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VIEWPOINT: Measure Student Belonging Better

VIEWPOINT: Measure Student Belonging Better

By Peter Sloniewsky March 14, 2025

On Feb. 18, every member of the Georgetown University student body received an email invitation to participate in a university Cultural Climate Survey, intended to gather information on students’ sense...

VIEWPOINT: Work Smarter with AI

VIEWPOINT: Work Smarter with AI

By Nhan Phan February 28, 2025

There’s sort of an unspoken rule in academia: If it feels too easy, then it’s probably wrong.  Using artificial intelligence (AI), with its ability to summarize complex readings in mere seconds,...

VIEWPOINT: Consider What You Lose Leaving the Hilltop

VIEWPOINT: Consider What You Lose Leaving the Hilltop

By Sara Eyob February 21, 2025

In 2023, I arrived at Georgetown University as a first-year with my heart set on majoring in public policy. Thus, in my first semester, I took “PPOL-2000: How Public Policy Works.” To this day, it...

VIEWPOINT: An Open Lunch Invitation

VIEWPOINT: An Open Lunch Invitation

By Mitch Kaneda February 21, 2025

Admit it. Once the honeymoon was over, you fancied a divorce. Has Georgetown University lived up to your expectations, despite the happy, rosy, bombastic pictures you post on Instagram? Many say...

VIEWPOINT: Revive Arts Week

VIEWPOINT: Revive Arts Week

By Saahil Rao and Tina Solki February 14, 2025

Each week, the long, thin pages of The Hoya are dotted with the contemplations of students seeking relief from the hustle and bustle of Georgetown University’s daily life. Earlier this month, Mansi...

VIEWPOINT: Open Admin's Closed Doors

VIEWPOINT: Open Admin’s Closed Doors

By Peter Sloniewsky January 31, 2025

In the past year, writers for The Hoya have covered a variety of student issues, including but not limited to a myriad of campus dining health violations, a data leak that threatened thousands of current...

VIEWPOINT: Stand Up to Starbucks' Labor Violations

VIEWPOINT: Stand Up to Starbucks’ Labor Violations

By Elinor Clark, Valli Pendyala, Connor Henry, and Fiona Naughton January 31, 2025

In September 2023, Georgetown Students Against Starbucks (GSAS) began fighting to pressure Starbucks to end its ruthless union-busting campaign against its own workers. Earlier that year, the National...

VIEWPOINT: Include Social Media Discourse in Academic Settings

VIEWPOINT: Include Social Media Discourse in Academic Settings

By Priyasha Chakravarti January 24, 2025

The year 2025 begins with many uncertainties about the fate of TikTok. The brief ban and the possibility of another one have spotlighted concerns about national security, digital freedom, the gig economy...

VIEWPOINT: Honor Georgetown Basketball Star Eric “Sleepy” Floyd

VIEWPOINT: Honor Georgetown Basketball Star Eric “Sleepy” Floyd

By Michael Hassner January 24, 2025

Who is the Georgetown University men’s basketball all-time leading scorer? A few names might come to mind. Perhaps generational post-scoring talent Dikembe Mutombo? Nope. Or star of the 1984-85 NCAA...

VIEWPOINT: Build New Organizations Across GU

VIEWPOINT: Build New Organizations Across GU

By William Schlickenmaier January 17, 2025

Times are turbulent. As a campus, we’re going through not one, but two presidential transitions. Things feel more uncertain and chaotic than ever. In times like these, it can feel like the right answer...

VIEWPOINT: End Legacy, Donor Preference in GU Admissions

VIEWPOINT: End Legacy, Donor Preference in GU Admissions

By Asher Maxwell, Ethan Henshaw, Felix Rice, and Darius Wagner January 17, 2025

Every year, Georgetown University admits an incoming class of students who are wealthier than almost any other in the country. This overrepresentation of students from ultra-rich families stems from a...

VIEWPOINT: Let Opinion Be for the Georgetown Community

VIEWPOINT: Let Opinion Be for the Georgetown Community

By Peter Sloniewsky December 5, 2024

To all of the readership of The Hoya, I have had the distinct honor of serving as The Hoya’s senior opinion editor throughout this now-fading fall semester.  Two weeks ago, directing my final...

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