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MISS-TAKES: Do Disney Movies Pass the Bechdel Test?

By Julia Usiak October 31, 2018

The propensity to walk through crowded streets with a nose stuck in a book. The tendency to launch myself out of pools, whipping my hair back in an arc. An affinity for men who give me stolen apples and...

Flaw and Tragedy in ‘The Happy Prince’ Captures the Complicated Life of Oscar Wilde

Flaw and Tragedy in ‘The Happy Prince’ Captures the Complicated Life of Oscar Wilde

By Paulina Enck October 31, 2018

★★★★☆ Captivating performances, deft dialogue and evocative scenery distinguish “The Happy Prince” as a carefully cultivated biopic of 19th-century Irish author Oscar Wilde that may be...

DIRECTOR'S CUT: Style Over Substance Spoils ‘Bad Times at the El Royale’

DIRECTOR’S CUT: Style Over Substance Spoils ‘Bad Times at the El Royale’

By Olivia Simon October 31, 2018

I want to open this installment with a confession: “Bad Times at the El Royale” is the fall 2018 film I have been waiting for. The Tarantino-esque trailer, the crossover storylines, the secrets that...

KIRK ZIESER FOR THE HOYA Two Georgetown University medical students were victims of a hit-and-run incident in Tenleytown on Sept. 5. D.C. police are still investigating.

GUMC Students Hurt in Hit and Run

By Julie Guan October 12, 2018

The Metropolitan Police Department is conducting an ongoing investigation in search of the driver responsible for hitting two Georgetown University medical students in a hit-and-run incident Sept....

FIELD HOCKEY | Georgetown Edges Temple, Loses Momentum Versus Rutgers

FIELD HOCKEY | Georgetown Edges Temple, Loses Momentum Versus Rutgers

By Sidney Lee October 12, 2018

The Georgetown field hockey team extended its winning streak to three games after defeating Temple on Friday, Oct. 5. The team could not continue its unbeaten run, however, and fell to Rutgers on Sunday,...

Sufi Scholarship of the 18th Century Influenced Islamic Thought, Northwestern Professor Says

By Jonah Zinn October 10, 2018

The Tijaniyyah branch of Sufism in Islam had a larger influence on Islamic thought than many historians believe, Northwestern University Professor Zachary Wright said at an event Friday afternoon in the...

Midterm Szn: Sophomore Year Edition

Midterm Szn: Sophomore Year Edition

By Elizabeth Park and Elizabeth Park October 6, 2018

It's sophomore year, ladies and gentlemen, which means we're all ~experienced~ and can now look down on the lowly freshmen who walk the dreaded path to Darnall Hall. But besides the slightly upgraded situation...

DC COUNCIL Legislation that was approved by Washington, D.C. voters with a 56 percent majority in a June primary was repealed by the D.C. Council (pictured above) in a 8-5 vote Tuesday. Initiative 77 was set to increase the minimum wage for tipped workers to match the standard minimum wage by 2026.

DC Council Wages War Against Initiative 77

By Maxwell Sheremeta October 5, 2018

The Washington, D.C. Council voted 8-5 Tuesday to repeal Initiative 77, which would have gradually raised the minimum wage for tipped workers from $3.89 to match the standard minimum wage by 2026. Initiative...

ANNE STONECIPHER/THE HOYA Fourteen Georgetown University Student Association senators were elected Sunday night. The new senators filled seven freshman positions and four-at-large seats that are regularly open for the fall semester in addition to three vacant junior seats.

14 GUSA Senators Elected, Vow to Restore Trust in Wake of Resignations

By Walker Miller October 2, 2018

Fourteen senators were elected to the Georgetown University Student Association senate Sept. 30 in the first GUSA elections held since the mid-September resignations of GUSA’s executive leadership. The...

Native American Tradition Meets Modern Aesthetics in Jeffrey Gibson’s ‘DON’T MAKE ME OVER'

Native American Tradition Meets Modern Aesthetics in Jeffrey Gibson’s ‘DON’T MAKE ME OVER’

By Suna Cha October 1, 2018

‘As cold rain drowned the streets outside with somber, gray tones, Jeffrey Gibson’s “DON’T MAKE ME OVER” infused Georgetown University’s newly built exhibition space with vibrant colors and...

Maggie Chen for The Hoya

Photos of the Week: Sept. 28

By Photo Editor September 28, 2018

The photos of the week for Sept. 28 include an event welcoming Rep. Ted Deutch (D-Fla.) to speak on the relationship between pro-Israel beliefs and progressive thinking, freshman goalie Giannis Nikopolidis...

Men’s Soccer | GU Falls to High-Ranked Louisville

By Drew Sewall September 28, 2018

On Tuesday, the Georgetown men’s soccer team fell 2-1 against No. 6 Louisville in its penultimate non-conference game. The game was played on Cooper Field rather than Shaw Field because of the poor...

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