Franzi Wild

Franzi Wild is a junior in the SFS and the news editor. She likes the natural world, Arabic verb forms, and kindness. She dislikes institutions and the people who protect them.


Features

“Involuntary founders”: the missing people in Georgetown’s memory work

Addressing and acknowledging the university’s history of slavery is intimately intertwined with developing ways to actively memorialize the people it enslaved.

Podcasts

Post Pitch: Involuntary Founders

Welcome back to Post Pitch. This week, Features Editor Franziska Wild expands upon the themes of her article: “‘Involuntary founders’: the missing people in Georgetown’s memory work.”  This podcast introduces... Read more

Features

“This is what community looks like”: Student activists receive university response to hate crime, ending sit-in

After the fourth consecutive day of the GU Protects Racists sit-in, university administrators publicly responded to the demands of LaHannah Giles on Dec. 8. On Dec. 9, organizers decided to end the sit-in. 

Features

#GeorgetownProtectsRacists sit-in demands accountability for hate crime

Students are occupying Healy Hall to demand accountability and justice for LaHannah Giles (COL ’23), the survivor of a racist hate crime on Georgetown Day this year.

News

Vigil held for Urumqi victims

A vigil was held in Freedom Plaza on Dec. 4 to honor and mourn the victims of the Urumqi fire in the Xinjiang region of China.

News

Students frustrated with the new proposed housing plan

The recently announced changes to the 2022-2023 housing plan, including renovating the hotel, have frustrated many students.

News

Organizers for slavery accountability disappointed with reconciliation fund

Student activists with Hoyas for Slavery Accountability expressed anger and disappointment in the Georgetown University Reconciliation Fund.

News

Buttigieg town hall reflects on importance of bipartisan infrastructure bill on the future of the country, climate change, and racial justice

Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg visited Georgetown University for a town hall on Oct. 11 to discuss his future goals.

News

Mayor Bowser creates new program to support families transitioning out of homelessness

Mayor Bowser has introduced the Career Mobility Act Plan, a program that helps 600 selected families transition out of homelessness by providing personalized career support and rent assistance.

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New Georgetown Politics fellows stress involvement, dialogue, and respectful bipartisanship

The new GU Politics fellows sat down with the Voice and talked through their expectations and goals for the next year.