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My Year of Rest and Relaxation: What I Would Do Instead

My Year of Rest and Relaxation: What I Would Do Instead

By Cynthia Chen April 7, 2024

  Imagine this: You have a year to do whatever you want. 365 days of free time. What would you do? I thought long and hard about this question when I started reading “My Year of Rest and Relaxation”...

If Not Me, Maybe ‘For You’: Breaking Up With TikTok Poetry

If Not Me, Maybe ‘For You’: Breaking Up With TikTok Poetry

By Fallon Wolfley March 6, 2024

Of the many things that bother me in the present moment, at the top of my list is TikTok “poetry” slideshows. I use the term “poetry” lightly because there are never complete poems in these depressing...

Who It Takes to Run a Restaurant in Your Living Room

Who It Takes to Run a Restaurant in Your Living Room

By Lincoln Le March 6, 2024

  via GIPHY It’s not often the stars line up for you to be able to host an occasional pop-up restaurant in a historical landmark named “Trap Manor” during your senior year of college....

How to Take the Most Fire LinkedIn Headshot

How to Take the Most Fire LinkedIn Headshot

By Cynthia Chen March 6, 2024

  via GIPHY Have you ever logged back into LinkedIn after being away for a long time and realized your profile needs a major, and I mean major, overhaul? Starting from your “About” section...

21 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Turned 21.

21 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Turned 21.

By Tayoung Chung March 4, 2024

via GIPHY Looking back at the years leading up to my 21st birthday in February, there are numerous lessons I wish I’d known earlier. This list may not resonate with everyone, but if you happen to...

Michelin Starred Camping

Michelin Starred Camping

By Lincoln Le March 4, 2024

Growing up, my family’s version of camping didn’t entail going into the middle of nowhere, unplugging from society or digging up holes to use the restroom. We didn’t eat hotdogs, burgers or s’mores...

The Perfect Movie Recs for Valentine's Day (whether you’re cuffed up or not)

The Perfect Movie Recs for Valentine’s Day (whether you’re cuffed up or not)

By Cynthia Chen February 14, 2024

“27 Dresses” (for those who have a Pinterest board for their future wedding) For those of you who only know James Marsden from “Jury Duty” or as “the other guy” from “The Notebook,”...

What It’s Like to be an International Student at Georgetown Pt. 1

What It’s Like to be an International Student at Georgetown Pt. 1

By Minos Zompanakis and Minos Zompanakis October 30, 2023

Expanding the Comfort Zone Being a foreigner in the country you will live in for the next four years is difficult. You don’t know what different stores sell or understand the social norms. You might...

Keeping Up With Sports

Keeping Up With Sports

By aleclivney and aleclivney November 15, 2022

As an avid sports fan, I can officially say that we have entered what I would label as “Sports Heaven.” Imagine any semi-major sport and chances are, it’s currently ongoing and viewable in some...

A Sneak Peek Into Your Semester Online

A Sneak Peek Into Your Semester Online

By Abigail Weintz and Abigail Weintz August 13, 2020

Due to the ongoing public health crisis, Georgetown has decided the majority of students will remain home for the fall 2020 semester. Hoyas received a taste of online learning during the spring of 2020,...

To the Misunderstood Majors

To the Misunderstood Majors

By Jessica Alexander and Jessica Alexander March 16, 2020

It’s that time of year again, when a whole new cohort of sophomores sets out to choose which major they want to cry over for two more years. Each department picks out its best outfit and lines, naive...

7 Totems of Georgetown

7 Totems of Georgetown

By Janice Negvesky and Janice Negvesky February 24, 2020

While in the show “You” there are seven totems that mark one’s initiation into Los Angeles life, indeed there are another seven to become a full ~Hoya~. Read below to find out if you have actually...

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