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BELDING: Lessons Learned from a Losing Quarterback

BELDING: Lessons Learned from a Losing Quarterback

By Brinley Belding March 14, 2024

Set hut! The ball is in the quarterback’s hands and a receiver is open downfield. The quarterback lets the ball fly but doesn’t see the defender. The ball is picked off. No one can catch the defender...

VIEWPOINT: Choose Morals Over Chick-fil-A

VIEWPOINT: Choose Morals Over Chick-fil-A

By Claiborne Martell December 1, 2023

Lately, all I’ve wanted is a milkshake.  I’ve voiced this desire to quite a few people, and each time I get the same response: “You know, Chick-fil-A has milkshakes.” And each time, I...

CARNES: Discerning New Priorities

CARNES: Discerning New Priorities

By Fr. Matthew Carnes, S.J. April 5, 2019

On banners and in New Student Orientation talks, in classes and on retreats, we proudly proclaim the values of the Spirit of Georgetown. Many of us can rattle off these values: cura personalis, people...

VIEWPOINT: In Defense of Lives Worth Living

By G. Kevin Donovan December 7, 2016

At Georgetown, a Jesuit and Catholic university, the most cogent argument against physician-assisted suicide for those who espouse our values is that it is morally wrong, a clear violation of the commandment...

Rising Prices, Failing Values

By Joseph Picozzi September 9, 2016

For as long as I can remember, I have dreamed of coming to Georgetown. After being turned away my senior year of high school, I applied again and was accepted as a sophomore transfer student. Almost...

Veterans Affairs Secretary Shares Leadership Values

By Tara Subramaniam February 2, 2016

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert McDonald emphasized the need for values-based leadership to find individual and team success to a crowd of about 150 in Gaston Hall on Friday. Former Secretary of Defense...

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...

NGUYEN: Narrow American Principles

NGUYEN: Narrow American Principles

By Lam Nguyen October 2, 2015

There’s no hope for the rest of us. By that, I mean anyone whose heritage, values and principles are not wholly consistent with what are deemed “American” principles. That is what I got out of...

CIESEMIER & SQUIRES: To Georgetown’s Jesuit Character, With Love

By Kendall Ciesemier and Camille Squires February 6, 2015

It is February, friends. Love is in the air all around, and Georgetown’s campus is no exception. We considered writing about our own love lives, but quickly realized that it would be the shortest column...

Sharing a Jesuit History With Japan

By Kevin Doak September 20, 2012

For two days last week, the campus enjoyed a remarkable moment in international and intra-Jesuit relations. Sophia University’s president, vice president and Jesuit chancellor led a delegation of faculty...

Millennial Fellows Examine College Students’ Values

By Emma Hinchliffe April 20, 2012

This semester, three Georgetown students attempted to gauge the values of the current college-aged generation through the Millennial Values Fellows program offered by the Berkeley Center for Religion,...

Missing the Point of the Game

By The Editorial Board January 19, 2012

To the Editor,   Sunday, I groggily yet eagerly boarded the bus to New York City at 5:40 a.m., excited for my first Georgetown basketball road trip to watch the Hoyas play St. John's. Wearing...

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