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VP: Welcome Refugee Students on Campus

VP: Welcome Refugee Students on Campus

By Saeed Samra March 1, 2024

At this very moment — following generations of persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations and other disruptions to public order — 110 million people are forcibly displaced worldwide,...

VIEWPOINT: Stop Asking Us to Boycott Chick-fil-A

VIEWPOINT: Stop Asking Us to Boycott Chick-fil-A

By Nate Morris February 22, 2024

You wake up ravenous, but you just can’t stomach the thought of Leo’s. You open Doordash, before remembering that article you read telling you it’s “killing local restaurants.” You could walk...

VIEWPOINT: Contextualize LGBTQ+ Advocacy

VIEWPOINT: Contextualize LGBTQ+ Advocacy

By Maddie Naisbitt January 19, 2024

On Nov. 6, 2023, Fr. James Martin, S.J., a priest known for his advocacy and a member of Georgetown University’s Board of Directors, spoke at Georgetown, detailing the spiritual lessons from the story...

EDITORIAL: GUSA Executive Proves Effective

EDITORIAL: GUSA Executive Proves Effective

By The Editorial Board April 17, 2023

Georgetown University Student Association (GUSA) President Camber Vincent (SFS ’24) and Vice President Alyssa Hirai (SFS ’24) took office following a competitive election in November 2022. After...

‘It Starts With Us’ Offers Lily Bloom a Hopeful Path Forward

‘It Starts With Us’ Offers Lily Bloom a Hopeful Path Forward

By Catherine Meyer December 3, 2022

CW: This article references domestic violence. Please refer to the end of the article for on- and off-campus resources. Colleen Hoover’s name is now synonymous with the romance genre; her uber-hit...

“It Starts With Us” Offers Lily Bloom a Hopeful Path Forward

“It Starts With Us” Offers Lily Bloom a Hopeful Path Forward

By Catherine Meyer November 30, 2022

CW: This article references domestic violence. Please refer to the end of the article for on- and off-campus resources. Colleen Hoover’s name is now synonymous with the romance genre; her uber-hit...

Advocacy and Identity: Refugee Communities at Georgetown

Advocacy and Identity: Refugee Communities at Georgetown

By Rania Khan November 11, 2022

Zahra Wakilzada (SFS ’23) lived in Afghanistan for the first 13 years of her life before moving to Pakistan and then the United States after her family came under threat by the Taliban because of her...

SAFE Joins D.C. Student Sustainability Network

SAFE Joins D.C. Student Sustainability Network

By Samuel Yoo March 31, 2022

Students Advancing Food Equity (SAFE), a campus organization dedicated to combating food insecurity, joined forces with other Georgetown University and D.C. student organizations to create the D.C. Student...

Advocacy Coalition Launches To Decriminalize Drugs in DC

Advocacy Coalition Launches To Decriminalize Drugs in DC

By Laetitia Haddad October 28, 2021

Washington, D.C.-based activist groups have launched the #DecrimPovertyDC campaign aimed at decriminalizing drug use. The #DecrimPovertyDC campaign, made up of a coalition of local organizations, including...

PODCAST: Meet the Fall 2021 GU Politics Fellows

PODCAST: Meet the Fall 2021 GU Politics Fellows

By Grace Buono September 16, 2021

https://soundcloud.com/multimedia-editor/podcast-meet-the-fall-2021-gu-politics-fellows This week, The Hoya spoke with the Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service’s fall 2021 cohort...

IN PROFILE: Barbra Streisand Always Has Been Aware

IN PROFILE: Barbra Streisand Always Has Been Aware

By Michelle Brown August 30, 2021

Though it’s perhaps not strictly a biography, and perhaps a little out of place in this column, I simply could not listen to Barbra Streisand’s “Release Me 2” without considering how her cross-decade...

VIEWPOINT: Stand With Syrian Citizens

VIEWPOINT: Stand With Syrian Citizens

By Omar Alshogre March 18, 2021

This piece discusses violence, police brutality and incarceration. Please refer to the end of the article for on- and off-campus resources. For people around the world, March represents the changing...

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