Last Thursday, the Maryland legislature overrode Governor Robert Ehlrich’s veto and passed a bill requiring Wal-Mart stores to offer affordable insurance to its estimated 17,000 employees, setting a precedent for other states.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice discussed the Bush administration’s transformational diplomacy initiative, the U.S. effort to help countries govern themselves democratically, yesterday in Georgetown’s O’Donovan Hall.
In the midst of the toughest part of their schedule, the Georgetown men’s basketball team eked out their third conference win against Big East newcomer South Florida in front of 5,071 fans at the MCI Center Tuesday night.
Women’s basketball coach Terri Williams-Flourney and the Hoyas earned their first conference win of the season last Wednesday, defeating visiting Providence.
For the second time in his four years at Georgetown, senior Andrew Campbell was named U.S. Olympic Committee Male Sailing Athlete of the Year for 2005.