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What to Do After Getting Rejected from Piano Bar

What to Do After Getting Rejected from Piano Bar

By Julia Axtell and Julia Axtell March 15, 2017

After everyone's favorite grimy bar got raided a few too many times and decided to be a whole lot pickier about who they let in, a lot of underage Georgetown students are left wondering - what next? Where...

The 4E Guide To Friendsgiving

The 4E Guide To Friendsgiving

By Caroline Bucca and Caroline Bucca November 18, 2016

Thanksgiving is coming up, which means that every foodie's favorite holiday is almost here! In the great (slightly reworded) saying of Regina George "Thanksgiving is the one day of the year when every...

4Es Guide to Freshman Networking

4E’s Guide to Freshman Networking

By Julia Axtell and Julia Axtell October 5, 2016

So it's August before your freshman year of college and you're wondering: "How am I going to make friends?" To be honest, everyone here is in the same boat of knowing practically no one once they arrive...

Your Best Friends at Georgetown

Your Best Friends at Georgetown

By Kat Vassell and Kat Vassell April 24, 2016

We've all heard of the "Georgetown Stereotype." I'm not so sure there's only one. I present to you some of the many characters of Georgetown: The SWUG (Senior Washed-Up Girl) In Training: No stranger...

Cost of Club Culture

Cost of Club Culture

By The Editorial Board February 5, 2016

No student’s confidence should be diminished because of a rejection letter from a club on campus. With the amount of hard work it takes just to be admitted to Georgetown, students can be so qualified...

When Friends Fill in the Mental Health Gap

By Stephen Cacace February 2, 2016

The guy who’s the life of the party at the Tombs. A friend who seems a little down lately. That woman at the coffee shop who is keeping to herself. Mental illness doesn't discriminate based on race,...

Winter Break Life Lessons: the 8 Things You Discover

Winter Break Life Lessons: the 8 Things You Discover

By Jenna Clifford and Jenna Clifford January 4, 2016

Winter break is an interesting time. In the middle of the school year, it’s a weird lapse between the fall and spring semesters, just a few weeks full of extravagant (or monotonous) family holidays,...

The Seven Standard Snapchats

The Seven Standard Snapchats

By Mike Radice and Mike Radice October 5, 2015

If you aren’t a fan of Snapchat, reevaluate your life decisions. No other means of communication can get the job done. What job, you may ask? It’s whatever you want it to be. There are hundreds of...

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...

Friends Knowledge is Important

Friends Knowledge is Important

By Emma Holland and Emma Holland May 7, 2015

This is a real first paragraph of a real majority opinion published at the close of a real D.C. Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals case. Judge Janice Rogers Brown, who penned the opinion, explains...

Friendships That Are Here to Stay

By Cyrena Touros March 9, 2015

Last May, we— the current freshmen— all signed our friends’yearbooks (and even those of people we wouldn’t have expected wanted a few words from us) with notes of love and excitement and optimism. “Sitting...

Big Announcement: The Hilltoss Now Has Smoothies

Big Announcement: The Hilltoss Now Has Smoothies

By Marina Smith and Marina Smith February 19, 2015

  Everyone's favorite on-campus hipster salad storefront has gotten even better, healthier and more colorful. Hilltoss now sells smoothies, and they are rad. Each smoothie was built upon a concept...

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