One of my favorite days of the year — besides the usual suspects like Christmas, Thanksgiving or my birthday — is when the clocks “fall back” for daylight saving time. I never remember that it’s...
Over dinner with friends at Leo J. O’Donovan Hall last week, my friends brought up their struggles with adjusting to the academic environment at Georgetown University. As low-income or middle-class students,...
Last Tuesday, Georgetown University students took public transportation to watch Vice President Kamala Harris deliver her closing campaign speech just north of the National Mall at the Ellipse. Looking...
By Luke McMahan, Hoya Columnist
• November 8, 2024
Produced in two countries halfway across the world from each other and 15 years apart, one film and one limited series offer some of the most compelling discussions of pessimism and despair ever produced.
“At...
Like many of my friends and classmates, I spend far more time scrolling on TikTok or Instagram between classes or before starting homework assignments than I would care to admit. Along with the lighthearted...
As the night settles in and the aviation lights atop Healy Hall begin to glow, the campus falls into a hush. I ease into my beanbag by the Copley Hall windowsill, switch on my airplane-window neon sign...
The internet has forever changed my use of the English language.
It’s hard to pinpoint the exact moment I knew my sentences were not normal, but I started to notice a pattern: People had no clue what...
“Cura Personalis. People for Others. Community in Diversity.”
You cannot avoid these terms as you walk across campus, with banners and posters constantly inundating you with Georgetown University’s...
This year, “restorative justice,” a philosophy that seeks to repair the harmful impact of a crime rather than solely punishing the offender, has supposedly reshaped Georgetown University’s student...
By Luke McMahan, Guide Columnist
• October 24, 2024
For cinema’s entire lifespan, much attention has been paid to “anti-war” filmmaking. From 1930’s “All Quiet on the Western Front,” the earliest authentic depiction of harrowing warfare, to...
As a first-year student, I’ve been actively searching for opportunities on campus from an outsider’s perspective, seeking jobs and club connections. Coming in without the insider knowledge or networks...
Growing up in Wausau, Wis., events such as our annual Diwali Festival were especially important to me because, even in an area that was predominantly white, the energy of Indian culture could create an...
