OUT OF OFFICE: Abroad and Unscheduled
Routines form the basis of life at Georgetown. Class schedules provide the infrastructure, extracurriculars fill in the gaps and the remaining free time is devoted to daily necessities like eating and...
View ArticleMEATLESS MENUS: Learning to Love Radishes
I am, generally speaking, no great lover of radishes. The exact reason why is an enduring mystery—chalk it up to some childhood culinary trauma, perhaps, or to genetics. It makes sense, then, that I...
View ArticleDIRECTOR’S CUT: Chazelle Juxtaposes Intimate with Infinite in ‘First Man’
Rain greeted me outside the theater after a screening of Damien Chazelle’s “First Man.” As I walked back to Georgetown, the world around me felt both smaller and larger at the same time. If you’ve ever...
View ArticleAFTER HOURS: Chinese-Korean Cuisine Redefined in CHIKO
Chinese-Korean cuisine is a distinct marker of childhood for most Koreans. Often consisting of jjajangmyun — black bean paste noodles — and sweet and sour pork, Chinese-Korean is a cheap source of...
View ArticleAFTER HOURS: Bringing the Heat — and Alligator — to DC
The moment you enter Thip Khao, you are greeted with the overpowering smell of sugar, soy sauce, Thai basil, fish sauce and lime. My face immediately splits into a grin — if my childhood in Singapore...
View ArticleNOVEL IDEAS: Examining the Strange Case of Studying Abroad
On Saturday, I sent an email blast to my friends and family detailing my first week abroad, showcasing photos of the St. Andrews beachfront. As I expected, few people responded, but those that did sent...
View ArticleNOVEL IDEAS: ‘The Daydreamer’ Rekindles the Magic of Imagination
Twenty-one is an odd age. I have graduated from my teenage years and live away from home for eight months of the year. I am still in school, however, and not financially independent. At least until I...
View ArticleDIRECTOR’S CUT: ‘Us’ Loses Its Message in Complex Plot
I saw Jordan Peele’s “Us” in an early release a couple weeks ago and had initially planned on writing this response that same night. That, unfortunately, did not happen. “Us” is a film with a lot to...
View ArticlePROFESSIONAL POSITIONING | Are Top Men’s College Basketball Teams Too Big to...
Top players at the high school level will often link up at one university to attempt to win the March Madness tournament before declaring for the draft. Often times, however, multiple top players going...
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IN TRANSITION | Has Kawhi Replaced LeBron as Best Player in NBA?
LeBron James has largely been considered the best player in the NBA for the better part of the last decade. With James’ Los Angeles Lakers unable to make the playoffs, however, the title for the best...
View ArticleUNSOLICITED ADVICE: Accomplish Your Goals by Baking Cookies
I have a very specific ritual when I bake at home. I wear my long overalls that make me look like a farmer and my fuzzy socks that slide on the hardwood when I dance around. I always play my “vintage”...
View ArticleNOVEL IDEAS: Understanding a Breakup Through Poetry
It is impossible to be prepared for a breakup. You can seek advice from your friends or family and think about the words over and over again, but nothing prepares you for the aftermath of an ended...
View ArticleDIRECTOR’S CUT: Chazelle Juxtaposes Intimate with Infinite in ‘First Man’
Rain greeted me outside the theater after a screening of Damien Chazelle’s “First Man.” As I walked back to Georgetown, the world around me felt both smaller and larger at the same time. If you’ve ever...
View ArticleAFTER HOURS: Chinese-Korean Cuisine Redefined in CHIKO
Chinese-Korean cuisine is a distinct marker of childhood for most Koreans. Often consisting of jjajangmyun — black bean paste noodles — and sweet and sour pork, Chinese-Korean is a cheap source of...
View ArticleAFTER HOURS: Bringing the Heat — and Alligator — to DC
The moment you enter Thip Khao, you are greeted with the overpowering smell of sugar, soy sauce, Thai basil, fish sauce and lime. My face immediately splits into a grin — if my childhood in Singapore...
View ArticleNOVEL IDEAS: Examining the Strange Case of Studying Abroad
On Saturday, I sent an email blast to my friends and family detailing my first week abroad, showcasing photos of the St. Andrews beachfront. As I expected, few people responded, but those that did sent...
View ArticleSUD | UEFA Is Getting Far More Attention Than Necessary
The Union of European Football Associations Champions League is the unquestioned pinnacle of each club soccer season, and for good reason: not only is it the only competition that combines all of the...
View ArticleCOMMENTARY | MLB’s Juiced Baseballs are Not a Problem for Fans
Major League Baseball is in the midst of a juicing epidemic far different from the performance-enhancing drug usage in the 1990s, and this one is actually not a problem for the game at all. The set of...
View ArticleFOOD FOR THOUGHT: An Incomplete Survey of Georgetown’s Boba Tea Shops
In the Chinatown of my home, Las Vegas, Nev., each block seems to host an endless supply of boba tea shops, from international chains to mom-and-pop businesses. It surprised me when I came to...
View ArticleMANAGING READS: ‘Red, White & Royal Blue’ Portrays Authentic Modern Love
In many ways, Alex Claremont-Diaz is a fairly typical Georgetown University student: politically engaged, overachieving, convinced he will be a senator one day and prone to poor decision-making when...
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