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Democrats debate 2008 election

Barack Obama won the College Democrats’ straw poll after more than an hour of debate between students representing the different Democratic presidential candidates. The war in Iraq, the healthcare system and foreign policy consumed most of the discussion.

By September 20, 2007

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City on a Hill: D.C. Vote Act filibusted

The Senate came three votes short of righting a 200-year old wrong Tuesday when it failed to achieve cloture on the D.C. Voting Rights Act. The act would have given Washington residents a voting member in Congress and an equal voice in the nation’s democracy.

By September 20, 2007

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Locals no fans of new regulations

Students upset over the University’s new alcohol policies may be surprised to learn that many Georgetown community members are as upset as they are.

By September 13, 2007

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Remembering Sept. 11

The Georgetown community found diverse ways to reflect on the tragic events that unfolded so close to Healy Gates on September 11. University officials and student groups sponsored several events on campus commemorating 9/11, including a memorial prayer service, a flag display and a panel discussion.

By September 13, 2007

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Saxa Politica: Add/drop like it’s hot

Georgetown’s add/drop period is speed dating: you are given a brief encounter and forced to rate it either yea or nay. Yet yeas and nays have more important implications when you’re rating classes and not a potential one night stand.

By September 13, 2007

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GU Muslims keep the faith

Every year during the month of Ramadan, Asra Ashfaq (MSB ’09) starts her day before sunrise to complete the first prayer of the day, Suhoor. She quickly eats her breakfast before the sun rises, as her next meal will be after sunset. After a full day of classes and work, she will join many of her fellow classmates to break the fast with the traditional date and water, then dinner. This ritual will be repeated daily from Thursday, September 13th until the end of Ramadan on Saturday, October 13th.

By September 13, 2007

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Qatar or bust

Georgetown students can study at the University’s SFS-Qatar campus for the first time as part of a new study abroad program beginning this spring.

By September 13, 2007

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Hoyas offer scholarships

Fewer than three in ten D.C. public high school students attend college after graduation. Fewer than one in ten graduates actually attain a degree. In an effort to combat these trends, Steve Rafferty (COL ‘09), Chris Suoboda (MSB ‘09) and George Foulard (COL ‘09) founded the Higher Learning Foundation.

By September 13, 2007

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Metro comes down hard in aftermath of the new party policy

The Metropolitan Police Department has increased enforcement of noise and alcohol violations and been arresting violators rather than issuing citations, as in the past.

By September 13, 2007

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“Problem houses” on MPD watch list

The Metropolitan Police Department warned a number of students living off-campus that their houses are on a list of residences to monitor closely and threatened them with arrest in the event of future complaints.

By September 13, 2007

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Alcohol policy stifles student social life

Students and administrators rarely meet at midnight. But at 12:30 a.m. last Saturday, Student Association President Ben Shaw (COL ‘08), Associate Vice President of Student Affairs Jeanne Lord, Director of Student Conduct Judy Johnson and Copley hall director Mary Ellen Wade met in front of Healy to take a stroll through campus the weekend after Todd Olson, Vice President of Student Affairs, sent an e-mail that outlined the new alcohol policy.

By September 6, 2007

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Darfur survivors speak out

Daoud Hari spent most of his life working on a family farm in Musbat, a village in Darfur, until his village was bombed by his own government. He escaped to join an estimated 2.5 million other Darfurian refugees.

By September 6, 2007

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Another brick in the Wal-Mart

A presentation of business ethics and international development became a confrontation over Wal-Mart’s business practices when students protested a lecture by a Wal-Mart executive on Wednesday.

By September 6, 2007

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Building blues

Georgetown’s new science building will receive the lowest rating on an environmental rating scale, the University Architect said Tuesday in a presentation to the Advisory Neighborhood Committee.

By September 6, 2007

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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 September 6, 2007

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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 September 6, 2007

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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