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Movie Review: ‘Palacios’

By Noah Levesque February 26, 2018

“No need to go anywhere,” Holly, a widow living in St. Louis, Mo.,  says after just discovering a young black man sleeping on her roof. “Just come eat the breakfast.” The young man she addresses,...

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Hirshhorn Museum Welcomes the Public Into Sleek New Lobby Space

By Annah Otis February 26, 2018

After three months of renovations in collaboration with acclaimed Japanese artist and architect Hiroshi Sugimoto, the Hirshhorn Museum opened the doors to its sleek new lobby to the public Feb. 23....

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Drug Issue 2018

By Guide Editor February 23, 2018

Despite Pushback, Student Drug Use Continues Chronicling the Grass-Roots Fight for Legal Pot in DC Pressure to Succeed Leads Students to Drug Abuse US Opioid Epidemic Breaks Bodies and Minds Debunking...

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Chronicling the Grass-Roots Fight for Legal Pot in DC

By Meghan DeCourcey February 23, 2018

The 21st century has been marked by calls across the United States for the legalization of marijuana, with lobbyists and college students coming together in advocacy and protest. Under federal law,...

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Pressure to Succeed Leads Students to Drug Abuse

By Meena Raman February 23, 2018

For college students and student-athletes across the country, mounting pressure to succeed appears to be linked to increased use of performance-enhancing drugs. Performance-enhancing drugs are substances...

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Despite Pushback, Student Drug Use Continues

By Julia Yaeger February 23, 2018

On April 1, 2016, marijuana advocates roared past Georgetown University’s front gates in a black Jeep, with lobbyist Louis Drexel Porteous of D.C. Norml, a pro-marijuana legalization policy group,...

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Drugs 101

By Ethan Knecht February 23, 2018

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Cigarette Use Does Not Vanish With Vaporizers

By Alexandra Brunjes February 22, 2018

Although Georgetown University can often feel like a bubble, its students are not immune to fluctuating trends in vaping and use of cigarettes. While cigarette use among teenagers is at an all-time...

Table for Two: The Risks of Fine Dining

Table for Two: The Risks of Fine Dining

By Daniel Almeida and Toby Hung February 21, 2018

Group dining is challenging. Pained compromise over availability eventually yields an agreed-upon time. Labored negotiations over restaurants ranging from the trendy to the mediocre threaten to derail...

Unpacking the Hidden Perils of Prescription Opioids

By Eleanor Tolf February 21, 2018

The experiences of a young adult taking the drug Vicodin after a wisdom tooth operation and of another person injecting heroin into their blood stream may appear like drastically different scenarios. But...

Movie Review: ‘The Party’

By Alexandra Brunjes February 21, 2018

★★★★☆ A dark, caustically comedic film that breathes new life into the classic dinner party pressure cooker trope, “The Party” is a satirical, witty airing of dirty laundry. The newest...

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Underground in Dupont, the Cabaret Comes Alive

By Faris Bseiso February 16, 2018

As I was walking through the Dupont Underground, I felt a sudden tap on my shoulder. I turned around and saw a woman with transparent white cloth wrapped around her clothes — a ghost. Without uttering...

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