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Palestine, BDS, and Richard Falk: An Answer to GIA

By Amin Gharad December 28, 2014

The Georgetown Israel Alliance (GIA) seems to have taken considerable exception to an earlier campus event featuring a lecture and question-and-answer session with Princeton international law scholar...

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A GIA Response to Former UN Special Rapporteur Richard Falk

By Daniel Silbert December 18, 2014

On Tuesday, December 2, a handful of Georgetown students in Copley Formal Lounge were treated to an evening of half-truths and inflammatory rhetoric by Richard Falk. Falk, brought to campus by Students...

No. 7 – Haiti

By Sarah Kim December 8, 2014

She ran and wrapped her small arms around my leg. “Jackie Chan! Jackie Chan!” she squealed. I bent down and lifted her tiny body into my arms. Long, thick lashes framed eyes that seemed too...

Remember Sandy Hook

Remember Sandy Hook

By Emma Iannini December 8, 2014

Next Sunday, Dec. 14, will mark the second anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, when 20 children and 6 educators were shot to death in cold blood less than two miles from my childhood...

Will the Georgetown Basketball Team Make a Statement About #BlackLivesMatter?

By Laura Wagner December 8, 2014

When the Georgetown men’s basketball team takes the court against No. 10 Kansas on Wednesday at Verizon Center, in a nationally televised, sold-out, primetime showdown, it has an opportunity to do more...

What Rape at UVA and Domestic Abuse in the NFL Tell Us About Greed and Society

By Laura Wagner December 3, 2014

On Wednesday Nov. 19, a widely circulated Rolling Stone article told the story of a University of Virginia student’s brutal gang rape in a fraternity house. On Wednesday Nov. 19, the NBA suspended the...

Fantasy Football and the Problem of Induction

Fantasy Football and the Problem of Induction

By Ayan Mandal December 2, 2014

This past Thanksgiving was the first time I had watched a football game since last Super Bowl. But that isn’t to say that I’m not up to date, as far as the happenings of the NFL. I closely follow game...

The Keystone XL Debate is About More Than a Pipeline

The Keystone XL Debate is About More Than a Pipeline

By Lauren Gros December 2, 2014

In 2011, climate change scientist and activist, James Hansen, published the report “Silence Is Deadly.” The paper contained an alarming message about a proposed pipeline, which would carry about...

Cameras in the Court: A Deterrance of Justice

By Daniel Frumento December 2, 2014

A constant source of debate in this country regards the question as to whether or not the Supreme Court should allow television cameras in the courtroom. Before discussing this, it is important to note...

Cameras in the Court: A Call For Democratic Progression

By Emma Lux December 2, 2014

Courts all over the world have started televising higher court proceedings to increase transparency. In the 1990’s, the Supreme Court of Canada began televising all of its oral arguments on the Cable...

Impressions of a First-Year RA

Impressions of a First-Year RA

By Olivia Hinerfeld December 1, 2014

Wednesdays are the hardest day of my week. After six hours of class and three hours of meetings, all I want to do at night is to fall into bed. So, when my 20th birthday fell on a Wednesday this September,...

Perpetuating a Cultural Standard

Perpetuating a Cultural Standard

By Kate Riga November 26, 2014

The recent Rolling Stone article about sexual assault at the University of Virginia has sent the Internet into a raging tailspin. Again. Everyone is disgusted by the brutality, shocked at the nonchalance...

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