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KIM: Up the Ante with New Friends

KIM: Up the Ante with New Friends

By Diane Kim April 18, 2024

With less than a handful of weeks left to go in the semester, a few of you might question the timing of this piece on making new friends. Surely, there isn’t enough time to build anything significant...

REUTER: Appreciate Social Cofactors

By Sarah Reuter January 22, 2020

As I sat in Reiss 103 my first week at Georgetown University for professor Heidi Elmendorf’s “Foundations in Biology I” lecture, I felt unsettled. I entered Georgetown with a declared biology major,...

LISBON: Relationships Define GU Experience

By Allysa Lisbon May 15, 2019

Many reflections I have heard during my time at Georgetown University have been the same. They focus on moments of intensity, turning points, specific achievements or failures that mark a rare or momentous...

HICKLE & MONETON: The Friendship in Between

HICKLE & MONETON: The Friendship in Between

By Jessica Hickle and Andrea Moneton May 18, 2018

We did not plan to write this together, but of course, here we are. Weeks before graduation, Jessica sat staring at a blank Microsoft Word document and asked Andrea for ideas. Our conversation concluded...

JACOBS & SINGER: Were Sorry for Our Friendship

JACOBS & SINGER: We’re Sorry for Our Friendship

By Jesse Jacobs and Ellen Singer April 26, 2018

Jesse Jacobs and Ellie Singer have spent most of their time at Georgetown causing trouble and eating stolen food. While they recognize the problems they have created, they would not take back a second...

RIOS: Alone Under the Stars

RIOS: Alone Under the Stars

By Brittany Rios April 23, 2018

Building lasting friendship is difficult for many Georgetown students — including Brittany Rios. In the third installment of this year's Senior Compass Series, Rios discusses a tumultuous relationship...

Queer Eye: Beyond Reality TV

Queer Eye: Beyond Reality TV

By Izzy Roemer and Izzy Roemer March 30, 2018

Listen up people — there’s a new show in town. Out of all of the quasi-reality television that we have proudly consumed in our lifetimes, "Queer Eye" has been the most earth-shattering, jaw-dropping,...

HARDING: Maintain Evolving Friendships

HARDING: Maintain Evolving Friendships

By Taylor Harding October 31, 2017

As a senior, I have had the true fortune of living with the same people for almost all of my time at Georgetown. I often consider my roommates to be family, especially because my biological family live...

The Steps of Being GERMSed: A Nighttime Rollercoaster

The Steps of Being GERMSed: A Nighttime Rollercoaster

By Charlie Fritz and Charlie Fritz October 31, 2016

GERMS: the one word your parents do not want to hear when you call them at 8 AM on a Sunday morning. Many people have been in this situation, and they've said it's quite shameful. Generally, you...

So You Think You Can Blog? Apply to 4E!

So You Think You Can Blog? Apply to 4E!

By Catherine McNally and Catherine McNally January 27, 2016

Have you been considering applying for a position on the WORLD'S GREATEST BLOG?  Well then you're in luck, because 4E is hiring! While we know you're ecstatic over this news, we also know you may...

Meeting Professors In Their Natural Habitat

By Jonathan Marrow September 25, 2015

This fall, I started playing weekly tennis games with one of my professors. I had taken a course with him in the spring, we had become friendly and both enjoyed tennis, though we both found discovering...

A Concert and An Unusual Friendship

By Duy Mai April 16, 2015

In 1892, a Stanford University student of the Pioneer Class arranged for the famous pianist, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, to come and perform at Stanford. Paderewski was a world-renowned concert pianist and...

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