How to Find Trending and Featured Articles on The Hoya

The Hoya's homepage surfaces both Featured Articles and a Trending list, so you can see what editors are highlighting and what readers are reading most without digging through sections. Featured articles appear as large story blocks with a headline, author byline, and date; the Trending list sits alongside them as a numbered ranking. Both are visible on the front page, which makes the homepage the fastest starting point for campus news.

Where Featured Articles Appear

Featured Articles are the prominent stories at the top of the homepage. Each entry shows:

• A headline
• Author name and role (for example, "Executive Editor" or "Senior News Editor")
• Publication date

In the homepage evidence, the featured block includes stories such as "Peñalver Reaffirms GU Sexual Violence Prevention Efforts After Cornell Case," "GU Community Condemns Title IX Policy Reversal," and "As Peñalver Develops Strategic Plan, GU Community Hopes for Improved Policies" — all dated October 2, 2026. Because the date is printed with each item, you can judge at a glance whether a featured story is current.

How the Trending List Works

The Trending section is a numbered list of the most-read or most-engaged stories at that moment. The homepage evidence shows five entries:

1. "'Mayday': Hear My Cry for Help — Do Not Watch This Movie!"
2. "GU College Republicans Become First University-Affiliated Group to Join National Deportation Campaign"
3. "THE TRACKER | Following GU Men's Basketball in the Transfer Portal"
4. "GU Theology Faculty Remain Divided on Department's Focus, Catholicism's Role"
5. "As National Polarization Intensifies, GU Political Groups Drift Apart"

The ranking mixes opinion, news, and sports, which is useful if you want a quick cross-section of what the Georgetown community is reading rather than a single section's output.

Finding Articles by Section

If trending and featured don't cover what you need, The Hoya organizes content into labeled sections. The site navigation and homepage evidence point to:

Opinion pieces are further labeled by type — for example, "EDITORIAL," "VIEWPOINT," and named columns like "CONATON." That labeling tells you whether you're reading the editorial board's position or an individual contributor's argument.

Judging Timeliness and Authorship

Every article on the homepage carries a byline and a date. Bylines also indicate the writer's role, such as "Executive Editor," "Senior News Editor," or "Special to The Hoya." This matters when you're deciding how much weight to give a piece: a staff editor's news report and a "Special to The Hoya" contribution are different kinds of sourcing, and the label is printed rather than hidden.

Practical Steps

1. Open the homepage.
2. Scan the Featured Articles block for editor-selected stories with dates.
3. Check the numbered Trending list for what's drawing the most attention right now.
4. Use the section menu (News, Opinion, Sports, etc.) if you want a specific beat.
5. Confirm the date and byline before treating a story as current.

The main limitation is that trending rankings shift as readership changes, so a story high on the list today may drop off within days. If you need a stable record, note the headline and date when you find it.