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America’s Recycled Cold War Strategy

By David Edelstein February 14, 2014

This fall, the world will mark the 25th anniversary of the Berlin Wall’s fall. Those of us who lived through that period in history vividly recall the euphoria of the moment as celebrating Berliners...

Welcoming LGBTQ Students to Ministry

By Tim Rosenberger December 6, 2013

Georgetown takes pride in welcoming students from different backgrounds onto its campus each year. We offer concern for all of our students and promise a small “C” catholic understanding of how to...

A Missed Chance to ReImagine RIG

By Christopher Stromeyer November 11, 2013

“If you could bring change to Georgetown’s campus, what would you do?” This was the bold call with which ReImagine Georgetown used to attract applications from students, faculty and staff. Each...

Return to Christianity as the Root of Charity

By Andrew Schilling October 21, 2013

Every college campus has its dogmas — those beliefs that no one dares to question. Here at Georgetown, the term “social justice” seems to occupy that privileged place, attracting more attention than...

Intolerance Disguised as Discussion

By Thomas Lloyd October 18, 2013

At the end of Love Saxa’s lecture, “Marriage: A Social Justice Issue?” last week Director of Adult Faith Formation Ennio Mastroianni argued for the value of bringing Ryan Anderson -- who wrote a...

Embracing Islam in Dahlgren Chapel

By Noreen Sajwani October 18, 2013

I’ll admit it: I didn’t do much research about Georgetown before I got here. In fact, when I first arrived at New Student Orientation and learned about our 200-year-old Catholic-Jesuit heritage, I...

A Fresh Chance to Forge Friendships

By Jinwoo Chong October 11, 2013

Four months ago, I knew exactly three things to be true about my life. The first was that I was to graduate from high school in a week. The second was that in two months after that, I would start my freshman...

Bring Student Life Back to Dahlgren Quad

By Jack Appelbaum October 8, 2013

In 1797, the students of Georgetown Academy gathered outside as President George Washington spoke from the front steps of their dormitory and class building, Old North. In 1893, Georgetown students gathered...

Diversity Must Be More Than Numbers

By Taylor Griffin October 8, 2013

Come to Georgetown, they say, it’s diverse. Three years ago I enthusiastically ventured into Hoya territory accepting the Georgetown name and its pluralistic mission. Bright-eyed, I was eager to embrace...

Finding Jewish Life on Our Jesuit Hilltop

By Gabriel Isaacson October 4, 2013

After completing a year at Washington University in St. Louis, it was quite clear to me that the Missouri campus was far from the school of my dreams. Though a bit discouraged, I was determined that somewhere...

Serving the Hilltop, Now With a Salary

By Vail Kohnert-Yount October 4, 2013

If you had told me a year ago that I would now be an administrator at Georgetown University, I probably would have laughed. As a former member of the Georgetown Solidarity Committee and the 2012-2013 vice...

An Immature Strategy

By Pat Curran October 1, 2013

Everyone had "that" friend as a kid. You know who I’m talking about. The one who demanded a re-do after tossing a football straight to the other team because "the sun was in my eyes!" The one who...

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