Archive for January, 2010

Magis Row Accepts Proposal For “Todd Olson Friendship House”

Sunday, January 31st, 2010
Magis Row Accepts Proposal For “Todd Olson Friendship House”

N STREET–Citing the need for “greater student-faculty partnership,” officials from Georgetown’s Office of Residence Life announced this past Friday that a “Todd Olson Friendship House” would be joining next year’s lineup of Magis Row townhouses. In accordance with Magis Row’s goal of “allowing groups of students to explore their shared interests with Georgetown faculty... »

Vatican Pledges $6.9 Million for New Persecution of Science Center

Sunday, January 31st, 2010
Vatican Pledges $6.9 Million for New Persecution of Science Center

CAMPUS – After years of delays, university officials are once again moving ahead with plans for a new Persecution of Science Center, thanks to a timely grant from the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy of Scientific Ignorance.  “We are delighted that the Vatican’s generous gift has allowed us to move forward on this important project,” Provost James O’Donnell... »

Drunk Fan Holds Key to Team’s Success

Sunday, January 31st, 2010
Drunk Fan Holds Key to Team’s Success

VERIZON CENTER–With a top 15 national ranking, several marquee wins and a deep run in March well within the realm of possibility, the Hoya men’s basketball team and their fans are finally putting the memories of last season’s collapse behind them. While fans and reporters alike have spent countless hours searching for an... »

Celibate Loser Decries Georgetown’s Hookup Culture

Sunday, January 31st, 2010
Celibate Loser Decries Georgetown’s Hookup Culture

LEO J O’DONOVAN DINING HALL—Student and celibate loser Jake Connolly (SFS ’10) was overheard yesterday decrying what he called Georgetown’s “shallow, vapid hookup culture” in a long-winded explanation of his ongoing, 22 year-long dry spell. Connolly, when pressed to explain his criticisms, referred to his disgust at the tendency for “drunk dudes to... »

University Anti-Condom Policy Influenced By Dumpster-Baby Lobby

Sunday, January 31st, 2010
University Anti-Condom Policy Influenced By Dumpster-Baby Lobby

LEAVEY–The heated debate over Georgetown’s controversial anti-condom stance was reignited this past week as sources revealed the significant role lobbyists for the dumpster-baby industry played in shaping University policy on the subject. Though administrators have long asserted that the University policy banning the sale of condoms on campus was designed solely to conform with... »

ADMINISTRATOR’S CORNER: I Am Going to Tell You How Martin Luther King Jr. Would Think that Appropriating Black History to Make Your Point Is Racist

Sunday, January 31st, 2010
ADMINISTRATOR’S CORNER:  I Am Going to Tell You How Martin Luther King Jr. Would Think that Appropriating Black History to Make Your Point Is Racist

Dear Members of the Georgetown Community: Georgetown is a thriving community of intellectual thought, and each day our environment presents us with new challenges. Some challenges may be building a big igloo out of sloppy joe meat and cornstarch in your office in Healy. Some challenges may be cutting a hole in the... »

OP-ED: Allow Me to Serenade You with the Soft Sounds of Prerecorded Love Songs

Sunday, January 31st, 2010
OP-ED: Allow Me to Serenade You with the Soft Sounds of Prerecorded Love Songs

Marie, I want this to be a night you remember forever. I know Valentine’s Day is a week away, but honestly, I can’t wait any longer. You mean the world to me. So tonight, I’ve prepared a veritable symphony of the softest, sweetest prerecorded love songs that a heavily discounted “Now, That’s What I... »

FROM THE EDITOR: We Hate All of Human Civilization Equally

Sunday, January 31st, 2010
FROM THE EDITOR: We Hate All of Human Civilization Equally

Though my first issue as editor of this illustrious publication should be a time of celebration, I feel I have no choice but to break from the traditional coke-fueled orgies of an editor’s first week to address the troubling accusations that have been directed at the Heckler since the publication of our last issue.... »

With No News Offices to Go to, Protestors Forced to Stage Sit-In in Heckler Editor’s Bedroom

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

BURLEITH—People offended by The Georgetown Heckler’s December issue marched to Burleith and staged a sit-in in the bedroom of its editor last month after being unable to find any other headquarters for the poorly-read website. “Oh God, here, let me move some of this stuff,” the editor, Otto Foots, said, pushing a pile of... »

Giddy DeGioia, Olson, The Hoya Ask If They’re Allowed to Call Any of Their Other Critics Racist

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

LEAVEY—University President Jack DeGioia, Vice President for Student Affairs Todd Olson, and the editor-in-chief of The Hoya had a secret meeting with campus SCUnity and NAACP leaders Tuesday night in order to find out if they’re allowed to demonize any of their other critics as racist. “I can’t tell you how fun it is... »