Category: Senior Viewpoint

Playing the Circle Game After Formative Years

By Ana Sofia Guzman | May 15 2009

This reflection involves the daunting task of reflecting upon my four years here at Georgetown and summarizing them in about ...

Through a Reimagined Senior Thesis, an Identity Found on the Hilltop

By Kevyn Bowles | May 15 2009

I remember the wrinkles in her face and the wise, ancient blue of her eyes. I was sitting downtown, interviewing ...

Tap Into Your Revolutionary Spirit

By Chris Murphy | May 15 2009

The blue and gray bulldog stood out unmistakably. I bobbed and weaved through the urban masses of Freetown, Sierra Leone ...

Self-Discovery Through Others

By Sarah David Heydemann | May 15 2009

I spent the better part of my sophomore Halloween crying, alone in my room. I’ll never forget running into ...

Carefree Quirks Hold Key to Undergrad Success

By Roland Dimaya | May 15 2009

I left Georgetown for the summer after my freshman year without feeling any sense of personal accomplishment or intellectual advancement ...

A Welcome Wake-Up Call

By Justin Charity | May 15 2009

The campus empties in May — the underclassmen catch their flights and the seniors fill The Tombs. The days converge into ...

An Affair of Struggle and Joy With My Second Home

By Yamiche Alcindor | May 15 2009

At this year’s Black Student Alliance Visions of Excellence Ball, an alumni speaker noted in a speech that while ...

GU Allows Me to Be Myself

By Hammad Hammad | May 16 2008

“Diversity, diversity, diversity … there goes Hammad again, talking about gender, religion, race and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict!”

“Geez, Hammad. You are ...

Hilltop's Political Atmosphere Made an Unexpected Artist Out of Me

By Xaivier Ringer | May 16 2008

I often have been asked if I believe in fate or if I think life happens by chance. Georgetown has ...

At My Georgetown, Social Justice Is a Lifestyle of Its Own

By Ashwini Jaisingh | May 16 2008

Whenever I hear someone call Georgetown students stuck-up or apathetic, I get angry. “No,” I tell them. “That may be ...