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In California, the leaves are brown and the sky is grey

Stirred by The Mamas & The Papas’ ode to the Golden State, my mom followed her “California dream,” leaving her childhood home in Ohio for San Francisco after graduating college.... Read more

By October 29, 2009

Voices

If I could turn back time: drag queen racing in Dupont Circle

Call me old-fashioned, but I think there’s something special about a middle-aged man wearing a halter-top, garter belt, and high-heeled shoes. Throw in a gimmicky competition that draws a crowd,... Read more

By October 29, 2009

Features

What’s a Hoya? Jack DeGioia

At 9:00 a.m. on a Saturday morning early last April, seventeen Georgetown students gathered in the ornate Hall of Cardinals on the Healy Building’s second floor for an intimate meeting with a man whom most of their peers had only ever seen from a distance. Following greetings from an uncomfortable-looking Daniel Porterfield (COL ‘83), Georgetown’s vice president for strategic affairs, the students—representing campus groups dismayed by the content of The Hoya’s recent April Fools’ Issue—sat down and waited to be joined by the man they were there to see, Georgetown University President John DeGioia.

By October 29, 2009

Leisure

Lez’hur Ledger: D.C.’s haunts

In death, as in life, Andrew Jackson is kind of a dick. At least, that’s what I learned Monday night on my professionally-curated ghost tour of Lafayette Square. Apparently our... Read more

By October 29, 2009

Leisure

Georgetown brews and balls

We Georgetown students work hard all week. On Sundays, there’s no better way to serve the Lord than taking in some football. For those of us over twenty-one, the best... Read more

By October 29, 2009

Leisure

There will be Burtynsky at the Corcoran

My first visit to the Corcoran Gallery of Art was not entirely a success. On the way over, I struggled through sheets of rain only to arrive and find the... Read more

By October 29, 2009

Leisure

Korean carts on K

K Street is an area known principally for its lobbyists and influence peddlers, but within a block of the intersection of 14th and K Street, two Korean food carts hope... Read more

By October 29, 2009

Leisure

Amelia’s plot lost mid-flight

After becoming the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, Amelia Earhart’s 1937 attempt to circumnavigate the globe—ending, of course, with her mysterious disappearance over the Pacific Ocean—made... Read more

By October 29, 2009

Leisure

Bottoms Up: Land of a thousand beers

“A couple of tables a night are overwhelmed with the selection,” Dorlyn Carter, my waitress at The Brickskeller, said. “But if I just take the time to talk them through... Read more

By October 29, 2009

Leisure

Mo’ Fest

Get your whiskers ready, it’s moustache-growing season. Movember, the month previously known as November, is right around the corner. What is Movember, you ask? It’s only the best opportunity to... Read more

By October 29, 2009

Leisure

Critical voices: Real Estate- “Real Estate”

When leaves change color and blanket the ground, even the most summer-obsessed must concede that the warm season is over. Thankfully, Real Estate’s forthcoming, self-titled album captures summertime nostalgia in... Read more

By October 29, 2009

Leisure

Critical voices: Devendra Banheart- “What we will be”

If Devendra Banhart believes that he just plays rock ‘n’ roll, he might need to look at a dictionary. On his newest album, What Will We Be, Banhart showcases the... Read more

By October 29, 2009

Leisure

Troubled troubador or smiling songsmith?

Tortured souls often write the best music. The heartbreak, the sorrow, the deviance, it all boils down to a yearning that, despite being too dramatic for listeners to completely associate... Read more

By October 29, 2009

Editorials

D.C. should avoid streetcar desire

The District Department of Transportation is gearing up for a massive streetcar initiative that would connect all of D.C.’s eight wards through a 37-mile streetcar network, including a line that... Read more

By the October 28, 2009

Editorials

Housing raffle favors the privileged

In a few weeks, the housing lottery will bring nervous upperclassmen to the brink of obsession—leaving them poring over floor plans, holding awkward negotiations with friends, and triple-checking the Office... Read more

By the October 28, 2009

Editorials

DeGioia disconnected from students

Where in the world is President John DeGioia? A quick Google search shows Georgetown’s president popping up worldwide—in China, or in Davos, Switzerland. Very rarely, though, will a student spot... Read more

By the October 28, 2009

News

Shot fired in McDonough bathroom

Alex Thiele (MSB ‘13), the Georgetown student accused of stealing a Park Police officer’s gun and shooting a toilet during Friday’s Midnight Madness pep rally, was released from police custody... Read more

By October 22, 2009

Features

A History of One Night Stands

Midway through Vagabond Improv Comedy’s show on October 18th, the stage in Bulldog Alley in the Leavey Center has turned into utter pandemonium. One performer is beating his chest and hurling another performer onto the floor, while a third is whirling around dizzyingly on one foot, and a fourth is obliviously tying his shoe. It is one of those bizarre, spontaneous scenes that can’t be replicated, a had-to-be-there moment, and the audience is eating it up. For the remainder of the show, students clutch their sides and roar with laughter. By any standard, the performance is a success.

By October 22, 2009

News

Student activities fee reform

This week the Georgetown University Student Association passed the Bill on Student Endowment Interest, which seeks to retain interest accrued on the student activity fee shares of the university endowment.... Read more

By October 22, 2009

News

Update on H1N1

The cases of people at Georgetown reported with Influenza Like Illness (ILI) dropped to about 30 a week in the past two weeks, according to James Welsh, the Assistant VP... Read more

By October 22, 2009

News

DCRA inspects Philly P

Matt Kocak, the owner of Philly Pizza and Grill, says he’s doing everything he can to be a model small-business owner. He spent $250,000 on repairs and improvements when the... Read more

By October 22, 2009

News

Robbery at Cosi

In a robbery that occurred this Sunday, a supervisor at the Cosi Restaurant in the Leavey Center was bound with a cord and forced into a chair by a knife-wielding... Read more

By October 22, 2009

News

City on a Hill: Metro digs deep in empty pockets

With diving suits and other military gear just outside the door, the men and women assembled in the Naval Memorial auditorium Monday night by Councilmember Jim Graham (D-Ward 1) looked... Read more

By October 22, 2009

Voices

Stop minimizing sexual assault

This past March, a friend of mine was raped. The rapist was a student who she knew through a small extracurricular group at her college; she had been hooking up... Read more

By October 22, 2009

Voices

Deb balls & bolo ties: high society in the heart of Texas

Last April I was faced with a difficult decision—to be, or not to be, a Dallas debutante. As the youngest of four, the only daughter, and a member of an... Read more

By October 22, 2009