HARIRI —  In an unexpected announcement, the McDonough School of Business will begin offering a seven-credit course entitled “Academic Eligibility” in the Marketing department in the spring of 2015.   University Registrar praised the new course as “ground breaking” and “totally legitimate.”   The course, brainchild of Basketball Coach John Thompson III, was available this […]

GEORGETOWN COLLEGE, KENTUCKY — Coming on the heels of the announcement in April that introduced a three-year on-campus housing requirement for all students, Georgetown administrators are now reportedly “strongly” considering a fourth-year requirement, an initiative that would send all future senior classes to Georgetown College in Kentucky.   Georgetown College, a private liberal arts school […]

The Heckler’s sports experts breakdown and break up with each Big East team for the 2014-15 season. Villanova Wildcats   Strengths: Ability to get their head in the game   Weaknesses: Boys with wavy brown hair and blue eyes   Key Stat to Watch: Their win/loss record   Georgetown Hoyas   Strengths: Wonderful internship opportunities […]

ST. MARY’S- John Martin (COL ‘15) was flabbergasted to learn yesterday afternoon that the NHS was not the National Honor Society, but in fact the School of Nursing and Health.   When we caught up with John and asked him how he could go four years without figuring out the truth about the NHS he […]

LEAVEY CENTER — Citing the need for “more transparent accounting” as well as a desire to see if this “might be just crazy enough to work,” the Center for Student Engagement has replaced all HoyaLink Finance accounts with a single, large abacus kept on the third floor of Leavey. “It’s a really simple concept” said Erika […]

LEO’S — Following a concerted administrative effort to crack down on Georgetown’s underground meal swipe trade, the GUPD busted a massive meal swipe ring operating out of Lau 2 last Wednesday.   Following a six-month investigation, GUPD arrested of alleged ringleader Todd McCarthy (MSB ‘15), GUPD announced its intention to . His lawyer told the […]

  Today the Students of Georgetown Incorporated opened their first new storefront in a decade, the Hilltoss, a salad and smoothie shop in the Healey Family Student Center.   I visited the new storefront this afternoon to review its offerings for the Heckler, but was left with a thought I couldn’t shake afterwards: why aren’t they […]

LAUINGER—Head of Georgetown University Library Kathleen Stevens has announced a new addition—a laserium—to the university’s Lauinger Library. The laserium will be placed in Lauinger Floor 2, or “Lau 2” as it is colloquially known, and will be in non-stop operation after its installment.   According to Stevens, the University was looking for a place to […]

REISS — In an unannounced ceremony this week, Fr. Kevin O’Brien, Vice President for Missions and Ministry, followed up his blessing of the Northeast Triangle site with an exorcism of the Reiss Science building.   On Saturday, O’Brien said a quick prayer at a scheduled gathering outside the Northeast Triangle construction site, removed a large […]