One of my professors asked my class last week what we thought about the Harvard cheating scandal, in which 125 students plagiarized or collaborated on a take-home final exam. We were unanimous in our response:...

The election in less than two months is going to be fairly important. Yet, strangely enough, whether or not I vote will be extremely unimportant. Let’s get something clear first: This argument is...

He looks like Ken from a “baby-boomer Barbie” play set. From his plastic hair to his plastic smile, Mitt Romney has succeeded in embodying the caricature of the wealthy, detached white man. Forget...

One of the advantages and greatest responsibilities of being involved in D.C. Reads is that tutors are constantly compelled to assess how the public school system affects students on individual, institutional...

If my time on the Hilltop has taught me anything, it is that Georgetown students make up a unique family. My Georgetown story starts back in 2000, when I first arrived on the Hilltop to help move my oldest...

A college townhouse is an interesting and strange place. Many parents avoid them at all costs, horrified by the smells and artifacts of the debauchery they hope we’re not participating in. Yet we spend...

On May 19, 2012, I will graduate from two Georgetowns. The first is the one that everyone knows about. This is the Georgetown of the International Relations Club, The Corp and The Hoya. It is the one that...

At around 11 p.m. last Friday night, I clocked out of my closing shift at The Midnight MUG for the final time. It’s hard to wrap my head around the fact that in the fall I won’t be trudging across...

A student cannot graduate from Georgetown without being heavily indebted. As The New York Times reported last week, Americans hold $1 trillion in outstanding student loans. A chunk of that is held by Georgetown’s...

Seniors, I want you to do something for me. I want you to look in a mirror and tell yourself, “My life is going to be radically different.” The fact of the matter is, it will be. It is going to...

At my freshman floor reunion last week, I revisited my stomping grounds on New South’s fourth floor with Fr. Christopher Steck, S.J., and Jack the Bulldog. The running joke amongst my floormates: That...

In a speech from Afghanistan last week, President Obama announced that his administration was in negotiations with the Taliban — a force he sent more than 30,000 additional troops to eradicate less than...