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

More Than Maple Syrup, Eh?

By Christina Crisostomo February 4, 2011

Now that it's February, I have settled back into my Georgetown routine: going to class, attending to the growing spiral of reading I have to catch up on, ‘80s alt-pop dance nights at the Black Cat, tutoring...

James Cameron Lost in the Deep

By Alex Martin February 4, 2011

Director and producer James Cameron has arguably released two of the most notable and commercially successful films of the past several decades. In 1997, Titanic wowed audiences with its sensational...

Finding an Ironic Needle in a Haystack of Films

By Lili Dodderidge January 28, 2011

The 1980s science-fiction sitcom "Small Wonder" had big plans for success. The story of a family of engineers disguising a robot as their daughter was supposed to touch millions of Americans and catapult...

Pre-Raphaelite School Puts Fresh Spin on Realism

By Ceren Ates January 28, 2011

The National Gallery of Art's exhibit "The Pre-Raphaelite Lens: British Photography and Painting" welcomed me with a depiction of two lovers embracing each other passionately. At first glimpse, I had difficulty...

Enthralling Read Intimately Portrays Dynamic Characters

By Kourosh Shaffy January 28, 2011

I'm not going to open this review of Jonathan Franzen's latest novel, Freedom, with a few hokey lines, overwrought with cliches about what freedom represents to so many people, and then saying that it...

In Defense of the Music Industry’s So-Called Digital Doomsday

By Caroline Klibanoff January 28, 2011

It was a big week for music, y'all. We celebrated the would-be 80th birthday of soul king Sam Cooke and the 123rd of O.G. folk singer Leadbelly. Coachella released a lineup for a summer music festival...

Twilight’s Victorian Gothic Prequel

By Beth Garbitelli January 28, 2011

Before Edward, before Bill Compton and before Buffy, there was the Count. Not our monocled friend from Sesame Street, but Dracula himself. He struck fear into the straight-laced Victorians of days gone...

Fine Art and the First Amendment

By Marissa Amendolia January 28, 2011

This is not the first time a publicly funded arts organization has come into conflict with politicians who oppose certain subject matter. The '90s saw the National Endowment for the Arts lose 40 percent...

New Releases // 1.28.2011

By Marco Mocchetti January 28, 2011

"Oh My Heart" R.E.M. Collapse Into Now 3 out of 5 Stars "Oh My Heart," a song about returning to New Orleans after the hurricane to start anew, is classic R.E.M. Gentle drums and dissonant...

Ditch Yates for Healthy Plates

By Photo Editor and Kitt Wolfenden January 28, 2011

As January draws to a close, this past month began not only a new year, but also a new semester. Some Hoyas vow to study harder, spend more time helping others or spend less money, but overwhelmingly we...

Folk Star Stays Safe

By Kourosh Shaffy January 28, 2011

Before being tasked with the review of Iron & Wine's new album, Kiss Each Other Clean, I had never heard of the singer and songwriter, whose real name is Samuel Beam. I did not know what to expect...

Latin-Asian Fusion Spices Up U Street

By Lauren Von Der Ahe January 28, 2011

While my palate was almost destroyed by the flaming hot egg drop soup, it was luckily able to recover in time to enjoy the remainder of the Restaurant Week courses at Masa 14. For the $35 prix fixe menu,...

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