‘I Cannot Be My Only Advocate’: How Georgetown Continues To Fail Survivors
The Hoya’s Survivor Viewpoints aim to bring awareness to the obstacles survivors of sexual assault and abuse face on campus. Read the latest piece in the series, discussing how Georgetown University’s various resource offices continue to fail survivors.
VIEWPOINT: Honor John Thompson Jr.’s Legacy
Tom Bianco (Business School ‘77) recounts his moving experience with Coach John Thompson Jr. in light of his recent passing.
VIEWPOINT: Encourage Mutual Aid
Megan Huynh (NHS ’22) discusses the Georgetown Mutual Aid Network and shares the tangible ways Georgetown University students can support their fellow Hoyas during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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VIEWPOINT: Honor John Thompson Jr.’s Legacy
With the passing of John Thompson Jr., it is with a heavy heart I feel compelled to tell my story of the man who helped…
VIEWPOINT: Encourage Mutual Aid
At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, images of frenzied shoppers stocking up on toilet paper or fighting over the last bottle of hand sanitizer…
HOLLISTER: Eliminate Voting Barriers
The Kansas state primary was Aug. 4, and in an ideal world, campaigns are in full Get Out the Vote mode the two weeks before…
‘I Cannot Be My Only Advocate’: How Georgetown Continues To Fail Survivors
This Viewpoint discusses abuse on campus. Please refer to the end of the article for on- and off-campus resources. The author of this Viewpoint chose…
VIEWPOINT: Divest From the Prison-Industrial Complex
Unequivocally, Georgetown University has recognized that it cannot remain complicit in oppressive systems. Since the African American studies department began in the early 2000s, the…
VIEWPOINT: Support Lebanon
It seemed like any other typical Tuesday this summer. I had come home for a lunch break from my internship in Cleveland, turned on the…
VIEWPOINT: Meet All Students’ Needs
On its website, Georgetown University’s Office of Student Financial Services boasts that it works “closely with both students and parents to ensure we meet your…
Viewpoint: Protect Low-Income Students
On Friday, I received my financial aid package, which has left me blindsided three weeks before classes are set to resume. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic,…
VIEWPOINT: Promote Political Discourse
This month, a post from a student’s personal blog began circulating in the Georgetown University community. The piece expressed the author’s opposition to the Black…
VIEWPOINT: Advocate for the DREAM Act
In August 2001, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) (SFS ’66, LAW ’69) and Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) introduced the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors…
HOLLISTER: Promote Community Leaders
It has now been about one month since police killed George Floyd and Black Lives Matter protests began sweeping the nation. In the days after…
VIEWPOINT: Decrease Tuition Amid COVID-19
Before I set up my bed or hung up my clothes, I placed a container of fresh dates on the gently whirring AC system of…
STEKOL: Reimagine Justice
The Song of Songs is one of my favorite books in the Hebrew Bible, with an empowered female narrator speaking openly about sexuality and love…
VIEWPOINT: Embrace Radical Love
As a queer Black person, I come from a long line of freedom fighters. From the abolitionist Maroons of my family’s home country of Jamaica…
HOLLISTER: Connect with the Community
Running a campaign is a little like the cooking show “Chopped.” As a campaign manager, I must use ingredients I didn’t get to choose —…
MARCINKOWSKI: Prevent Inequity for Premed Students
Let’s set the scene: A first-generation premed student is sitting in her family’s trailer home in Texas with two younger siblings, trying to study for…
VIEWPOINT: Encourage Club Entrepreneurship
I never could have predicted the number of emails I would receive from on-campus clubs with the subject line “Thank You for Your Interest in…
VIEWPOINT: Value Student Input
It is June. The fall semester begins in two months. Students are anxious. We have nothing. The unprecedented nature of the situation is clear, but…
STEKOL: Find Justice in Holy Texts
As I scrolled through Twitter, filled with rage at recent events, I came across a tweet that quoted chapter 31 of the book of Jeremiah:…
VIEWPOINT: Make Yourself Uncomfortable
Since 1619, Black Americans have been an afterthought while the white appetite rages constantly for more. Black Americans have been left alone to break the…
HOLLISTER: Advocate for Young Professionals
“Wait, you didn’t negotiate pay before you got the job?” I scrunched up my nose at hearing one of my former boss’s questions through my…
STEKOL: Stop Marginalizing Religious Women
As an American Jew, I am mortified, fearful and angry about the rise of antisemitism in the United States. While many news outlets — The…
VIEWPOINT: Empower Social Justice Movements
During my time at Georgetown University, I witnessed firsthand the value marginalized students bring to our campus. Whether they are first-generation, low-income students; Black, Indigenous…
VIEWPOINT: Ensure Aid for Struggling Students
CW: Homelessness, starvation and mention of suicide attempt There’s a common misconception that low-income students pay nothing to attend universities like Georgetown University. Sometimes we…
VIEWPOINT: Make Time for Personal Experiences
I am a first-generation, low-income student and a proud Latina daughter of two Mexican immigrants, so I came to Georgetown University with few expectations of…
VIEWPOINT: Embark on Uncertain Journeys
One Friday night during my freshman year, my friends from my New Student Orientation group and I decided to go bowling. We called an UberXL,…
VIEWPOINT: A Love Note to Georgetown
There is a note in my phone from early in the semester, when my fingers were reliably numb with or without gloves and I had…
VIEWPOINT: Learn Beyond the Classroom
When I first came to Georgetown University, I thought the whole point was the classes I would take. I pushed myself to read all the…
VIEWPOINT: Traverse Difficult Pathways
As I write this on the eve of my strange virtual graduation, I can’t help but think of my peers. During my freshman year, I…
VIEWPOINT: Encourage Balanced Discussions
I would imagine there are not many seniors who would happily choose to live in Harbin Hall again. In fact, all year long, my peers…
VIEWPOINT: Engage in Diverse Conversations
At Georgetown University, community comes in the most unique places when it’s needed most. I found one such community on a day retreat at…
VIEWPOINT: Explore Different Communities
When I attended my Georgetown Admissions Ambassador Program Weekend in the spring of 2016, everyone talked about finding their home on the Hilltop. I immediately…
VIEWPOINT: Experience Creative Collaboration
When Hugo von Hofmannsthal adapted Sophocles’ “Electra” in 1903, the focus shifted from an Aristotelian representation of Greek mythology to teasing out the complex emotions…
VIEWPOINT: Build Community for Younger Athletes
Unsolicited poetry exchanges, sermons from The Wall Street Journal reminding me to be productive at home, and aggressively marketed yoga suggest people are desperately craving…
KEHOE: Foster Patience During COVID-19 Pandemic
When colleges and universities across the country shut down and federal interest rates were cut to zero due to the COVID-19 pandemic, I felt like…
EDITORIAL: Expand Assistance for Housing Insecurity
When Georgetown University closed campus residences for the semester, the administration allowed some students without alternative accommodations to apply to stay on campus. Yet, with…
REUTER: Acclimating to New Environments
I expected the last few weeks of my time as a Georgetown University student to be filled with nostalgic lasts. I have instead found myself…