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Takeaways From a Semester at Georgetown

Takeaways From a Semester at Georgetown

By Lisa Park and Lisa Park January 30, 2017

Congratulations! You made it through first semester (barely). But now you've returned wiser, crazier, somehow smarter and definitely fatter! This is what I've learned after my first semester of freshman...

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Approximately 1600 freshmen and 200 transfer students were welcomed to Georgetown at this weekend’s New Student Orientation with an Olympics-inspried “Light Your Torch” theme.

Georgetown Welcomes Freshmen, Transfers

By Tara Subramaniam August 30, 2016

This year’s New Student Orientation, with its Olympics-inspired “Light Your Torch” theme, welcomed the approximately 1,600 freshmen members of the Class of 2020 and over 200 transfer students...

Roommate Horror Stories: Freshman Edition

Roommate Horror Stories: Freshman Edition

By Charlie Fritz and Charlie Fritz July 31, 2016

As explained by every Blue & Gray Tour Guide, CHARMS is an online matchmaking service to help incoming freshmen find their roommates. And as with any dating app, there are the stories of the students...

Bananas, Beauties, and Freshman Fails: Exploring Georgetown Via Instagram

Bananas, Beauties, and Freshman Fails: Exploring Georgetown Via Instagram

By Charlie Fritz and Charlie Fritz June 28, 2016

As most of you know (and if you don't, crawl out from under your rock), Georgetown University has a large social media presence. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and more recently, Snapchat make up the...

A Freshmans Guide to Manipulating Residential Living

A Freshman’s Guide to Manipulating Residential Living

By Charlie Fritz and Charlie Fritz April 21, 2016

It's that time of year for high school seniors. The time when they (those incoming freshman) fill out the famed Living Preference Questionnaire and begin the housing process. To all of you younglings,...

The Stages Of A Freshmans Weight Gain

The Stages Of A Freshman’s Weight Gain

By Charlie Fritz and Charlie Fritz March 20, 2016

Spring break came and went very fast. Some of us went to help the less fortunate in areas like Mississippi and Honduras. The rest of us did not. Instead of making a decent contribution to civilization, many...

A Plea for the Survey

By Zachary Schroepfer February 4, 2016

We, the members of the Freshman Executive Committee, as a body formed to represent the Class of 2019, strongly urge our classmates to take the university’s confidential Sexual Assault and Misconduct...

Georgetowns Secret Freshmen Dorm

Georgetown’s Secret Freshmen Dorm

By Charlie Fritz and Charlie Fritz February 4, 2016

As a Blue & Gray tour guide took me on a tour of Georgetown's campus during my junior year of high school, she told me and the tour group that Georgetown had four freshman dorms that will determine...

Top Blog Articles of 2015: Editors Picks

Top Blog Articles of 2015: Editors’ Picks

By Catherine McNally and Catherine McNally January 4, 2016

Here at The Fourth Edition, we've had a great year.  Before we start bloggin' 2016 away, we'd like to take a little trip down memory lane with a list of our top posts of 2015.  We've covered everything...

What We Would Do If We Were Freshmen

What We Would Do If We Were Freshmen

By Sydney Bolling and Sydney Bolling September 14, 2015

The senior nostalgia is hitting pretty hard as the year starts to ramp up. Suddenly everything is the "last" something. Our last first day, our last Georgetown move in day, our last fall semester. Basically,...

Dear Applicant, Maybe Next Year

Dear Applicant, Maybe Next Year

By Phalguni Vetrichelvan September 11, 2015

When I first arrived on campus as a freshman, I was a bundle of emotions: excited to start a new part of my life, scared due to the newness of it all and beyond nervous to see if I would succeed. My definition...

The 5 People Youll Meet in POG

The 5 People You’ll Meet in POG

By Catherine McNally and Catherine McNally September 8, 2015

Problem of God is the defining class of every freshman's experience at Georgetown. It's likely one of the first classes you'll ever have attended on the Hilltop. You were probably nervous and anxious walking...

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