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VIEWPOINT: Find Friendship in Darnall’s Flaws

VIEWPOINT: Find Friendship in Darnall’s Flaws

By Lucy Jung September 11, 2025

Desolate. Dismal. Disappointment. Darnall. Perhaps placing equal signs between the four D-words would’ve made the alliteration sharper. But I’ll do any pro-Darnall Hall advocates out there a favor...

Experts Urge Female Community, Political Participation in CFJ Panel

By Elyse Ellingsworth, Events Desk Editor March 28, 2025

A panel of experts urged the cultivation of women’s spaces and profiled activism in the midst of the current political moment at a Georgetown University event Mar. 25. The panel focused on how women...

VIEWPOINT: Let Opinion Be for the Georgetown Community

VIEWPOINT: Let Opinion Be for the Georgetown Community

By Peter Sloniewsky December 5, 2024

To all of the readership of The Hoya, I have had the distinct honor of serving as The Hoya’s senior opinion editor throughout this now-fading fall semester.  Two weeks ago, directing my final...

GORAL: Celebrate Red Square’s Enduring Legacy

GORAL: Celebrate Red Square’s Enduring Legacy

By Dylan Goral December 5, 2024

I don’t think I’ve ever thought about a tree as much as I have this past week. They occupy such a massive physical space in our daily lives, especially in the bustling environment of a college campus...

Shira Oz/The Hoya | The Georgetown neighborhood's Art All Night offerings attracted families despite the poor weather.

Georgetown’s Art All Night Event Closes Exhibits for Rain, Still Celebrates Creativity

By Shira Oz, Special to The Hoya October 9, 2024

The Georgetown neighborhood’s Art All Night activation, an event that hosts artists and businesses across 19 locations along Wisconsin Avenue, had several cancellations due to rain Sept. 29. Art All...

VIEWPOINT: Resist Cultural Impacts of Legacy

VIEWPOINT: Resist Cultural Impacts of Legacy

By Annie Stegall January 25, 2024

“But you’ve moved up for them, why would you still wear that hat?” I finally understood. The middle-aged man in front of me, whose coffee order I was meant to be taking, was not questioning my...

VIEWPOINT: Find Magic in Rangila

VIEWPOINT: Find Magic in Rangila

By Saar Shah and Sanaa Mehta January 19, 2024

The aroma of 412 pizzas mixes with that of freshly printed playbills and posters. The pitter-patter of chappals echoes through Healy Hall as board members arrange merchandise on tables. The Gaston Hall...

Black Student Affinity, Communal Gathering Space Opens

By Paulina Inglima October 16, 2023

Blaxa Block, a Black student affinity and communal gathering space, opened in the LXR multipurpose room Sept. 30. Blaxa Block fulfilled one of the 11 demands from Georgetown University Protects Racists...

VIEWPOINT: Continue to Empower Ukrainian Community

VIEWPOINT: Continue to Empower Ukrainian Community

By Tanya Tkachenko September 29, 2023

First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska’s recent visit to Georgetown University served as a gesture of gratitude toward the university for its unwavering support and a powerful reminder of the ongoing...

VIEWPOINT: Support Local Journalism

VIEWPOINT: Support Local Journalism

By Anne Poulos September 1, 2023

As our readers know, The Hoya’s slogan is “Read the Paper.” With the emergence of the internet and the development of a 24-hour news cycle, this pithy tagline has become a desperate cry from written...

VIEWPOINT: Value All Forms of Queerness

VIEWPOINT: Value All Forms of Queerness

By Juliet Boelhouwer April 21, 2023

I fall into the questioning part of the LGBTQ+ community, which is an under-discussed portion of the queer experience. There is no one right way to navigate the queer experience, but more understanding...

VIEWPOINT: Make the Hilltop a Home

VIEWPOINT: Make the Hilltop a Home

By Haan Jun (Ryan) Lee April 17, 2023

As the academic year slowly comes to an end, I’ve found myself repeating “I miss home.” For some, this may be difficult to understand. After all, my friends have gone home or met their families...

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