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WMATA expands wireless and cell service

After years of providing phone service to Verizon customers in Metrorail stations, a new wireless contract will allow Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority to provide service from all major carriers... Read more

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Saxa Politica: HoyaMail: no one’s perfect

It’s the start of another school year. Time to organize your dorm room, buy your books, and buddy up with an unfamiliar Resident Advisor. But this year, there’s one more... Read more

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Hoya independence delayed, again

Sanctions prompted by The Hoya’s 2009 April Fools issue have halted the paper’s two decade-long independence movement for at least another year, e-mails obtained from a former Hoya staffer confirm.... Read more

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GU cashes in on stimulus

The lives of the mice used for scientific research at Georgetown may be short and often painful, but, thanks to the federal government, they’re about to get a little nicer. ... Read more

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This summer’s six biggest stories

2010 Campus Plan Every ten years, Georgetown must draw up a new campus plan and present it to the District of Columbia Board of Zoning Adjustment. The plan dictates how... Read more

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Davis Center to see cafe

Students should expect a departure from Corp coffee shops’ standard fare of coffee and bagels with the opening of a new cafe in the Davis Center for the Performing Arts. ... Read more

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City on a Hill: Fenty: Modern day Marion?

D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty is in trouble. An Examiner poll in early August found that only 30 percent of Washingtonians would definitely vote for him, and his attorney general and... Read more

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GUSA budget passes after controversy

The GUSA Senate voted to pass their budget this week with twenty-six senators in favor, one senator opposed, and two abstentions.  The meeting Wednesday night ended almost two months of... Read more

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Campus recycling rates up from 2008

JOHNNY ORLANDO This year Georgetown participated in the annual Recyclemania competition alongside 510 other colleges and universities in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and Canada. The University saw... Read more

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GU mishandles federal funds

A new government audit of Georgetown’s finances criticized the University for losing or improperly disposing of federally funded equipment. Two pieces of equipment worth $24,439 could not be found, while... Read more

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Covering up IHS sparks Catholics’ outrage

President Barack Obama’s address last week in Gaston Hall elicited national outrage in the wider Catholic community when it was revealed that Georgetown covered a Christian symbol, the letters IHS,... Read more

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Three new diversity groups

University President John DeGioia announced the formation of three new working groups at a public forum Monday evening to address campus diversity issues—concerns first brought up by the Student Commission... Read more

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GU profs receive secret CIA funds

A project on American world power and a professor’s work on Russian affairs—described on Georgetown’s website as financed by anonymous sources—were funded by the Central Intelligence Agency, audits of Georgetown’s... Read more

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Safeway closes

Georgetown’s Safeway supermarket on Wisconsin Ave and 34th Street will close for renovations on Sunday, with plans to re-open in March 2010. During the construction, Safeway will waive its delivery... Read more

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Saxa Politica: Business hours only for GAAP

The sun is out, volunteers are furiously blowing up balloons, and people are already lining up for GUGS burgers: it’s time for another GAAP weekend. It’s hard not to love... Read more

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Obama details economic plans in Gaston

President Barack Obama came to Georgetown Tuesday morning to deliver an address on the state of the economy and his administration’s economic initiatives. Although the event was only announced a day before, Gaston Hall, which has a capacity of 743, was packed with Georgetown students and staff, local activists, and prominent Washingtonians.

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The Hoya commits to reform

In response to strident reactions to their April Fools’ issue, members of The Hoya staff voted Wednesday night to approve all four of the recommendations their Board of Directors laid out this Tuesday. The recommendations are intended to alter their office culture and improve the paper’s communication with the larger campus community.

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Graffiti suspect caught

Early Saturday morning the Department of Public Safety apprehended a Georgetown student suspected of defacing the Copley Lawn statue of the Virgin Mary with red paint on March 21, according to Crime Prevention Coordinator Joseph Smith. Smith said the student was found as he was about to spray paint graffiti onto the stone wall near the statue.

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GUSA commissions stall

Progress has been slow for the student commissions GUSA created in October to address technology, dining, course registration, identity, and student conduct issues.

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JT Jr. 8th highest paid GU employee

John Thompson Jr. is Georgetown’s eighth-highest paid employee, almost 10 years after he stopped coaching the basketball team, University tax documents reveal.