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The Deepest Aftershock

Information spread early after an disaster is usually wrong. When my Mom received the first phone call about the quake, she was told that the epicenter had been in Ancash, Peru—my parents’ home region, and the center of a 1970 quake. That information wasn’t right; the quake hit hundreds of miles south. But with that one wrong word, a lifetime of mental scars were reopened.

By August 30, 2007

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Georgetown mourns passing of two recent grads

The Georgetown community mourned the loss over the summer of two recent graduates, Fatema Khimji (SFS ‘07) and Michael Jurist (SFS ‘07).

By August 24, 2007

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Loan investigation reaches Georgetown

Georgetown University received a subpoena on August 1 from the New York Attorney General as part of an investigation into the relationship between university athletic departments and student loan lenders.

By August 24, 2007

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Ballin’ on a budget at G’town

April is the cruelest month. Just ask anyone rushing to finish those tax forms. While university undergrads are spared the brunt of this burden (possibly the best perk of not having any real career to speak of), April brings its own annoyance to many of us in the collegiate crowd: it’s when Georgetown wants those financial aid forms.

By April 19, 2007

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A major with no carrera in sight

One of the biggest hazards of winter break is the long car ride with your parents to the houses of family friends. This is, of course, nothing more than an insidious trap to get the three of you alone so that they can ask probing questions about every detail of your life for hours on end.

By March 15, 2007

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You say tomato, I say you’re wrong

“Can I get a glass of water?”

“I’m sorry, a glass of what?”

“Water.”

“No, you said ‘wooder’. In the rest of the country, we pronounce it wa-ter.”

By February 15, 2007

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Goodbye, Tony

City on a Hill: a bi-weekly column on D.C. politics

By December 7, 2006

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School superintendent defends job

With his position threatened by an ambitious mayor-elect, the superintendent of the District of Columbia public school system defended the achievements of his administration in a major speech Tuesday.

By November 30, 2006

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City on a Hill

bi-weekly column on D.C. politics

By November 16, 2006

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Speaker alleges pro-Israel bias


Media coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict came under attack by a pro-Palestinian speaker at a University event Wednesday.

By November 16, 2006