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Celebrating the Kennedy Center’s Centennial

By Alexandra Brunjes June 6, 2017

As part of a yearlong celebration commemorating former President John F. Kennedy’s 100th birthday, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts hosted a cross-cultural open house on Saturday, May 27. The...

A Guide To Scamming the Most Out of Free Food This GAAP Weekend

A Guide To Scamming the Most Out of Free Food This GAAP Weekend

By Caroline Bucca and Caroline Bucca April 19, 2017

Welcome to Georgetown, new Hoyas! Your friends at 4E are so excited to meet you next year! Before you  arrive, hopefully you're going to GAAP Weekend so you can celebrate and learn more about us, regular...

District Ranked Fifth-Best Region for Millennials

By Matthew Larson April 11, 2017

Washington, D.C., is the fifth-best U.S. region for millennials, ranking No. 1 in education, civic engagement and health, as well as No. 2 for quality of life, according to an April 4 ranking by WalletHub. WalletHub,...

District Set to Become 1st City With Green Bank

By Alex Mooney March 24, 2017

Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) announced March 15 that she is requesting funds from the D.C. Council to establish a green bank to aid the District’s clean energy efforts. This would make the...

Congress Passes District School Voucher Bill

By Paula Hong March 21, 2017

The rift between Washington, D.C. leaders and the federal government has deepened as the House of Representatives passed an initial committee markup for the Scholarship for Opportunity and Results Act,...

Make Sightseeing Great Again

Make Sightseeing Great Again

By Andrew Boas and Andrew Boas February 21, 2017

In these tumultuous times, the District may seem like a less attractive tourist destination. However, if you properly ignore a certain orange presence, you’re sure to enjoy checking out America’s most...

Graffiti in the District Under Siege

Graffiti in the District Under Siege

By Alexandra Brunjes and technology October 21, 2016

Dripping from bridges, scrawled across alleyway walls and tagged on garbage cans along busy streets, graffiti brings color and gives voice to unheard perspectives in many parts of Washington, D.C. Often...

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A report recently revealed that due to D.C.’s lack of statehood, many female inmates are unable to be housed in District prisons.

District’s Female Inmates Dispersed

By Lucy Prout April 5, 2016

Women in the Washington, D.C. prison system face unique challenges as a result of the District’s lack of statehood status, with hundreds of women convicted of local crimes incarcerated far from their...

RAAB: Capitals Earn Well-Deserved DC Spotlight

RAAB: Capitals Earn Well-Deserved DC Spotlight

By Matt Raab February 12, 2016

The Capitals are Washington, D.C.’s darlings, and they deserve the title. In a word, they are dominating. But this isn’t the kind of dominating of the 2009-10 President’s Trophy team that posted...

Love Fosters Lasting Peace

Love Fosters Lasting Peace

By Isaiah Fleming-Klink November 20, 2015

[gview file="https://www.thehoya.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/A3_Cartoon.tif"] Monday nights for me, since the latter days of August, have meant calls home to my mother, sister and father. I usually...

Employment Study Prompts Look at Transgender Rights

By Eunsun Cho November 13, 2015

A D.C. Office of Human Rights report published Nov. 3 found that transgender citizens in Washington, D.C., face significant barriers in seeking employment amid discussions regarding transgender discrimination...

Suspended State

By The Editorial Board November 6, 2015

The revolutionary call “no taxation without representation” reverberates across Washington, D.C., centuries after it was first issued on this continent. Passionate advocates, having led the charge...

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