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Cultural Revelations at the Arcade

By Celeste Chisholm May 22, 2014

I suppose one could say that I’ve been up in the air for a long time. The pressure up there is different, and so whenever I touch back down to Earth, like clockwork, my ears pop. Before too long I always...

Free Us From MonopoLeo’s

By Melina Delkic May 21, 2014

“Ugh. Leo’s again.” What to eat, what to eat? Questionable chicken? Flavorless desserts? Scrambled egg-like liquid for the 90th morning in a row? We’ve all been there. We’ve all complained....

The Girl-Power Generation

The Girl-Power Generation

By Kate Riga May 19, 2014

Ever since the November release of Disney’s “Frozen,” no one can seem to let it go. The lyrics of Idina Menzel’s beloved ballad have gotten stuck in many a head, and the question “Do you...

How to Be a Bro Against Sexual Assault

How to Be a Bro Against Sexual Assault

By Jimmy Ramirez and Alex Skarzynski May 10, 2014

We currently live in a world where gang rape blankets the news, where 48 women are raped every hour in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and where 1 in 5 women are sexually assaulted in college in...

Fighting Against Duplicitous Food Marketing

By William Rydzewski May 2, 2014

Each fall, incoming college freshmen start their undergraduate careers with a considerable amount of independence. For the first time, many of these seventeen- and eighteen-year-olds are forced to make...

NCAA Player’s Union Raises Serious Questions of Student Rights

By Hunter Main April 29, 2014

On Friday, Northwestern University’s scholarship football players voted whether to certify the College Athletes Players Association, a group that would be the first players’ union in college sports....

One Year to the Finish Line: A Runner's First Boston Marathon

One Year to the Finish Line: A Runner’s First Boston Marathon

By Bo Julie Crowley April 21, 2014

I grew up watching thousands of marathoners race through my town every April. Mile 13 is a few blocks down the road, so by the time runners pass my street in Wellesley they know that they’ve made...

The Academic Value of Vulgarity

The Academic Value of Vulgarity

By Parth Shah April 7, 2014

My U.S. literary history course deals very heavily with issues of race and culture in 20th-century America, and much of this discourse has been generated from works written by African-American authors. We...

The Purgatory of Pluralism: Admissions, Rejections and Waitlists

By Alexandria Plutnicki April 6, 2014

This weekend, high school students from across the nation received their admission decisions from Georgetown and similar top schools. Upcoming GAAP weekends will bring in even more admitted students than...

A Capitol Idea for GUTS

By The Editorial Board April 4, 2014

If there’s one place Georgetown students can be counted on to intern every semester, it’s Congress. With this trend in mind, the university has added a new Georgetown University Transportation Shuttle...

The New NCAA Era: CAPA Is Here to Stay

By Connor Maytnier April 3, 2014

In late January, the National College Players Association, now known as the College Athletes Players Association (CAPA), filed a petition to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on behalf of members...

In The Newsroom: The Reporter

By Danny Funt April 2, 2014

It is an honor when readers challenge editorial decisions made by The Hoya. Even when the objections are unfounded or misguided, they’re reflective of the presumption that journalism serves a higher...

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