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EDITORIAL: Enshrine Ideological Diversity

By Editorial Board September 22, 2017

One of the hallmarks of higher education is the opportunity to understand and grapple with a wide range of ideas. Yet, Georgetown falls short on its commitment to this ideological diversity in the makeup...

EDITORIAL: Value Faculty, Protect Union

By Editorial Board April 21, 2017

Georgetown’s original collective bargaining agreement with the Service Employees International Union Local 500 is set to expire June 30. Since the contract was first ratified in October 2014, adjunct...

Meeting Professors In Their Natural Habitat

By Jonathan Marrow September 25, 2015

This fall, I started playing weekly tennis games with one of my professors. I had taken a course with him in the spring, we had become friendly and both enjoyed tennis, though we both found discovering...

Pre-Registration Fails

Pre-Registration Fails

By Sydney Bolling and Sydney Bolling April 7, 2015

Every semester I go into pre-registration feeling excited and confident. I plan out the perfect schedule and envision a fabulous next semester for myself. Yet, something always seems to go awry and I...

Midnight Breakfast Is Here

Midnight Breakfast Is Here

By Sara Carioscia and Sara Carioscia December 8, 2014

Tonight is the annual midnight breakfast at the fabulous O’Donovan’s on the waterfront (aka Leo’s). Students from all over campus will gather to enjoy the coolest meal of the day. The midnight...

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Economics professor Billy Jack (right) and public policy professor James Habyarimana received a $3 million grant from USAID for a project to improve road safety in East Africa.

Profs Receive USAID Grant

By Xinlan Hu November 21, 2014

The United States Agency for International Development awarded the Georgetown University Initiative on Innovation, Development and Evaluation, known as gui2de, a $3 million grant to expand a road safety...

Outside Classrooms, Engaging the Hilltop

By Joshua Dostal April 4, 2014

College tour guides have to answer dozens of questions. From “What does the blue light do?” to “Do coeds share bathrooms?”, the questions span from normal to bizarre. While many of the questions...

GAAP Weekend Etiquette

GAAP Weekend Etiquette

By D.J. Angelini and D.J. Angelini March 29, 2014

Judging from the crowds of young children with name tags and the abundance of middle-aged men wearing backpacks, it looks like GAAP Weekend is upon us! GAAP Weekend is a weekend where accepted students...

For 2 Professors, Like Father, Like Son

By Madeleine Thornburn March 21, 2014

Underclassmen looking to take “International Relations” with professor Keir Lieber this semester may have been confused after searching his last name on MyAccess and finding mainly courses above...

How It Feels to Start Classes Again

How It Feels to Start Classes Again

By Courtney Klein and Courtney Klein January 8, 2014

By now most, if not all, of you are done with the Christmas cookies and never-ending family time. The holidays were fun, but now it's back to the Hilltop we love and the schoolwork we hate. It goes a little...

When One Door Opens, Another One Closes...

When One Door Opens, Another One Closes…

By Julia Kieserman and Julia Kieserman November 21, 2013

Sometimes, when you're having a bad day, you start to ponder the big questions. The meaning of life, where you will be in ten years, what to eat for dinner, etc. All the head scratchers. So, like anyone...

Reading Into Academics

By The Editorial Board November 8, 2013

It is a curious phenomenon that at one of the most intellectually rigorous universities in the country, reading doesn’t count for much. Understandably, in the flurry of midterms, papers and extracurricular...

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