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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Valentine’s Day: Valentine Alternatives

Valentine’s Day: Valentine Alternatives

By Abigail Weintz and Abigail Weintz February 12, 2020

Attention all single Hoyas! Looking for love this Valentine's Day? Well, look no further than this list of perfect options to be your next Valentine! The Student Guard Who Doesn’t Make You...

BIGGIO: Sharing Identity Through Tinder

BIGGIO: Sharing Identity Through Tinder

By Rachel Biggio January 17, 2019

Near the end of my senior year of high school, I made my first Tinder account. I did so while sitting in a local hookah lounge, heavily motivated by the app’s growing popularity and a personal urge to...

Rude Awakenings: Post-Break Pros and Cons

Rude Awakenings: Post-Break Pros and Cons

By Caroline Porterfield and Caroline Porterfield January 28, 2018

Welcome back to campus! Now that we're in the semester after a restful break and unrestful syllabus week, here are the pros and cons of really being back. PRO: Leo’s tastes better than you remembered. CON:...

Your Thought Process When You See a Fellow Hoya on Tinder

Your Thought Process When You See a Fellow Hoya on Tinder

By Sam Shapiro and Sam Shapiro November 3, 2017

We at Georgetown have a unique way of doing just about everything. From bragging about being busy, to blowing up our favorite sandwich shop for falling victim to the ~Great Wisey's Rat Scandal of 2017~,...

Dating App: Bio Dos and Donts

Dating App: Bio Do’s and Don’ts

By Jenna Clifford and Jenna Clifford April 18, 2017

Have you heard? Dating apps are in. And, we here at 4E are into it. While older generations and predominant coffee-shop narratives of first sight romance might be disturbed by the rising persistence...

Dating App Profile Picture Guide

Dating App Profile Picture Guide

By Alana McGovern and Alana McGovern February 16, 2017

Did Valentine's Day remind you of your single status? Did it spur you to re-download Tinder? Or prompt you to give Bumble a try? If so, then the members of 4E feel your heart-throbbing pain and we've created...

Four Ways to Spice Up Your Valentines Day

Four Ways to Spice Up Your Valentine’s Day

By Sarah Reuter and Sarah Reuter February 6, 2017

There are many painful realities of growing up. At a certain point, you are expected to make your own doctors’ appointments, have a Linkedin profile, pay for the Christmas presents that you are giving,...

Word Wednesday: Cuffing

Word Wednesday: Cuffing

By Meg Lizza and Meg Lizza January 17, 2017

Oh baby, it's cold outside and that means one thing: it's "cuffing" season. What is cuffing you may ask? Well, this Word Wednesday 4E is about to educate you on this oh-so important word. You can thank...

A Freshmans Guide to Manipulating Residential Living

A Freshman’s Guide to Manipulating Residential Living

By Charlie Fritz and Charlie Fritz April 21, 2016

It's that time of year for high school seniors. The time when they (those incoming freshman) fill out the famed Living Preference Questionnaire and begin the housing process. To all of you younglings,...

COURTESY NSPHIRE

App Aims to Be Tinder for Job Market

By Jessie Yu November 20, 2015

Swipe, swipe, swipe, match. You’re hired. Well, it may require more than a few swipes to get hired, but nspHire starts the conversation by matching employers and job seekers through a quick swiping...

Georgetown Tinder Profiles

Georgetown Tinder Profiles

By Shannon Hou and Shannon Hou August 31, 2015

So if you’ve been on Facebook recently, I’m sure you’ve seen the news about the most-swiped Tinder campuses. According to Tinder’s statistics, Georgetown men ranked No. 1 in most swiped-right...

Tinder Versus Reality

Tinder Versus Reality

By Caitlin Karna July 12, 2015

I downloaded Tinder for 24 hours and two things happened. First, thanks to the beauty of iCloud and notifications across iPhones, my mom staged an intervention — “Really, Caitlin? You’re that...

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