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After Brazilian Elections, Expect More of the Same

By Daniel Almeida October 28, 2014

As I sat and listened to the live broadcast during last Sunday’s Brazilian election results, one common theme seemed to make sense of what I and millions of Brazilian voters were thinking: Today, Brazil...

Trials of Adult Life

By Jasmine White October 24, 2014

I wasn’t lucky enough to be one of those kids who was raised in one house her whole life. But because I have grown up changing residences every couple of years, it has never really bothered me. However,...

The Perks of Going Home

By Rita Chang June 11, 2014

As the summer began and I finally left Georgetown, I encountered a strange dread to return to what should be the most familiar place on Earth — home. After spending a long period of time so far away,...

Marching On

By Braden McDonald and Molly Simio March 21, 2014

On the morning of May 3, 1971, upwards of 3,000 protesters who had flocked to the nation’s capital to protest the Vietnam War sought refuge on Georgetown’s campus. Driven out of their main base...

Striving to Untether Ourselves

By Celeste Chisholm March 7, 2014

"You’re not from around here, are you?" For a girl whose identity thrives on evanescence, this question is music to my ears. For me, it’s a lifestyle, sewn into my roots by capricious parents whose...

To the Future Leaders of Georgetown

By Cody Cowan September 27, 2013

Four years simply isn’t enough time. When I came to Georgetown for the first time in the spring of my junior year of college, it seemed like May 2014 was an eternity away. Yesterday, I updated the Senior...

Goodell Reforms Won’t Save Football From Itself

By Nabeel Zewail September 17, 2013

Don’t let anyone fool you; football is America’s game. Baseball may be considered America’s pastime, but no sport dominates America like football does. The NFL is the world’s most valuable sports...

Change Takes Change: Living on One

By Marlene Cox and Marlene Cox September 27, 2012

"What can I do?" "If each individual can help a single other individual...we can change the world." Imagine living on nothing but one dollar a day. Just one dollar. The same dollar you may use for...

Rock Out With My Guac Out: An Ode to Burritos

By Nicole Jarvis August 29, 2012

Moving from Southern California to the District last year wasn’t easy — schlepping an entire life’s worth of stuff in four suitcases, moving into my freshman dorm during a hurricane, learning that...

Friday Fixat10ns: Stand Up

By Michelle Cassidy and Michelle Cassidy January 27, 2012

by Michelle Cassidy [8tracks width="300" height="250" playops="" url="https://8tracks.com/mixes/552863"] Between the first anniversary of the uprisings in Egypt and a lunchtime demonstration in Leo's,...

Feiman-Sims: It’s Time for a Change

By Jed Feiman and Henry Sims February 23, 2011

As members of both campus groups that receive money from funding boards and the national tea party, we've felt let down by the fiscal irresponsibility of our student government. We have carefully followed...

Call for Change, From the Bottom Up

By Brian Kesten May 20, 2010

The Obama staffers and community leaders with whom I spent my break between sophomore and junior years referred to our campaign as Freedom Summer 2008. Decades after courageous, radical young women and...

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