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Saturday Night Fever: six hours on the beat with DPS

This past weekend, I shadowed several DPS officers on patrol, to see the typical Georgetown weekend from the perspective of the officers paid to keep students safe. What follows is an account of my night on the force.

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News

GUSA passes 6 of 8 SCU proposals

The Georgetown University Student Association Senate approved six out of the Student Commission for Unity’s eight proposals designed to address what the commission sees as the University’s diversity problem.

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News

GU to drop Russell for labor violations

After months of investigation into the labor practices of Russell Athletic, a major producer of athletic gear for universities that has been accused of violating workers’ rights in Honduras, and under pressure from the Georgetown Solidarity Committee, Georgetown’s Licensing Oversight Committee decided on Tuesday that it will not renew the University’s contract with the company when it expires June 30.

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News

Seniors daunted by Wall St. woes

This year’s senior class will be entering the job market in what many are calling the worst economic climate since the Great Depression. With job opportunities few and far between—especially in the finance industry, a field that has traditionally attracted a large number of Georgetown students—seniors are facing uncertainty and stiff competition in their search for employment.

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News

Dowd pushes for Hindi program

Georgetown University Student Association President Pat Dowd (SFS `09) has formed a fundraising committee to solicit funds to revive the University’s Hindi language program.

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News

Professor Chuck Hagel

Former Senator Chuck Hagel (R—Neb.) will be joining the Georgetown faculty next year as a Distinguished Professor in the Practice of National Governance. Hagel will teach classes on U.S. Foreign Policy to both undergraduate and graduate students.

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News

GPB Spring Concert

Jason Mraz was the first choice for the Spring Kickoff Concert in a survey e-mailed to students by the Georgetown Programming Board. Lupe Fiasco and Third Eye Blind followed closely behind.

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News

ANC scolds WASA over broken hydrants

Fifty-nine of Georgetown’s 200 fire hydrants need maintenance, according to Louis Jarvis, the Water Services Director for the District of Columbia Water and Sewage Authority, who was called to testify before the Advisory Neighborhood Commission at their meeting on Monday.

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News

City on a Hill: Mall madness

It sinks, it stinks, and it floods. It’s the National Mall, and it’s a national embarrassment. Last week, the House Rules Committee cut $200 million from President Obama’s stimulus bill that would have been dedicated to its restoration.

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Leisure

The heart and fist of a revolutionary

The two-part film Che, an epic biography of Cuban Revolutionary leader Che Guevara, falls short of its expected epic proportions—though it is arguably better for it. In a decisive rebellion... Read more

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