On Saturday, Oct. 13, John J. DeGioia was inaugurated as Georgetown University’s 48th president. As the first lay president, DeGioia is in a unique position to influence our Catholic identity.... Read more
In this old-school episode of The Wonder Years, Kevin Arnold and his nerd comrade Paul Pfeiffer are sitting on a bus ruminating on future plans after high school. This scene... Read more
Random thoughts while wondering if Bob Brenly could have actually pulled off a suicide squeeze against the Cardinals: Why is everyone so scared of Anthrax? They were a vanguard of... Read more
I felt like an alcoholic. Like people in AA that can never have a drink again because they just don’t trust themselves not to start up again. Mine was not... Read more
This coming Sunday may be the biggest day of my life. What I have waited for since age three is finally happening: I am going to see Michael Jackson live.... Read more
Every week when I religiously read the “Sunday Styles” section in The New York Times, I flip to the page detailing the recent charity galas and auctions in the New... Read more
Before arriving at Georgetown I had dreams of lengthy conversations into the night with an erudite community of committed students. What I got instead was a kinky sexcapade. I wasn’t... Read more
After two successful tournaments for the Georgetown women’s tennis team, it was time for a reality check. At the ECAC Invitational this weekend at Princeton, the Hoyas struggled against their... Read more
Football (2-3, 0-3 Patriot League)?In another miraculous finish up on Kehoe field, the Hoyas defeated Davidson 26-24 on Saturday for their second straight win. Georgetown senior defensive end Eric Speron... Read more
Every Saturday morning I am startled awake at the crack of noon by athletic girls from Visitation Preparatory School obnoxiously exercising their supposed right to hoot and holler in adrenaline-induced... Read more
At schools like Kansas, Duke and Arizona, Midnight Madness has been a rite of passage for college students. Teams debut and scrimmage, and schools gather around to mark the start... Read more
You have 30 minutes to spare. Sure, you could waste it turing on the TV, doing some homework, washing your hair. But, come on, you live in Georgetown, one of... Read more
One of the most important issues at many universities is the interaction between university administration, students and non-student neighbors. At Georgetown, this issue comes up very frequently in the news—whether... Read more
I was recently informed that this humble column’s format has expanded, and it is now my purview to ensure not only that you are appraised of upcoming musical experiences, but... Read more
If you were looking for that sort of on-screen performance that steals your idealism for a couple hours but gives it back to you at the end after the bad... Read more
We always think we have the answers. Everyone has an opinion, and inherent in that opinion is the idea that we know best. If only everybody else just understood matters... Read more
If you like Tool, go buy their new album Lateralus.If you like Tool, psychedelic nightmare video screens and contortednaked acrobats, go see a Tool concert. On Friday of last week,... Read more
It is striking that nothing is able to approximate the truth and depth of human feeling more than those pursuits we take up during our moments of leisure. Movies, books,... Read more
When the Advisory Neighborhood Council approved the Student Bill of Rights last week, the first reaction of most Georgetown students was one of relief. The ANC proposal stated that Georgetown... Read more
The first-year class elected four representatives to the Georgetown University Student Association in an online election last Thursday. Philip Beer (SFS ‘05), Sean Fern (SFS ‘05), Nazareth Haysbert (CAS ‘05)... Read more
Georgetown students have launched an e-mail campaign to contact the D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams about violations of students’ rights in the District. Campaign Georgetown, the watchdog group for off-campus affairs,... Read more
“The most important thing learned is the difference between the new and old terrorist,” said sociology professor William Daddio, who spoke Tuesday to an audience of over 90 faculty members... Read more
