Archive

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

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

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

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

DeGioia & Groves talk GU future

President John J. DeGioia and Provost Robert Groves formally launched “Designing the Future(s) of the University,” Georgetown’s new initiative to plan and discuss the future of higher education, Wednesday evening.... Read more

By Daniel Paradis November 21, 2013

Football continues downhill

For the Georgetown football team (1-9, 0-4 Patriot League) and its Head Coach Kevin Kelly, the end of this season couldn’t come any sooner. The Hoyas lost their eighth consecutive... Read more

By Joe Pollicino November 21, 2013

Two voice solution: Campus press obscures dialogue

In a historic address to the American Jewish Committee this past July, Secretary of State John Kerry called on U.S. citizens to build a “great constituency for peace” in support... Read more

By Jake Sorrells November 21, 2013

Men’s basketball looks to big matchups in Puerto Rico

This week, the men’s basketball team (1-1, 0-0 Big East) leaves the continental United States once again to face the next of their non-conference challenges. With more than a week’s... Read more

By Chris Almeida and Brendan Crowley November 21, 2013

Everyone can use the F-word, as long as you’re for women’s rights

Feminism is a dirty word. It accuses and it undermines. It passes judgment. It makes me squirm when I hear it. Frankly, it’s a bitch. I do not feel comfortable... Read more

By Caitriona Pagni November 21, 2013

Interest in CBL courses increases

An increasing number of professors across several Georgetown undergraduate departments are working in conjunction with the Center for Social Justice to incorporate a community-based learning aspect into their courses. The... Read more

By Manuela Tobias November 21, 2013

Georgetown gets diversity, but not in the ways that matter most

Georgetown is great at recruiting an internationally and religiously diverse class, but I can’t comfortably say that this is true of race and socioeconomic status. I’m a product of broken... Read more

By Diandre Sheridan November 21, 2013

Carrying On: Hoyas, you gotta question faith

When I was 14 my maternal grandmother, a devout Catholic, forbade me from reading The Da Vinci Code. She told me that the novel’s plot suggested an alternative history of... Read more

By Sara Ainsworth November 20, 2013

My Campus survey results released

The University administration announced during the Planning 202 forum on Nov. 19 that the Northeast Triangle construction is set to begin in early summer 2014, increasing the number of beds... Read more

By Mary-Bailey Frank November 20, 2013

GU students help the homeless

With winter fast approaching and temperatures falling, Georgetown student groups have been raising support for the homeless people living in the area. As part of Hoya Outreach Programs & Education’s... Read more

By Lara Fishbane November 20, 2013

Students call on Wendy’s to join Fair Food Program

Over 150 student activists marched from the White House to a NoMa Wendy’s restaurant on Nov. 16, where D.C. Fair Food, the regional chapter of the Student Farmworker Alliance, presented... Read more

By Shalina Chatlani November 20, 2013