Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Predicting Preregistration

By The Editorial Board November 7, 2014

Preregistration at any stage can be a very daunting process. Students often spend the entire preregistration period agonizing over which classes to take, which order to take them and how to formulate their...

A Wasted Wednesday

By The Editorial Board November 7, 2014

For the majority of undergraduates, making it home in time for Thanksgiving dinner later this month will require significant time spent in a car, bus, train, airplane or some combination of the above. This...

4Es Georgetown Classes Wish List

4E’s Georgetown Classes Wish List

By Meg Lizza and Meg Lizza November 2, 2014

In honor of pre-registration opening up this week, here are a few classes that would be awesome to add to the Hilltop. Take note, John Q. Pierce! Sociology: The Development of and Societal Influence...

Janet Zhu

CARNES: The 6 Habits of Highly Effective Hoyas

By Fr. Matthew Carnes, S.J. September 5, 2014

  Now that the add/drop period has come to a close, we enter a different phase of the semester. The slow, “Georgetown 3-4-5” start is reaching its finale (we had three days of class the...

A Snow Day Solution

By The Editorial Board March 7, 2014

When many students were holding their breath in anticipation of a snow day Sunday evening, an email from University Registrar John Q. Pierce dampened the exciting prospect of a three-day weekend. Almost...

A Practical Credit

By The Editorial Board February 21, 2014

At the 2014 SkillHack Georgetown hackathon last weekend, a one-credit finance course, “Fresh Finance,” was proposed to correct a perceived lack of basic money management skills among students. The...

How It Feels to Start Classes Again

How It Feels to Start Classes Again

By Courtney Klein and Courtney Klein January 8, 2014

By now most, if not all, of you are done with the Christmas cookies and never-ending family time. The holidays were fun, but now it's back to the Hilltop we love and the schoolwork we hate. It goes a little...

All We Want for Christmas is This Way to Search for Classes

All We Want for Christmas is This Way to Search for Classes

By Emma Holland and Emma Holland December 23, 2013

Classy is a super convenient and – more importantly – super chic way of choosing classes during pre-registration. But now that pre-registration and pre-registration completion are done and I am looking...

Preregistration Helper: The Best Class I Ever (Involuntarily) Took

Preregistration Helper: The Best Class I Ever (Involuntarily) Took

By Francisca Johanek and Francisca Johanek November 7, 2013

From Star Trek in context, to the notorious “Jay-Z class”, to any taught by a Jesuit, a Hoya’s class list can contain a variety of unique and interesting choices. However, every Hoya also has a...

Social Justice Earns Credit

By Kit Clemente October 22, 2013

Classes that are more than three credits usually involve extra course hours or lab sessions. But for some students, a fourth credit signifies an engagement with social justice rather than more time in...

Learn Quicker With iClicker

By The Editorial Board October 4, 2013

Many find the crowded lecture hall to be an inevitable downside to attending a large research university such as Georgetown. In recent years, professors with an excess of 200 students — and 200 laptops...

Make Waitlists History

By The Editorial Board September 6, 2013

If you were looking to complete your history requirement in the School of Foreign Service this semester, there’s a good chance you will hit some roadblocks. The SFS requires students to take three...

Load More Stories
Donate to The Hoya