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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Facebook Paper: Does It Fall Flat?

Facebook Paper: Does It Fall Flat?

By KP and KP February 4, 2014

Facebook has just unveiled a brand new app called Paper, which, according to the company, will allow users to "explore and share stories from friends and the world in immersive designs and fullscreen,...

A Crude Confessional

By The Editorial Board November 1, 2013

Georgetown Confessions jolted the Hilltop upon its inception last spring, dragging volatile issues like race, sex and class to the forefront of student awareness. Many participated, and the initial outrage...

Bias Reporting System Targets Facebook Incidents

By Mallika Sen and Madison Ashley September 18, 2013

After five reports concerning online harassment were filed last spring, the Bias Related Incident Reporting System is adjusting to respond more effectively to incidents on outlets such as the “Georgetown...

DIRAGO: Classroom Not a Place For Twitter

By Nicholas Dirago August 26, 2013

With the new semester upon us, it is that time again for undergraduates: time to make ambitious promises to ourselves about our study habits and time management for the upcoming year. This semester will...

The Problem With Anonymity: An Interview With Georgetown Confessions

The Problem With Anonymity: An Interview With Georgetown Confessions

By Lindsay Lee and Lindsay Lee May 2, 2013

In the few weeks between the inception of the Georgetown Confessions Facebook page as an outlet for whimsical admittances and its progression to a forum for heated debate about racial and socioeconomic...

Confessing a Need for Change

By Braden McDonald April 26, 2013

Georgetown Confessions has drawn ire from students, parents and The Hoya’s editorial board, and for good reason. The Facebook page, founded in December but gaining widespread popularity only last month,...

The Five People Youll Meet in a GAAP Facebook Group

The Five People You’ll Meet in a GAAP Facebook Group

By Allie Canal and Allie Canal April 10, 2013

Gaining acceptance into Georgetown meant many things to all of us: congratulatory cards from relatives you haven’t talked to in years, celebratory dinners with friends and family, a plethora of letters...

Whats the Difference?

What’s the Difference?

By Lindsay Lee and Lindsay Lee April 1, 2013

If you've been on Facebook at all during this school year, you've seen various anonymous Facebook pages cropping up and posting all over your newsfeed, tagging your friends, and getting into feuds. These...

A ‘Like’ for Georgetown Compliments

By Aamir Hussain March 19, 2013

If you have a Facebook account, chances are that you or one of your friends has received an anonymous compliment during the last few months courtesy of Georgetown Compliments, a profile on Facebook that...

Monopoly Madness! Meow!

Monopoly Madness! Meow!

By KP and KP February 7, 2013

Attention, world (and by world, I mean cat lovers): Hasbro has officially announced that they will be retiring the classic iron game piece and replacing it with their new cat game piece. That's right....

Casual Thursdays: Warming From The Inside

Casual Thursdays: Warming From The Inside

By KP and KP January 24, 2013

We hate to break it to you, everyone, but the Inauguration has ended. The mania has subsided and the fever has ended — except for our Beyoncé fever, which will carry on "until the end of time." (Ha,...

An Open Letter to Mark Zuckerberg

By Shannon Walsh and Shannon Walsh December 4, 2012

Dear Mark Zuckerberg, When you were sitting in your dorm room at Harvard, writing out math calculations on a really cool glass whiteboard that I’m sure you didn’t actually own, (thank you David Fincher...

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