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Do Your Homework: The Importance of Taking Full Advantage of an Education

By Peter Brigham January 21, 2011

A survey cited in a 2007 Washington Post article revealed that a quarter of Americans did not read a single book in the year before the article's publication. When I read articles like this, articles...

In-House Changes Rooted in Tradition of Service

By Eamon O'Connor January 21, 2011

There's a lot going on at THE HOYA these days. This week, we debuted our most sophisticated website to date, marking this staff's renewed commitment to serving readers beyond our print edition. The...

Haiti Can’t Afford to Be Forgotten

By Nneka Jackson January 20, 2011

Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010 is a date that has scarred the minds of Haitians around the world. It was on that day at about 5 p.m. that their world literally collapsed. An earthquake of a catastrophic 7.0 magnitude...

TRIPATHI: Juxtaposing Two Related Yet Distant Cousins in the Airline Industry

By Udayan Tripathi January 18, 2011

Divided by a common language. Separated by a mere pond. Other than the strange eccentricities displayed on both sides, it appears the United Kingdom and the United States are quite similar. Stark differences,...

Editorial: Press Politics Out of Line on Ariz. Shooting

By The Editorial Board January 14, 2011

The attempt to make sense of the deaths of six innocent people and the injury of 13 others last weekend in Arizona has led to an unnecessary and harmful blame game. After the attempted assassination of...

Musical Illiteracy Plagues College Campuses

By William Parrot January 14, 2011

Imagine you were to discover that the favored reading material of the majority of students at a prestigious university were limited entirely to teen magazines. These hypothetical students like reading...

Eisenberg: Foiling a Leo’s Meal Plan Scheme

By Albert Eisenberg January 14, 2011

This week, my third semester at Georgetown begins. For me, that spells four more months of essays on Kant's sex life, procrastination of Yates visits and poor decisions made at Apex courtesy of the Burnett's...

Editorial: Stressful Add/Drop Process Can Be Remedied

By The Editorial Board January 14, 2011

The add/drop period manages to combine the uncertainty of a lottery with the frenzy of a survival-of-the-fittest competition. After departing for the holidays with a bulky pre-registration course load,...

Understanding the Essence of Christmas

By Fr. James V. Schall, S.J. December 7, 2010

In an old Peanuts cartoon, Lucy approaches Charlie Brown with a large piece of paper in hand. She tells him: "This is my `git' list, Charlie Brown." While Charlie looks on in amazement, Lucy explains:...

Mullikin: Appreciating the Misunderstood Private contractors are temporary workers in what politicians hope will be temporary conflicts.

By Andrew Mullikin December 7, 2010

Private contractors are temporary workers in what politicians hope will be temporary conflicts. Blackwater. Triple Canopy. DynCorp. KBR. According to some, employees of these four security giants are...

Newest Aimless Facebook Trend

By The Editorial Board December 7, 2010

As you might have noticed, many of your Facebook friends became virtual cartoon characters as another Facebook campaign was launched at the end of last week. But just like most social networking campaigns,...

Unnecessary Meddling Not the Solution

By Nicole Tortoriello December 7, 2010

Georgetown University Student Association's Student Activities Fee and Endowment reform makes a noble attempt at resolving the funding problem facing student groups, but goes way too far. No club on campus...

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