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GUSA News Brief 2/21: A GUSA town hall!

Welcome to yet another GUSA News Brief! Today’s brief covers GUSA’s Feb. 21 town hall, where GUSA and university leadership offered updates on several university projects and attendees had a... Read more

By February 22, 2025

New Writers Issue

D.C. chefs step up to support survivors of the Southern California wildfires

In light of the wildfires in and around Los Angeles last month, at least five D.C. restaurants took action in recent weeks to support affected victims, stepping up through organized... Read more

By February 22, 2025

News

“Heaven opened its mouth and cried with us”: Georgetown community remembers hostages killed by Hamas

For Georgetown Rabbi Ilana Zietman, it was really hard to look at her two boys yesterday morning, after the return of deceased hostages held by Hamas to Israel. “While I... Read more

By February 21, 2025

News

Black Movement Dance Theatre’s spring production, “Eternal Roots,” creates conversation and connection

Audience whispers filled up the Davis Performing Arts Center’s Gonda Theatre as the lights dimmed on Feb. 14 and 15. In an 80-minute runtime, a production featuring intertwined bodies, pleas... Read more

By February 20, 2025

Voices

Beyond our bubble: Unpacking D.C.’s disparities

The “Georgetown bubble” is very real—we say it all the time. We often admit that our university operates as its own little isolated community within a neighborhood that’s already secluded... Read more

By February 20, 2025

Sports

Peavy pandemonium takes Capital One as Hoyas pull past Providence

Georgetown men’s basketball (16-10, 7-8 BIG EAST) bullied the Providence Friars (12-15, 6-10 BIG EAST) to a 93-72 win on Feb. 19 at Capital One Arena. Despite the absence of... Read more

By February 19, 2025

Sports

Hoya Baseball holds back George Mason with 15-14 win

In a four-hour game on Feb. 18, the Georgetown Hoyas baseball team (2-2, BIG EAST) managed to put away the George Mason Patriots (1-3, Atlantic 10) 15-14. The length of... Read more

By February 19, 2025

News

D.C. Explained: The mayor, statehood, neighborhood meetings, and all the oddities of D.C. local government

D.C.’s local government, tasked with everything from housing policy to making sure the bus comes on time, can be just as impactful on students’ lives as what happens on Capitol... Read more

By February 19, 2025

News

Meet Georgetown’s new ANC Commissioners: Knox Graham (SFS ’27) and Peter Sloniewsky (CAS ’27)

In January, dozens of new members joined D.C.’s local government, including two Georgetown sophomores who were sworn into Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 2E, which represents the Georgetown, Burleith, and Hillandale... Read more

By February 18, 2025

Sports

This week in baseball: Georgetown gets a late Valentine’s gift at Presbyterian College

Georgetown baseball (1-2, BIG EAST) took just one game of their three-game series against the Presbyterian College Blue Hose (2-1, Big South). The Hoyas opened the season on the road... Read more

By and February 18, 2025

In the District

Glowbar opens new D.C. location: one’s just never enough

Rightfully nestled between a Whole Foods Market and a vegan restaurant, a new Glowbar location has found its home in D.C.’s Logan Circle.

By February 18, 2025

News

Obituary: Elizabeth Keys (LAW ’20) “loved deeply and was deeply loved”

Elizabeth Keys (LAW ’20), a D.C. attorney and proud Georgetown alumna, died on Jan. 29. It was her 33rd birthday.  Keys was a passenger on American Airlines flight 5342 from... Read more

By February 17, 2025

Voices

What if it was the journey and the destination? Giving D.C. public transit a second chance

Beads of sweat run down my face and soak my shirt. Onlookers would probably assume I just ran a marathon across the city or am returning from one of D.C.’s... Read more

By February 17, 2025

Features

“D.C. sold them up the river”: 24 years after the D.C. prison closed, advocates debate what’s next

Colie “Shaka” Long was born and raised in Washington, D.C., but in 1996, he was incarcerated and forced to leave “his city.” He didn’t return free until 26 years later.... Read more

By February 17, 2025

Halftime Sports

On the brink of history: Ovechkin inches closer to Gretzky’s legendary 894 goals

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is closing in on the National Hockey League’s (NHL) all-time career goal-scoring record. On Feb. 4, he scored an empty-net goal with 0.1 seconds left... Read more

By February 16, 2025

Leisure

A guide to D.C.’s lesser-known museums

There are over 200 museums in D.C.—hidden gems that speak to a plethora of cultures, histories, and stories that deserve a little extra love.

By and February 16, 2025

Sports

Georgetown loses as No. 24/25 Creighton’s threes fly high in Omaha

Georgetown women’s basketball (11-14, 4-10 BIG EAST) lost big versus the No. 24/25 Creighton Bluejays (21-4, 13-1 BIG EAST) 70-48 on Feb. 15. After the Hoyas gave the Bluejays some... Read more

By February 15, 2025

Sports

Sorber injury and foul trouble doom Hoyas in loss at Butler

Georgetown men’s basketball (15-10, 6-8 BIG EAST) lost by double digits to the Butler Bulldogs (12-13, 5-9 BIG EAST) 97-86 at Hinkle Fieldhouse on Feb. 15. Despite the Hoyas’ core-four... Read more

By February 15, 2025

Halftime Sports

Reparo! How do we fix the Wizards?

Our Washington Wizards need to rebuild. The team is 9-43 so far this season, dead last in the NBA, and on pace to break the franchise’s record for most losses... Read more

By and February 15, 2025

Halftime Leisure

Top 10 leisurely activities in D.C.

D.C. is teeming with rich history, and you shouldn't pass up the opportunity to explore it. You can peruse the original U.S. Constitution.

By , , and February 15, 2025

News

Workers at five D.C. restaurants attempt to unionize, fighting for “rights, respect, and benefits”

Le Diplomate is a bustling high-end spot, consistently making lists of the District’s top restaurants. The popular Logan Circle restaurant brings in about $26.7 million in revenue a year—but workers... Read more

By and February 15, 2025

News

“Revitalization” or a “death sentence”? Activists and residents push back on city’s Chinatown plans

On the first weekend of the lunar calendar, visitors gathered at a church near D.C.’s Chinatown to celebrate Lunar New Year, enjoying a lion dance performance as volunteers dished out... Read more

By February 15, 2025

News

The show goes on for co-curricular theater groups after Davis Center flooding

On Jan. 20, the lower two levels of the Davis Performing Arts Center (DPAC), home to Georgetown’s Department of Performing Arts and Theater and Performance Studies programs, flooded after a... Read more

By February 14, 2025

News

Law Center’s LGBTQ+ student group denounces Federalist Society debate, hosts counter event

On Jan. 27, Outlaw, an LGBTQ+ affinity group at the Georgetown University Law Center, posted a petition denouncing an event hosted by the Federalist Society. Outlaw later protested the event—a... Read more

By February 14, 2025

Voices

Ask Voices – Valentine’s Day Edition

This Valentine’s Day, the opinion section decided to do what we do best: give unfounded love advice and, of course, lots of opinions to some totally real hopeless romantics from... Read more

By , , , and February 14, 2025