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Boxing ready to knock out competiton in England

Georgetown Boxing Club practices aren’t easy places to enter. Opening the doors of their practice space in Leavey and walking in is akin to walking blindfolded in Red Square between... Read more

By Chris Castano January 23, 2014

Full Court Press: The right man for the job

The last nine months have not been kind to the Georgetown men’s basketball team, especially Head Coach John Thompson III. After clinching the Big East regular season title against longtime... Read more

By Joe Pollicino January 23, 2014

New restaurant Silo teases the taste buds

The Scotch Striptease cocktail makes a playful nod to the past tenants of the space Silo now inhabits. Before Reza Akhavan opened the restaurant in Mount Vernon, the industrial building... Read more

By Heather Regen January 23, 2014

Men’s basketball looking for answers

Only six seconds separated the Georgetown Hoyas men’s basketball team (11-7, 3-4) from a crucial win against the slumping Golden Eagles of Marquette (11-8, 3-3) at the end of an... Read more

By Brendan Crowley January 23, 2014

Sackler Gallery’s photo exhibition proves a Turkish delight

Shoved into a tiny gallery in the sublevel of the Freer & Sackler Galleries, 24 photographs by photojournalist Ara Güler are on display in an exhibit titled “In Focus: Ara... Read more

By Tim Annick January 23, 2014

Women’s hoops struggles

Even the new, diminished Big East has been cruel to the Georgetown women’s basketball team (7-12, 1-6 Big East) who lost to Seton Hall (11-5, 2-3 Big East) 73-62 this... Read more

By Max Roberts January 23, 2014

Under the Covers: Narcoland prosecutes drug war

Early in January, 20 men dressed in uniforms of the Mexican Federal Police force and armed with AK-47s blocked off Anabel Hernández’s street in a quiet neighborhood of Mexico City.... Read more

By Emilia Brahm January 23, 2014

Day Tripper: Ah, she’s got a ticket to ride

Travel. Traveling. Traveler. The word and its variations conjure up images of exploration, adventure, boundless personal growth. Marco Polo—now he was a traveler! That lady who wrote Eat, Pray, Love—she... Read more

By Colleen Wood January 23, 2014

Critical Voices: Young the Giant, Mind over Matter

“It’s about time,” Sameer Gadhia screams in the lead single of Young the Giant’s new work, Mind Over Matter, reflecting my thoughts regarding the lack of new music from one... Read more

By Daniel Varghese January 23, 2014

Critical Voices: Bruce Springsteen, High Hopes

In his new LP High Hopes, Bruce Springsteen continues his role in being a recorder of the bleak and the joyous moments of life in America. Springsteen’s albums since the... Read more

By Jackson Sinnenberg January 23, 2014

American immigration policies draining young talent

The cliques have started to form. With just one last short semester lying between seniors and graduation, the future has been heavy on everyone’s minds. Seniors are scouring their friend... Read more

By Sara Ainsworth January 23, 2014

Carrying On: You do you, and I’ll do me

“You do you.” It’s a phrase I hear often at Georgetown, as students acknowledge and encourage each other in their quirky idiosyncrasies. When my classmate declares that she wants to... Read more

By Patricia Cipollitti January 23, 2014

Domesticity that even our feminists friends will approve of

I’m going to tell you something I don’t readily admit to many people: I knit, I bake, I cook, and I make jams and chutneys and butter from scratch. I... Read more

By Isabel Echarte January 23, 2014

New video replay technology in MLB takes hit at tradition

On Jan. 16, Major League Baseball finally announced that it would be expanding replay technology. Casual observers may question why the decision took so long when other sports leagues have... Read more

By Sourabh Bhat January 23, 2014

General Bradley "Retreats" to Canada

If you even pay a minute amount of attention to the world of American Soccer, than you know that Michael Bradley recently transferred his way from Rome back Stateside. As... Read more

By Chris Castano January 21, 2014

January Tank Rank: Commit to the Tank

Only a few weeks ago, NBA fans everywhere were again forced to understand just how valuable draft picks and draft position is in today’s NBA. Certain franchises have realized that... Read more

By Max Borowitz January 21, 2014

MLB Cracks Down on Collisions

Hearing that Major League Baseball’s general managers had unanimously agreed that the league should move toward banning collisions at home plate struck an uneven chord in my mind earlier this... Read more

By Steven Criss January 20, 2014

Olympic USA Men’s Hockey Team Rundown

In just a few short weeks, the 2014 Winter Olympics will begin in Sochi, Russia. There will be curling and Jamaican bobsledders and a less tomato-ey Shawn White, but mostly... Read more

By Kevin Huggard January 20, 2014

Moran’s position at SFS unaffected despite NIC dismissal

Despite being forced to resign from his position as an international business associate to the United States National Intelligence Council in September 2013 due to accusations of conflict of interest,... Read more

By Deborah Sparks January 16, 2014

MSB supports rural entrepreneurship

Georgetown students now have the opportunity to build entrepreneurship in America’s rural communities through a partnership among the American Farm Bureau Federation, Georgetown University McDonough School of Business Global Social... Read more

By Caitriona Pagni January 16, 2014

GUASFCU to launch GWallet

The Georgetown University Alumni and Student Federal Credit Union will soon release a mobile financial planning platform called GWallet, which will be integrated into GUASFCU’s existing mobile app offered to... Read more

By Jack Rosenberg January 16, 2014

News Hit: Pro-life conference Monday

Georgetown Right to Life, the Knights of Columbus, and the Catholic Daughters of the Americas will sponsor the 15th annual Cardinal O’Connor Conference on Monday, which aims to address anti-abortion... Read more

By Daniel Paradis January 16, 2014

News Hit: New MD/MPH program

Georgetown’s School of Medicine announced on Jan. 3 the formation of a new dual degree program with Johns Hopkins that will allow students to complete a doctor of medicine at... Read more

By Daniel Varghese January 16, 2014