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Rio de Janeiro by night.

Reflecting on a Summer in Rio

By Allison Hillsbery August 19, 2014

I’ll admit that when I first got my housing assignment for this summer, I was a little wary. The sheet of paper said that I was to be living with a 76-year-old woman named Josenir. I didn’t have...

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Despite what movies like Adventureland promise, not all dull jobs turn into something exciting.

The Downside of Summer

By Justin Kotwicki July 2, 2014

We all dream of summer vacation. And in part, our ideas of what those long, free days will hold are shaped by the countless movies we’ve seen about the adventures that can happen in this wonderfully...

Just a Hoya and her Bonna-crew

Just a Hoya and her Bonna-crew

By Guest Writer and Guest Writer June 30, 2014

Last weekend, a group of friends and I road tripped to Manchester, Tennessee, a small town of about 10,000 people, which, for four days every June, swells to a population ten times that as people from...

Beach Etiquette for Shoobies

Beach Etiquette for Shoobies

By Max Wheeler and Max Wheeler June 11, 2014

Memorial Day is now behind us, and for the better part of the country, that means beach season is finally here (we're still waiting for the warm weather up here in New England). While I've lived within...

The Perks of Going Home

By Rita Chang June 11, 2014

As the summer began and I finally left Georgetown, I encountered a strange dread to return to what should be the most familiar place on Earth — home. After spending a long period of time so far away,...

Internship Fails

Internship Fails

By Sydney Bolling and Sydney Bolling June 1, 2014

So it’s finally summer, and after all the beach towels and sunscreen bottles are put away from Memorial Day weekend at the shore, it’s time to start your internship. And you’re really excited, right? OK,...

Voy a Quito

Voy a Quito

By Courtney Klein and Courtney Klein May 30, 2014

Hola Georgetown friends! I hope you all are having an amazing time raging, sleeping and possibly working? (I am so sorry) I am a huge proponent of adventurous summers — I tried sitting around and working...

Struggling to Take a Break

By Rita Chang May 28, 2014

As we sat in our cubicles in Lau during finals, flipping through the readings we never read over the semester, we may have regretted the time wasted scrolling down Facebook and wished we had been more...

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Margaret Atwoods The Handmaids Tale

Through Fiction, Easier Adjustment to Life at Home

By Kim Bussing May 21, 2014

For most college students, summer is a time for the big things, a time for risk taking and pushing yourself: traveling internationally, finally landing that coveted financial internship, teaching abroad,...

The Strange Difficulties of Finally Going Home

By Rita Chang May 16, 2014

Picnics on the lawn, people in sunglasses and shorts — it looks like, at last, summer is upon us. Summer is inseparably associated with long breaks as well as a series of questions like: What are...

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Album Review: ‘Pop Psychology’

By Charlotte Glasser April 25, 2014

★★★★☆ This Utah-based band, first made famous as an opening act for The Killers, is known primarily for upbeat songs such as “Animal,” “Everybody Talks” and “Lessons in Love.”...

Friday Fixat10ns: Is It Summer Yet?

Friday Fixat10ns: Is It Summer Yet?

By Courtney Klein and Courtney Klein April 18, 2014

[8tracks url="https://8tracks.com/thehoya/is-it-summer-yet" ] The best time of year calls for the best kind of music. Nothing says summer like the best mix of '90s, '00s and today that you have ever heard: 1....

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