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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Joyce-Lovejoy: Offering Experience With a New Perspective

By Paige Lovejoy February 24, 2011

It's Georgetown University Student Association election season again and the Hilltop looks about the same as it always does — banners duct-taped in Red Square, neon fliers everywhere, and, as usual,...

Feiman-Sims: It’s Time for a Change

By Jed Feiman and Henry Sims February 23, 2011

As members of both campus groups that receive money from funding boards and the national tea party, we've felt let down by the fiscal irresponsibility of our student government. We have carefully followed...

What to Expect With a SAC of Problems

By Shuo Yan Tan February 18, 2011

In 1999, the Georgetown Report on Student Life bemoaned the unwieldy process that students had to submit themselves to in order to gain approval for student activities from the administration. The authors...

Noise Law Perpetuates Neighborhood Animosity

By Michael Berardo February 15, 2011

With the recent implementation of the Disorderly Conduct Amendment Act of 2010 in Washington, D.C., the ongoing squabble between Georgetown residents and students has seemingly reached a boiling point....

Delaney: A Thank-You Note for Everything

By Margaret Delaney February 15, 2011

My introduction to thank-you notes as a kid was rather formal, primly fenced in by the parameters of good manners and etiquette. I grew up hand-writing thank-you notes to friends after birthday parties,...

Vague Noise Law Spells Doom For Students’ Rights

By James Pickens February 11, 2011

On Feb. 2, Georgetown students received an email from Vice President of Student Affairs Todd Olson about a change to D.C. law. The Disorderly Conduct Amendment Act of 2010, quoted in the email, reads:...

New Candidates Must Build on Past GUSA Successes

By Adam Talbot February 11, 2011

In just under two weeks, Georgetown students have a remarkable opportunity to completely remake student life at Georgetown. After this year's passage of Student Activities Fee and Endowment reform and...

Little Time in Cairo Yields Big Lessons

By Richard Rinaldi February 8, 2011

My understanding of the situation in Egypt is limited. Here's what I know: President Hosni Mubarak has been in power since 1981, and his government is beset by corruption; the country has stabilized but...

Little Time in Cairo Yields Big Lessons

By Richard Rinaldi February 8, 2011

My understanding of the situation in Egypt is limited. Here's what I know: President Hosni Mubarak has been in power since 1981, and his government is beset by corruption; the country has stabilized but...

It’s Time the GOP Start Producing and Stop Repealing

By William Parrot February 4, 2011

Now that the repeal of the health-care reform of 2010 has failed, it is time for Republicans in Congress to redirect their efforts towards more constructive projects. The repeal — ridiculously titled...

Evacuated from Cairo, A Year Abroad Cut Short

By Michelle Saks February 1, 2011

Once semester down and one to go, I arrived in Egypt last Friday eager to begin another term abroad in Cairo and see my friends. Finding tanks in the street, road blocks in place, shops closed, a curfew...

Abuses and Illusion of Safety Not Worth the Price of DPS

By John Woolley February 1, 2011

Many Georgetown students are worried about their safety when travelling back and forth from the relative safety of campus at night, whether it be to and from M Street bars or a friend's house in Burleith....

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