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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Valentines Day brings the rose latte to Cafe Georgetown.

On Your Radar: The Valentine’s Day Issue

By Elizabethe Bogrette, Deputy Guide Editor February 8, 2024

Fall in LOVE With Georgetown! Who needs an S.O. when you could fall in love with our city instead? Just a few minutes walk from the gates, many shops on M St. will be running a “Love, Georgetown”...

The Making of ‘The Lincoln Experience’

The Making of ‘The Lincoln Experience’

By Jasmine Criqui, Senior Guide Editor February 8, 2024

A cursory look at Google Maps lists Trap Manor — 1400 35th St. NW — as a historic landmark, and photos of the building’s classic red brick exterior indicate the same. But those who open the reviews...

One Side Then, and Both Sides Now

By Jack Willis, Hoya Executive Editor February 8, 2024

Enthroned at the center of a mosaic of apostles and courtly observers, Joni Mitchell radiated the aura of a Byzantine empress as she performed at the 2024 Grammy Awards amid a shimmering haze of golden...

REEL DILEMMA | The Modern Problem of the Cinema Industry

By Preston Shirazi, Hoya Staff Writer February 8, 2024

Have you ever scrolled through IMDb’s top 100 movies and noticed something peculiar? Only a handful from the last decade made the cut. Sure, you might think it’s just a matter of taste, but there’s...

Jacqueline Novak (COL 04) in Get on Your Knees, an irreverent new Netflix comedy special.

‘Get On Your Knees’: A Sharp-Witted Comedic Masterpiece by a Georgetown Graduate

By Elizabethe Bogrette, Deputy Guide Editor February 8, 2024

“Get on Your Knees,” a new Netflix comedy special written and produced by Georgetown alumnus Jacqueline Novak (COL ’04), has broken the barriers of feminine purity culture while simultaneously...

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Meditations on Silence

By Jack Willis, Hoya Executive Editor February 8, 2024

In one of my earliest memories, I am at the park with my cousin. We climb far above where little kids should find themselves onto an awning overlooking a sea of taupe mulch. “Jump,” she says. And...

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Kid Cudi Sounds More Pedestrian Than ‘INSANO’

By Oliver Ni, Senior Sports Editor January 31, 2024

After over 15 years of Kid Cudi producing some of hip-hop’s most experimental and imaginative music, we reconvene to ask the age-old question: which iteration of him are we getting? The man on...

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‘La sociedad de la nieve’ Horrifies and Impresses in Equal Measure

By William McCall, Senior Guide Editor January 31, 2024

There’s a scene in Jordan Peele’s 2022 film “Nope” in which a feral UFO-shaped alien “abducts” dozens of people, digesting them alive in a claustrophobic, harrowing portrayal of human panic...

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American Symphony: Sublime Scenes on Human Duality

By Amber Cherry, Deputy Guide Editor January 31, 2024

Jon Batiste experiences the divine in “American Symphony.” The biographical documentary film follows his career highs  —  composing a symphony for Carnegie Music Hall and earning 11 nominations...

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‘The Holdovers’ is a Loving Retread of Familiar Ground

By Jasmine Criqui, Senior Guide Editor January 31, 2024

Snow flurries, a cappella Christmas carols and dangerously homemade cherries jubilee make up “The Holdovers,” a refreshingly sincere comedy-drama that’s already picked up five Oscar nominations...

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New GU Gallery Exhibition Tackles Powerful Complexities of Identity and Social Justice

By Elizabethe Bogrette, Deputy Guide Editor January 31, 2024

A new exhibit that focuses on themes of social justice through the lens of historical transparency within Italy opened in the Maria and Alberto De La Cruz Art Gallery on Jan. 26.  The Georgetown University...

AUTEUR SPOTLIGHT | Zhang Yimou

By Sophia Lu, Guide Columnist January 31, 2024

To purchase his first camera, Zhang Yimou sold his own blood. During the Cultural Revolution in China, he was sentenced to a re-education camp through no fault of his own. When he returned, Zhang — at...

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