Comments on: GU vets given less aid than peers http://georgetownvoice.com/2009/10/15/gu-vets-given-less-aid-than-peers/ Georgetown's Weekly Newsmagazine Since 1969 Wed, 15 May 2013 18:37:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Evelyne Mugadiahttp://georgetownvoice.com/2009/10/15/gu-vets-given-less-aid-than-peers/#comment-6660 Evelyne Mugadia Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:33:27 +0000 http://www.georgetownvoice.com/?p=9324#comment-6660 How does the number of veterans at Georgetown compare to GW and American?

Did GW and American limit the number of veterans who could receive the Yellow Ribbon benefits?

I might consider the argument that Georgetown provides need-based financial assistance a valid one, if it truly means that veterans who needed more get more, and those who have adequate resources do not get a free ride. However, the seemingly meager Yellow Ribbon funding suggests the Georgetown does not consider veterans to have any more (or less) to offer the school than other potential candidates, and therefore are not owed preferential treatment by the school.

]]> By: Vox Populi » Veterans Day panel discusses Georgetown’s civil-military dividehttp://georgetownvoice.com/2009/10/15/gu-vets-given-less-aid-than-peers/#comment-6630 Vox Populi » Veterans Day panel discusses Georgetown’s civil-military divide Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:15:47 +0000 http://www.georgetownvoice.com/?p=9324#comment-6630 [...] take heavy course loads.  Another panelist, Galen Weber (SFS ‘13), who has done reporting on the benefits Georgetown gives to student-veterans for the Voice, siad he was shocked by the University’s lack of a veterans’ affairs [...]

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