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The Art of the Photobomb

By Tara Advaney October 9, 2015

If you type “how do you” into your Google search bar, one of the first options to appear is “how do you photobomb.” A phenomenon that has come to define our generation of selfie-takers and digital...

ISABEL BINAMIRA/THE HOYA  Besides performing for campus groups such as the Caribbean Culture Society and the African Society of Georgetown, R.E.L. has also brought their soulful sound to Gaston Hall.

Resonant Essence Live Looks to Emphasize Diversity in Their Music

By Jasmine White September 25, 2015

When it comes to a cappella groups, Georgetown has no shortage. This means that making a group stand out among the many musical ensembles on campus is not an easy task. However, Resonant Essence Live...

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alt-J, above, is headlining the inaugral Landmark Music Festival on the National Mall this weekend with co-headliners Drake and The Strokes. Passes start at $105.

Drake and alt-J Headline Landmark Music Festival

By Kate Kim September 25, 2015

Although the political climate is heating up in the District with the pope’s arrival this week and election season approaching, the musical community is also abuzz with some exciting upcoming events....

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The Givenchy show, attended by Kanye West and NIcki Minaj, as shared on the brand’s Instagram.

Bohemia Abound at New York Fashion Week

By Grace Wydeven September 25, 2015

Colored light filters through spectacular stained-glass hanging lamps, and music begins to play as the first model struts across the catwalk. Moments into her walk she stumbles, falls and quickly gathers...

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The arrival of the fall season brings a new hoard of characters, including (from left to right, Priyanka Chopra in ABC spy drama “Qauntico,” Melissa Benoist in “Supergirl” and Emma Roberts in “Scream Queens.”

Fall TV Preview

By Sean Davey September 25, 2015

After a summer dedicated to binge-watching throwbacks on Netflix including “Gilmore Girls” and “Friday Night Lights” and mourning the end of critical darlings like “Mad Men,” every television...

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The Life of Pebbles

By Matthew Quallen September 25, 2015

In the coming months, the university will open a campus-wide dialogue on its relationship with racism and slavery, which reached its nadir in 1838 when Fr. Thomas Mulledy, S.J., and the Maryland Jesuits...

Inside Dixie Liquor

By David Chardack September 18, 2015

“You want one?” The unmistakable voice of Sean Clark rang out across his tidy store. Clark, who co-owns and manages Dixie Liquor on M Street, handed his customer a clear plastic cup shallowly filled...

ISABEL BINAMIRA/THE HOYA
From writing a theme song for YouTube comedian Tre Melvin to sharing his mixtapes on SoundCloud, Daniel Breland (MSB ’17) has joined the big leagues with his new songwriting deal with Water Music, a successful production company based in N.J.

Breland’s Open Season

By Gianna Pisano September 18, 2015

If you passed Daniel Breland (MSB ’17) on the street, you would think he’s just another Georgetown student. He is a Resident Assistant in Village A. He sings for the Georgetown Phantoms, an on-campus...

Student-Run Record Label Promotes Georgetown Musicians

By Sarah Hour September 18, 2015

After noticing a lack of community for students interested in the arts, Zoe Rosen (COL ’16) and Nesh Patel (COL ’16) opened Clock Hand Records, Georgetown’s first independent student-run record...

COURTESY MICHAEL REDMAN. A scene from Pandemopium.

Poppies, Kid Rock and the Taliban

By Emily Welch September 11, 2015

Afghanistan’s rural Kandahar province — the cradle of the Taliban insurgency — has a plant problem. Poppies, the Dorothy-red flowers that are tapped to make opium, outnumber the citizens. Landowner...

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DC Statehood

By Madison Ashley September 4, 2015

As students from across the country and globe flood the streets of Washington, D.C. in anticipation of a new academic year at one of the District’s numerous colleges and universities, they may be...

Tours for Social Good

By Justin Kotwicki September 3, 2015

Bo Hammond and Lisa Maurer met and fell in love in the District of Columbia. Hammond majored in history at American University and Maurer had just graduated from business school at Trinity College...

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