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LUX: Giving Up Ghosting

LUX: Giving Up Ghosting

By Emma Lux March 20, 2017

"I’ve been seeing him for a while, but then he just stopped texting me. I don’t know what happened.” These words have been a familiar refrain for me throughout my time at Georgetown. There is...

VIEWPOINT: Lessons from Zen

VIEWPOINT: Lessons from Zen

By John Glavin March 17, 2017

There’s a particularly memorable scene in Eugen Herrigel’s Zen in the Art of Archery (German 1948; English 1956). Herrigel had come to Japan in 1921 to learn more about the practice of Zen. Once there,...

MESA & BENNETT: Rooting for an Underdog Upset

MESA & BENNETT: Rooting for an Underdog Upset

By Christian Mesa and Aaron Bennett March 17, 2017

In March of 2013, a little-known school by the name of Wichita State University made a historic run in the annual NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. Entering as a No. 9 seed team, the Shockers triumphed...

VIEWPOINT: To Each Her Own

By Angela Caprio March 17, 2017

After my “Intro to Women’s and Gender Studies” class, multiple readings of Gloria Steinem’s “If Men Could Menstruate” and a role as the communications co-chair for HoyasForShe, I am faced with...

ROBEY & GORDINIER: Finding Perspective Abroad

ROBEY & GORDINIER: Finding Perspective Abroad

By Polly Robey and Lisa Gordinier March 17, 2017

A priceless perspective that elevates the Georgetown University experience is looking back at the Hilltop, from over your shoulder and from overseas. In the current global environment — where complex...

CARNES: When Things Come Up

CARNES: When Things Come Up

By Fr. Matthew Carnes, S.J. March 14, 2017

Many of us have received that phone call, or that text or email: the one that comes unexpectedly and bears news that we did not want to hear. The illness, or even the death, of a loved one. The loss...

PETROCHEILOS: Trumps War with Media

PETROCHEILOS: Trump’s War with Media

By Martha Petrocheilos March 8, 2017

President Donald Trump announced in a Feb. 25 tweet that he will not be attending the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in April, an annual dinner dedicated to celebrating freedom of the...

VIEWPOINT: Why I Left the College Republicans Board

By Javon Price March 6, 2017

On Feb. 27, I resigned my position as secretary of the Georgetown University College Republicans. Being an elected board member of the College Republicans was a dream of mine since I was first accepted...

VIEWPOINT: Assure the Protection of our Patients

VIEWPOINT: Assure the Protection of our Patients

By Jonathan Weil February 28, 2017

In uncertain times, conviction is the currency by which we judge the worth of an institution. To that end, Georgetown should act boldly by publicly endorsing efforts to save and augment former President...

LUX: Amplifying Black Voices

LUX: Amplifying Black Voices

By Emma Lux February 28, 2017

This was arguably the year of Beyoncé. Her visual album “Lemonade” was widely acclaimed for its originality. She dominated the headlines after announcing earlier this month that she is pregnant...

VIEWPOINT: Unaffordability Calls for Reform

By Reed Howard February 28, 2017

In this year’s Georgetown University Student Association election, issues of tuition and college affordability took center stage. While Hoyas perennially doubt that GUSA can effect change within our...

OSIBAJO & BAH: The Myth of the American Dream

OSIBAJO & BAH: The Myth of the American Dream

By Anu Osibajo and Isatou Bah February 28, 2017

It the turn of the 20th century, the notion of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” infiltrated American ideology. Because of men like Horatio Alger, who wrote novels on achieving this great social...

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