classmates in the Dominican Republic. His death was caused by lung and heart failure, according to Georgetown Director... Read more

By Claire Zeng March 20, 2014

Hoyas play at McDonough for first time since 2009

The Georgetown men’s basketball team played at McDonough Gymnasium Tuesday because of a scheduling conflict with the Verizon Center. The basketball game was the first at McDonough since December 2009.... Read more

By Chris Almeida March 20, 2014

FinApp budget eliminates Collegiate Readership program

The Georgetown University Student Association Senate’s Finance and Appropriations committee, in a draft student activities budget for fiscal year 2015 released March 6, ended funding for the Collegiate Readership Program,... Read more

By Manuela Tobias March 20, 2014

News Hit: Arizona State U joins GU in partnership

Georgetown and Arizona State University announced a new partnership at a discussion held on Tuesday at Georgetown’s School of Continuing Studies’ downtown campus. The partnership, which will focus on building... Read more

By James Constant March 20, 2014

News Hit: NATO SG Rasmussen accepts GIWPS award

Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Anders Fogh Rasmussen received a 2014 Hillary Clinton Award from the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace, and Security in a ceremony on... Read more

By Steven Criss March 20, 2014

Page 13 Cartoons

Things Assistant Provost Pierce has tried to prevent another snow day

By Dylan Cutler March 20, 2014

All the world’s a stage at Kennedy Center theater festival

D.C. has long been a cradle for international cultural exhibitions. World Stages, the Kennedy Center’s International Theater Festival, redefines the concept of the global, however, by shining a spotlight on... Read more

By Manuela Tobias March 20, 2014

American Art Museum exhibit gets real

Having strolled through a couple rooms of the American Art Museum, I went up to a pair of guards and asked to be pointed to the Modern American Realism exhibit.... Read more

By Nicole Kuhn March 20, 2014

Hilltop Tossers: The Corp tosses our salads with no regrets

The return to campus life from the bliss of spring break is an often sad time in the life of the Hoya. But fear not: this week, the beloved GU... Read more

By Daniel Varghese March 20, 2014

One Jake Gyllenhaal simply isn’t enough

What would you do if you met someone who looked just like you? No, exactly like you? That’s the question the film Enemy asks us, to no clear conclusion. Enemy... Read more

By Andrew Gutman March 20, 2014

Eating Out: Doing it in the dark

I slowly bring my hand closer to my mouth, where it pauses, suspended in midair for an eternity. “I can’t,” I say, abruptly pushing away, appeasing my gag reflex. The... Read more

By Sabrina Kayser March 20, 2014

Deadbeats: Festivus for the rest of us

A lot of people I know lose it over summer music festivals. Whether it’s Coachella, Lollapalooza, Oozlelolooza, or whatever the latest trendy festival is, there’s a ton of excitement surrounding... Read more

By Rhiannon Greene March 20, 2014

Critical Voices: La Dispute, Rooms of the House

If every band painted a picture to go along with their work, La Dispute would paint a family van flying off a bridge into an icy river for their third... Read more

By Rhiannon Greene March 20, 2014

Critical Voices: Skrillex, Recess

Love him or hate him, you know his name, and you’ve made fun of his haircut. Three years after dropping his debut EP, Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites, Skrillex’s first... Read more

By Joshua Ward March 20, 2014

Halftime Sports

Borowitz Repor: Philly looks to the future

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

By Max Borowitz March 20, 2014

Open minds necessary to resolve Russia-Ukraine conflicts

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

By Nicole Steinberg March 20, 2014

Cura personalis is dead: Traditional values in question on hilltop

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

By Joseph Murdy March 20, 2014

Carrying On: Waging war on the poor

“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

By Heather Regen March 20, 2014