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January 2007

Editorials

The principal of Fentytown

The confetti has barely finished falling and the last of the 15,000 guests are still trickling out of Adrian Fenty’s lavish inaugural ball, but the mayor is already delivering on the cornerstone promise of his campaign: change.

By the January 11, 2007

Editorials

There’s no place like the dorms

Just two days ago, students returning to University housing for the spring semester were caught in the rush of last-minute details that inevitably occurs at this time every year, when there is less than a day to move in before the start of classes.

By the January 11, 2007

Editorials

Making student loans easy

As part of its one hundred-hour legislative agenda, the newly elected Democratic majority aims to make college education more affordable.

By the January 11, 2007

News

Fenty’s school takeover

Mayor Adrian Fenty advanced a proposal last Wednesday to reorganize the District’s public school system and to place authority for all school decisions in the mayor’s office, according to his web site.

By January 11, 2007

News

Tix in Gaston

For the majority of last semester, the Lecture Fund’s list of speakers included big names like former President Bill Clinton, United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan, and Hamid Karzai, the president of Afghanistan. Students could brag to their friends at other schools that a president or NGO leader spoke at Georgetown every week.

By January 11, 2007

News

Wormley for sale

Encore Development will offer buyers the opportunity to purchase condominums in the historic Wormley School on Prospect St. at the end of this month.

By January 11, 2007

News

Corp coffee shops clean up

The Corp coffee shops that Georgetown students know well are making numerous, large-scale changes to their service and products throughout the month of January to become better, more efficient Corp coffee shops.

By January 11, 2007

News

Metro fare may rise

Trips off campus could become more expensive next year under a proposal by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.

By January 11, 2007

News

DeGioia stands up for Early Action

President John J. DeGioia defended Georgetown’s decision to continue its non-binding Early Action policy in an interview yesterday, saying that only applicants who would be admitted during the regular decision process are admitted early.

By January 11, 2007

News

Kegs will stay on campus

After a semester’s worth of deliberation, Vice President for Student Affairs Todd Olson decided not to ban kegs, although he will limit events to one keg each starting next fall.

By January 11, 2007