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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 Juliana Brint April 16, 2009

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 Molly Redden April 16, 2009

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 Juliana Brint April 16, 2009

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 Lillian Kaiser April 16, 2009

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 Will Sommer April 16, 2009

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 Katie Boran April 16, 2009

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 Eric Pilch April 16, 2009

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 Molly Redden April 16, 2009

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 Eric Pilch April 2, 2009

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 Anna Bank April 2, 2009

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 Lillian Kaiser April 2, 2009

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 Will Sommer April 2, 2009

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 Maddie Donnelly April 2, 2009

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 Juliana Brint April 2, 2009

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 Lillian Kaiser April 2, 2009

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 John Lawless April 2, 2009

$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 Juliana Brint March 26, 2009

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 Lillian Kaiser March 26, 2009

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 Molly Redden March 26, 2009

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 Maddie Donnelly March 26, 2009

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