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VIEWPOINT: Divest from Israel, Honor GU's Mission, Values

VIEWPOINT: Divest from Israel, Honor GU’s Mission, Values

By Jackson Schnabel September 26, 2025

Georgetown University must stand up for its students and the values it represents. On April 29, 2025, the Georgetown University Student Association released the results of its democratic divestment referendum,...

VIEWPOINT: Create Space for Meaningful Impact

VIEWPOINT: Create Space for Meaningful Impact

By Brian Floyd September 26, 2025

When we think of public health infrastructure, hospitals and community health clinics often come to mind. But what about community spaces that create a sense of belonging, allow an ease and comfort of...

VIEWPOINT: Expand Flex Access to Improve Student Life

VIEWPOINT: Expand Flex Access to Improve Student Life

By Saahil Rao and Ben Manens September 18, 2025

For more than 22 years, the Georgetown University Grilling Society (GUGS) has fired up grills in Red Square every Friday, serving its signature half-pound burgers to the Georgetown community. What began...

VIEWPOINT: Restore Student Leadership in the MSB

VIEWPOINT: Restore Student Leadership in the MSB

By Vincent Barahona September 18, 2025

In Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business (MSB), undergraduate clubs are beacons of student life, intended to foster student leadership, professional development and personal growth. Unfortunately,...

VIEWPOINT: Make Room for Intellectual Discovery

VIEWPOINT: Make Room for Intellectual Discovery

By David Edelstein September 18, 2025

What defines a liberal arts education, and what is distinctive about a Georgetown liberal arts education? As I settle into my first semester as dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, I find myself...

VIEWPOINT: Don't Rely on the Safe Route

VIEWPOINT: Don’t Rely on the Safe Route

By Scott Stirrett September 18, 2025

At Georgetown University, there is a premium on knowing: the right answer in class, the right internship for summer, the right job after graduation. Those who play this game well often pull ahead. But...

VIEWPOINT: Find Friendship in Darnall’s Flaws

VIEWPOINT: Find Friendship in Darnall’s Flaws

By Lucy Jung September 11, 2025

Desolate. Dismal. Disappointment. Darnall. Perhaps placing equal signs between the four D-words would’ve made the alliteration sharper. But I’ll do any pro-Darnall Hall advocates out there a favor...

VIEWPOINT: Don't Betray the Tombs Boycott

VIEWPOINT: Don’t Betray the Tombs Boycott

By Catherine Alaimo, Lauren Doherty, and Jack Willis September 10, 2025

These days, cultural discourse often laments the lack of a so-called third space — an informal social environment that is neither home nor work. Perhaps that helps explain the outcry against the recent...

VIEWPOINT: Redefine Masculinity for GU Students

VIEWPOINT: Redefine Masculinity for GU Students

By Rohan Jois September 4, 2025

Masculinity in society is undergoing a systemic change today. In the past, social norms tied masculinity to working enough to support men’s wives and children. As women gained more autonomy, the need...

VIEWPOINT: Build on RA Union's Success

VIEWPOINT: Build on RA Union’s Success

By Sam Lovell April 26, 2025

On a warm spring evening late last year, I joined a group of students to celebrate what would ultimately be one of the most meaningful moments of my undergraduate career: the unionization of Georgetown...

VIEWPOINT: Vote No, Honor Academic Freedom

VIEWPOINT: Vote No, Honor Academic Freedom

We are concerned with the referendum that the Georgetown University Student Association (GUSA) put forth for the undergraduate student body to vote on from April 26 to 28. The referendum, titled “ACT...

VIEWPOINT: Stay on the Record, Keep Resisting Self-Censorship

VIEWPOINT: Stay on the Record, Keep Resisting Self-Censorship

By Clayton Kincade April 26, 2025

When I write, I have one primary goal: I want you to bleed. I want the knife of my words to cut your soul and leave you there wondering how to fix the emotional mess.  At my worst, I am a plastic kitchen...

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