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

By Cole Stangler October 29, 2009

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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

By Kara Brandeisky October 29, 2009

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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

By Lillian Kaiser October 29, 2009

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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

By Eric Pilch October 22, 2009

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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

By Kara Brandeisky October 22, 2009

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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

By Satinder Kaur October 22, 2009

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DCRA inspects Philly P

Matt Kocak, the owner of Philly Pizza and Grill, says he’s doing everything he can to be a model small-business owner. He spent $250,000 on repairs and improvements when the... Read more

By Juliana Brint October 22, 2009

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Robbery at Cosi

In a robbery that occurred this Sunday, a supervisor at the Cosi Restaurant in the Leavey Center was bound with a cord and forced into a chair by a knife-wielding... Read more

By Galen Weber October 22, 2009

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City on a Hill: Metro digs deep in empty pockets

With diving suits and other military gear just outside the door, the men and women assembled in the Naval Memorial auditorium Monday night by Councilmember Jim Graham (D-Ward 1) looked... Read more

By Will Sommer October 22, 2009

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GU vets given less aid than peers

Undergraduate student veterans at Georgetown receive far less in education benefits than veterans at neighboring institutions like George Washington University and peer institutions like Dartmouth College and University of Pennsylvania,... Read more

By Galen Weber October 15, 2009

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Diverse crowd marches for gay rights

Activists from around the country gathered in Washington, D.C. this Sunday for the National Equality March, where protesters sought equal civil rights for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning... Read more

By Satinder Kaur October 15, 2009

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Midnight madness buys carbon offset

This Friday’s Midnight Madness will emit thirteen tons of carbon, according to an audit conducted by Georgetown Eco-Action. To offset these carbon emissions, Georgetown will spend about $170 on carbon... Read more

By Swedian Lie October 15, 2009

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GU OpenCourseWare just lifting off

Over the summer, Georgetown made online materials for a handful of courses free to the public as part of the OpenCourseWare movement that grants the public access to syllabi, lectures,... Read more

By Lillian Kaiser October 15, 2009

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New Rosslyn circulator considered

Councilmember Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) introduced legislation last week that would allow the Circulator buses, such as the Union Station – Georgetown route to expand into nearby areas like Rosslyn,... Read more

By Will Sommer October 15, 2009

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Saxa Politica: GU’s Woes on the World Wide Web

Georgetown’s Communications Department will take charge of giving the University website a badly-needed update, its first since 2002. The project “will redo the homepage and content found just off of... Read more

By Lillian Kaiser October 15, 2009

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Student passes away in Spain

On Tuesday evening, Arielle DaCosta (COL `11) passed away in Salamanca, Spain, where she was studying abroad for the year, according to an e-mail sent out by Vice President for... Read more

By Molly Redden October 8, 2009

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Philly P “mob scene” angers ANC

Georgetown’s most famous late-night pizza establishment is coming under increased pressure from the Advisory Neighborhood Commission. During a meeting last Tuesday where residents on Potomac Street shared eyewitness accounts of... Read more

By Cole Stangler October 8, 2009

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$6.75m for cancer center

Georgetown University Medical Center recently received a $6.75 million gift for the creation of a new cancer center. The donation was made by Jeanne Ruesch in honor of her husband... Read more

By Galen Weber October 8, 2009

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D.C. Council considers gay marriage bill

On October 6, Councilmember David Catania (I–At Large) (SFS `90 LAW `94) introduced a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage in the District of Columbia. The “Religious Freedom and Civil... Read more

By Satinder Kaur October 8, 2009

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Annual report shows increased crime

On-campus thefts and alcohol violations increased dramatically in 2008, according to statistics released by the Department of Public Safety on Thursday. The 2009 Annual Crime Report, which covers the 2008... Read more

By Will Sommer October 8, 2009