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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

A Time for Mischief

By The Editorial Board May 17, 2012

The recent theft of the Healy clock hands has forced both students and administrators to re-evaluate what the tradition means to us. Given the safety hazards and extreme risks involved in stealing the...

Clock Hands Tradition Rekindled

By Emma Hinchliffe May 17, 2012

More than two weeks after the clock hands on the front face of Healy Tower went missing, the mystery of who took them remains largely unsolved. After confirming the theft of the front hands, which...

Where in the World are the Real Healy Clock Hands?

By Michelle Cassidy and Michelle Cassidy May 8, 2012

The clock hands on Healy Tower were finally put back this morning, but apparently they're not the ones that were stolen. So while Healy can tell time again, the original hands are still at large. Join...

Healy Clock Hands Replaced

By Sarah Kaplan & Matthew Strauss May 5, 2012

The clock hands on the front face of Georgetown's famous Healy Tower were replaced by the university Tuesday morning, more than a week after they initially went missing. The hands, which disappeared...

Clock Thieves Use the Barter System (or should we say barker system?)

By Michelle Cassidy and Michelle Cassidy May 3, 2012

If you're in the market for some clock hands (here's looking at you, Healy Clock Tower), they're now available for barter over on College Craig. In a listing that went up earlier this afternoon, we found...

Who Stole the Hands from Healy Clock Tower?

By Michelle Cassidy and Michelle Cassidy April 30, 2012

For the first time in years (since 2005 to be exact), the hands have been stolen from Healy Tower. For those not familiar with the tradition, Wikipedia has a helpful summary: Historically, students...

Taking Back Tradition

By The Editorial Board October 18, 2011

It has been six years since the Healy clock hands were last stolen as part of a harmless student prank, and it's high time that the hands find their way to the Vatican once more — without the threat...

Gas Fumes Force Evacuation of Maguire

By Lauren Weber September 16, 2011

After smelling gas in Maguire around 11 a.m. this morning, university officials evacuated students from Healy Hall and Maguire. Both buildings have since been reopened after the scene was deemed safe...

Last Call Looms for Healy Pub

By Glenn Russo August 30, 2011

The administration's brewing dissent for the Healy Pub proposal came to a head Wednesday when University President John J. DeGioia indicated that approval is unlikely for the student effort. "[The Healy...

The Return of Healy Beach

By Meagan Kelly April 7, 2011

Students take a study break and relax on Healy Beach with the advent of warm weather.

Failure to Communicate

By The Editorial Board October 8, 2010

Last Thursday, the campus was thrown into a state of anxiety after a lengthy and detailed email, sent to the entire university community, told of a "possible noose" found in the subbasement of Healy Hall....

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