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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

By August 28, 2009

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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

By August 28, 2009

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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

By August 28, 2009

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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

By August 28, 2009

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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

By April 23, 2009

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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

By April 23, 2009

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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

By April 23, 2009

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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

By the April 23, 2009

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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

By April 23, 2009

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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

By April 23, 2009

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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

By April 23, 2009

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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

By April 23, 2009

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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.

By April 16, 2009

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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.

By April 16, 2009

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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.

By April 16, 2009

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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.

By April 16, 2009

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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.

By April 16, 2009

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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