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Students Receive Free New York Times, Washington Post Access

Students Receive Free New York Times, Washington Post Access

By Georgia Russello January 20, 2023

Following months of student advocacy, Georgetown University students, faculty and staff now have free access to The New York Times (NYT) and The Washington Post.  Lauinger Library staff and the...

The Word on Wordle, the Puzzle Game Consuming the Internet

The Word on Wordle, the Puzzle Game Consuming the Internet

By Clayton Kincade February 2, 2022

If you are unfortunate enough to be an active user on the hellscape that is Twitter, you have undoubtedly seen those ominous gray, yellow and green squares with a foreboding label: Wordle 226, 4/6. If...

Modern Love Lacks Nuance, Depth From Original Column

‘Modern Love’ Lacks Nuance, Depth From Original Column

By Megan Wee December 5, 2019

★★☆☆☆ A week after its premiere Oct. 18, Modern Love was given the green light for its second season. The eight-episode anthology series, which is available on Amazon Prime video, draws upon...

AMY LI/THE HOYA | Journalist Chris Hedges called on attendees to engage in civil disobedience to incentivize politicians to take action against climate change Tuesday.

Journalist Chris Hedges Criticizes Corporate Influence in Politics

By Erika Gebhardt April 4, 2019

Income inequality and the influence of corporate lobbyists in politics have caused a societal decline in the United States, said Chris Hedges, a Pulitzer Prize winner and former New York Times reporter,...

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The Georgetown Scholarship Program offers support to 650 students, most of whom are first-generation, to attend college.

Missing Out: The GSP Students Who Would Have Been

By Yasmine Salam October 6, 2017

Like many Georgetown University students, Teodora Lancaster (COL ’20) expected her time on the Hilltop to be a balancing act of classes, internships, healthy social outings and sightseeing. But...

PETROCHEILOS: Trumps War with Media

PETROCHEILOS: Trump’s War with Media

By Martha Petrocheilos March 8, 2017

President Donald Trump announced in a Feb. 25 tweet that he will not be attending the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in April, an annual dinner dedicated to celebrating freedom of the...

36 Questions That Lead to Love at Georgetown

36 Questions That Lead to Love at Georgetown

By Alessandra Puccio and Alessandra Puccio February 14, 2017

We've all heard it before; heck, those lucky guides in Blue & Gray tout it as one of the shining moments of a campus tour, delivered while standing in front of historic Dahlgren Chapel: "Why...

GU Scores Low in Socioeconomic Diversity, Mobility

GU Scores Low in Socioeconomic Diversity, Mobility

By Tara Subramaniam January 27, 2017

In a recent study by The New York Times, Georgetown University ranked 12th out of a list of 38 schools with more students in the top 1 percent of the income scale than in the bottom 60 percent. While...

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Georgetown ranked 12th on a New York Times study detailing income inequality at universities, with 20.8 percent of students coming from the top 1 percent, defined as families with an annual income higher than $630,000, and 12.5 percent of students coming from the bottom 60 percent, defined as having an income less than $65,000.

Georgetown Ranks 12th in Study Detailing Income Inequality

By Tara Subramaniam January 24, 2017

Georgetown ranked 12th out of a list of 38 schools with more students from the top 1 percent of the income scale than from the bottom 60 percent, according to a New York Times study based on anonymous...

An Easy Fix For Subscription Woes

By Editorial Board September 16, 2016

At Georgetown, the pursuit of knowledge and understanding extends far beyond our gates. Our environment challenges us to learn more about real world issues that directly impact our lives. Therefore, it...

New York Times Subscription Sought

By William Zhu August 30, 2016

The Georgetown University Student Association is seeking permanent funding to renew the university’s online subscription to The New York Times after the subscription expired at the end of the 2016 spring...

Remember the 272

By Opinion Editor April 19, 2016

Georgetown students woke up to a front-page article in Sunday’s New York Times delving into the history behind the 1838 Georgetown sale of 272 slaves. In many ways, the article was a necessary jolt for...

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