Archive

Extract eludes expectations

Mike Judge knows stupid. In fact, he’s made a career out of reminding us that our neighbors, family, friends, and co-workers are painfully dumb. Dumb enough to make American Idol... Read more

By Chris Heller September 10, 2009

Culottes for you lots: Bobo a go-go

Senior year means big things on the horizon for me. I’ve been doing a lot of growing up and changing over the past few years as I prepare to enter... Read more

By Kathleen Simone September 10, 2009

High Fidelity: A ticket to ride

By the time you pick up this paper (or read it online), millions of children, adolescents, adults, and seniors worldwide will have congregated in dens, dorms, living rooms, and basements... Read more

By Daniel Cook September 10, 2009

Critical Voices – Raekwon: Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Part II

Just going by the album cover, which features Raekwon and partner-in-crime Ghostface Killah recreating the unforgettable pose they struck 14 years ago on the front of their original classic, Only... Read more

By Sean Quigley September 10, 2009

Critical Voices: Drake – So Far Gone EP

You’ve probably heard Drake and his song “Best I Ever Had” at least once, if not two or three times an hour this summer on most pop radio stations. This... Read more

By Joe Mancino September 10, 2009

Hello, reruns

The television DVD set hasn’t been around for a long time, but in its short lifespan, it has changed drastically. Initially, the DVD set of a television series was merely... Read more

By Dan Newman September 10, 2009

Transparency needed on student-centric plans

In the coming months, students will have their say on the University’s Ten Year Plan, according to Vice President for Student Affairs Todd Olson, who said that the administration would... Read more

By Molly Redden September 10, 2009

9/11 remembered: a ringing phone and rising smoke

I don’t like to answer the phone. Even when my caller ID tells me who is calling, my throat still tightens and a small pit forms in my stomach. The... Read more

By Dan Newman September 10, 2009

Features

Freedom of the Press: The Hoya’s struggle to buck the University

On March 31, the day before April Fools’ Day, Max Sarinsky (COL ’09), then chair of The Hoya’s Board of Directors, received an e-mail that his newspaper had been awaiting for over five years and dreaming about for decades more. Meeting in two days, it read. Bring your pens. Let’s make a deal.

By the Editorial Board September 10, 2009

Healthcare, money, and you

Here’s an oft-cited figure in the debate over health care reform: U.S. health care expenditures—16 percent of gross domestic product in 2007—are outpacing GDP growth by so much that the... Read more

By George D'Angelo September 10, 2009

U.S. past point of no return in Afghanistan

In an editorial last Tuesday, Washington Post columnist George Will, a prominent conservative voice, called for “rapidly reversing the trajectory of America’s involvement in Afghanistan.” The piece was plainly titled:... Read more

By Colton Malkerson September 10, 2009

The Nats’ Light

For the powerhouses of Major League Baseball, September holds some of the most important games of the season. But this year, as usual, it’s another meaningless month for the Washington Nationals. The beleaguered franchise has dwelled in the basement of the National League’s Eastern Division for its entire tenure in D.C. (and for most of its stay in Montreal), following occasional flickers of talent with spirit-crushing ineptitude. As the 17,000 who witnessed their 5-2 defeat at the hands of division leader Philadelphia this Tuesday can attest, the last-place Nats are abysmal.

By Sean Quigley September 10, 2009

Hoyas shutout GWU

After their difficult loss to Santa Clara last Sunday, the Georgetown women’s soccer team was able to rebound with a 1-0 victory over crosstown rival George Washington.

By Keith Levinsky September 10, 2009

Editorials

Baseball’s errors can’t be repeated

Although the assistant coach who told his players that they could report a set number hours each week is most to blame, we must question the competence of an athletic director who allowed seven years of such dishonesty to occur unnoticed. We hope that the interim athletic director, Daniel R. Porterfield, will no longer hire coaches who actively go against the often-quoted moral ideals of the University.

By the Editorial Board September 10, 2009

Soccer strikers find the net

It is said that defense wins championships. The Georgetown men’s soccer team (1-1-1) has a stout defense, but going into Sunday’s home game against No. 19 UCLA, the Hoya offense had been struggling.

By Adam Rosenfeld September 10, 2009

Editorials

Healthcare reform, at any cost

Among the options presented to Congress for making effective, affordable healthcare available to every American is the creation of a self-sustaining public option to compete with the insurance companies. A public option undoubtedly lies at the heart of any substantive healthcare reform package. Nonetheless, at this point in Obama’s presidency, it would be nothing short of an absolute disaster for the President (and future efforts at healthcare reform) if he were to fail to accomplish any reform at all.

By the Editorial Board September 10, 2009

The Sports Sermon: Moneyball

Last week, news broke that Georgetown’s baseball program had committed major NCAA violations. Over a period of seven years the university unknowingly paid 26 players tens of thousands of dollars of unearned work-study pay, causing the NCAA to impose strict sanctions, including three years probation for the athletic department.

By Tim Shine September 10, 2009

Georgetown gets set for Saturday night lights

This coming Saturday, Georgetown football (0-1, 0-1 Patriot League) will host the first night game ever played on Multi-Sport Field against Lafayette at 6:00 p.m.

By Tom Bosco September 10, 2009

Editorials

GU needs The Hoya’s independence

As one of only three top 25 universities without an independent paper, Georgetown deserves an autonomous news source. Once the suspension period ends, the University should allow The Hoya to go independent and should extend to it the same conditions stipulated in last year’s agreement. The paper should be allowed to keep its name and be distributed on campus, as it would have if it had been permitted to go independent this year.

By the Editorial Board September 10, 2009

Two students sexually assaulted in one week

A Georgetown student in Village A was sexually assaulted with digital penetration on September 1, according to a police report, following a sexually motivated burglary in the 1200 block of... Read more

By Eric Pilch September 3, 2009

GU finances improving

After seeing its endowment plummet by just over 25 percent and operating deficit projections approach $40 million in the first half of fiscal year 2009, Georgetown closed out the year... Read more

By Sam Sweeney September 3, 2009

Preparing for H1N1

In an attempt to stop the spread of the H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu, Georgetown will ask students with flu-like symptoms to stay in their rooms until their... Read more

By Will Sommer September 3, 2009

On the Record with President John DeGioia

University President John DeGioia sat down with reporters this Tuesday to discuss the 2010 Campus Plan, expanding wireless Internet, the future of the science center, and more. Interview transcribed, edited,... Read more

By Juliana Brint September 3, 2009