Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Keep Our Tradition of Discussion Alive

By Eric Wind and Kate Bermingham April 17, 2012

It was with deep sadness that we alumni of the Tocqueville Forum on the Roots of American Democracy learned earlier this semester of professor Patrick Deneen’s imminent departure for the University of...

Colleague Regrets Loss of Deneen

By John C. Hirsh February 6, 2012

To the Editor: Although it is not at all uncommon for professors to leave one university for another, the circumstances of professor Patrick Deneen's decision to leave Georgetown for Notre Dame, together...

Georgetown Loses Its Finest

By Chris Mooney January 27, 2012

To the Editor: When I heard professor Deneen was leaving, I was greatly awed and saddened. Why would Georgetown have let him go so easily? I have watched recently as an unusually melancholy cloud...

The State of the University

By Guide Editor January 26, 2012

Faculty at universities nowadays come and go fairly regularly, so it is a rare professorial announcement that shakes a school. Recently, Patrick Deneen, a former columnist for this paper and professor...

Forum to Seek New Leader

By Mariah Byrne January 26, 2012

The Tocqueville Forum on the Roots of American Democracy is looking for a new leader after founder and director Patrick Deneen announced that he will resign from the university at the end of the semester. Deneen,...

Bolster Diversity With Expanded Criteria

By Patrick J. Deneen January 19, 2011

The first report from the Diversity and Inclusiveness Initiative has been released. While lengthy, its core recommendation is to increase campus diversity. In particular, it calls for increases from members...

Back to Nature: Eco-Friendly Semantics

By Patrick J. Deneen March 23, 2010

One of the more extraordinary features of the current generation of students is the near- universal embrace of environmentalism. While previous generations have had their share of environmentalists, they...

Examine Motivation Behind Push for Progress

By Patrick J. Deneen February 9, 2010

While Georgetown students are told that they can specialize in almost any imaginable combination of subjects, there is one course of study that they cannot avoid: competition. Students and faculty alike...

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