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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

GUHOYAS | Georgetown competed well across all races on the Potomac this weekend

CREW | Women’s Openweights Have Strong Weekend at Cherry Hill

By Jack Lynch April 28, 2019

Last weekend, the Georgetown University lightweight women’s rowing team faced Princeton in the Class of 2006 Cup. The Princeton Tigers bested the Hoyas in a day consisting of four 2000 meter duels on...

CREW | Women Succeed at Knecht Cup; Men Struggle at Home

CREW | Women Succeed at Knecht Cup; Men Struggle at Home

By Jack Lynch April 17, 2019

The women’s crew team travelled to Cherry Hill, N.J., last weekend for the larger Knecht Cup, where they found plenty of success. Meanwhile, the men’s heavyweight and lightweight crew teams hit the...

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CREW | Lightweight Men’s Team Starts Season With 2 Wins

By Jack Lynch April 1, 2019

The Georgetown men’s lightweight rowing team kicked off its spring season Saturday on Lake Carnegie in Princeton, N.J., to take on the Princeton Tigers and the University of Delaware Blue Hens. The Hoyas...

CARNES: Embracing the Mid-Semester Rhythm

CARNES: Embracing the Mid-Semester Rhythm

By Fr. Matthew Carnes, S.J. October 26, 2017

During my first two years of college, I rowed crew. OK, I didn’t actually “row” — at least not most days. I was a coxswain. Still, the experience taught me a tremendous amount. Perhaps the most...

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50 years after President Johnson instigated efforts to clean up the polluted river, the Potomac remains tainted by the District’s sewage.

Pollution Persists in Potomac River

By Margaret Heftler January 23, 2015

After years of unchecked sewage flowing into the Potomac River, President Lyndon B. Johnson called the river “a national disgrace” in 1965. Although efforts to clean up the river have improved...

Crew | Freshmen Debut In Princeton

By Madeline Auerbach October 28, 2014

Just a week after the Head of the Charles Regatta, the Georgetown men’s and women’s rowing teams traveled to Princeton, N.J., to compete in the annual Princeton Chase Regatta. The race marked the...

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The heavyweight men’s crew team finished in 24th place out of 36 teams in the field in last week’s Head of the Charles with a time of 15:15.739.

Crew | Rebound Needed at Princeton

By Madeline Auerbach October 24, 2014

The Georgetown University men’s and women’s rowing teams will travel to Princeton, N.J., this weekend to compete in the Princeton Chase, just a week after their low finishes at the Head of the...

Crew | Head of the Potomac Marks Season’s Start

By Thomas Kits van Heyningen September 26, 2014

With a strong base of young talent, standout upperclassmen and a new head coach, the Georgetown heavyweight men’s rowing team has high hopes for the 2014-2015 campaign. During the offseason, first-year...

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John Courtin (CAS ’70, LAW ’78)

Alumni Association Fixture Dies at 65

By Kshithij Shrinath September 12, 2014

John Christopher Courtin (CAS ’70, LAW ’78), a 2014 recipient of the John Carroll Award and former executive director of the Georgetown University Alumni Association, died after a prolonged illness...

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CREW | Youth Indicates Bright Future

By Matt Raab March 28, 2014

After a strange fall season that saw the closure of their boathouse because of the government shutdown and a winter hiatus, Georgetown’s men’s and women’s crew teams have taken to the water for...

SCHAUER: Remembering the Blue and Gray

By Sydney Schauer November 14, 2011

Dahlgren Quadrangle is my favorite place on campus for many reasons: the breathtaking space designed to look like a European monastery, the beautiful chapel completed in 1892, the bubbling fountain that...

Georgetown Takes Third in Coed, Women’s Regattas

By Kevin Wessel November 13, 2007

At the Atlantic Coast Championships, two third-place finishes may not be as bad as they seem. In the coed regatta at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Fl., Georgetown came in third behind Boston College...

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