The Campus Opinion section is being revived from late 1990s editions of The Hoya. The aim of this column is to compile a variety of perspectives on campus. In each installment, a question is posed to the student body, and we present to you their answers as spoken.
As first-years become oriented to campus and returning students prepare for another semester, we chose to highlight the best parts of being a Hoya. Georgetown and the surrounding Washington, D.C. area offer a myriad of exciting opportunities, and the best way to live out your time on campus is to try and take advantage of them all!
With this in mind, the question we decided to pose this week was, “What’s one thing you want to do before you graduate from Georgetown?”
The responses we received, from participating in Rangila to kayaking on the Potomac River, demonstrated excitement for the year ahead.
Evan Schleck (SFS ’29) said, “My goal before graduating Georgetown is to try coffee at any place in and around campus — that’s every Corp location, every coffee shop in the neighborhood.”
Zongkai Lin (SFS ’28) said, “I would really want to take better advantage of the downtown campus, because I know there was the hoo-ha about the amount of money spent there but I just think that if the money’s gone into it, we at the Hilltop campus, we can make some use of that as well.”
Justin Chung (MED ’28) said, “Before graduating, I would like to explore more of Europe.”
Charlotte Bonneau (CAS ’28) said, “Before I graduate Georgetown, I want to perform in Rangila.”
Molly The Losen (SOH ’28) said, “I would like to get out into the greater community of D.C. and make an impact in some way that will help the community in a positive way.”
Lily Korpas (CAS ’29) said, “One thing that I’d like to do before I finish my time at Georgetown — I’m only like a freshman so I have four years — but my daddy is from Budapest, Hungary, and I think it’d be really cool to intern or get a job at the Hungarian embassy.”
Selena Sun (CAS ’29) said, “One thing that I would love to do before I graduate is to attend a conference or meeting in Gaston Hall because I’ve seen pictures and it looks really nice and I would like to be in there.”
Jessica Runyambo (CAS, McCourt ’28) said, “One thing that I hope to accomplish or do on campus before I graduate is meet a former president.”
Livi Ray (CAS, McCourt ’28) said, “I want to babysit a professor’s kid — we’re going to make it happen!”
Louis Kim (MSB ’26) said, “The last thing I want to do before I graduate is go to Tombs three nights in a row.”
Arianne Khoo (SFS ’28) said, “Something I want to do in D.C. before I graduate is go kayaking on the Potomac during sunset. I’ve been told the Potomac is kind of gross, so I haven’t built up the courage yet to go kayaking on it. Growing up I would always go kayaking with my family and I feel like going kayaking in this place that is now home will really allow me to connect back to my roots.”
Sam Baghdadchi (CAS ’29) said, “My goal before I graduate Georgetown is to go to every single Hoya sports game — or every single different sports team there.”
Owen Huang (SFS ’28) said, “Before I graduate Georgetown, I want to see the NFL draft here on the National Mall in 2027.”
Helena Gernhardt (SFS ’27) said, “One thing I want to do before I graduate is, oh my gosh, the Campus Recreation in the spring does Battleship, where you climb into canoes and try to sink the other canoes, and me and my roommate and all my other friends have wanted to partake in playing Battleship in McCarthy Pool, and that is on my bucket list at Georgetown, so I will be looking forward to that.”
Samuel Yin (SOH ’28) said, “I’d actually like to steal the clock’s hands. That’d be crazy, but I wish I could do that before I graduate.”
Compiled by Ella O’Connor and Thejas Kumar