Last year as a news writer for The Hoya, I covered the New York Times’ first annual ranking of socioeconomic diversity on college campuses. This year, Georgetown plummeted in the rankings from 46 to...
Every March, students across the country fail to join elite higher-education institutions despite their hard work and intelligence. It is not because they were rejected; it is because they did not apply.
While...
There are certain ideas, notions and norms that are best left in the past. Last week, I saw a recently released Indian film that tells the tale of a simple, loving family hit by unusual circumstances that...
It is a life-changing day here in the United States. Only a few hours ago the Supreme Court ruled, 5-4, that Same-Sex Marriage is a Constitutional right. Yes, that means that Same-Sex Marriage is legal...
The Hoya has run a series of pieces about the relationship of the university in its early years to slavery. The two columns by Matthew Quallen and another by Suzanne Monyak are thoughtful examples of a...
Step aside New York and San Fran, there is a new LGBT-friendly city on top!
According to DCist, The Advocate has determined that Washington, D.C., is the most gay-tolerant city in the United States....
At a university like Georgetown, where the ideals of fairness and justice pervade the undergraduate experience, one would think an issue like equal study space for all students would never need to be debated....
The casual rant against America is always followed by a quick justification: "It's not like I'm anti-American. I like you! I'm just anti-America, you know?"
A few days, ago my teaching assistant opened...
New students on campus may remember recently submitting an optional photograph along with their application to Georgetown. In their first days on the Hilltop, they may also have noticed the general attractiveness...
The Obama staffers and community leaders with whom I spent my break between sophomore and junior years referred to our campaign as Freedom Summer 2008. Decades after courageous, radical young women and...
