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VIEWPOINT: Toward Racial Reconciliation

By Rev. Brandon Harris February 3, 2017

Motivated by hate and the desire to start what he described as a “race war,” a 22-year-old gunman entered the historic Emmanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., on June 17, 2015,...

KANEDA: How To Be A Top Graduate Without Doing More Work

By Mitch Kaneda February 3, 2017

When School of Foreign Service students hear that they have to write an essay to declare their majors, their first reaction might be, “Not another paper!” Upon seeing the prompt of 250-500 words, “Oh,...

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The GUSA Constitutional Council invalidated the results of the referendum on a constitutional amendment to abolish the GUSA senate.

VIEWPOINT: GUSA’s Dangerous Precedent

By Javon Price February 2, 2017

On Jan. 20, the Georgetown University Student Association Constitutional Council ruled in favor of a challenge to the Dec. 1 referendum centered on club funding reform, declaring the referendum vote invalid...

VIEWPOINT: With Travel Ban, Hatred Trumps Humanity

VIEWPOINT: With Travel Ban, Hatred Trumps Humanity

By Andisheh Kamyab January 31, 2017

On Jan. 21, my beloved aunt passed away after a long battle with multiple sclerosis. It was the worst day of my life because it was my first experience with the death of a relative and because, for the...

VIEWPOINT: Ministry and Motherhood

VIEWPOINT: Ministry and Motherhood

By Olivia Lane January 31, 2017

A Hindu priest, and Catholic priest and an imam walk into the office of a Protestant female reverend. This is not the beginning of a bad joke, but rather another Tuesday morning in my office in Healy...

CARNES: Embracing Our Jesuit Heritage

CARNES: Embracing Our Jesuit Heritage

By Fr. Matthew Carnes, S.J. January 31, 2017

Somehow it seems mightily appropriate that we celebrate Jesuit Heritage Week during these post-inauguration and post-march days, as our nation embarks on a transition of administrations that has thus far...

PETROCHEILOS: Prioritizing A Democratic Transition

PETROCHEILOS: Prioritizing A Democratic Transition

By Martha Petrocheilos January 31, 2017

For the past few weeks, I have been fortunate enough to attend the highly publicized confirmation hearings as an extern for Senate President pro tempore Orrin Hatch (R-Utah). Essentially, these confirmation...

VIEWPOINT: The Year of Ruthless Self-Love

VIEWPOINT: The Year of Ruthless Self-Love

By Sudhanshu Sisodiya January 29, 2017

Now that 2017 is finally here, it is important that we sidestep the belief that a mere change in dates on the calendar will make some kind of difference. I will not regurgitate the false statement “2016...

KARNA: An Identity Intervention

By Caitlin Karna January 27, 2017

It is time for an intervention for college students everywhere, myself included. After two years at Georgetown, I have a taste of what it is like to be a millennial trying to become someone. Being immersed...

VIEWPOINT: Cuba's Best Foot Forward

VIEWPOINT: Cuba’s Best Foot Forward

By Gabriella Mas January 27, 2017

Former President Barack Obama’s announcement Jan. 12 removing the longstanding “wet foot, dry foot” policy has stirred mixed emotions for thousands of Cubans and Cuban-Americans in my hometown of...

HOWELL: Why We March

By Richard Howell January 27, 2017

Today, the 44th annual March for Life winds its way through Washington, D.C., starting at the Washington Monument and heading toward the steps of the Supreme Court. We, the Georgetown University Knights...

VIEWPOINT: Solutions Through Dialogue

By Matthew Gregory January 27, 2017

The inauguration of Donald J. Trump as the 45th president of the United States elicited a gamut of emotions in Americans ranging from elation to apprehension. Yet one sentiment was common to both those...

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