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TFP films unauthorized interviews

Two high school student representatives from the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property posted a video on Nov. 8 that included unauthorized interviews of Georgetown students... Read more

By Manuela Tobias December 5, 2013

Saxa Politica: This is what “student engagement” looks like

My experience being the closest thing to a talking head of Georgetown media has taught me one thing: when you’ve exhausted your list of people to criticize, there’s always an... Read more

By Connor Jones December 5, 2013

News Hit: #BBGU protests Thursday

Black House residents will host an online Twitter and Facebook protest, denoted through the tag #BBGU, which stands for “Being Black at Georgetown University,” today. The protest is scheduled to... Read more

By Manuela Tobias December 5, 2013

Is the Man Who is Tall Happy? Chomsky doesn’t know

Noam Chomsky, linguist at the Massachusetts Institue of Technology and notable political activist, is often considered one of the finest thinkers alive. Michel Gondry, director of Eternal Sunshine of the... Read more

By Andrew Gutman December 5, 2013

In/Finite Earth exhibits artistic expression

When I think of artists with disabilities, I tend to imagine Chuck Close, photorealist artist paralyzed from the waist down, or any other artist with the kind of disability I... Read more

By Dayana Morales Gomez December 5, 2013

New restaurant Rialto brings Venetian flare to M Street

Named after a famous Venetian bridge, Rialto is a welcoming new Georgetown restaurant, fittingly situated a short walk away from C&O Canal. The decor is eclectic, mixing simple wooden tables... Read more

By Luigi Ambrosi December 5, 2013

Under the Covers: De la Pava in the buff

Just like all evocative art, really amazing books are impossible to describe. One of those novels is A Naked Singularity, the story of Casi, a 20-year old public defender who... Read more

By Emilia Brahm December 5, 2013

Day Tripper: I won’t be home for Christmas

Spending the holidays with family is a blessing, but there is something magical about experiencing celebrations immersed in another culture. Chances are that while traveling, you’ll find yourself celebrating one... Read more

By Colleen Wood December 5, 2013

Critical Voices: Boston, Life, Love & Hope

In the 11 years since Boston last released an album, the band has undergone many changes, with the death of their lead singer, Brad Delp, and the addition of new... Read more

By Daniel Varghese December 5, 2013

Critical Voices: Billie Joe Armstrong and Norah Jones, Foreverly

It’s not every day you have Green Day’s frontman and Ravi Shankar’s daughter getting together to a record an album, but that’s exactly what happened with Foreverly. The LP is... Read more

By Jackson Sinnenberg December 5, 2013

Editorials

‘Smoke of Satan’ video breaches student privacy

During GU Pride’s Coming Out Day celebration this year, two unidentified high school boys affiliated with the conservative Catholic organization the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and... Read more

By the Editorial Board December 5, 2013

Editorials

Minimum wage hike will benefit D.C. workers

The D.C. Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to raise the minimum wage in the District to $11.50 an hour. The bill, if signed by Mayor Vincent Gray, would make D.C’s... Read more

By the Editorial Board December 5, 2013

All The Way: Daley in the deep end

When Tom Daley revealed that he is in a relationship with a man in a YouTube video this past Monday, his supporters acknowledged his courage. For a 19-year old Olympic... Read more

By Steven Criss December 5, 2013

Women’s hoops dominate

The Georgetown women’s basketball team (5-2, 0-0 Big East) continued its strong performance this season, placing first in the Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout this past weekend. In the final game,... Read more

By Sourabh Bhat December 5, 2013

Men’s basketball stampedes Bisons

After a tepid fifth place finish in the Puerto Rico Tip-Off, the Georgetown men’s basketball team (4-2, 0-0 Big East) returned to Stateside ready to tackle a slate of non-conference... Read more

By Brendan Crowley December 5, 2013

Only 11 Spartans needed to end men’s soccer season

After an impressive post-season performance against Old Dominion University (11-6-1 overall), expectations were high for the Georgetown University men’s soccer team. The Hoyas had lost to the ODU Monarchs in... Read more

By Chris Castano December 5, 2013

Voices

Carrying On: D.C. not doing enough to slow HIV

It’s 9 a.m. and your EMS shift is almost over. You get a routine call to a residence—father and son were doing yardwork outside when the saw slipped. They already... Read more

By Ana Smith December 5, 2013

Voices

DCPS administrators doom students to failure

Picture a typical day in the District of Columbia Public School system. The corridors are flooded with loud teenagers, teachers losing the battle to shepherd students to class and security... Read more

By Claire McDaniel December 5, 2013

Voices

Though unconventional, Bitcoin still a viable currency

There’s a lot of hype revolving around Bitcoin, the de-centralized virtual currency that has fueled illegal drug websites, gained over 300 dollars in value over a span of 15 days,... Read more

By Juan Goncalves December 5, 2013

Page 13 Cartoons

Jack DeGioia at Leo’s Thanksgiving: Truthful and belligerent

By Hamilton Steve November 21, 2013

Features

Capital Cannabis: The campaign to legalize marijuana in Washington, D.C.

A poll conducted by Public Policy Polling released last April found that 63 percent of D.C. residents would support legalizing marijuana and regulating its sale for adults. Moreover, 75 percent of D.C. residents would approve of decriminalization. Despite the obstacles and potential pitfalls, marijuana activists remain confident that they can change the law via a 2014 referendum. With other states eyeing legalization in 2014, D.C. could both provide a symbolic victory to pro-marijuana activists and serve as a model for how the rest of the country should proceed.

By Connor Jones November 21, 2013

All The Way: Devotion is a lost art

There is an epidemic plaguing the sports world that no one appears to have noticed. It has nothing to do with concussions, steroids, illegal hits, or J.R. Smith’s Twitter account.... Read more

By Brendan Crowley November 21, 2013

Women’s soccer to face No. 1 UVA

The Georgetown Women’s Soccer team (16-2-2, 7-1-1 Big East) used Shaw Field to their advantage on Saturday, beating LaSalle (15-5-3, 5-2-1 Atlantic-10) by a score of 2-0 in the first... Read more

By Kevin Huggard November 21, 2013