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The Photograph

The Photograph

By Jinwoo Chong June 29, 2015

Last year, my older brother graduated from law school. I don’t remember if he’d secured a job by then. Knowing him, my guess would have to be that he had. Anyway, early on a Friday morning, my parents...

Across the Sea

By Anushka Kannan June 19, 2015

People ask me where I am from, and while my unhesitant answer is New Jersey, where I have lived with my parents since I was eleven, I know this is an oversimplification. My memories of life before...

Home, Sweet Home

Home, Sweet Home

By Jinwoo Chong June 1, 2015

Two weeks ago, my father and brother were on campus to help me move out of my apartment for the summer. As we stuffed the last of my boxes and clothes hangers into the trunk of the car, my father asked...

The Five Stages of Being Home

The Five Stages of Being Home

By Courtney Klein and Courtney Klein May 20, 2015

As we finish the first week of summer and settle back into our hometown routines, the reality sets in: we are not in Georgetown anymore! The metro, M street stores and Lau breakdowns have now been replaced...

Research Examines Family Economics

By Deirdre Collins April 17, 2015

According to new research conducted by Catherine Tinsley, a professor of management and director of Georgetown’s Women’s in Leadership Initiative at the McDonough School of Business, the majority...

Georgetown Production Puts a New Twist on Family Ties

By Michael Fiedorowicz March 27, 2015

Family is usually associated with love; it is rarely conceptualized through a paradigm of power. However, that's the unique perspective on the familial unit that the newest Nomadic/Mask & Bauble...

It Takes a Village

By Jasmine White February 6, 2015

The first thing people say to me when I tell them my mother is deceased is “I’m sorry.” I get why. Although it’s polite to seem sympathetic, for some reason, I always find it just a little...

How to Survive Awkward Family Parties

How to Survive Awkward Family Parties

By Catherine McNally and Catherine McNally December 23, 2014

The holiday season is always the perfect time of year to lounge around binge-watching Netflix, take advantage of home cooked meals and attend as many family holiday parties as can be jammed into three...

Post-Parents Weekend Survival Guide

Post-Parents’ Weekend Survival Guide

By Meg Lizza and Meg Lizza October 19, 2014

If your parents came this weekend, then listen up because you are most likely going through the same withdrawals that I am. For the last three days you have feasted at M Street’s finest culinary locations,...

No. 3: Salt Shaker

By Sarah Kim October 12, 2014

I would take my little ones to my mother’s every few months. We’d drive for a few hours and they’d open their eyes when the car shuddered to a stop, then rub the sleep from their lashes. My son was...

When You Give a 14-Year-Old Boy a Cosmopolitan

When You Give a 14-Year-Old Boy a Cosmopolitan

By Keaton O'Neil and Keaton O'Neil July 28, 2014

Cosmopolitan is the traditional guilty pleasure beach read of young women across the nation, boasting of insider knowledge like “The Touch that Locks Down His Love,” “How to Go from Blah to OMG...

Despite Shortcomings, Relay Still Saves Lives

By Michelle Dailey March 25, 2014

No one will deny that recently, there has been a slump in funds raised for Georgetown’s annual Relay for Life event that benefits the American Cancer Society. It has been cited frequently by The Hoya...

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