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Emergency text service unreliable, company says

The text messaging component of Georgetown’s new emergency notification system is unreliable, an executive for the company providing the service admitted Wednesday.

By August 30, 2007

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City sues over library fire

The District of Columbia is seeking $13 million in damages from the contractor whothe District claims is responsible for the blaze that ravaged the historic Georgetown Neighborhood Branch Library last April.

By August 30, 2007

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GU may lose grant funds

Georgetown could lose millions of dollars in federal financial aid if the Bush administration succeeds in cutting a major federal aid program.

By August 30, 2007

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Two years later, Georgetown remembers Katrina

While Amelia Colomb (COL ’09) and her family were arriving for New Student Orientation two years ago, Hurricane Katrina hit her home on the West Bank in New Orleans, gutted her father’s psychiatry office and shut down the hospital in which her mother worked as an emergency medicine physician.

By August 30, 2007

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Meal plans now more Flex-ible

Almost a year after the Corp sponsored a petition for its services to be included in the University meal plan, Georgetown Dining Services will allow purchases at multiple campus locations under the new Flex Dollars program.

By August 30, 2007

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Saxa Politica: Frosh can’t handle the truth

First impressions are everything. Each year, the orientation advisers are tasked with shaping the first impressions of hundreds of new Georgetown students.

By August 30, 2007

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New Safety VP starts learning the ropes

Rocco DelMonaco, Jr replaced Dave Morrell as Vice President for University Safety in June. DelMonaco will be responsible for the strategy, planning and execution of all safety and security functions at all Georgetown campuses and overseas locations. The Voice sat down with DelMonaco for an exclusive interview.

By August 24, 2007

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Leo’s Redux

Aramark, a Fortune 500 food services company, will take over operations in Leo O’Donovan Dining Hall at the start of September.

By August 24, 2007

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Dude … where’s my cop?

The DC Police Department plans to merge the 2nd district, including Georgetown, with more crime-heavy Dupont Circle and parts of U Street and downtown. The plan won’t strain Georgetown’s police or reduce safety, but just because it’s reasonable doesn’t mean everyone agrees with it.

By August 24, 2007

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Georgetown mourns passing of two recent grads

The Georgetown community mourned the loss over the summer of two recent graduates, Fatema Khimji (SFS ‘07) and Michael Jurist (SFS ‘07).

By August 24, 2007

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Dixie liquor to reopen

Though you wouldn’t know it by peering into the dust-covered windows of 3429 M Street, Dixie Liquors plans to reopen this fall under new management after an abrupt closing at the beginning of the year.

By August 24, 2007

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Finance team takes on endowment

With its endowment hovering around a billion dollars, Georgetown University lags far behind its peer schools. Bill O’Leary might be the man to augment the University’s paltry sum.

By August 24, 2007

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Loan investigation reaches Georgetown

Georgetown University received a subpoena on August 1 from the New York Attorney General as part of an investigation into the relationship between university athletic departments and student loan lenders.

By August 24, 2007

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Little reason given for new party rules

In an interview Thursday, Vice President for Student Affairs Todd Olson offered no concrete reasons for the University�s changes in its party policies.

By August 24, 2007

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District bridge safety gets mixed reviews

Most District of Columbia bridges are either structurally deficient or functionally obsolete, according to recent data provided by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics concerning the state of the nation’s bridges. One hundred and fifty-two of its 245 bridges, or 62 percent, rated in one of these two categories, the highest percentage in the nation.

By August 24, 2007

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On the record: Asra Nomani

Nomani was a close friend of the murdered journalist Daniel Pearl, and will be co-teaching a Georgetown seminar investigating his death next fall.

By May 3, 2007

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Eyewitness Report: Fire races through GU public library

Throngs of bystanders took a few minutes out of their afternoons last Monday to watch as the roof of the Georgetown Branch of the D.C. Public Library collapsed in on itself amidst tongues of flames and jets of water. The three-alarm fire, the second of the day after the blaze that destroyed Eastern Market, required 200 firefighters to subdue it.

By May 3, 2007

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Former Fed. chair to speak for MSB

Paul Volcker, the former Federal Reserve Chairman who purposely plunged the United States into a recession in order to drastically reduce the inflation rate, will speak at the McDonough School of Business’s commencement. Volcker served under Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan as Chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1979 to 1987.

By May 3, 2007

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Jews: a history of reaction

Generalizing Jewish history as a “consistent reaction to Christians,” Chief Rabbi David Rosen composed a sketch of the history of Jewish-Christian relations in a lecture on campus yesterday.

By May 3, 2007

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News Hits

Muriel Bowser (D) won Tuesday’s special election for the open D.C. Council seat in Ward 4, while Yvette Alexander (D) won her election for councilmember of Ward 7. Each defeated a huge group of candidates—19 in Bowser’s race and 17 in Alexander’s—both with ease.

By May 3, 2007