Members of United Students Against Sweatshops returned from Mexico March 27 after visiting with workers trying to form a union in a factory producing Nike and Reebok apparel. The Kukdong... Read more
The Board of Zoning Adjustment has placed a list of conditions on the University’s 10 Year Plan, including the rejection of the University’s request for an increase in undergraduate enrollment.... Read more
What is Campus Journalism? Campus police officers have been forced to protect student newspapers at Brown University after 4,000 copies of the campus paper was stolen due to a controversial... Read more
A coalition of 17 student groups held a protest rally in Red Square Wednesday remembering Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination and calling for an end to injustice everywhere. “We are... Read more
An alcohol-free barbeque was proposed by the senior class committee and unanimously approved by the Advisory Neighborhood Council on Tuesday. The event, co-sponsored by the senior class committee, the Black... Read more
An opponent of the tobacco industry, Jeffrey Wigand, spoke Monday in Gaston Hall on his dismissal from a large tobacco company and why he revealed confidential information exposing secrets of... Read more
The Georgetown University Student Association demonstrated support for an African American Studies Program in the Georgetown College by passing a resolution this Tuesday. Citing the importance of scholarship on African... Read more
Catholics for Free Choice activist David Nolan spoke to students Tuesday on the issues of the Catholic church’s stance on abortion and the Vatican’s privileged status at the United Nations.... Read more
The Georgetown community welcomed spring and new student leadership at the second annual Fountain Day ceremony on Monday afternoon in Dahlgren Quadrangle. University President Leo J. O’Donovan activated the Dahlgren... Read more
Early April is the best time of year. Baseball season starts. On fields of dreams across the country, the boys of summer make an early appearance, and so begins America’s... Read more
Over 33 percent of the student body voted in last week’s on-line Georgetown University Student Association class representative election, an increase from last year’s 28.5 percent voter turnout. According to... Read more
I’ve recently come to the conclusion that there are really only two things in this world that make me uncomfortable. And when I say “uncomfortable,” I mean it in the... Read more
Georgetown students place a lot of pressure on one another to enjoy a year studying abroad with more passion than a great lover, with more joy than a first-born child... Read more
Michael Lavoie (CAS ‘03) and John Mulaney (CAS ‘04) enter the scene. Lavoie grabs a chair and Mulaney follows his lead. No one has said anything yet; each looks to... Read more
This spring’s was the third semester that I wasn’t able to register for Professor Emmett-Mattox’s course on “Class, Race & Gender.” Not surprisingly, this story seems to be more common... Read more
The men’s basketball team finished its season with a 76-66 loss to Maryland in the West region semifinals, last Thursday night. The Hoyas controlled the first 15 minutes of the... Read more
Sing in me, O’ Muse, of fallen tournament warriors Speak now on the fabled lore of our tested and noble Hoya ballers In this new century, there was a new... Read more
I’ve been waiting to write a column about Bob Knight for a long time. Until very recently, I thought I might never have the chance. I didn’t think any respectable... Read more
The last time I wrote about Allen Iverson and his friends, the Sixers were still the early season surprise. Now, they’re the late season question: Are they really the beasts... Read more
As Talib Kweli says, we’re about to “carry on like et cetera.” First things first: Final 4. Not too exciting, at least not as cool as last year. Maryland finally... Read more
This past Friday night, a group of approximately nine white males harassed Georgetown students based on their ethnicity, gender and sexual orientation. A number of students had eggs thrown at... Read more
The results of the Fall 2000 Campus Alcohol Survey indicate that Georgetown students are just below the national average for undergradute alcohol consumption. The purpose of the survey was to... Read more
On April 2 Georgetown University Student Association President Tawan Davis (CAS ‘01) will inaugurate next year’s GUSA President and Vice-President. In a speech Tuesday, Davis addressed the GUSA assembly in... Read more
The Georgetown University Student Association convened the Club Union Wednesday. The Club Union, a group comprised of all campus club leaders, was called to address student concerns. GUSA President Tawan... Read more
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