Sophia Jacome

Sophia is the managing editor for content and a senior in the College. She loves trying new tea flavors, her cavapoos, the Jersey Shore, co-writing articles, and most importantly, Leavey 424.


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Georgetown-affiliated organization files lawsuit to restore international student work authorization

Georgetown-affiliated organization NAFSA: Association of International Educators filed a lawsuit on Oct. 5 against three federal agencies for their broadcast messages requiring universities to deny international students off-campus work authorization,... Read more

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Georgetown University College Republicans joins Mass Deportation Coalition

Georgetown University College Republicans (GUCR) became a member of the Mass Deportation Coalition on Sept. 2, joining a national advocacy coalition of conservative organizations pushing the Trump administration to dramatically... Read more

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Students begin receiving settlements from class-action financial aid lawsuit

Georgetown students have begun receiving settlements averaging $2,500 each from the class-action financial aid lawsuit Henry, et al. v. Brown University et al., in which Georgetown is a defendant. The... Read more

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Georgetown shuts down student-led DEI training program

Leaders in Education, Advocacy & Dialogues (LEAD), a program that provided training and consultations for student organizations on supporting peers of diverse social identities, has been shut down.  While the... Read more

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Students speak out following walkout during Georgetown senior convocation

At senior convocation on Thursday, just under 30 students protested and walked out during interim President Robert M. Groves’ speech. The walkout aimed to represent graduating students’ stance against Groves’... Read more

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Faculty, staff, and students gather before Professor Jonathan Brown’s final class of the semester to show support, call for greater security measures

Content warning: this article references rape and Islamophobic language Around 30 faculty, staff, and students gathered in the ICC Galleria before Professor Jonathan Brown’s last class of the semester on... Read more

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Georgetown in talks to offer Metro’s U-Pass, giving students free unlimited rides

At least once a week, Mia Rich (SFS ’28) uses the D.C. metro to explore the city with friends, go on dates with her girlfriend, or attend special occasions with... Read more

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“Never been treated as ‘whole’ people”: RAs speak out after launching petition against Georgetown’s “union-busting activities”

The Georgetown Resident Assistant Coalition (GRAC) has launched a new petition calling on the Department of Residential Education to “immediately cease its union-busting activities.”  The petition, launched on April 23... Read more

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Reporters from conservative U.K. news outlet break into Professor Jonathan Brown’s class without authorization

Content warning: this article references rape and Islamophobic language Reporters from GB News (GBN), a popular U.K. conservative news outlet dubbed the “Fox News of the U.K.,” entered Georgetown Arabic... Read more

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Iran threatens to strike nearby U.S. universities, putting Georgetown’s Qatar campus at risk

Georgetown University’s campus in Qatar is one of several universities that the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is threatening to target if the U.S. does not condemn recent U.S.... Read more