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GREGORY: Two Foes And A Fragile Alliance

By Matthew Gregory April 12, 2016

Istanbul’s Istiklal Street is the city’s main commercial thoroughfare, containing a variety of businesses and connecting the famous landmarks Taksim Square and Galata Tower. On weekends, around 3 million...

The Precarious Proposals of Bernie Sanders

By Isaiah Fleming-Klink April 8, 2016

Our generation loves Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). In most polls, Senator Sanders wins close to 85 percent of democratic voters aged 18 to 29, and around 60 percent of those aged 33 to 44. Sanders has drawn,...

GREGORY: Boycotting Peace, A Solution that Backfires

By Matt Gregory April 5, 2016

Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories is fundamentally wrong. On an ethical level it is an affront to the values of human rights and national self-determination, perpetuating an injustice...

SOBOWALE: But First, Let Me take A Selfie

SOBOWALE: But First, Let Me take A Selfie

By Femi Sobowale April 1, 2016

Kim Kardashian has been breaking the Internet since day one. Her first foray into viral media, the 2007 sex tape with then-boyfriend Ray J, has never quite been forgotten, but as of late another media...

MANDAL: The Science of Freestyle Rapping

By Ayan Mandal April 1, 2016

In 1997, a boy named Marshall from Detroit ventured off to Los Angeles to compete in the Rap Olympics, a nationwide rap battle tournament. Marshall, whose white skin marked him an outsider, battled against...

Addressing Workers’ Rights

By Christopher Augostini March 28, 2016

As the nation’s oldest Catholic and Jesuit university, Georgetown has a unique spirit of caring for one another. This is evident in our students’ dedication to service in our city, our faculty and...

Trump: When the Joke Goes Sour

By Anthony Palacio March 1, 2016

Unless the underside of a rock has been your home for the past several months, you know that Donald Trump was just endorsed by KKK member David Duke and that his current polling position all but guarantees...

GREGORY: Twofold Reasoning for American Foreign Policy To Prioritize Yemen

By Matt Gregory March 1, 2016

In observing the contemporary Middle East, the media often focuses on a series of well-documented conflicts and crises, namely multi-partisan warfare in Syria, Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, also known...

A Closer Look at Our Sexual Assault Problem

By Kennedy Maker March 1, 2016

Recently, a friend used our freshman floor group chat to encourage the fifteen recipients to complete the Sexual Assault and Misconduct Climate Survey as soon as we could. Others backed her encouragement,...

Feminism: It’s Not Just For Seasoned Feminists

By Jesse Goodwin February 23, 2016

Let me preface with this: I wholeheartedly believe everyone at Georgetown should take a women’s and gender studies course. I wish it were a required course across the board; I think it would do everyone...

MANDAL: Innovation Inspired By LSD

MANDAL: Innovation Inspired By LSD

By Ayan Mandal February 23, 2016

“What if I had not taken LSD ever; would I have still invented PCR? I don’t know. I doubt it. I seriously doubt it.” In 1986, biochemist Kary Mullis invented the polymerase chain reaction, a technique...

Saving Lives By Fighting Stigma

By Annabel Schneider February 23, 2016

In the last three years since Sandy Hook, over 160 school shootings have taken place. As we witness and grieve over each of these incidents, pundits and politicians continue to point the finger at America’s...

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