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Guilt-Free Music Pleasures

By Kinne Chapin February 2, 2012

Does anyone else out there watch "Portlandia"? For those of you unfamiliar with the show, it's a sketch comedy that kind of makes me want to move to Portland every time I watch it … even as it pokes...

Let Them Eat Cake

By Elizabeth A. Sabol-Jones February 2, 2012

For this week's quip, I thought I would take readers through a couple of scenarios in which baking a cake can go awry. As a Chinese language major, the nuances of the language bleed into the various facets...

Looking for Meaning in a Collegiate Life

By Courtney Mastrangelo February 2, 2012

We're all on this road … to where? No one really knows. We are our own trailblazers. There is a greater meaning to life than we can recognize. College is the place to find out what that meaning is....

Take a Short Trip South of the Border

By Jaclyn Proctor February 2, 2012

After a long week of hard work, I crave nothing more on a Friday night than a full-on Mexican feast. Sure, Georgetown has a few choices to appeal to Mexican food fanatics with Chipotle and Qdoba on...

‘The Vow’ Falls Short on Romantic Promise

By Allie Doughty February 2, 2012

Since The Vow features a melodramatic plot of everlasting true love, I would have guessed that it would be yet another movie based on a Nicholas Sparks novel. After all, both of its lead actors —...

New Flick Not Worth a Dime

By Jeremy Tramer February 1, 2012

Until now, I've only given one movie — out of the two dozen or so films I've reviewed for the guide over the last few years — a rating of one star. That review, in case you're wondering, was for...

From Leo’s Meals to Daily Deals

By Kaley Beins February 1, 2012

Eight years ago, Tim O'Shaughnessy (MSB '04) was frequenting The Tombs and walking campus with other ambitious undergraduate students. Now, he is co-founder and CEO of a $3 billion business. Although...

Out of the Library

By Photo Editor December 1, 2011

I was that kid who lived in the library. You all know him; many of you have been that same kid. We're the ones who occupied Lau before it was cool to sleep in a cold, uncomfortable public place. We've...

Bringing Tinseltown to Georgetown

By Katrina Yeh December 1, 2011

Hoyawood is a new student organization focused on bringing Hollywood closer to the Hilltop. Through a combination of film and media, the group shows popular documentaries and hosts panel discussions...

Latest Twilight Flick Fails to Break Ground

By Jeremy Tramer December 1, 2011

"Hey you guys, I just saw a Twilight movie and hated it because I'm not a 12-year-old girl, and also because LOL, it's Twilight and people hate it on the Internet or something! Ready for some hackneyed...

Takin’ Jamaican to the Next Level

By Keeley Williams December 1, 2011

When people think of food in D.C., they typically don't think of Caribbean cuisine — Ethiopian and American, perhaps, but definitely not Jamaican. I myself am Jamaican, and grew up with a patty shop...

A Lioness Cut Down in Her Prime

By Wil Curiel December 1, 2011

Posthumous albums are a look back at a musician's career, their achievements and hits, as well as insight to their works in progress, plans for the future and direction as an artist. Following Amy Winehouse's...

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