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OPONGO: Examining Jesuit Traditions Across Continents

OPONGO: Examining Jesuit Traditions Across Continents

By Fr. Elias Opongo, S.J. October 18, 2019

I arrived at Georgetown University in August 2019 to take on a semester-long position as the Jesuit chair of government department. Having taught for seven years at Hekima Institute of Peace Studies and...

EDITORIAL: Expel Frauds, Recognize Privilege in Admissions

By Editorial Board March 22, 2019

On March 12, the United States Department of Justice charged 50 people across eight universities in the largest college admissions scam in history. Five Georgetown University parents and two current students...

BIGGIO: Dialogue Without Disclaimers

BIGGIO: Dialogue Without Disclaimers

By Rachel Biggio March 7, 2019

Extremely sensitive, pathetically coddled, and excessively concerned with social justice vernacular — you need only spare a passing glance at the internet to know that these descriptions represent some...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Recognize Privilege in Safety

By Tanner Larkin December 13, 2018

I have enjoyed reading Hannah Urtz’s (SFS ’20) column over the course of the semester. Yet I was disappointed that her recent article on Western privilege in the Middle East lacked sensitivity to the...

URTZ: Privilege Obscures Travel Realities

URTZ: Privilege Obscures Travel Realities

By Hannah Urtz November 30, 2018

Over the course of my semester in the Middle East, I have been treated with graciousness and hospitality at nearly every turn. This treatment has not been sparked by my charming disposition: Being an American...

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Educational reform advocate Cathy Davidson argued for a new model of teaching that recognizes privilege in elite institutions and teaches students to recognize disparities around them.

Education Reformist Calls for New Teaching Model

By Chapel Puckett November 17, 2017

All Georgetown students have benefited from rare good fortune that enables them to attend an elite institution, educational reform advocate, professor and author Cathy Davidson argued at a Riggs Library...

VIEWPOINT: Sacrificing for the Global Family

VIEWPOINT: Sacrificing for the Global Family

By Hasaan Munim April 27, 2017

Until this February, the world went six years without a declaration of famine. Now, 20 million people in Somalia, Nigeria, South Sudan and Yemen face starvation, including 1.4 million children at risk...

KARNA: Deconstruct Hidden Privilege

KARNA: Deconstruct Hidden Privilege

By Caitlin Karna March 24, 2017

“Hey. I’ll pay you $2 if you can play at least one song by a black person,” my friend said to me during our shift last week, where I manage and control the auxiliary cord. I take music very seriously...

VIEWPOINT: Break Through Liberal Bubble

By Gabriella Wan November 15, 2016

Having grown up in the suburbs of New York, my worldview was largely a liberal bubble of social progressivism, where most right-wing people were conservative for fiscal reasons rather than social ones....

STONE: Cultures Are Not Our Toys

STONE: Cultures Are Not Our Toys

By Renleigh Stone February 5, 2016

I was asked, “How do I explain to white people that it’s wrong to treat East-Asian religions as fads?” They explained that there are people who want to “become” Taoist, Buddhist, Sikh or Hindu...

OWSIANY: Study Abroad’s Real Cost

OWSIANY: Study Abroad’s Real Cost

By Laura Owsiany September 25, 2015

In the spring semester of 2015, I studied abroad in London, one of the most expensive cities in the world, for five months. I frequently found myself feeling caught between the cost of doing something...

Check Your Privilege

Check Your Privilege

By Sarah Santos July 31, 2015

I’m about to write about economic inequality in the Philippines while sipping on third-wave coffee in a boutique cafe. Is something wrong with this picture? I’ve only lived in the Philippines for a...

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