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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

EDITORIAL: Vote Yes for GU272 Descendants

By Editorial Board April 5, 2019

Georgetown University would not exist today if the Maryland Society of Jesus had not sold 272 enslaved men and women in 1838 to financially sustain the university. And yet the university’s reconciliation...

Sovereignty Best Serves Scots Future

Sovereignty Best Serves Scots’ Future

By Gordon Shannon September 18, 2014

On Jan. 16, 1707, the Scottish Parliament voted 110 to 69 in favor of the treaty of unification with England, and Scotland ceased to be an independent nation. The leader of the anti-unionist party...

Breaking Free From Britishness

Breaking Free From “Britishness”

By Michael Newton September 18, 2014

Many people have looked at the economic issues as the main reason to vote “yes” or “no” in the upcoming referendum. However, I do not see the issue as one of economics or politics, but rather an...

Finding Kinship in Fight for Independence

Finding Kinship in Fight for Independence

By Hannah Muldavin September 18, 2014

When I found out I would be studying abroad at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, I popped in my “Braveheart” DVD and gathered my blue war paint and tartan scarf that had been hanging in my closet...

Vote No on SAFE Reform

By The Editorial Board December 7, 2010

The two words can be found in large font and blue ink on signs plastered across campus today: "Vote Yes." Faced with a referendum on Student Activities Fee and Endowment reform, students may take one of...

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