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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Credit Ranking’s Future

Credit Ranking’s Future

By Guide Editor April 6, 2017

Standard and Poor’s Financial Services downgraded South Africa’s credit ranking to junk status, BB+, after a cabinet reshuffle by President Jacob Zuma to replace Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan. The...

BOBROSKE: Finding New Sources Of  Inspiration Abroad

BOBROSKE: Finding New Sources Of Inspiration Abroad

By Alexander Bobroske December 4, 2015

Georgetown students tend to have “busy” lives packed with internships, sports, clubs, activism and school. We pride ourselves on the Jesuit value of reflection, yet it can certainly be difficult to...

BOBROSKE: Redefining Failure At Home and Abroad

BOBROSKE: Redefining Failure At Home and Abroad

By Alexander Bobroske November 13, 2015

I waltzed into the academic office, sifted through the stack of China-Africa relations papers and confidentially picked up my own before checking my grade. 52 percent. Once upon a time I was high school...

BOBROSKE: South African Students Rally For Education

BOBROSKE: South African Students Rally For Education

By Alexander Bobroske October 30, 2015

In just two short weeks, the #FeesMustFall campaign shook South Africa. Students shut down campuses across the country to protest massive double-digit tuition increases for the following year, including an...

BOBROSKE: End Segregation Cycles, One iShack At A Time

BOBROSKE: End Segregation Cycles, One iShack At A Time

By Alexander Bobroske October 16, 2015

Two weeks ago, I stayed with a host family for a weekend in the township of Enkanini, just outside Cape Town. Although the experience was eye-opening, it was also one of the most awkward times in my life. My...

BOBROSKE: Apartheid Lingers in Language Division

BOBROSKE: Apartheid Lingers in Language Division

By Alexander Bobroske October 2, 2015

Language is the foundation for community and culture. It allows us to communicate, learn and collaborate with one another, but it can also be exploited as a means to enforce segregation. The case of Stellenbosch...

BOBROSKE: Its Odd Being an American Abroad

BOBROSKE: It’s Odd Being an American Abroad

By Alexander Bobroske September 18, 2015

I have lived in Ecuador and am now in South Africa, and in both places, I’ve experienced a full array of commentaries on my American nationality. First, there are the paranoid people in South America...

BOBROSKE: What I Learned About  Home in South Africa

BOBROSKE: What I Learned About Home in South Africa

By Alexander Bobroske September 4, 2015

Everywhere I go — no matter if I’m talking to a fellow student, a restaurant owner in the affluent historic district or a worker living in an informal settlement — I am asked the same question:...

Cape Town, South Africa

By Michaela Deitch December 10, 2013

Elephants. Nelson Mandela. A drinking age of 18. These were the thoughts occupying my mind when I hopped off the plane in Cape Town, South Africa, in July, embarking on my semester at the University...

Inspirational Quotes by Nelson Mandela

By KP and KP December 6, 2013

Last night, in his home surrounded by family and friends, Nelson Mandela, the renowned South African president and human rights leader, passed away at 95. To remember his life and legacy, 4E has compiled...

GU Reacts to Mandela’s Death

By Madison Ashley December 6, 2013

The world came to a collective pause Thursday to mourn the death of human rights leader Nelson Mandela. A prolific anti-apartheid activist and the first black president of South Africa, Mandela, 95,...

A Student Who Shone, A Man Who Loved

A Student Who Shone, A Man Who Loved

By Kathleen Nahill September 12, 2008

Terrance Davis (COL '10) always said his greatest wish was to go to Africa. This fall, that wish came true, as he traveled to South Africa to spend his semester at the University of Cape Town. In...

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