The Hoya: 95 Years Special Issue: January 16, 2015

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The Founding of The Hoya

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Mallika Sen, Editor-in-Chief Emma Hinchliffe, Issue Editor Sheena Karkal, Issue Editor Carolyn Maguire, Executive Editor Alexander Brown, Managing Editor Jess Kelham-Hohler, Online Editor Daniel Smith, Photography Editor Shannon Hou, Layout Editor Zack Saravay, Copy Chief Researchers: Katherine Richardson, Kshithij Shrinath, Molly Simio

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The Founding of The Hoya “Blushing as coyly as any schoolgirl, and with the excited fears and hopes of a debutante … we lay this first edition of The Hoya at the feet of the student body, and retreat to a safe distance to observe the effects.”

Joseph R. Mickler Jr. (C ’20)

The Hoya’s first editor-in-chief, in the paper’s debut issue Jan. 14, 1920

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his week marks The Hoya’s 95th anniversary; printed above is the newspaper’s 1920 founding message. While the current staff might not be “blushing as coyly as any schoolgirl,” we’re still excited to present this commemoration of The Hoya’s 95 years at Georgetown University.

The first issue of The Hoya was published Jan. 14, 1920, with its front page, above, covering the funeral of a beloved Jesuit, changes to the ROTC program and the founding of The Hoya itself.

The Hoya followed a few iterations of campus publications, including a handcopied pamphlet called “Minerva” that had been distributed around campus as early as 1824. However, it was the first publication that aimed to be a comprehensive Georgetown newspaper (al-

though it at first focused on the College, and not the university’s other schools).

The Hoya’s early coverage centered around athletics — fittingly, as the newspaper took its name from students’ “Hoya Saxa” chant at football games. The use of the phrase for the newspaper helped spur the trend of calling Georgetown teams, clubs and students “Hoyas.”

The newspaper vacillated between writing about the influence of international events during World War II and the years leading up to it, and events happening on campus in the postwar years. In the 1970s and 1980s, The Hoya again broadened its scope to cover the influence of international events on student life, including the Vietnam War and protests against South African apartheid.

In its time on campus, The Hoya has

covered some of the biggest stories and historical events of the 20th and 21st centuries, from the Civil Rights movement and the assassination of JFK to 9/11. At the same time, it has covered the news that is of significance to Georgetown, from the Hoyas’ win in the 1984 NCAA championships to each theft of the Healy clock hands.

The Hoya certainly does not represent an entirely comprehensive history of Georgetown, and its contents reflect the editorial priorities of each semester’s staff. But over the past near-century, The Hoya has witnessed many defining moments of the university’s, Washington’s and the United States’ history. This issue of The Hoya is meant to celebrate the role the newspaper has played throughout Georgetown’s history, and that history itself.

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hroughout The Hoya’s 95 years, Hoya staffers and guest writers have offered advice, shared reflections and commented on issues of the day. Some of these pieces, like a 1941 editorial on breaking the bubble, below, are particularly timeless. Many were written by alumni who have gone on to prominent careers, and whose college opinions offer a glimpse of their future paths. Still more show what mattered to students, and when.

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Kara Swisher (SFS ’84) is executive editor of “Recode” and was one of the first technology journalists.

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DEBORA SPAR (SFS ’84) is president of Barnard College.

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HAKEEM JEFFRIES (GRD ’94) is the Democratic representative for New York’s 8th district.

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n its mission to cover Georgetown’s news of the day, The Hoya has in fact covered some of the 20th and 21st centuries’ most enduring news. Below is a collection of some of The Hoya’s most memorable moments, which have resonated beyond Georgetown.

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Hilltop Headlines

Hoya’s coverage has always centered around the Hilltop — though the perspectives from which it writes its headlines may have changed (see right). Here are a collection of some of the stories and images that are distinctly Georgetown. he

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Athletics

n its earliest days, The Hoya mainly covered sports. Ninety-five years later, Georgetown’s teams are still central to the newspaper. From the Hoyas on the field in the 1940s to the Hoyas on the court in the 1980s, here is some of The Hoya’s most memorable athletic coverage.

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