Jack Evans chimes in on 2010 campus plan at BCA meeting
Thursday night’s Burleith Citizens Association meeting featured an appearance by Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans, who answered residents’ concerns about Georgetown’s 2010 campus plan. While standing...
View ArticleGUSA talks SAFE reform at second town hall meeting
Last night, the GUSA Financial and Appropriations Committee held its second town hall meeting to discuss the Student Activities Fee Endowment reform plan. Attendees discussed the previously proposed...
View ArticleEscape from the Hilltop: Scrambled eggs
Stuck in the District over Easter break? Don’t worry: there’s plenty of egg-cellent things to do in our fair city that will put the hip back in your hippity-hop! Friday, April 22 10:00am – 12:00pm:...
View ArticleCongressman Van Hollen addresses budget debate in Gonda Theatre
Yesterday, congressman Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), the ranking member of the House Budget Committee, gave the annual Whittington Lecture in Georgetown’s Gonda Theatre. Van Hollen’s speech, which addressed...
View ArticleWikipedia and CiviliNation founders reflect on cyber civility
On Monday, the School of Continuing Studies’ Technology Management Program sponsored a lecture by Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales and Andrea Weckerle – founder of the cyber-etiquette organization...
View ArticleGUSA president presents student letter on debt ceiling
At a press conference this afternoon, GUSA President Mike Meaney (SFS ’12) stood with a handful of other student body presidents as they unveiled their letter to President Obama, imploring him and...
View ArticleProf endorses contraceptive coverage, bishops pitch a fit
Last month, Dr. Hal C. Lawrence, executive vice president of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and a University professor, praised the Administration’s decision to require full...
View ArticlePrefrosh Preview: A guide to enjoying (and surviving) Leo’s
Our very own Leo O’Donovan Dining Hall is a bit of a bonding experience for all freshmen and sophomores, who must submit to the mandatory meal plan, barring a few exceptions. Vegetarianism doesn’t get...
View ArticleDistrict Digest: Kwame’s crimes and misdemeanors
This week in D.C. news features Kwame Brown’s fraud charges, Capital Pride back in action, Corcoran Museum’s plans to sell the Beaux-Arts building and Councilmember Jack Evans getting a little feisty...
View ArticleThe world changed: Georgetown after 9/11
“I walked past the business [Career Education] center and saw the crawl on the bottom of the television screen that said ‘Flight 77 missing.’ And I did a little bit of a double take.” Tara Allison [neé...
View ArticleLambda rising: How LBGTQ activism came to Dupont
When it was first published in Oct. 1969, the Gay Blade, a gay-centric newsletter that was later renamed the Washington Blade, had a curious distribution strategy. Nancy Tucker, a founding co-editor,...
View ArticleHoya Saxa: the evolution of the yell of all the yells
Students making their first tour of Georgetown are first directed to Leo’s, then introduced into the cult of Hilltop mythology centuries-old buildings, a legendary basketball team, Bill Clinton....
View ArticleGrieg against Evans for City Council, supported by GU students
Fiona Grieg, a Democratic candidate for the Ward 2 City Council seat challenging incumbent Jack Evans, recently established the non-partisan Students for Fiona working group. Composed of Georgetown...
View ArticleSFS Dean Kasper set to resign
At the end of this semester, School of Foreign Service Dean Bryan Kasper will leave Georgetown for a job at the State Department. Kasper has worked for Georgetown since 1998. During his tenure at the...
View Article“The University rolled us”: How the administration got what it wanted out of...
In early April 2011, the student spearheading the broad “Bring Back Healy Pub” movement had his first meeting with any member of the administration. Chris Pigott (COL ’12), then a GUSA Senator, met...
View ArticleAramark, union reach contract agreement
After a year of protracted negotiations, representatives of the Georgetown Dining Services union, Unite Here!, and University food services provider Aramark have agreed on a three-year contract. The...
View ArticleMeet the issues: GUSA Executive candidates’ platforms explained
Dining Services Given the student body’s generally unfavorable opinion of the Leo’s dining experience, it is no surprise that some candidates have very practical suggestions for how to improve dining...
View ArticleToxic relationship: Ecological injustice on the Anacostia
“See that fish there. Back in the early ‘60s or ‘70s, you didn’t see catfish like that.” John Swan pulls his hook out of the mouth of what he estimates to be a 20-pound catfish. For now, it flops...
View ArticleH*ya Saxa: A senior’s reflection on ‘success’ past the Hilltop
Something I’ve noticed during my four years at Georgetown: students here will check and recheck their decisions to make sure they’re doing the right thing at the right time. I’d say that urge also...
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