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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

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Finding Life Lessons Between the Pages

By Kim Bussing September 20, 2013

Despite the fact that with the combined amount of internships and jobs we’ve held, we’re a poor representation of the rest of the employed and unemployed America, we’re still all entitled to quarter-life...

Alternative Rock Album Proves Pleasantly Moody

By Eng Gin Moe September 20, 2013

4/5 stars While I’ve always been a big fan of the alternative and rock scene — especially artists like Alt-J — I’ve never actually sat down and listened to the relatively well-known alternative...

Trans* Students Share Their Stories

Trans* Students Share Their Stories

By Sarah Kaplan September 20, 2013

It’s Friday afternoon, and Lexi Dever (COL ’16) is hurrying to get ready for the evening. She’d received a new skirt in the mail and is eager for an excuse to wear it. Her eyeliner is missing,...

Johnson Maintains Mellow Sound

By Connor Valaik September 20, 2013

I should probably start with a disclaimer: I am a Jack Johnson fan. The reason I say this is because Jack Johnson is often maligned for having songs that all sound alike. This criticism is somewhat...

Film Takes Viewers Captive

By Bethany Imondi September 20, 2013

4/5 stars If you’re looking for a movie that will keep you on the edge of your seat, Prisoners is the perfect choice. The film has all the components needed to create the perfect fall thriller:...

Remembering Our High School Roots

By Mary Burgoyne September 20, 2013

I was sitting in Regents Hall this summer leafing through an LSAT book when I heard people coming down the hallway. Loud and festooned with lanyards, the group was comprised of high school students looking...

Entrepreneur Brings the Beat

By Kim Bussing September 20, 2013

With a hit single on iTunes and his songs circulating Internet radio stations, Darnell Bland,Jr. (MSB’15)  is anything but your typical business student.  Double-majoring in marketing and management...

Making Waves

By Mariah Byrne September 13, 2013

The loss of WGTB’s broadcast signal is a telling story, one indicative of political divides in the 1970s that embroiled the nation and campus radio’s place at the forefront of that unrest. After...

Sci-Fi Film Offers Pure Entertainment

By Eduardo Gueiros September 13, 2013

Nine years after its previous installment, Riddick comes back to screens as the latest episode in the futuristic sci-fi saga of the same name. The film starts with Richard B. Riddick (Vin...

Greek Eatery Dishes Up Smokey Pairings

By Caroline DeSantis September 13, 2013

With a bustling bar and a smoky aroma, it is evident right when you walk through the doors of “Top Chef” personality Mike Isabella’s new restaurant, Kapnos, that this place was designed...

Final Installment Disappoints

By Victoria Edel September 13, 2013

In a world obsessed with dystopias, one accomplished author put her name in the rink with a trilogy of her own. Margaret Atwood released the first in the series, Oryx & Crake, in 2003, the second, The...

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

By Rosie Bichell September 7, 2013

Feeling nervous, I climb onto the back of a motorcycle driven by a man I have never met before. He hands me a sweaty helmet worn by countless prior passengers and before I’ve had time to completely...

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