Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Campus Innovation Finds New Ally in SIPS

By Ethan Chess and Tyler Sax October 23, 2012

Universities like Georgetown serve as gathering places for amazing collections of active and open minds. The world owes a great deal to these fervent and energizing environments. Few go a day in 2012 without...

Part Time Pays Off

By The Editorial Board October 23, 2012

Many students fantasize about prolonging their years spent on the Hilltop, but the reality of some undergraduates’ finances and futures can make studying part time as a senior a more practical option....

Past Decade Marks Decrease in D.C. Homicides

By Penny Hung October 19, 2012

Despite a drop in the D.C. area’s homicide rate, less than a third of homicide cases have led to a conviction in the past decade. According to a study by The Washington Post, the decrease in D.C.’s...

Clinton Talks Energy Goals

By Sarah Kaplan October 19, 2012

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke about the importance of energy and its status as a 21st-century foreign policy priority in Gaston Hall Thursday afternoon. Dean of the School of Foreign Service...

Emergency Management Department Receives FEMA Award

By Eitan Sayag October 19, 2012

Georgetown’s Department of Emergency Management and Operational Continuity was awarded an Honorable Mention in the 2012 FEMA Individual and Community Preparedness Awards for its “Outstanding Community...

Cheat on Yates: Diversify Your Fitness

By Victoria Ngare October 19, 2012

At a university where students take daily workouts as seriously as breathing, exercising at Yates gets the job done but can become pretty boring after a while. Though Yates offers classes like Zumba, kickboxing...

A Mature Mika Makes Great Music

By Ghazi Bin Hamed October 19, 2012

Usually, the mark of great artists be they the Beatles, the Rolling Stones or Queen is that they aren’t constrained by people’s narrow expectations. In fact, there is a lot to be said about Mika’s...

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Fannypack

By Mariah Byrne October 19, 2012

When I was in middle school, I loved Anne Bradshaw’s Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series. Those books taught me a lot about things I just didn’t experience myself: divorce, the death of a close...

Fairness Falters Off Campus

By The Editorial Board October 19, 2012

While we may never know what concessions were put on the negotiating table by the university to reach an agreement on the 2010 Campus Plan, we are sad to learn of yet another area where our school’s...

Writers Analyze the Presidential Race

By Guthrie Angeles October 19, 2012

Author James Mann and The Washington Post correspondent Tom Hamburger discussed politics, foreign policy and the presidential race in Georgetown’s Mortara Center for International Studies Tuesday afternoon. Hamburger,...

Voices of a Revolution

By Sarah Amos October 19, 2012

Revolution and rhymes were in the air at the University of Maryland at College Park’s concert “Tick Tock Revolution” last Friday. The event was sponsored by the University of Maryland chapter...

A New Perspective for TV’s Favorite Vigilante

By Eduardo Gueiros October 19, 2012

Television shows face the challenge of being interesting and abnormal without being completely outside the realm of belief. A show that’s too much like real life would be boring — that’s why the...

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