“I Used To Work For The Census, And Now I Work At Georgetown”: Robert Groves Recaps Most Boring Career Known to Man
By Osborne Augustus Lochrane | September 13, 2021
Greetings, reader! In this piece, we’re going to tell you a bit about Robert Groves’ careerrrrrrrrgbigrrtgedeinf— Oh man, sorry—I dozed off there for a second. Where were we? Oh, right! The illustrious career of Robert Grovessssssssfdfeeffdfddddfdffeeeeeffffeffferrr— Huh…? Oh, my goodness! I’m so sorry for snoozing. This topic is just so uninteresting; it’s hard to keep […]
Hey The Hoya, I Know This Must Be Weird For You, And I Know I’m Not Your “Real Dad,” But I Married Your Mother So We’re Family Now
By Alfred Conkling Coxe Jr. | September 10, 2021
Hey, The Hoya. Listen, champ, why don’t you have a seat? I know you don’t really want to talk to me, but I talked with your mother and she thinks it’s important that we have a talk. Or, how about we get out the baseball gloves and have a catch? No? OK then, we can […]
“That Could Never Happen Here!” Northeastern Liberal Makes Excellent and Compassionate Point That The South Is An Incredibly Racist and Sexist Place
By Bushrod Washington | September 8, 2021
Cara Montez-Jones (SFS ‘23) is KILLING it right now with her political takes! In response to the news of the horrific Texas abortion ban, as she has for many causes before, Cara took to her Instagram story to decry the move and the people that made it. Cara, a Connecticut native, had lots to share. […]
Walk Very, Very Slow in Front of Their Ugly Cars; And 6 Other Easy Ways to Inconvenience GUPD
By Shackleford Hedgecock, Esq. | September 7, 2021
We at the Heckler happily condone students organizing for abolition, protesting the Georgetown overlords, and keeping themselves safe on campus by any means necessary. We also think that you should be able to have some creative, safe fun while you resist GUPD’s unwelcome presence. Here are six easy ways to do so! Walk very, very […]
Office Of The President: Announcing Student Equity And Inclusion Services’ Relocation To The “You Are Different Than Us Memorial Basement” In New South Hall
By Bushrod Washington | September 6, 2021
Hoya Saxa! We are proud to announce that we are consolidating all of the programs and resource centers for students who do not fit our standard (i.e., most visible and lucrative) demographic into the basement of New South Hall. The basement is now to be renamed the “You Are Different Than Us Memorial Basement” in […]
“It’s Nature’s Melatonin!” Underfunded CAPS Prescribes “Just Rubbing One Out” to Sleep-Deprived Students
By Bjorn Melvinplank | September 3, 2021
Seeking treatment for his intense, anxiety-induced sleep deprivation, Michael Morris (COL’25) was shocked to hear CAPS’ half-baked solution to his pressing health needs. “Listen, kid,” muttered an LCSW in between drags of a cigarette. “I’m at fucking rock bottom here. There was once a time where kids would just bottle up their depression and anxiety […]
Franz Kafka Not Sure How to Refer to Situation That Seems to Happen to Him Quite a Lot
By Carolina Edgecumb | September 2, 2021
An excerpt from the journal of Franz Kafka: Some of the thoughts in my head have… I don’t know… a nightmarish, complex, bizarre, or illogical quality. Boy do I wish there were a word I could use to convey that state of mind to others! Life, it gets very bureaucratic sometimes. Sometimes things don’t make […]
BOOK REVIEW: “Animal Farm” Dares to Ask, “What if Animals Were Real?”
By Fortune St. Albans | September 1, 2021
Animal Farm by George Orwell is a mind-bending parable that makes the reader think about issues that go far deeper than a cursory reading of the novel’s text might suggest. While initially unclear, by the end of the novel the allegorical nature of Orwell’s phenomenal work of fiction is revealed. Although it took me longer […]
Construction Update: Many Years and Millions of Dollars Later, We Have Successfully Moved The Stands From One Side Of Cooper Field To The Other
By Alfred Conkling Coxe Jr. | August 30, 2021
From the Office of the President, John J. DeGioia Dear Members of the Georgetown University Community, As we return to in-person learning this Fall, many of you have doubtless noticed that quite a few things have changed here on the Hilltop since last we met. You may also be wondering, given the skyrocketing cost of […]
News Announces Plan To Stop For Three Months Out Of Respect For Heckler’s Vacation Time
By Alfred Conkling Coxe Jr. | May 20, 2021
In what is expected to become an annual tradition from here on out, a joint announcement was made by the United Nations, Joe Biden, Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, Kim Jong Un, the EU, the legislative and executive branches of every national government, Elon Musk, al-Qaeda, Major League Baseball, Big Tech, Big Pharma, Big Geology, ISIS, […]