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What’s happening on campus and in D.C.

City on a Hill: Metro keeps it real (estate)

A train killed two Metro employees last November and fires crippled the subway system last month. A new report from a Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority task force suggests the agency’s dangerous incompetence extends above ground as well.

By Will Sommer September 6, 2007

On the Record: Jack DeGioia

Georgetown University President Jack DeGioia recently sat down with representatives of several campus newspapers to discuss issues important to students.

By John Lawless September 6, 2007

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 Lynn Kirshbaum August 30, 2007

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 Dylan Richmond August 30, 2007

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 Will Sommer August 30, 2007

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 Kate Mays August 30, 2007

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 Dan Newman August 30, 2007

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 John Lawless and Kate Mays August 30, 2007

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 Marco Cerna August 24, 2007

Little reason given for new party rules

In an interview Thursday, Vice President for Student Affairs Todd Olson offered no concrete reasons for the Universityï¿½s changes in its party policies.

By Kate Mays August 24, 2007

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 Dylan Richmond August 24, 2007

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 Anna Bank August 24, 2007

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 Will Sommer August 24, 2007

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 Will Sommer August 24, 2007

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 Marco Cerna August 24, 2007

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 Lynn Kirshbaum August 24, 2007

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 Kate Mays August 24, 2007

Charred D.C. icon gets help

After a three-alarm fire badly damaged the South Hall building at Eastern Market on April 30, members of the District community have joined together to support its merchants until the building is ready to reopen.

By John Lawless May 3, 2007

Saxa Politica: Roaches, mice and rats, oh my!

Insects and pesky rodents are a nuisance in a majority of the world (the exception of course being frozen Antarctica). Their strength in numbers is greatest in warm, humid climates, a climate such as our lovely District’s.

By Dylan Richmond May 3, 2007

Voice takes summer off

The Georgetown Voice is taking the summer off, but will resume publication on August 23 2007.

By Tim Fernholz May 3, 2007

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