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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Flooding in VCW Displaces Residents, Damages Property

Flooding in VCW Displaces Residents, Damages Property

By Maren Fagan October 6, 2023

A leak in the dormitory Village C West (VCW) flooded the building last week, damaging school and personal property and causing residents to seek housing with friends or in common areas. The leak, which...

VIEWPOINT: Survive Political Discussion

VIEWPOINT: Survive Political Discussion

By Holden Lamberson September 29, 2023

We’ve all had those talks — the ones that drift into politics like a ship getting sucked into a whirlpool. Everything is so peaceful, and all of a sudden, a conversation about the presidential election...

EDITORIAL: Sustainability Is Unsustainable Without Communication

EDITORIAL: Sustainability Is Unsustainable Without Communication

By The Editorial Board March 19, 2023

March 15, 2023 — aside from being a day of Caesarian infamy — marked one year since Georgetown University administration began meetings to strategize new long-term improvements to campus sustainability.  A...

MBA Students Selected to Lead First-Year MBA Course as Leadership Fellows

MBA Students Selected to Lead First-Year MBA Course as Leadership Fellows

By Samantha Sinutko and Laetitia Haddad March 24, 2022

The Georgetown University McDonough School of Business (MSB) Master in Business Administration (MBA) Program selected 50 students to participate in the 2022 Leadership Fellows Program.  The selective...

VIEWPOINT: The Benefits and Joys of Talking to Strangers

VIEWPOINT: The Benefits and Joys of Talking to Strangers

By Caroline Albers October 3, 2018

I graduated Georgetown University as an English major with no job. Spoiler alert: I’m doing just fine. I have a creative job at Framebridge, an online custom framing startup, doing work I care...

DANKENS: Is Real-Life Conversation A Lost Art?

By Rachel Dankens February 19, 2016

I looked on anxiously as my sister typed out a few words, furrowed her brow and then deleted them with a sigh. As the clock on our kitchen table ominously reminded us that time was running out, neither...

CARNES: Investing in the Hard Discussions

By Fr. Matthew Carnes, S.J. March 3, 2015

We live in a broken world. This semester, I have been teaching a new course on the politics of inequality. Each week my students and I try to better understand how socio-economic status, race, religion,...

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Decades Later, Novel Teaches The Importance of Communication

By Hannah Kaufman June 2, 2014

As I was reading “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” a weird fictional book, "Encyclopedia Galactica," kept popping up in my mind. Intrigued, I decided to do a random Google search to see...

Mayday on McCarthy Six

By Daye Shim Lee March 21, 2014

The Office of Residential Living is responsible for ensuring student safety, health and well-being. Although these three words are subject to different interpretations, Residential Living proudly claims...

Crime, Punishment and the Presidential Teleprompter

Crime, Punishment and the Presidential Teleprompter

By KP and KP April 15, 2013

Believe it or not, there are many legal ways to steal things in today's world. Baseball players steal bases. Georgetown Day steals my heart. Allergies steal my sanity. And tonight, I even stole a sneak...

Relating To Your Professors

By Marlene Cox and Marlene Cox October 5, 2012

After seeing your professors at DayGlow or seeing them browsing the romantic novel section in CVS (awk), wouldn't you be at a loss for how to handle seeing them in your next lecture or discussion? Possibly,...

Profs Flunk Feedback

By The Editorial Board April 24, 2012

What’s worse than writing a final paper? Writing a final paper and never hearing a word in response. Often when term papers are assigned as a final exam, professors will not provide students with...

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