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Finding Myself Where I Couldn’t Pretend I Was Anything Else

By Celeste Chisholm June 5, 2014

I find that the deeper I delve into foreign lands, the further I stray from normal, and the further normal strays from me. Lately I notice that people here cannot help but notice me. Admittedly, there...

FISCHER: Superficial Criteria Overlook Distinctive Feature of GU

By Michael Fischer April 24, 2012

As a campus tour guide, I am often confronted with questions such as, “Why did you come to Georgetown? Why should I pick Georgetown? What makes Georgetown different?” from prospective students. But...

Catholic Identity, to a Point

By Sports Editor and Dan Healy April 19, 2012

On Friday, March 30, The Guide published an article about the evolution of Georgetown’s Catholic identity (“At a Crossroads,” G8 – G9, March 30, 2012). Examining how Georgetown currently portrays...

Our Evolving Identity

By The Editorial Board February 10, 2012

In light of the departure of an esteemed faculty member and the celebration of Jesuit Heritage Week, the university's adherence to its founding Catholic values has come under scrutiny. Even after extensivedialogue,...

Bidding the Hilltop Farewell

By Patrick J. Deneen January 31, 2012

To the Editor: It was strange to read the article about my departure from Georgetown for Notre Dame (The Hoya,A1, "Deneen to Leave GU at Semester's End," Jan. 24). I recognized some of my words, yet...

Indian Ambassador Addresses South Asian Identity

By Rita Pearson September 28, 2011

Nirupama Rao, the Indian Ambassador to the United States, expressed her hope that India can play a role as both a world superpower and a builder of the South Asian identity in her address Tuesday. During...

Gilbert: Who We Are, Not What We Are

By Caitlin Gilbert April 19, 2011

How do you respond to someone who asks, "What are you?" Clearly, there's no right answer to such a weighty inquisition; yet, when I was asked this very question at the age of eight — by a classmate,...

GU’s Catholic Identity in Flux

By Neil Quinn September 23, 2010

Forty-one years after stepping down as president of Georgetown University, Fr. Gerard Campbell, S.J. still lives in the Jesuit community here, in a spacious third-floor room in Wolfington Hall. At...

Memories from Championship Days

By Quin Hillyer January 16, 2010

Like so many wannabe politicos, I enrolled at Georgetown determined to study government, volunteer for national political efforts and make good "connections." Four years later I left Georgetown having...

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