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Ranking every Thanksgiving episode from Friends

The holiday season brings a plethora of festive movies and TV shows, but it typically skips over Thanksgiving, a holiday that is often overlooked in the transition between Halloween and... Read more

By November 25, 2021

News

GUSA discusses winter break support for students, elects FinApp adjuncts and liaisons

GUSA elected a new slate of adjuncts and liaisons to the Finance and Appropriations (FinApp) committee as well as an Ethics and Oversight Senate Representative, and discussed how to provide... Read more

By November 25, 2021

News

Sustainability challenges at Leo’s incite student action

Leos has always created questions and confusion for students: what to eat? who to sit with? how to not sit alone? And now: where to throw away your waste after... Read more

By and November 23, 2021

News

Incarcerated persons in D.C. jail transferred due to mistreatment

An unannounced inspection of the D.C. jail, formally known as the Central Detention Facility (CDF), resulted in the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) determining that the conditions of the jail do... Read more

By November 23, 2021

News

“Women’s rights are human rights”: Library exhibition highlights U.N. Fourth World Conference on Women

In 1995, Hillary Clinton declared “women’s rights are human rights” at the U.N. Fourth World Conference on Women. Over 25 years later, Lauinger Library has debuted an exhibition about this... Read more

By November 23, 2021

News

Georgetown celebrates its 8th annual Latinx Heritage month

Latinx Heritage Month celebrations at Georgetown and nationwide ended on Oct. 15. Officially recognized at Georgetown since 2014, the month consisted of events held by different Latinx clubs and associations... Read more

By November 23, 2021

Sports

Hoyas move on in NCAA Tournament, Providence rubber match on deck

Georgetown took down Georgia St on Sunday behind goals from Polvara and Riviere. Providence looms in the 3rd round.

By November 22, 2021

Sports

Hoyas lose in heartbreaking fashion to Columbia

After clawing their way back into the game, the Georgetown women's basketball team fell to Columbia in double overtime on Sunday.

By November 22, 2021

Sports

Hoyas continue to gel; rout Siena 

A Don Carey revenge game against Siena shows the Hoyas still have work to do but are able to win through adversity.

By November 20, 2021

Halftime Leisure

Busting down the closet door: the weaponization of coming-out in queer media

For many queer youth, “coming out of the closet” is treated as the ultimate milestone, a crucial step before one is able to truly live their life with pride. The... Read more

By November 20, 2021

Halftime Leisure

The Weekly List: Best New Lyrics from Red (Taylor’s Version)

In 2019, Taylor Swift revealed her plan to re-record her first six albums due to an ongoing legal battle over her masters. Fast forward two years, and now millions of... Read more

By November 20, 2021

News

More than a line: D.C.’s most recent redistricting debate

This tension represents the latest political scuffle in a city long defined by racial segregation and unequal access.

By November 20, 2021

Halftime Sports

One team, two cities?

The Tampa Bay Rays have only ever called Tampa Bay home. The baseball team has put down roots in a community that has rallied around it in moments of triumph... Read more

By November 20, 2021

Editorials

Georgetown knows how to improve mental healthcare—it just hasn’t done it

It’s that time of the semester. Students, overwhelmed by midterms, burnout, and personal challenges, need mental health resources. The collegiate conversation around mental health happens like clockwork: Students call for... Read more

By the November 20, 2021

Features

The D.C. Peace Team is a homegrown alternative to the police

The DC Peace Team offers a model of security without armed force, one based on de-escalation, community trust, and restorative justice.

By November 20, 2021

Sports

Georgetown gutted, falls to Santa Clara in second round of NCAA tournament

After a season with so much promise, Georgetown women's soccer fell to Santa Clara 2-1 in overtime on Friday.

By November 19, 2021

Voices

It’s time we embrACE asexuality in our education system

While the same lack of resources that I’ve faced in researching my own sexuality will make it hard to create a full curriculum for asexuality, that doesn’t mean it can’t be done. This curriculum must explore the fact that asexuality is a spectrum with no set level of sexual attraction experienced by every ace person.

By November 19, 2021

Voices

Georgetown’s dining infrastructure fails to justify the high cost of the mandatory meal plan

It is clear that the university has not given Hoya Hospitality the infrastructure to feed approximately three quarters of the undergraduate student body, and the administration should thus free upperclassmen of the meal plan requirements.

By November 19, 2021

Sports

Title talk: Comparing the 2019 and 2021 men’s soccer team

As Georgetown men's soccer gets set to play in the NCAA Tournament, see how they stack up against their 2019 version that won it all.

By November 19, 2021

Performance

Cabaret blurs the line between reality and performance

nomadictheatre and the Theater and Performance Studies (TPST) program have made their co-produced return to the stage with a Broadway classic, spectacular ambience, and a whole lot of glitter. Audiences... Read more

By November 19, 2021

News

Stuffed animals, stickers, and hope at D.C.’s youth vaccination clinics

At 3:25 p.m. on a Wednesday, a line of families trails out of the Kennedy Recreation Center in Shaw. Parents stand patiently, but their kids are doing any one of... Read more

By November 19, 2021

Voices

Dear YA authors, I want my femininity back

The truth is, the traits these characters lacked, the ones treated as impediments to success, were exactly the ones associated with traditional femininity: emotionality, vulnerability, and empathy.

By November 19, 2021

News

Georgetown team develops Bibti, an app to assist in reducing sexual assault

Content warning: This article discusses sexual assault. At the final round of Georgetown’s Bark Tank competition earlier this month, a team led by Emily Owen (GHD ’21) presented Bibti, an... Read more

By November 18, 2021

News

Hoya Hub partners with The Corp to combat food insecurity on campus

As students have returned to in-person classes this semester, a troubling feature of Georgetown’s on-campus college life has returned as well: food insecurity. In response, The Corp and the Hoya... Read more

By November 18, 2021

News

GUSA swears in the newly elected senators and elects new leadership for the 16th Senate

The GUSA Senate swore in the newly elected senators and held elections for Senate leadership positions at their meeting on Nov. 14. Leo Rassieur (COL ’22) and Rowlie Flores (COL... Read more

By November 18, 2021