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Apps & New Releases — Oct. 3, 2014

Apps & New Releases — Oct. 3, 2014

By Guide Staff and Guide Staff October 3, 2014

Apps FitStar Personal Trainer Free Has the stress of midterms led to excessive delivery pizzas? Already starting to worry about the freshman fifteen? Keep healthy and active using FitStar Personal Trainer,...

Confessions of a Confession Page Celeb

Confessions of a Confession Page Celeb

By Catherine McNally and Catherine McNally October 2, 2014

If you follow Georgetown Confessions on Facebook, you may have noticed a trend in recent posts.  Over the past few weeks, there have been several confessions posted about a certain Georgetown cutie...

Rory Gilmore Goes to Georgetown

Rory Gilmore Goes to Georgetown

By Emma Hinchliffe and Emma Hinchliffe October 1, 2014

All seven seasons of Gilmore Girls hit Netflix today, so if this weekend is a slow one, it's because everyone is understandably busy. With the best show of the early 2000s/ever coming back into our lives,...

Remember the HRC Squirrel? He’s a Georgetown Student

Remember the HRC Squirrel? He’s a Georgetown Student

By Emma Hinchliffe and Emma Hinchliffe October 1, 2014

In a summer full of hard news, one less serious story managed to get the media’s attention. During Hillary Clinton’s book tour for “Hard Choices,” a giant orange squirrel followed her and the...

4-eign E: All About that Mosque

4-eign E: All About that Mosque

By Courtney Klein and Courtney Klein September 29, 2014

Merhaba, Georgetown guys and gals. (Note: merhaba is Turkish for "hello".) Some of you might remember my last post about my study abroad adventures (if not, study up). Basically, I have been living an...

ATTENTION BLOCK PEOPLE

ATTENTION BLOCK PEOPLE

By Emily Min and Emily Min September 12, 2014

All the ~*~homies~*~ out there who find themselves on a block plan, or without any meal plan at all (it’s been real, Leo’s) may feel a bit out of whack with the sudden disappearance of all-you-can-eat...

Poli Sci for the Average Guy: ISIS Competes in Middle Eastern Monopoly

Poli Sci for the Average Guy: ISIS Competes in Middle Eastern Monopoly

By Harper Weissburg and Harper Weissburg August 28, 2014

The longest Monopoly game in history lasted for 70 straight days, and in those 70 days, green houses, red hotels and social lives were lost. The names of the incredibly bored record-setters are not disclosed,...

A Sport and a Palestine: Roaming through Ramallah

A Sport and a Palestine: Roaming through Ramallah

By Jessica Tannenbaum and Jessica Tannenbaum August 15, 2014

Have you heard the one about a Jewish student at a Jesuit university travelling to Ramallah? This is no Scheherazadian tale: against the advice of my summer program and my parents (love you, Mom and...

Coping with Conflict in Israel

Coping with Conflict in Israel

By Jessica Tannenbaum and Jessica Tannenbaum July 24, 2014

“Would you like your drinks before or after we go to the bomb shelter?” With unwavering calm, a waitress coolly inquired after our drink orders as incoming rocket fire compelled us to flee our oceanside...

SCOTUS: Thanks Warranted 

SCOTUS: Thanks Warranted 

By Guest Writer and Guest Writer July 15, 2014

Just one year ago, Edward Snowden burst into America’s collective conscience as he revealed the National Security Agency’s most intimate secrets to The Guardian and The Washington Post. Snowden was...

Under the Iron Dome: Experiencing the Conflict in Israel First-Hand

Under the Iron Dome: Experiencing the Conflict in Israel First-Hand

By Jessica Tannenbaum and Jessica Tannenbaum July 12, 2014

I did not expect to become a target of missile fire this summer — that was never on my intended agenda of tanning, shopping and padding the resume. Yet, during the middle of my Jerusalem summer program’s...

Eat, Pray, Rest: Shabbat in the Holy City

Eat, Pray, Rest: Shabbat in the Holy City

By Jessica Tannenbaum and Jessica Tannenbaum July 10, 2014

While most Georgetown students worship the weekend as much-needed time to catch up on homework and binge-watch Game of Thrones (let’s be honest, though, when did midterms ever truly thwart us from...

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