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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

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VIEWPOINT: Listen to Palestinian Voices

VIEWPOINT: Listen to Palestinian Voices

Over 60 members of Georgetown University’s faculty have signed a statement calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. The petition also demanded the provision of full humanitarian assistance to civilians...

KANG: Prioritize Empathy in Health Care Practices

KANG: Prioritize Empathy in Health Care Practices

By Esther Kang November 12, 2020

Over the summer, I started to work at an urgent care clinic in Great Falls, Va. It’s a small establishment, made up of two physicians and a handful of medical assistants who rotate in pairs. Each morning,...

VIEWPOINT: Stop Sensationalizing Coronavirus

VIEWPOINT: Stop Sensationalizing Coronavirus

By Melissa Deng February 6, 2020

Everyday life in China is coming to a standstill; streets once filled with people are now practically empty. During Chinese New Year, celebration was muted, with many family reunions curtailed by travel...

ARONSON: Guiding Moral Action Through Empathy

ARONSON: Guiding Moral Action Through Empathy

By Samuel J. Aronson February 17, 2017

As a scholar of the Holocaust, I am often called upon by friends, family, colleagues, strangers on the metro and Uber drivers to be the arbiter of a perpetual question: “Isn’t [insert contemporary...

Nicholas Scrimenti

SCRIMENTI: Compassion, A Balancing Act

By Nicholas Scrimenti October 7, 2016

To most people, empathy is seen as the height of human insight and a necessary first step toward altruism. Empathetic people are viewed as being particularly attuned to the human condition, selflessly...

Jinwoo Chong\The Hoya

Passion and Humility Within Our Peers

By Nicholas Dellasanta May 20, 2016

Ite, inflammate omnia — go forth and set the world on fire. An often-heard phrase at a Jesuit school, these are the words St. Ignatius of Loyola used to encourage the Jesuits in their global mission,...

The Homo Sapien and Its Mysteries

The Homo Sapien and Its Mysteries

By Doug Freide June 21, 2015

Today, I’d like to focus on one specific animal that I thought I once loved but not anymore. Jessica Poole, a human (Homo sapiens), is my ex-girlfriend who recently left me for someone who, according...

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