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Too little, too late: Women’s Basketball falters in tough loss to No. 15 Villanova

Plagued by shooting woes, Georgetown’s women’s basketball team (12-12, 5-10 BIG EAST) fell to No. 15 Villanova (21-4, 12-2 BIG EAST) 82-53 on Wednesday night. The Hoyas were led by... Read more

By Katherine Hawes February 10, 2023

Halftime Sports

Voice Sports Predicts Super Bowl LVII

Super Bowl LVII will take place this Sunday, February 12, with kickoff scheduled for 6:30pm at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. The Kansas City Chiefs, led by experienced quarterback... Read more

By Bradshaw Cate, Sam Lynch, Andrew Arnold, Henry Skarecky and Maanasi Chintamani February 9, 2023

GUPR sit-ins resume in Healy following university’s inconclusive report

GUPR resumed its sit-in after the investigation of the racist hate crime perpetrated against LaHannah Giles came back inconclusive.

By Yihan Deng, Graham Krewinghaus and Meriam Ahmad February 9, 2023

Glass Onion adds a new layer to the conventional murder mystery

Director Rian Johnson was faced with an undeniable challenge this time around: how to make a satisfying sequel after such a strong first installment.

By Hailey Wharram February 8, 2023

Latest antisemitic graffiti results in outburst of support, community Havdalah celebration

The latest in a slew of targeted antisemitic violence, antisemitic graffiti was discovered on campus on Jan. 22 by several Darnall residents.

By Nora Scully February 7, 2023

Voices

Reimagining Club Culture

I want to look back at my experience with Georgetown’s club culture—one of dismay, frustration, and disillusionment—and center on the upsides of open-app student associations, which I hope will become a bigger part of Georgetown’s future.

By Barrett Ahn February 7, 2023

The Last of Us: A terrifying exhibition of a brutal apocalypse

A disheveled child stumbles through a New England forest. Clad in tattered clothes and dirty green sneakers, the boy comes to a ledge and peers out at his destination: Boston.... Read more

By Zachary Warren February 7, 2023

Could’ve, should’ve, would’ve: Men’s Basketball loses close match-up to UConn

The Georgetown Hoyas men’s basketball team (6-18, 1-12 BIG EAST) fell to the UConn Huskies (18-6, 7-6 BIG EAST) on Saturday afternoon at Capital One Arena. While the matchup was... Read more

By Tim Tan and Gautham Pillai February 6, 2023

Students hold candlelight vigil to honor Tyre Nichols’ life

Students held a vigil in Red Square on Feb. 5 to honor the life of Tyre Nichols, a Black man who was beaten to death by police last month.

By Andrea Ho February 6, 2023

D.C. Council overrides mayor’s veto of criminal code reform

The D.C. Council voted 12-1 to override Mayor Muriel Bowser’s veto of the District’s criminal code reform bill on Jan. 17.

By Yihan Deng February 6, 2023

Leisure

One With Eternity brings Kusama’s polka-dotted vision of “self-obliteration” to the Hirshhorn

Kusama imposes a dissolution of the self upon the experiencer through her multidimensional works, as one feels like they are being absorbed and incorporated into the art.

By Christine Ji February 5, 2023

You’ll never be the same after After

One cursed weekend last February, my friends and I made a life-altering decision: to marathon the After movies. What we witnessed was a plot disaster propped up by toxic masculinity... Read more

By Caroline Samoluk February 5, 2023

The Voice predicts the 2023 GRAMMYs

Album of the Year by Maanasi Chintamani Prediction: RENAISSANCE, Beyoncé Should Win: RENAISSANCE, Beyoncé This year’s Album of the Year nominations leave much to be desired, from puzzling omissions—like... Read more

By Adora Adeyemi, Ajani Jones, Maya Kominsky and Maanasi Chintamani February 5, 2023

Kaleidoscope tries a little bit of everything and struggles with it all

Content warning: This article references racist and xenophobic rhetoric. Author’s note: I watched the show in this order: “Yellow,” “Orange,” “Red,” “Pink,” “Green,” “Violet,” “Blue,” and “White.” Netflix’s newest heist... Read more

By Eileen Chen February 5, 2023

Editorials

Republicans, mind your own House: Respect D.C.’s autonomy

The District deserves autonomy from the personal political wishlists of an overwhelmingly and disproportionately white, male Congress/

By the Editorial Board February 4, 2023

Opinion

Heroin chic and the price of beauty

Supermodel Bella Hadid left very little of her svelte figure to the imagination as she walked the runway in a dress spray-painted upon her nearly naked body for Paris Fashion Week last October. The message is clear: Big asses and boobs are out, protruding collar bones and wrist bones are in.

By Christine Ji February 4, 2023

Leisure

Turn Every Page documents a legendary literary duo’s fear of legacy, mortality, and … semicolons?

Gottlieb showcases her artistic talent through this emotional journey of their respective lives, legacy, and love

By Sofia Kemeny February 4, 2023

Halftime Sports

Cashing out: How D.C. students and residents alike are navigating stringent District sports betting laws

On Super Bowl Sunday, four-time Super Bowl champion tight end Rob Gronkowski will attempt a field goal live on-air as part of a promotion by FanDuel Sportsbook to give out... Read more

By Henry Skarecky February 4, 2023

More of the same as Men’s Basketball falls to Creighton

On Wednesday, Georgetown men’s basketball (6-17, 1-11 BIG EAST) lost convincingly to the Creighton Bluejays (14-8, 8-3 BIG EAST), 53-63, in Capital One Arena. The game was only their second... Read more

By Graham Krewinghaus February 3, 2023

Features

“Involuntary founders”: the missing people in Georgetown’s memory work

Addressing and acknowledging the university’s history of slavery is intimately intertwined with developing ways to actively memorialize the people it enslaved.

By Franziska Wild February 3, 2023

Voices

After Lunar New Year gun violence, I devote myself to grief

Perhaps it’s mere human instinct to measure ourselves by shared tragedies, but there’s something brutal about the unregulated bullet being a defining genre of timestamp for our generation.

By Max Zhang February 3, 2023

For the authenticity of Ching Ching Cha to stay after rent hike, it had to leave Georgetown

Since 1998, there was only one shop owner in Georgetown who would sit with you for the time it takes to finish a hot cup of tea. Now, following unprecedented rent hikes, Ching Ching Cha is moving to Dupont Circle.

By Angelena Bougiamas and Joanna Li February 3, 2023

Podcasts

Post Pitch: Involuntary Founders

Welcome back to Post Pitch. This week, Features Editor Franziska Wild expands upon the themes of her article: “‘Involuntary founders’: the missing people in Georgetown’s memory work.” This podcast introduces... Read more

By Franziska Wild February 3, 2023