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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

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GONE VIRAL | New Year, Old Innate Desire for Self-Improvement: Investigating the Ideology and Trajectory of New Year’s Resolutions

GONE VIRAL | New Year, Old Innate Desire for Self-Improvement: Investigating the Ideology and Trajectory of New Year’s Resolutions

By Claire Chou February 8, 2024

Every year, around 100 million Americans set New Year’s resolutions, but only 8% of Americans stick with them for the entire year. This far-reaching tradition highlights the compelling nature of new...

A Guide to Fulfilling New Year’s Goals Quickly

A Guide to Fulfilling New Year’s Goals Quickly

By Mike Radice and Mike Radice January 2, 2016

If you don’t make resolutions this New Years, you probably aren’t missing out. Not many people actually fulfill these often lofty or vague goals. Why? They set themselves up for failure. In order...

14 Hoya Resolutions for 2014

14 Hoya Resolutions for 2014

By Max Wheeler and Max Wheeler January 1, 2014

2014 is finally upon us, and you know what that means: time for New Year's resolutions. However great your 2013 was, there is always room for improvement, and here are 14 goals that most Hoyas could use...

The Hot or Not List of 2013

The Hot or Not List of 2013

By Harper Weissburg and Harper Weissburg December 31, 2013

With only hours to go until the clock strikes midnight and our New Year's resolutions become valid, month-long attempts at self-improvement, 2013 is drawing to a close. It's been quite the year, Hoyas...

My New Ears Resolution

By Kinne Chapin January 20, 2012

For every living being on the planet, January is a month of hastily-formed and just-as-hastily-waylaid resolutions — and Georgetown students are no exception. Why else would Yates be more crowded during...

Resolutions: A New List for a New Year

By Courtney Mastrangelo January 19, 2012

As we ring in the new year, we drag a long list of resolutions with us: to leave Lau before DOPS checks your GOCard, to go to Yates everyday, to get straight A's, to finish your homework before 9 on...

DELANEY: Recognizing Our Humanity

By Margaret Delaney November 17, 2011

Over the course of my time at Georgetown, I've found that I have a difficult time sticking to certain personal goals that I set for myself. These are usually small things — new semester resolutions,...

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