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City on a Hill: This is your future

2010 should be an exciting year in Washington news, with a mayoral campaign and potential Congressional interference in D.C.’s gay marriage legislation. Local politics can affect Georgetown students in countless... Read more

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GUSA creates new club fund

Georgetown University Student Association President Calen Angert (MSB ’11) and GUSA Vice President Jason Kluger (MSB ’11) delivered on their campaign promise to create a GUSA Fund to provide an... Read more

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Laptops lost

On October 27, Andrew Malzberg (COL ’11) was on the fourth floor of Lauinger Library around 1 a.m., where he saw Department of Public Safety officers confiscating unattended laptops “A... Read more

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GUSA may propose budget takeover

The Georgetown University Student Association Finance and Appropriations Committee has drafted a bill to strip the Student Activities Commission and other funding boards of their votes at the annualspring Budget... Read more

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GU group pushes DPS raise

Georgetown Solidarity is launcing a campaign to raise the pay of Department of Public Safety officers. The campaign coincides with ongoing contract negotiations between Allied International Union, which represents DPS... Read more

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More student space

A summit to find more space for students on campus was held on Tuesday, October 27. Members of the Student Space Working Group, Vice President for Student Affairs Todd Olson,... Read more

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Saxa Politica: Ten years with no new housing?

In March 2009, when the University met with the surrounding community to discuss Georgetown’s Campus Plan, University Architect Alan Brangman had drawn up plans that included space for 200-800 more... Read more

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New DPS officer to combat hate crimes

The Department of Public Safety has assigned a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Liaison Officer to combat homophobia on campus, according to Associate Director of DPS Joseph Smith. “[Officer... Read more

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College explores new film minor

After spending over a year evaluating options for a minor in film and media studies at Georgetown, a group of professors has started to craft a proposal. “It is important... Read more

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Neighbors irate as GU plans no new housing

Georgetown residents are upset with University administrators, and it has only been the first community meeting for the draft of the school’s 2010 Campus Plan. The meeting, which took place... Read more

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VA campaign trail

Just after his group had finished slogging across the Key Bridge on a rainy afternoon this past Sunday, Georgetown College Democrats Vice President Fitz Lufkin (COL ’11) noticed several “Creigh... Read more

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City on a Hill: Fun, fun at ANC

It costs a lot of money to live in the neighborhood around Georgetown University. When neighbors sign their mortgages or leases, they’re getting a few things besides a place to... Read more

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LGBTQ Center evaluates progress in report

In order to raise awareness about transgender issues on campus, Olivia Chitayat (COL `10) has teamed up with Residential Life & Facilities to go out next week and inventory how... Read more

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On the Record with Dean of the College Chester Gillis

Dean of Georgetown College Chester Gillis sat down with a reporter to discuss his new job and vision for the future of the Georgetown’s largest undergraduate school. Interview transcribed and... Read more

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Rhee to face City Council over teacher firings

District of Columbia Public Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee unleashed a storm of protests and criticism after firing 338 employees, including 226 teachers, on October 2. Throughout the past month, students,... Read more

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GUSA bill seeks code of conduct change

On Sunday, the Georgetown University Student Association Senate voted 8-7-1 to instruct its Student Life Committee to consider Josh Mogil’s (SFS ‘11) resolution to reform parts of the Code of... Read more

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Saxa Politica: GUSA and SAC: let the games begin

Ask almost any club on campus: funding student activities is a problem. Club Sports scrounges every year to take consistently competitive teams to national tournaments. The free newspapers that used... Read more

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Shot fired in McDonough bathroom

Alex Thiele (MSB ‘13), the Georgetown student accused of stealing a Park Police officer’s gun and shooting a toilet during Friday’s Midnight Madness pep rally, was released from police custody... Read more

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Student activities fee reform

This week the Georgetown University Student Association passed the Bill on Student Endowment Interest, which seeks to retain interest accrued on the student activity fee shares of the university endowment.... Read more

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Update on H1N1

The cases of people at Georgetown reported with Influenza Like Illness (ILI) dropped to about 30 a week in the past two weeks, according to James Welsh, the Assistant VP... Read more