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EDITORIAL: Rankings Prove Insufficient

By Editorial Board March 31, 2017

For those who view rankings as a barometer for a university’s excellence, the past year has yielded mixed results at Georgetown. On one hand, the university’s record-high application season yielded...

MESA & BENNETT: A House Divided

MESA & BENNETT: A House Divided

By Aaron Bennett and Christian Mesa March 31, 2017

One thing the two of us share is a love of the Los Angeles Lakers. Once a source of pride for the fans, the team has fallen from relevance to the point where fans no longer identify as such. Since Kobe...

PIRROTTI: Look Forward by Looking Back

PIRROTTI: Look Forward by Looking Back

By Anthony Pirrotti March 28, 2017

In February of 1798, there was a fight in the House of Representatives. Not a “fight” over bills and proposals, but a real full-on, bare-knuckled, fist-throwing brawl – with Connecticut Rep. Roger...

PETROCHEILOS: The Dangers  of Generalization

PETROCHEILOS: The Dangers of Generalization

By Martha Petrocheilos March 28, 2017

Mindless acts of terror do not surprise us anymore. The tragedy in London last Wednesday killed four people, among them an unarmed police officer, and injured 12 others: one German, one Pole, two Greeks,...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Debunking ‘Subtle Anti-Semitism’

By Opinion Editor March 28, 2017

It is not often that I respond to op-eds that attempt to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Indeed, there exist a myriad articles that share Tanner Larkin’s efforts to disparage support for Palestine....

VIEWPOINT: Barriers to Representation

By Trevor O'Connor March 27, 2017

For decades, politicians have bellowed that all are equal, that racial barriers are relics of the past and that anyone can be anything in the land of opportunity. The inauguration of our first black president...

VIEWPOINT: Correcting GUASFCUs Closed Culture

VIEWPOINT: Correcting GUASFCU’s Closed Culture

By Cole Brown March 24, 2017

This semester, Students of Georgetown, Inc. welcomed a new group of baristas, cashiers and accountants that I imagine must be among the most wonderfully diverse assemblies of individuals to ever be embraced...

SEGELSTEIN: Our Essential Suffering

SEGELSTEIN: Our Essential Suffering

By Jack Segelstein March 24, 2017

The first day of Lent is perhaps the busiest day of the year for Dahlgren Chapel. Far more Hoyas come to Mass on Ash Wednesday than attend weekly Sunday service, even though only the latter is morally...

KARNA: Deconstruct Hidden Privilege

KARNA: Deconstruct Hidden Privilege

By Caitlin Karna March 24, 2017

“Hey. I’ll pay you $2 if you can play at least one song by a black person,” my friend said to me during our shift last week, where I manage and control the auxiliary cord. I take music very seriously...

VIEWPOINT: Unite Women Across Borders

VIEWPOINT: Unite Women Across Borders

By Nadia Guaman March 21, 2017

On the day after the inauguration, the world witnessed a storm of women in pink hats standing up for what they believe. Yet the women of the Women’s March on Washington were not the first to unite, and...

VIEWPOINT: A Boycott for Humanity

By Ahmad El-Husseini March 21, 2017

Put yourself in the place of an elderly Palestinian farmer, who just had his house bulldozed, his livestock confiscated and his land stolen. Put yourself in the place of a Palestinian mother who has just...

OSIBAJO & BAH: More Than a Seat at the Table

OSIBAJO & BAH: More Than a Seat at the Table

By Anu Osibajo and Isatou Bah March 21, 2017

The most effective conversations on diversity and inclusion are the ones focused on solutions that take into account the nation’s history of discrimination. For this reason, conversations that have surrounded...

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