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Quake rocks L’Aquila

A 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit Italy last Monday, reducing much the small town of L’Aquila to rubble, claiming 289 lives and leaving thousands of others injured and homeless. The tragedy hit close to home for the Georgetown Italian department, which conducts a summer study abroad program in the small medieval town.

By April 16, 2009

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Dean Gillis, permanently

University President John DeGioia announced Tuesday that Interim Dean Chester Gillis has been selected to serve as the permanent Dean of Georgetown College. Gillis was previously Chair of the Theology Department at Georgetown, and has been a member of the faculty since 1988.

By April 16, 2009

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City on a Hill: Forever young

Oak Hill, the main facility for juvenile offenders in the District, is slated to close within about a month, and District advocates of juvenile justice reform couldn’t be happier. Replacing this poorly secured, dilapidated, and often crowded facility with a new, albeit smaller, rehabilitation center that will trade in Oak Hill’s concrete floors and sterile cells for an atmosphere more akin to that of a YMCA. Eric Solomon, the Director of Communications for Campaign for Youth Justice, even went so far as to call it “homelike.”

By April 16, 2009

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University may reroute Dupont GUTS shuttle

This weekend the Office of Transportation Management tested a new weekend route for the Georgetown University Transportation Shuttles that transport students, faculty, and employees to and from Dupont Circle.

By April 2, 2009

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Science requirements urged for SFS, MSB

Professors and administrators called for the creation of a science requirement for students in the School of Foreign Service and the McDonough School of Business in a report released this week, while noting that the University’s limited science resources would complicate the implementation of such a requirement.

By April 2, 2009

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Anti-Semetic graffiti prompts student rally

In response to 10 instances of anti-Semitic or anarchist graffiti reported to DPS in the last week, students decided to hold a rally in Red Square on Monday to speak out against what they deemed “acts of hate” on campus.

By April 2, 2009

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Georgetown sues D.C. over Street Law bills

Georgetown is suing the District of Columbia government for breach of contract, according to a complaint filed by the University with the D.C. Superior Court.

By April 2, 2009

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GPB books T-Pain

T-Pain, the R&B singer/rapper behind songs like “I’m ‘n Luv (Wit a Stripper)” and “Buy U a Drank” will be performing at the McDonough Gymnasium on April 18, according to Georgetown Program Board Chair Danny Fortin. Tay Dizm, an R&B artist signed to T-Pain’s label, will be opening.

By April 2, 2009

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2009 Admission Statistics

Georgetown received 18,610 applications this year, only 85 fewer than 2008’s all-time high of 18,695, according to statistics obtained from the Admissions Office. The acceptance rate was 18.7 percent, a slight increase from last year’s 18.0 percent.

By April 2, 2009

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GUSA holds end of year elections

The Georgetown University Student Association Senate will hold elections Tuesday, April 7, to fill the body’s 10 vacancies. The vacant spots include all four at-large off-campus seats, Copley 4-5, Village A AB and CDE, Kennedy 2-5, Henle 22-30, and the University-owned townhouses on 36th and 37th Streets.

By April 2, 2009

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Saxa Politica: MyAccess: because nobody’s perfect

It turns out that proverbs are not always the best life guides. For example, if unbroken items were not occasionally fixed, we would still be living in caves tending to mediocre fires. Progress is all about taking something that does its job adequately and finding a way to make it better.

By April 2, 2009

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$990,000 spent lobbying for boathouse

The University has paid the Carmen Group, an independent lobbying firm, $990,000 since 2005 to lobby the National Parks Service to approve Georgetown’s proposed boathouse on the banks of the Potomac, according to lobbyist disclosure forms obtained by the Voice.

By March 26, 2009

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Blessed Mother statue vandalized again

The statue of the Blessed Mother on Copley Lawn was vandalized over the weekend, bringing the total number of such incidents to three in the past month. Previously defaced on February 22, the statue was painted a second time sometime early Saturday morning. A statue of former Georgetown professor and World War II hero Jan Karski was also defaced in early March.

By March 26, 2009

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Hoya Snaxa has rodent infestation

Snackers beware: Hoya Snaxa is battling a mouse infestation. According to The Corp’s CEO and President Ryan Callahan (SFS `10), mice have been making their way into the store ever since construction of the new McDonough School of Business began in the spring of 2006.

By March 26, 2009

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Sallie Mae’s new loan policy

Sallie Mae, the nation’s largest private student lender and one of the companies Georgetown’s Office of Financial Aid recommends to students, changed its signature loan policy this past Monday.

By March 26, 2009

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GU hosts first Doha Debates in U.S.

For their first trip to the United States, the Doha Debates, a weekly debating program that airs on BBC World News, came to Georgetown to discuss whether “it’s time for the U.S. administration to get tough on Israel.” The motion was ultimately approved, with 63 percent of the audience voting in its favor.

By March 26, 2009

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Students observe El Salvador election

A brutal drama about the assassination of a Latin American priest might not be at the top of most students’ must-watch lists, but for the 10 students who participated in Campus Ministry’s spring break trip to El Salvador, it was riveting.

By March 26, 2009

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City on a Hill: AU, meet ANC

When the Eagle, American University’s student newspaper, realized that the seat reserved on the local Advisory Neighborhood Commission for an AU student was vacant, their editorial board was incensed. And rightly so: AU students have failed to fill the seat for so long that Penny Pagano, the University’s Director of Community and Local Government Outreach, and even some sitting commissioners can’t remember the last time ANC 3D had a student commissioner. However, the Eagle blamed the seat’s vacancy on all the wrong parties.

By March 26, 2009

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Latest break-in resembles “Cuddler” attacks

Early Wednesday morning a man entered a house on the 3300 block of Prospect Street and lay on top of one of the female residents. This is the fourth suspicious incident the residents of the house have experienced. The Wednesday morning break-in bears a striking resemblance to the string of sexually motivated burglaries in the Georgetown area which some students attributed to “the Georgetown Cuddler.”

By March 19, 2009

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Angert at the wheel

Although the GUSA Senate only officially certified the results of the organization’s presidential election this Wednesday evening, newly elected GUSA President Calen Angert (MSB ‘11) says he’s “already getting the ball rolling.” He and his Vice President, Jason Kluger (MSB ’11), have already met with administrators, faculty members, and neighborhood groups to start working toward the goals they outlined in their campaign: mitigating 61D noise complaints, streamlining funding for student programs, and improving campus safety.

By March 19, 2009