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Year: 2025

News

Lawsuit alleges that DHS violated detained Georgetown researcher’s First, Fifth Amendment rights

Dr. Badar Khan Suri, a researcher at Georgetown and legal U.S. resident, was detained by Department of Homeland Security agents outside his home on Monday, March 17.  Khan Suri is... Read more

By March 20, 2025

News

Department of Homeland Security detains Georgetown fellow with student visa

Department of Homeland Security agents arrested Dr. Badar Khan Suri, a researcher at Georgetown, outside his home in Rosslyn, Virginia on Monday night, according to reporting by Politico. Khan Suri... Read more

By March 19, 2025

Features

Paranoia or protection? Hoya Paranoia, John Thompson, and Black America’s team

Content warning: This piece includes a quoted racial slur.  Entering McDonough Arena between 1972 and 1999, where Georgetown’s basketball team practiced, was a nearly impossible task. “When you came into... Read more

By March 17, 2025

Voices

Is writing in library books such a bad thing?

I love to read, but I can’t say I love the two hundred-odd pages of reading I am assigned each week for class. Last January, with a sense of foreboding,... Read more

By March 17, 2025

Halftime Sports

The Washington Spirit look poised for a championship run

After a painful loss in last year’s National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) championship game, the Washington Spirit retooled and are out for revenge. New roster additions strengthened the team in... Read more

By March 17, 2025

News

As Elon Musk guts the federal government, demonstrators dance, sing, and protest outside of Tesla Georgetown

On Saturday, M Street in Georgetown filled with the clamor of honking cars, upbeat music, and energetic cheers. The noise came from a protest in front of Georgetown’s Tesla dealership,... Read more

By and March 16, 2025

News

Georgetown Student Government Brief 3/16: Budget updates, elections, swings and hammocks, and Whisk espresso!

Ushering in spring with another Georgetown student government—aka GUSA—news brief! This week’s meeting, which was truncated because of a Policy and Advocacy Committee meeting directly after, saw no passed legislation... Read more

By March 16, 2025

News

RA union discusses compensation, job description, and more with university at 10th bargaining session

On Thursday, the Georgetown Resident Assistant Coalition (GRAC)—the resident assistant (RA) union—discussed four key components of their contract with the university. The March 13 meeting, as the 10th bargaining session,... Read more

By and March 16, 2025

Halftime Leisure

Five years later, I question the 675 hours I spent playing “Animal Crossing: New Horizons”

I’ve decided to reflect on my history with the game—just how many hours in the past five years have I spent on this virtual island?

By March 16, 2025

News

Leavey Hotel to be renovated from student dormitory to guest hotel by spring 2026

Georgetown is currently in the planning process of renovating the Leavey Hotel to reopen for guests. To discuss the goals of the renovations, timeline, and current plans, the university partnered... Read more

By March 16, 2025