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STONE: Cultures Are Not Our Toys

STONE: Cultures Are Not Our Toys

By Renleigh Stone February 5, 2016

I was asked, “How do I explain to white people that it’s wrong to treat East-Asian religions as fads?” They explained that there are people who want to “become” Taoist, Buddhist, Sikh or Hindu...

A Love Letter to Us: The Queer Community

A Love Letter to Us: The Queer Community

By Grace Smith January 29, 2016

This is my love letter. But it isn’t to one person. It is to a community — a community that has taught me how to love and be loved, that embraces me even when I don’t embrace myself, that is profoundly...

QUALLEN: Healy’s Inner Turmoil, Our Current Conflict

QUALLEN: Healy’s Inner Turmoil, Our Current Conflict

By Matthew Quallen November 20, 2015

Last week, President DeGioia accepted a recommendation to scrub the names Mulledy and McSherry from university buildings. The names Freedom and Remembrance took their places. Mulledy and McSherry symbolized...

Finding My Place in Red Square

By Naaz Modan November 17, 2015

I remember reading about the events at The University of Missouri a few days ago. I knew they had made national news, but the issues did not pique my interest until the waves made in Missouri began to...

Finding Out Who You Are

Finding Out Who You Are

By Isvari Mohan November 14, 2015

Do you know who you really are? Circle one of the following answers. I’ll tell you what it means when you’re done. I am… An extrovert. An introvert. I make judgments by… Thinking...

The Catholic Vision of Sexuality

By Taylor Colwell November 3, 2015

As a recent alumnus who “feels that Georgetown must change to include more church teaching,” I very much appreciated Lexi Dever’s viewpoint (“The Georgetown That Saved Me,” Oct. 30, 2015, The...

Reconcile Speech, Values

By The Editorial Board October 30, 2015

In a summer interview with The Hoya, serialized these past two weeks, former University President Fr. Leo O’Donovan, S.J., upheld the importance of Catholic belief and free speech on campus. O’Donovan...

SMITH: Dancing With Pride and Myself

SMITH: Dancing With Pride and Myself

By Grace Smith October 27, 2015

I’ve always hated dancing. There is something ironically constricting in that kind of freedom of movement for me, something about the arbitrary motion that does not mesh well with the planned-out, meticulously...

Losing My Ethnic Ambiguity

Losing My Ethnic Ambiguity

By Nada Eldaief October 16, 2015

“Where are you from?” I have lost count of the number of times I have been asked this question. At Georgetown, this question brings me the same level of dread as “what’s a fun fact you want...

SMITH: My Race Does Not Label Me

SMITH: My Race Does Not Label Me

By Grace Smith October 6, 2015

Violin in one hand, a container of white rice in the other and a math club hat slightly askew, I was ready. I walked out into the pouring rain, ready to take on the day. The night before, I remember...

SMITH: Noise

SMITH: Noise

By Grace Smith September 1, 2015

If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? My restless analysis of this question began with a haircut. Over the summer, I cut off 12 inches of my hair. With...

Homecoming

Homecoming

By Cyrena Touros July 23, 2015

I’m home. I’m home, and although that doesn’t seem like it should be a big deal, I can assure you, it is. It’s been almost seven months since the last time I landed in Florida. Seven months since...

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