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Students Eschew ACA for Private Plans

By Caroline Welch February 11, 2014

With the formal introduction of President Obama's Affordable Care Act on Jan.1, Americans have another option for health insurance. But while the ACA launch has focused on enrolling young, healthy individuals...

Campus Reacts to Sochi Games

By Online Editor February 11, 2014

With its opening ceremonies Friday evening, the XXIIWinter Olympic Games kicked off in Sochi, Russia under a cloud of negative media attention. Yet for all of the seeming deficiencies in the...

How NOT to Get a Guy in 10 Days

How NOT to Get a Guy in 10 Days

By Courtney Klein and Courtney Klein February 8, 2014

Relationships are crazy. As the genius Katy Perry once sang, "You're hot then you're cold, you're yes then you're no, you're in then you're out, you're up then you're down." Truer words have never been...

Fostering Women in STEM

By Layout Editor January 31, 2014

Facing low retention rates and classes dominated by men, science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) professors at Georgetown are looking for creative ways, including children’s books and working...

Meet the New Bloggers!

Meet the New Bloggers!

By KP and KP January 29, 2014

This week, 4E added eight talented bloggers to our staff. We had a blast meeting and interviewing our newest writers, and now it's time for you to meet them, too: Alexis Oni-Eseleh (COL '16) Top Five...

Three Ways to Beat Today's Tuesday Blues

Three Ways to Beat Today’s Tuesday Blues

By Kathleen McMahon and Kathleen McMahon January 14, 2014

It’s the first full week of second semester and the daunting list of readings so carefully detailed in those syllabi is already casting a gloomy shadow over your spring. We understand. With syllabus...

10 Things You Were Glad You Did Before Going Back to School

10 Things You Were Glad You Did Before Going Back to School

By Matt Sullivan and Matt Sullivan January 7, 2014

Now that most of us are back on the Hilltop (sorry to those of you who are getting trolled by the weather), let's reflect on the things that we were really glad we did on the last day before we returned. 1....

The Finals Coffee Drinking Game

The Finals Coffee Drinking Game

By Marnie Wallach and Marnie Wallach December 18, 2013

At this point in the week, Lau-goers have become downright restless. With the Christmas lights at the end of the tunnel, it's time to push through those last few papers and memorize those last few chapters...

GUGS Is Getting Coal For Christmas...

GUGS Is Getting Coal For Christmas…

By KP and KP December 13, 2013

...and it wasn't because it was naughty. In fact, the Georgetown University Grilling Society (GUGS) received a year's supply of Kingsford Charcoal and Walmart gift cards not because it was bad at all,...

Santiago, Chile

By Angie Wacek December 10, 2013

I wish I didn’t have to leave. In fact, if I could stay another semester and still graduate on time, I would. I have had the most amazing experience in Chile. It was so much more than I ever expected...

4E News Recap

4E News Recap

By KP and KP December 7, 2013

Missed what was happening on the Hilltop this week? 4E has got you covered with some of The Hoya's most recent headlines: Georgetown Falls Short In Fellowship Awards – No Georgetown students won Rhodes,...

Shanghai, China

By Henry Parrott December 7, 2013

China is a massive country, far beyond what one person can possibly summarize or understand. Any one statement I could try to make about my impression of the country would be vague or incorrect. The...

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