Which Georgetown publication is manliest?
Posted by: Will Sommer in News, Vox Populi, tags: Blue & Gray, Georgetown, Manliness, Student Media, The Academy, The Fire This Time, The Hoya, The Independent, The Voice, Utraque Unum
Amanda Hess, City Paper’s Sexist, has started DC’s Manliest Workplace Competition, ranking DC businesses and institutions based on the number of men at the top of their org chart. Hess takes a company’s top ten positions and assigns points in descending order, so a man at the top positions earns ten points and a man at the one position earns one point. She then throws the final score (max score of 55) into a rubric:
The Manly Index
0-10: Non-manly
11-30: Mannish
31-50: Manly
50-55: Manliest
Yesterday, the Washington Times knocked out Washingtonian. That’s no surprise, but where do Georgetown’s publications stack up in “remembering the ladies,” as Abigail Adams would say? Using mastheads and fuzzy division, I’ve ranked Georgetown publications from least manly to manliest. When I wasn’t clear whether one position ranked over another, I relied on masthead order.
The Independent: 13
The Independent scores a barely mannish 13, despite Editor-in-Chief Greg Gangelhoff. If they ever hope to edge out Blue & Gray, they’re going to have to tell me whether “B Palmer” is a man or woman.
Blue & Gray: 20
Blue & Gray, the faculty paper best known as last-last-last ditch reading material to be considered only after you’ve finished Young Money, landed in the middle of “mannish”. Dr. Dan Porterfield and University Photographer Phil Humnick tried, but this one goes to the ladies.
You might say, “But Andy Pino is on their staff! He’s man enough for ten papers.” Fair point, but Mr. Pino does not have a high-enough position at Blue & Gray to count for points. Also not counted: the very manly picture of JTIII dancing with his daughter on the cover of the most recent issue.
The Fire This Time: 21
The Fire This Time hasn’t come out yet this semester, so I had to use an old masthead. Having two female editor-in-chiefs put Fire clearly on the womens’ side. Plus, Obehi Utubor’s Angry Black Woman column is way angrier than Kyle Williams’s Angry Black Man.
The Voice: 27
With a mannish 27, the Voice continues to be an equal-opportunity employer and friend to all. Still, the recent fashion issue might make guys feel like their interests are being ignored in the Voice’s print version. In that case, they should turn to Vox Populi, where only having one editor means a perfect ten out of ten in manliness.
The Hoya: 29
Things were complicated by the fact that between the board of directors, an editor-in-chief, and two news editors, the Hoya has more competing power structures than the Roman Republic.
Utraque Unum: 34
You might not have read this, but it’s a little research supplement associated with the Tocqueville Forum. It talks a lot about how much they miss classical education, but there are gems, too, like when Carroll Fellows write about the football team’s history. Utraque Unum is pretty manly, which is just how the Greeks would have wanted it.
The Federalist: 45
The long-time campus paper underdogs at the Federalist nearly pulled off a win today with a decidedly manly score. Speaking of the Federalist, I’m told they’re getting a blog of their very own.
The Georgetown Academy: 49.4
Hurray for the Academy, which almost ranks as “manliest” on the scale but is definitely Georgetown’s manliest student publication. The Academy only has three student staffers and a board of advisors (including Bill Donahue from the Catholic League!), which required some crazy point-pooling and resulted in the .4.
If you haven’t picked up a copy of the new Academy yet, you should, because while previous incarnations were crazy and homophobic, the new Academy is just about fun ways to be Catholic. The highlight is an article featuring different ways to stay chaste–my personal favorite is to, when with your significant other, only do things you would do on Healy Lawn. Check tomorrow’s Voice for even more Academy.
Photo from Flickr user Mr Ferguson used under a Creative Commons license
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The Manliest Workplace competition salutes you, Will. The barely manly Washington City Paper needs all the manpower it can drum up (even from mere mannish newsmagazines such as your own) in its pursuit of thorough man-checking. Sincerely, The Sexist (Manly Index Score: 0)
The very manly owner of Young Money wants to know how his publication can be more manly. Thanks for the advice and critique, in advance.
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Happy to do some basic arithmetic for City Paper, Amanda.
What an honor to have the fellow behind Young Money commenting! I haven’t read much of Young Money, but it’s a little skimpy on actual content, right?
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