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The Five Stages of Being Sick at Georgetown

The Five Stages of Being Sick at Georgetown

By Abigail Weintz and Abigail Weintz October 6, 2018

If you haven’t spent these past weeks drowning in used tissues and Advil, this Hoya desperately wants to know your secret.  Yes! You heard that barely concealed coughing fit from the back of your crowded...

The Five Worst Types of People During Midterm Szn

The Five Worst Types of People During Midterm Szn

By Elizabeth Park and Elizabeth Park February 26, 2018

Okay, first of all, why are they called midterms when they start during the third week of a semester and last until finals? Honestly, it's a living hell. Now that our first week of bliss has ended,...

The Best Things About Flu Season

The Best Things About Flu Season

By Nick Silberman and Nick Silberman February 23, 2018

Although midterms are starting to pick up steam, it seems like "Flu Szn" is at its peak since almost everyone you know is suffering from a terrible strain. The flu is awful, but looking past those sleepless...

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Play Dramatizes Everyday Fear and Mental Illness

By Rita Chang January 16, 2015

Nomadic Theatre starts off the semester by continuing to explore hidden, yet gifted pieces. In its newest production “Sick,” a dark comedy written by the emerging playwright Zayd Dohrn, everyone...

Staffer of the Week: David Chardack

Staffer of the Week: David Chardack

By KP and KP October 7, 2013

Once a week, The Hoya recognizes a staffer that has done a particularly awesome job — now you can get to know about them, too. As part of our Leavey 421 series, we’ll be posting quick interviews with...

How to Beat the Flu (Before it Happens)

How to Beat the Flu (Before it Happens)

By KP and KP September 17, 2013

It's that time again, Hoyas: BeWell Week. So if your life is anywhere near as ironic as mine tends to be, you're either deathly ill or you're about to become so in the coming days. And, chances are, you're...

When Skipping Class Is Best

By The Editorial Board September 17, 2013

A flu bug has swept through campus recently, making many classrooms an exhibition of coughing, sneezing and sniffling. Sadly, many professors impose strict absence policies that only reinforce the spreading...

The Cure* for the Common Cold

By Lindsay Lee and Lindsay Lee November 1, 2012

 I have this theory that once you get sick in college, you never fully regain your health. You kind of just fluctuate between very sick, kind of sick and barely sick. Well, it’s November now! That means...

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