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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

VORA: Reflect on the Power of Names

VORA: Reflect on the Power of Names

By Shivali Vora February 10, 2023

According to Shakespeare, that which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. But according to social scientists, names are more consequential than that.  As kids, many of us were...

A Level Paying Field

By The Editorial Board December 6, 2013

While scoring a first internship has become a valuable benchmark moment for college students, for some, financial concerns have kept opportunities out of reach. Fortunately, however, the financial limitations...

Grappling With Class: An Unspoken Divide

By Eamon O'Connor March 16, 2012

For T’Keel Petersen (MSB ’12), seizing every opportunity at Georgetown has not come easily. To study abroad at Oxford University the summer after his sophomore year, Petersen was forced to weave...

A Deeper Diversity

By Opinion Editor February 27, 2012

For most of its history, the majority of American higher education has been segregated by law or custom on the basis of gender, religion, national origin or race and ethnicity.  The reason is simple:...

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