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VIEWPOINT: Choose the Path Less Traveled

VIEWPOINT: Choose the Path Less Traveled

By Haan Jun (Ryan) Lee September 1, 2023

If you’ve ever seen the movie “Roman Holiday” — or even if you haven’t — there’s one iconic scene that everybody knows: Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck riding a Vespa through the...

CHAKRAVARTI: Personalize OGS Advising

CHAKRAVARTI: Personalize OGS Advising

By Priyasha Chakravarti September 30, 2022

While gearing up for my first year at Georgetown University, I found myself stressed out about issues involving my F-1 visa status. On top of worrying about being homesick, making friends, moving to a...

SHAHBAZ: Acknowledge Co-Creation of Identities

SHAHBAZ: Acknowledge Co-Creation of Identities

By Ali Shahbaz February 14, 2020

Earlier in January, I was flying back to Georgetown University via Qatar. In what was ostensibly a mundane trip back to school, I was reintroduced to questions of self-formation and how our identities...

Students Travel With GU Politics To Observe the Iowa Caucus

Students Travel With GU Politics To Observe the Iowa Caucus

By Grace Buono February 7, 2020

The Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service held its first-ever trip to a caucus, bringing select students to Des Moines, Iowa, on Feb. 3 to observe the Iowa caucus. Over the course of...

EDITORIAL: Reopen Residence Halls Earlier After Winter Break

EDITORIAL: Reopen Residence Halls Earlier After Winter Break

By The Editorial Board December 6, 2019

When Georgetown University students return for the spring semester after winter break, they will not be allowed to enter their campus residences until the day before classes start. After campus closes...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Recognize Privilege in Safety

By Tanner Larkin December 13, 2018

I have enjoyed reading Hannah Urtz’s (SFS ’20) column over the course of the semester. Yet I was disappointed that her recent article on Western privilege in the Middle East lacked sensitivity to the...

URTZ: Privilege Obscures Travel Realities

URTZ: Privilege Obscures Travel Realities

By Hannah Urtz November 30, 2018

Over the course of my semester in the Middle East, I have been treated with graciousness and hospitality at nearly every turn. This treatment has not been sparked by my charming disposition: Being an American...

OSTERTAG: I Thought I Was A Planner. Then I Went to France

OSTERTAG: I Thought I Was A Planner. Then I Went to France

By Madeleine Ostertag September 13, 2018

I’m a planner. I always have — or hope to have — a plan for where I’ll be at a specific time and place. Throughout last year, 10 days — July 13 through July 22 — were marked off in bold,...

OSMAN: Influence Gone Wrong

By Youssef Osman January 25, 2018

President Donald Trump is widely believed to be isolationist. After all, his infamous mottos, "Make America Great Again" and “America First,” reinforce the notion that only our nation, or Trump's nation,...

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David Palmieri (SFS 18) was one of seven students and four members of faculty to meet Pope Francis at a conference on nuclear disarmament.

Students Meet Pope at Vatican Nuclear Disarmament Conference

By Erin Doherty November 17, 2017

Pope Francis welcomed seven Georgetown students and four faculty members to Vatican City last weekend for an international conference on nuclear disarmament. The conference, hosted by the Dicastery...

POR OTRO LADO: Reflections on Día de los Muertos

POR OTRO LADO: Reflections on Día de los Muertos

By Grace Laria November 15, 2017

While Hoyas on the Hilltop were recovering from Halloween weekend adventures, I travelled to Oaxaca de Juárez, the capital of the state of Oaxaca, to experience Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead....

CHRONICLES FROM COPENHAGEN: Reflections on My Time Abroad

CHRONICLES FROM COPENHAGEN: Reflections on My Time Abroad

By Grant Olson November 14, 2017

As I sit down at my desk to write the final column of Chronicles from Copenhagen, I am faced with the sad reality that my time abroad is nearing its end. Every city I have visited and every new person...

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