Saxaspeak, Vox‘s old blogging buddy, is back. This time, though, it’s called, Saxaspeak: The Talk of the Hilltop, and it’s run by the Hoya.

The old Saxaspeak collapsed shortly after it became a mere repository of Georgetown Google Alerts. Will this Saxaspeak suffer the same fate? Editor-in-Chief Marissa Amendolia and Online Editor Meghan Bartels say no, in a blog post:

Saxaspeak will provide more regular and, occasionally, more casual coverage of the events and trends that affect Georgetown students….it will augment our customary high-quality and in-depth coverage with shorter, more frequent pieces to keep up with the pace of life at Georgetown. The blog is also designed to simplify the search for information by collecting relevant news links in one place.

Bartels told Vox that The Hoya chose the Saxaspeak name because they thought it was suitable, and because of name recognition among older students.

Although Bartels is currently the only blogger on the Hoya‘s Saxaspeak staff, she said she expects to create her own blogging staff separate from the paper soon.

Spooky

SaxaSpeak is the new blog in Georgetown’s tiny blog community, and it’s pretty good. They post all the time, find good deals like $2.99 pizza, and define a new word each week (“esurient”–to be hungry). Welcome them to The Game by reading some good recent posts:

• New organic Grab n Go look so good
• Some weird, weird op-ed about the Grilling Society and can’t we all get along
• DPS v. student scuffle

SaxaSpeak should get only better as the year goes. I just wish they’d use their full names so we could get to know the bloggers better and trust their posts more.