Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

The Real Meaning of Greek Life

By Adaire Carey and Hillary Oneslager January 30, 2012

While a fair number of Georgetown students claim the absence of sororities and fraternities is a major selling point for the university, there are still students to whom the world of sacred letters, ritual...

BERHIE: A New Big Brother For the 21st Century

By Sophia Berhie January 30, 2012

Google proudly announced in an email to all of it's users, "We're getting rid of over 60 different privacy policies across [the company] and replacing them with one that's a lot shorter and easier to read." The...

Making Gym Fees Work Out

By The Editorial Board January 30, 2012

Students have the freedom to decide how often they dine at O'Donovan Hall, choosing from a variety of tiered weekly and block plans. But if we can control how often we consume our heart's desire of Hershey's...

A Revolution Turns One

By Nabeel Zewail January 27, 2012

On Jan. 25 of last year, the people of Egypt rose up to demand freedom and a different course for their country. They went to the streets of Suez, Alexandria and Cairo, without religious or personal...

Georgetown Loses Its Finest

By Chris Mooney January 27, 2012

To the Editor: When I heard professor Deneen was leaving, I was greatly awed and saddened. Why would Georgetown have let him go so easily? I have watched recently as an unusually melancholy cloud...

The Best, but Not Always for All

By The Editorial Board January 27, 2012

At a university like Georgetown, where the ideals of fairness and justice pervade the undergraduate experience, one would think an issue like equal study space for all students would never need to be debated....

By Fr. James V. Schall, S.J. January 27, 2012

For Christmas, a friend sent me a pleasant book with well-known facts that everyone gets wrong. For example, "Where is Scotland Yard?" The answer is "Scotland Yard is in England." Another example...

The State of the University

By Guide Editor January 26, 2012

Faculty at universities nowadays come and go fairly regularly, so it is a rare professorial announcement that shakes a school. Recently, Patrick Deneen, a former columnist for this paper and professor...

BLANK: A Sign of Societal Ills

By Sam Blank January 26, 2012

Few things reveal the worst aspects of American political life as effectively as the poisonous debate surrounding abortion. This past Sunday marked the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the controversial...

LAKHANPAL: In Qatar, Anti-U.S. Is not Anti-American

By Nikhil Lakhanpal January 24, 2012

The casual rant against America is always followed by a quick justification: "It's not like I'm anti-American. I like you! I'm just anti-America, you know?" A few days, ago my teaching assistant opened...

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