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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

VIEWPOINT: Amplify AAPI Voices In Politics

VIEWPOINT: Amplify AAPI Voices In Politics

By Harry Tang and Anthony Duan December 2, 2021

According to the 2020 census, a combined 24 million Americans identify as Asian, either alone or in combination with another race group. As a vibrant minority group, Asian Americans deserve greater political...

Panel Advocates for Greater Asian Representation and Support in Academia

Panel Advocates for Greater Asian Representation and Support in Academia

By Caitlin McLean April 22, 2021

Universities have a responsibility to increase the representation of Asian American narratives, scholarship and faculty in academia, panelists said at an event held on April 16.  GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY/FACEBOOK...

GU Undergraduate Uses Fiction Writing To Reflect on Asian American Family History

GU Undergraduate Uses Fiction Writing To Reflect on Asian American Family History

By Ivy Becker March 25, 2021

Growing up, Amanda Yen (COL ’23) spent the ride to school hunched over her notebook in the back seat of the car, scribbling down stories that filled the pages. Her passion for writing endured, and now...

Students Push for Increased Asian-American Studies Programming

By Karena Landler February 1, 2019

Student-run Asian cultural groups launched a photo campaign called to raise awareness to a lack of academic programming on Asian-Americans studies at Georgetown University on Monday. The week-long campaign,...

VIEWPOINT: Upholding Affirmative Action

By Heejin Hahn, Jennifer Sugijanto, and Nataliyah Tahir September 7, 2018

Race remains a factor for mobility in the present-day United States. Willful ignorance of that reality harms members of the Asian-American community, in addition to other communities of color. The...

Asian-Pacific Islander Leadership Forum Launches

By Madeline Charbonneau March 31, 2017

A group of 15 students launched the Asian-Pacific Islander Leadership Forum on March 19 in an effort to provide a unifying space for Asian, Asian-American and Pacific Islander students on campus. The...

Exposing the Invisible Minority

Exposing the Invisible Minority

By Meredith Peng February 6, 2015

My first-ever role model was Mulan. She was cool, confident and kicked butt on the battlefield. She was also the only Asian face I had ever seen on TV . . . and she was a fictional character. As...

Televisions Asian America

Television’s Asian America

By Sophia Yang May 26, 2014

“Fresh Off the Boat,” or “Fob,” is a common term for Asian-Americans. I'll use it to describe international students, or anyone or thing that is more connected to its origins' culture than...

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