News Commentary

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News Commentary

What are you gonna do with a philosophy degree?

I’m a philosophy major, so some may be surprised to hear that being a blue-haired barista at a café after graduation isn’t part of my five-year plan. Explaining to friends... Read more

By November 15, 2025

News Commentary

“The Jane Goodall Rules”

On Oct. 1, we were called to reflect on the legacy of our “Messenger of Hope,” Dr. Jane Goodall. After she died from old age on Oct. 1, 2025, her... Read more

By November 2, 2025

News Commentary

The Kennedy Center: A new battleground in the culture war over drag

Less than three weeks into his presidency, President Donald Trump ousted billionaire philanthropist David Rubenstein as chair of the Kennedy Center Board of Trustees and removed longtime president Deborah Rutter,... Read more

By June 1, 2025

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One year in, the First Fellows program continues to give first-generation students community

Entering college as a first-generation student can be intimidating—to say the least. I’m often surrounded by people who are knowledgeable about everything college-related, whereas I know very little. As a... Read more

By April 22, 2025

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A sobering reality: You don’t have to drink to have fun

After nearly a full year as a college student, I can confidently describe myself as a peer pressure warrior.  I’m no stranger to spending nights with my friends in Dupont... Read more

By March 28, 2025

News Commentary

Rangila 30 builds on three decades of South Asian community, growth, and vision

When students today think of Rangila, bright costumes, twinkling lights, and rowdy cheers from the audience of Gaston Hall may come to mind. However, 30 years ago, for the show’s... Read more

By and November 22, 2024

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Growth through faith: A half-century of voices for queer belonging at Georgetown

Growing up attending Catholic school in Colombia, Esteban Morales Herrera (CLAS ’24) was bullied for his queerness as young as 11 years old. Later, at his Catholic undergraduate university, there... Read more

By October 26, 2024

News Commentary

Southern students of color reflect on misconceptions and belonging at Georgetown

Stepping foot on Georgetown’s campus just over two months ago, I never realized my background as a Kentuckian would grow into an integral part of my identity. I call Louisville,... Read more

By October 25, 2024

Features

The Rats Don’t Run This City, But Neither Do We

While Georgetown University may have just introduced its new, living, Jack the Bulldog, the Hilltop’s unofficial mascot also remains alive and well. Maybe it’s time we abandon our Hoya moniker... Read more

By December 16, 2023

Features

Out with the new, in with the old: How the Georgetown Flea Market offers collectables and community

A Sunday morning walk down 34th Street and Wisconsin Avenue in Georgetown can be dizzying for the unsuspecting pedestrian.  On any other day of the week, they would be greeted... Read more

By October 6, 2023

Features

In wake of gun violence in D.C. and on college campuses, students and activists seek out change

As classes started at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) this August, college students went into lockdown after a graduate student shot and killed associate professor Zijie... Read more

By and September 23, 2023

Features

Despite dilapidation in Chinatown, D.C.’s Chinese American community continues to thrive

Between Fifth and Eighth streets and along H and I streets lies what remains of D.C.’s Chinatown. The Friendship Arch, which was built in the style of Qing-dynasty architecture, marks... Read more

By and September 9, 2023

News Commentary

Validating communities: Exploring queer joy at Georgetown

But actually entering Georgetown’s queer community revealed a landscape of identity and experience far more diverse and complex than one affinity group chat for queer people or just a “very gay” university.

By April 18, 2023

News Commentary

Beyond fleeting joy, Black art is more than the antithesis of pain

Black art made of the mundane is rarely celebrated. Rather, when it comes to representing Black lives, it is art that draws from both personal and systemic forms of suffering that is given precedence.

By April 18, 2023

News Commentary

How the medical housing process reinforces ableism at Georgetown

There’s an unmatched agony I associate with the university housing process.

By April 29, 2022

News Commentary

More Georgetown graduates go into consulting than any other field. Why?

Statistically, there’s a 1 in 3 chance that I, albeit a CULP major in the SFS, will go into consulting or banking.

By March 20, 2022

News Commentary

Welcome to Surveillance University, where privacy no longer matters

When Allemai Dagnatchew (SFS ’22) began her final semester of college, the last thing she wanted to worry about was digital privacy.

By February 19, 2022

Features

SHIP was supposed to bring sophomores together, but some were left out

My decision to get a summer job instead of seizing the early opportunity to take in-person classes at Georgetown isolated me from my classmates as we came together for the first time.

By October 8, 2021

News Commentary

GERMS: Overworked, overcommitted, and underpaid

Thousands of Georgetown students returned to campus in full force this fall, but when in need, many face limited access to emergency services.  Georgetown Emergency Response Medical Service (GERMS) announced... Read more

By September 20, 2021

Features

Where have all the students gone? How leave of absence policies hinder student wellness

In the face of mental illness or medical emergency, a growing number of college students are taking a leave of absence. Often, it doesn't help.

By and September 11, 2021