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Saxa Politica: Kegging it back to campus

Last week, Vice President for Student Affairs Todd Olson lifted the years-old ban on having multiple kegs in University-owned housing. While Olson’s move is the most recent in the first... Read more

Voices

GenderFunk a crass caricature of a complex trans identity

Last weekend, students and community members gathered in New South’s Riverside Lounge for GU Pride’s annual GenderFunk. It’s a night of fun, dancing, friendship, and yes, drag. This year’s line-up... Read more

Voices

Even gun lovers can support sensible, moderate regulation

I like guns. There’s something satisfying—like the fizz of an opened can of Cherry Coke on a hot summer day—about squeezing the 6lb trigger of an AR-15 and hitting the... Read more

Voices

Medical discrimination: Handicapped left for dead

Imagine your doctor suggesting that instead of receiving treatment for a potentially fatal but otherwise treatable condition, you should consider an alternative—death. For most people reading this piece, such a... Read more

Voices

Carrying On: Adversity’s afterglow

Last week’s tragedies in Boston and West Texas caused many to reflect on what they have to be grateful for in their lives. It was a time to ponder the... Read more

Editorials

University should fully embrace Gtown Day

Last Thursday,Todd Olson agreed to student demands to repeal the one-keg restriction at campus parties, calling the measure a reasonable and promising approach to bringing student social life back onto campus. Though the keg ban was a misguided policy from the beginning, we applaud Olson’s decision to recognize the on-campus social scene.

Editorials

Congressional spending cuts threaten Hoyas

Although Georgetown’s comparatively small endowment limits its ability to award financial aid, the shortfall is made up in federal aid in the form of Pell Grants, work-study, and student loans. Unfortunately, because of the deep discretionary spending cuts represented by the sequester, in the coming year Georgetown will suffer $117,417 in cuts...

Editorials

Media, politicians miss mark on Boston tragedy

As the nation reeled from the shock of last Monday’s Boston Marathon bombing, and even now as it begins to heal, American media sources have not only failed in their mission to keep the public informed, but also in their duty to simultaneously uphold the standard of decency and sensitivity towards victims required by such a tragedy.

Leisure

Critical Voices: Snoop Lion, Reincarnated

Artists at times choose to reinvent themselves—a procedure that pleases some fans and alienates others. Occasionally, however, the journey off the beaten path leads straight into a brick wall. Reincarnated after a cross-species evolution from Snoop Dogg, Snoop Lion makes a clearly marked wrong turn into reggae. “Love is the cure and courage is the weapon / You can use to overcome,” Snoop Lion moans on “Rebel Way,” the opening track. The same advice can be applied to attempting to successfully listen to the entire album in one sitting.

Leisure

Critical Voices: Phoenix, Bankrupt!

In its first album since emerging into the forefront of the music scene with hit-filled Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix in 2009, Phoenix takes a slight gamble with Bankrupt! as the band attempts to achieve the delicate balance between pushing artistic boundaries and embracing its relatively recent surge into mainstream music. Despite the stark similarities in sound and structure, Bankrupt! diverges from its predecessor in that it exhibits less cohesion and more confusion, particularly in its lyrics. However, the musical veterans do not disappoint in this amalgamation of recognizable vocals and excedingly synthesized sounds.

Leisure

Under the Covers: A chat with Josip Novakovich

Josip Novakovich is a writer of short stories, essays, and novels, with many published to popular acclaim. He was recently shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize for “literary excellence… in a writer’s entire body of work.” Born in Yugoslavia in 1956, Novakovich grew up in Daruvar, in what is now central Croatia.

Features

Friday Night Plights: The health concerns of club athletes

The medical attention given to club programs is not held to the same standards as that given to their varsity counterparts. Although it has been a concern, these athletes are not given access to a trainer—considered an essential resource at advanced levels of competition.

News

Workers silenced on Leo’s issues, call for new committee

Although students have spaces to voice concerns about Leo's issues, the ability of workers to do so is limited by Aramark and District policy.

News

Changes to intro history requirement

The College is changing its gen. ed. history requirement by replacing one of the previously mandated general survey classes with a history focus course.

News

Leads yes, suspects no

According to Chief of DPS, Jay Gruber, DPS is currently pursuing several leads in its investigation of the vandalism in Dahlgren Chapel.

News

Campus survey will help plan 20 years of development

The Georgetown master planning survey will allow the University to incorporate student opinion into the campus development plan for the next 20 years.

News

City on a Hill: Silverman the golden vote

On April 23, Washingtonians will vote on a referendum to secure budget autonomy for the District, and also to fill an at-large seat on the D.C. Council

Sports

Georgetown Boxing Club showcases national talent

After 8 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays, if a student chooses to leave the shelter of their dorm and bravely venture into Leo’s Down Under, they may find themselves rubbing elbows with one of the most underappreciated, dedicated sports programs on campus. Following a long practice of “keeping calm and dropping bombs,” the members of the co-ed Georgetown Boxing Club like to cool down by heading to late night for a family dinner. The relationships forged between these teammates on the Hilltop ring give a whole new meaning to the term “tough love.”

Sports

The Sports Sermon: The Gentle Way at Georgetown

Georgetown is all about world-class programs. From finance to athletics, we take great pride in being ranked alongside the best. Among the celebrated top tier programs here on the Hilltop resides yet another notable group of competitors—the Washington Judo Club, which includes members from the University and surrounding community. The club has been producing nationally acclaimed competitors under the instruction of venerable coaches for over half a century. As a novice member of the club, being thrown week after week by these competitors has been a lesson in personal development.

Leisure

Georgetown student filmmakers search for their Muse

Spending a Saturday afternoon in the bioethics library isn’t atypical for Georgetown students, except if you have a camera and a crew of 10 people trying to turn it into a film set. Whispering directions to his two actors, Alex Waldon (COL ’15) and Taylor Mansmann (COL ’15), Andres Figueredo (COL ’13) is in the middle of shooting a scene for his Film & Media Studies thesis project, Muse, and attempting to avoid the wrath of the librarian in the process.

Sports

Women’s lacrosse finally falters in Big East

After defeating Marquette (2-12) 13-7 in Milwaukee this past Friday, the No. 8 Georgetown women’s lacrosse team (9-3, 3-1 Big East) completed their Midwestern road trip in South Bend , Ind. on Sunday with a 13-12 loss at the hands of No. 6 Notre Dame (11-1, 5-1 Big East). Despite three goals by senior midfielder Sophia Thomas, as well as two apiece from senior midfielder Kelsi Bozel and junior midfielder Meghan Farrell, the Hoyas failed to complete a last-minute comeback.

Sports

Double-Teamed: Sport in its simplest sense

Sept. 11 did not come to my mind on Monday, at least not initially. Instead, my mind wandered to 10 days after that fateful day in 2001, to September 21. That day, Mike Piazza and the Mets resurrected New York City’s vibrancy from the horrors of the attack on the World Trade Center. For about three hours, people around the city and the nation were afforded an escape from it all. Piazza’s game-winning homerun that day simply topped an incredibly unifying day.

Sports

Men’s lax lacking discipline

Despite gaining momentum after a dramatic 14-13 overtime win against St. John’s (7-4, 2-3 Big East) on April 6, the Georgetown men’s lacrosse team (5-7, 2-2 Big East) couldn’t hang on to a 4-goal lead this past Monday against No. 4 Notre Dame.

Leisure

Company You Keep: Not what it seems

Terrorists aren’t oceans away; they are in our midst. The radical freedom fighters that were born out of ‘60s rebellion are on full display in The Company You Keep, an enthralling though not quite fully satisfying reminder that this term, which was still used only once in the film, is but a name for ideological fierceness and misguided passions that have a role in this country’s history as much as that of any foreign land.