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New Students Find ESCAPE

By Caroline Welch October 16, 2012

Amid the bustle of college life, the ESCAPE First-Year Experience has given students the opportunity to leave campus, take a break and reflect on their experiences. Run by the Office of Campus Ministry,...

HEALY: Easing a Tough Transition

By Dan Healy September 11, 2012

As the academic year begins and the Class of 2016 gets acquainted with Georgetown, freshmen are finding that adapting to college life isn’t easy. New students face a multitude of challenges, and I question...

Extending Dorm Choice to Freshmen

By The Editorial Board April 13, 2012

As campus is again flooded with prospective and admitted students, tour guides will point out the four freshman dorms and explain how each has unique perks and disadvantages. But what prospective students...

Housing At a Glance: Finding the Perfect Roommate

By The 4E Staff and The 4E Staff January 26, 2012

By Martin Hussey With freshman housing selection just a few weeks away, it seems like the entire class of 2015 is on pins and needles with roommate drama. The coming weeks will inevitably be filled with...

Getting in, Staying in: Freshman Gets Creative and Redefines the Blogging Experience

By Lili Dodderidge February 25, 2011

With a name like "theINcrowd," you might suppose this blog would involve Mean Girls-like references and lessons on how to be "cool." But visit Georgetown freshman Shay Oyewole's (SFS '14) blog at itstheincrowd.com...

Freshman Debate Duo Heading to National Competition

By Jonathan Gillis February 18, 2011

A Georgetown debate team won its first automatic invitation to the national debate championship since 1998. Andrew Markoff (SFS '14) and Richard Day (SFS '14), a team of two freshman debaters, learned...

Back to Basics

By The Editorial Board November 2, 2010

Writing college-level papers is one of the greatest challenges freshmen must learn to overcome. Students who received top marks in high school are often disheartened by initial professorial critiques and...

Peers Reflect on Arrested Students

By Elizabeth Rowe and Jonathan Gillis October 29, 2010

After being abruptly awoken and evacuated from their residence hall early Saturday morning, displaced Harbin Hall residents began to piece together the morning's events and reflect on the students who...

Reality Show Chronicles Freshman Experience

By Kendra Jones August 27, 2010

Hoyas who can't get enough of `Jersey Shore''s Snooki and The Situation may be happy to learn that soon, they will have a new reality show to watch - one featuring their fellow Georgetown students. GUTV's...

How College Can Change You if You’re Open-Minded

By Mark Lance August 22, 2008

Dear Freshmen (and everyone else, but especially freshmen): So, here you are, newly arrived in Washington, D.C., at a college. Amazing thing, a college. A self-contained community with janitors, sports...

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