Rebecca Zaritsky

Columns

Open Access: A Collective Culture of Trauma

A friend of mine is making out with a guy on her hall when she asks him to keep his hands above her clothes. He doesn’t listen, so she moves... Read more

By November 18, 2016

News

Georgetown students attend Wendy’s boycott march

On Oct. 30, the university’s chapter of the Student Farmworker Alliance (SFA) attended a march from the White House to a Wendy’s on New York Avenue in order to protest... Read more

By November 4, 2016

Columns

Open Access: Addressing Addiction in a Campus-Wide Smoking Ban

Smoking isn’t really as cool as it used to be. I can’t say why for certain, though maybe it’s awareness about the health risks, the growing cultural interest in marijuana,... Read more

By October 26, 2016

News

CAPS introduces accesible policies

Over the summer, Georgetown’s Counseling and Psychiatric Services (CAPS) introduced two new policies to increase accessibility. The policies work to lower the cost and increase the anonymity of treatment and... Read more

By October 21, 2016

Columns

Open Access: Making Mental Health a Priority

My friend once told me that his psychiatrist charges $700 per visit, does not take any insurance, has a six month waiting list, and requires booking three visits at once,... Read more

By October 13, 2016

Opinion

Party Culture Shock: Getting Comfortable Around Alcohol

On Friday night, my roommate wakes me up as she walks into our room at 1 a.m. “Sam’s super drunk and we think he’s going to throw up,” she mumbles,... Read more

By October 1, 2016

Columns

Open Access: Is Georgetown Prepped?

Georgetown Health Services has recently begun offering Truvada, more colloquially known as PrEP, to the student body through the Student Health Center. Truvada is a pre-exposure prophylactic drug for HIV.... Read more

By October 1, 2016

Opinion

The Case for Trigger Warnings

This article contains a trigger warning for trigger warnings. Okay, that’s facetious. There has been a lot of backlash against trigger warnings lately, especially at universities. Recently, the University of... Read more

By September 16, 2016