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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

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Mending an Empty Honor

By Online Editor January 17, 2014

Georgetown’s seemingly endless graduation ceremonies might be shorter in 2017, with two little words cut from the ritual for a quarter of its student body: cum laude. Latin honors were granted to...

The Wrong Prescription

By The Editorial Board December 6, 2013

Anxiety rises quickly in the face of tight deadlines and the pressure for high achievement. While it is, of course, difficult to cope with heightened stress, the unauthorized use of cognitive-enhancing...

A Finals Examination

By The Editorial Board November 22, 2013

Finals are creeping up faster than most of us would like to admit. While cumulative examinations have value in the sense that they hold students accountable for the semester, there is ample room for improvement...

Small Talk, Big Impact

By The Editorial Board November 18, 2013

Not all small talk is of small importance, especially when it reflects serious social trends on campus. With students in the throes of the semester, hardly a conversation goes by on the Hilltop without...

The Science of Success

By The Editorial Board November 18, 2013

It is encouraging to see the Undergraduate Science Research Fair place a greater emphasis on including and engaging students on the forefront of research projects. Last Wednesday's research fair, an annual...

Admitting Room to Improve

By The Editorial Board November 18, 2013

The September release of enrollment statistics for Georgetown's graduate programs has left many wondering how to address a lack of diversity in admissions practices. Admissions to these programs have...

Substance Over Style

By The Editorial Board November 8, 2013

“Find X.” “If you could choose to be raised by robots, dinosaurs or aliens, who would you pick?” “What does Play-Doh have to do with Plato?” For Georgetown students who applied to many...

A Worthwhile Incentive

By The Editorial Board November 8, 2013

There are few circumstances that can truly be considered a win-win — and, let’s face it, even fewer when the parties involved include students and the administration. More often than not, the best...

Reading Into Academics

By The Editorial Board November 8, 2013

It is a curious phenomenon that at one of the most intellectually rigorous universities in the country, reading doesn’t count for much. Understandably, in the flurry of midterms, papers and extracurricular...

A Pie in the Sky

By The Editorial Board October 28, 2013

Nearly half a year after local landmark Tuscany Cafe shuttered in June, Georgetown students are still without the ideal spot to fulfill weekend-night munchies. Epicurean is expensive, Eat & Joy draws...

A Suspect Email Filter

By The Editorial Board October 4, 2013

"This message was posted by Erika Cohen Derr under authority granted by the Division of Student Affairs." This disclaimer concludes every campus-wide email sent by student groups. Few readers notice...

Learn Quicker With iClicker

By The Editorial Board October 4, 2013

Many find the crowded lecture hall to be an inevitable downside to attending a large research university such as Georgetown. In recent years, professors with an excess of 200 students — and 200 laptops...

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