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Unity and grief—reactions to “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Qdl9ipVjbfTIdd3MDgRDLjuN7M_2P5NO/view?usp=share_link The release of “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” followed years of anticipation and excitement. The first film broke box office records and solidified its status of cultural significance for Black viewers. The second was no less successful, and to capture the impact the films have had, Ajani and I sat down with leaders from affinity…
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Anita Bonds and Elissa Silverman set to win competitive three-way council election
As polls closed in Washington, D.C., the results for the D.C. City Council at-large seats lean towards Anita Bonds (D) and Elissa Silverman (I). Both will be returning to the council, with Bonds in her fourth term as at-large council member and Silverman in her third. The Associated Press reported that—with only eight percent of…
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Houselessness in the District
The graphic below depicts the results of the point-in-time count survey conducted by the Department of Human Services, an initiative of Mayor Muriel Bowser to determine the shifts in houselessness since the implementation of her new initiative, Homeward D.C., in 2015—a program designed to end long-term homelessness in the city. She has also implemented targeted…
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Protected: Delta Phi Epsilon: when a fraternity implodes
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Earworms and whales galore: the power of story evolution
There’s something that compels humans to investigate. For some, it’s whales, and for others, it’s a song stuck in your head. But no matter the topic, humans want to know how the story ends. Both “Something Large and Wild” and “The Case of the Missing Hit” craft compelling narratives based on discovery and passion, although…
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Social and studious places: journey through Georgetown’s libraries
The three principle libraries on Georgetown’s campus represent a variety of social and study settings, and play a formulative role in the lives of most Hoyas. Lauinger, Bloomer, and Bioethics reflect a variety of student interests and their inhabitants’ studying tendencies. Although Georgetown’s first library, built in 1889 with a monetary donation from E. Francis…
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Blackpink’s comeback represents K-pop’s success on TikTok
Even if you’re not a fan (or a stan), Korean popular music, or K-pop, has probably graced your feed in the last several years. From viral videos of Lisa from Blackpink’s “Money” to Felix from Stray Kid’s choreography in “Maniac,” K-pop artists are popping up in international media with growing frequency. The release of Blackpink’s…
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Could Patagonia billionaire Yvon Chouinard create corporate climate change?
Billionaire founder Yvon Chouinard transferred ownership of his outdoor apparel company Patagonia—valued at $3 billion—to the Holdfast Collective, an environmental nonprofit. The goal is to create a more sustainable world, with 100% of profits going to the organization to help fight climate change, although many are skeptical that it will generate significant momentum. The website…
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Q&A with Laxmi Parthasarathy
Minus the answers, due to lack of capacity to contact via Twitter. But my presentation draws heavily on this Medium interview from two years ago. What drew you to your focus on local journalistic representation in the media? You mentioned to Medium in 2020 that there were three responsibilities of larger, or more well-known journalism…
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Chaotic CAB: disorganization strikes club fair
During Sunday’s Council of Advisory Boards (CAB) fair, a lack of planning from organizers resulted in a shortage of tables, lack of sufficient resources, and minimal organization of the clubs gathered to recruit first-year students. Each of Georgetown’s over 500 clubs is offered the opportunity to table at the fair on Copley Lawn from 11…