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Georgetown Hip-Hop Community Creates Art To Honor the Marginalized

Georgetown Hip-Hop Community Creates Art To Honor the Marginalized

By Zain Sandhu November 6, 2020

A high-pitched and emotive violin string invokes the horror of the sale of enslaved people, a spoken-word poem delivered by a deep voice conveys the details of a long journey south. Such is the work of...

The Guide Merges Arts, Journalism Over Decades at The Hoya

The Guide Merges Arts, Journalism Over Decades at The Hoya

By Allan Navarro January 14, 2020

What started 24 years ago as a way to review the latest movies and albums, attend concerts for free and distract from the busy Georgetown University lifestyle has evolved into a legitimate entertainment...

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A Year in Special Issues: Sex, Drugs, Art and Politics

By Arden Fitzpatrick April 26, 2018

THE DRUG ISSUE From electronic cigarettes to the opioid epidemic, The Guide’s spring 2018 Drug Issue investigated drug use and drug culture at Georgetown University and in Washington, D.C. The cover...

Unpacking the Hidden Perils of Prescription Opioids

By Eleanor Tolf February 21, 2018

The experiences of a young adult taking the drug Vicodin after a wisdom tooth operation and of another person injecting heroin into their blood stream may appear like drastically different scenarios. But...

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Finding Family and Forgoing Farewells

By Priyanka Dinakar March 17, 2017

“Wow, that’s so intense for a spring break trip!” “Won’t you get jet-lagged?” “What’s the time difference?” These are just some of the reactions I heard upon telling people that I...

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Scenes and Lessons in an Italian Bar

By Dan Dougherty March 17, 2017

In the middle of Fiesole, there is a little bar that promises “the best Guinness in Italy” and takes claim to the time-honored tradition of the poorly lit Irish pub. The Guinness was okay; the...

The Persistence of Memory at Auschwitz

By Alexander Coopersmith March 17, 2017

I spent my spring break with 32 other students from Georgetown and Seton Hill University on a Holocaust Forensics trip to Poland and Belarus. My experiences on this trip have changed me and will have a...

A Home of Fear, Warmth, Conflict and Joy

A Home of Fear, Warmth, Conflict and Joy

By Yasmeen El-Hasan March 17, 2017

My most distinct memory of the Middle East is of a soldier who did not wear a military uniform but instead a royal blue polo. I’m not sure why he was dressed differently, but he carried himself differently...

Welcome Home,  Bienvenido a Casa

Welcome Home, Bienvenido a Casa

By Dani Guerrero March 17, 2017

It all started with the sight. Before the plane landed, I saw the soaring skyscrapers and the golden rivers of traffic lights flowing in the distance. Then, the sound followed. “Ladies and gentlemen,...

The Travel Issue

The Travel Issue

By Guide Editor March 17, 2017

Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Benjamin Disraeli once opined: “Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember and remember more than I have seen.” Whether or not you...

Health and Wellness Issue

Health and Wellness Issue

By Guide Editor February 3, 2017

Campus Health: Where Are We Now?  The Engelhard Project: Healthy Learning, Healthy Living Stalling Unhealthy Habits from the Bathroom Stall Project Lighthouse: Peers Helping Peers Curbing College...

Love Locks

Love Locks

By Guide Editor November 6, 2015

Three Kinds of Kisses Secrets at 1065 Park Ave. "Nay, gentle Romeo, we must have you dance." For Joseph The Chaos of Being Alone October Boyfriends Bravery, Passed Down Saved to Drafts: A Letter...

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