From hosting intimate conversations with first-year students over dinner at his home to promoting increased racial awareness through the development of an African American studies major, College Dean...
As I graduate this semester with a degree in economics, I’m still having trouble figuring out what exactly I’ve learned in those countless lectures filled with supply-and-demand graphs and equations....
Professor Steenhuisen was just the sort of sweet, grizzled presence that I needed to ease into university life. She posed questions to students with immense tenderness, smiling at every response as if...
Feeling isolated? No one understands you? Struggling with your sense of self and purpose? Not the smartest kid anymore? Don't worry, this has nothing to do with your overinflated sense of self being confronted...
Break out your suits and resume folders because it's time to find an internship. Perhaps you don't know how to format your resume or even where to begin? If you want to get offers from your favorite employers,...
I have a severe case of “undeclared-ness.”
When I decided to come to college in the nation’s capital, I thought I would be able to figure out what I wanted to do for the next four years of my...
A few weeks ago, The Hoya released their "Fall Fashion Issue" documenting the hottest trends this year on the Hilltop. They actually did a pretty awesome job, so you should check it out.
It just so...
Last year as a news writer for The Hoya, I covered the New York Times’ first annual ranking of socioeconomic diversity on college campuses. This year, Georgetown plummeted in the rankings from 46 to...
The stars. Any time my family asks, that’s the answer. The question isn’t anything special. I’m certain that plenty of others have been asked it as well — have been interrogated about it by parents,...
Every March, students across the country fail to join elite higher-education institutions despite their hard work and intelligence. It is not because they were rejected; it is because they did not apply.
While...
Everyone knows that high school and college are pretty different. From academics to the social scene, they are essentially worlds apart. 4E brings you a few situations that demonstrate this difference...
A true liberal arts education is meant to introduce students to a wide variety of thoughts, and professors are supposed to be the well-intentioned and informed mediators of discussion. However, it is very...
