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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

Christie’s got 99 problems and Bridgegate’s one

The residents of Fort Lee, NJ aren’t the only ones in a jam after the apparently politically motivated closure of their town’s bridge. The ensuing bickering, dubbed “Bridgegate” by the... Read more

By Chandini Jha January 16, 2014

Healy Pub plans move forward despite Brogan’s departure

University administrators confirmed this week that plans for the New South Student Center Pub will move forward despite former vendor Fritz Brogan’s (COL ‘07, LAW ‘10) decision to withdraw from... Read more

By Shalina Chatlani January 16, 2014

No Pants Metro riders embrace life, liberty, and the breeze

Boxer-briefs fluttering in the breeze, I stood in Hancock Park just across the street from L’Enfant Plaza awaiting the call to action. Capitol Improv was hosting the seventh annual No... Read more

By Benjamin Jury January 16, 2014

City on a Hill: Cooperation, not gentrification

Talking about gentrification in D.C. has just about become passe. It’s not that young professionals and other high earners pushing long-standing District residents out of their neighborhoods is suddenly not... Read more

By Gavin Bade January 16, 2014

Carrying On: “Victim” label not an identity

We’ve heard nearly every side of the debate about how to properly treat sexual assault perpetrators and victims, but one. Victim-blaming, slut-shaming, we’ve heard it all. But we shouldn’t press... Read more

By Ana Smith January 16, 2014

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Hoyas’ New Year Resolutions

By Dylan Cutler January 16, 2014

A Mouthful of Birds gives audiences something to chew on

Dionysus conjures the image of a smiling man with a flowing black beard, passing around grapes and dancing through the forest. As the Greek god of wine, festivities, and theater,... Read more

By Elizabeth Baker January 16, 2014

Bridging the Gibraltar, Catch 15 hits DC

A sensational mix of Spanish and Moroccan, the Mediterranean wares of Catch 15 will hook the most elegant of tastes. You can find it just a block from the Farragut... Read more

By Emilia Brahm January 16, 2014

Ralph Fiennes’s The Invisible Woman, a tale of two biddies

Some imagine Charles Dickens sitting in front of a Victorian desk, armed with quill and parchment, creating his masterpieces. A few might even envision him reciting sections of his work... Read more

By Emmanuel Elone January 16, 2014

Eating Out: Slow and steady eating

“It’s ze power of ze chocolat, no?” the French stranger asked me. I had just dropped a heavy jar of chocolate spread on the table with a massive clatter, and... Read more

By Sabrina Kayser January 16, 2014

Deadbeats: Don’t sell yourself short

I really like Brand New. No, that’s an understatement. I worship Brand New. I started listening to them in the middle of high school, and they form the basis of... Read more

By Rhiannon Greene January 16, 2014