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Professor remembers Gates as Hoya

Another Hoya alumni will be taking a place in the ranks of government when Robert Gates is confirmed by the Senate as the new Secretary of Defense for the Bush Administration.

By November 16, 2006

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Speaker alleges pro-Israel bias


Media coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict came under attack by a pro-Palestinian speaker at a University event Wednesday.

By November 16, 2006

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NEWS HITS

Dulles Metro; To D.C. on foot

By November 16, 2006

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City on a Hill

bi-weekly column on D.C. politics

By November 16, 2006

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Runaway car kills two, decimates townhouse in Shaw

A large tarp now covers half of a historic townhouse at the corner of Florida Ave. and Sixth St. near Howard University.

By November 16, 2006

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Students going beyond the ballot box

For most Americans, Election Day meant nothing more than hitting the polls and waiting to see who would triumph. But for a small group of politically active students at Georgetown, Election Day was the climax of months spent phone banking, sign-blitzing and getting out the vote for campaigns from Virginia to Maryland and all the way out to Kentucky.

By November 9, 2006

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Schmitt fails in R.I.

Recent Georgetown graduate Patrick Schmitt (SFS ’06) lost his bid for a seat in Rhode Island’s State Senate Tuesday.

By November 9, 2006

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Study abroad numbers down for spring

There has been a decline in participation in semester abroad programs since the University changed its tuition policy two years ago, according to the Office of International Programs.

By November 9, 2006

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Jaw broken outside Lauinger

A Georgetown student suffered a broken jaw in a fight near Village A early Saturday morning. A second victim allegedly sustained lacerations to his back in the same on-campus attack.

By November 9, 2006

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GU’s intelligence dept.

In a move that is bound to bolster the stereotype of Georgetown as the school for the spies of tomorrow, the School of Foreign Service has created a professorship for the current year for the study of intelligence practice.

By November 9, 2006

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Saxa Politica: Beer ‘n votes

bi-weekly column on campus news and politics

By November 9, 2006

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GW sued by family of murdered student

Online Only—The family of a young man killed in 2005 at a George Washington University party has filed a wrongful death suit against the University and the organization which sponsored the event, the GW Hatchet reported this week.

By November 2, 2006

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Finally: a Sunday bus

Georgetown will offer Sunday bus service to Dupont for the first time next weekend, thanks to the efforts of the Student Association.

By November 2, 2006

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Gallaudet protesters triumph


Student protesters at Gallaudet University emerged victorious from their two- week-long demonstrations against Jane Fernandes last Sunday when the school’s Board of Trustees issued a statement terminating Fernandes’ position as president-designate.

By November 2, 2006

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GUSA success

Kevin Wang (COL ‘10), along with 22 fellow students, was voted into the Student Association’s newly created Senate by popular vote on Oct. 27.

By November 2, 2006

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City on a Hill

bi-weekly column on d.c. news and politics

By November 2, 2006

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Stadium finances threaten D.C schools


Persisting deadlock in the Council of the District of Columbia over the construction of the new baseball stadium could result in significant financial setbacks for the city and jeopardize much needed improvements to local schools.

By November 2, 2006

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Students protest ‘Minutemen’ leader


Chris Simcox, the founder and President of the Minutemen Civil Defense Corps, provoked raucous protests outside his speech in Copley Formal Lounge on Wednesday night.

By November 2, 2006

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Wildes under fire in Big Easy


Father Kevin Wildes, a former Georgetown bioethics professor and current president of Loyola University New Orleans, received a vote of no confidence from Loyola’s College of Humanities and Natural Sciences.

By October 26, 2006

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Course links Hoyas to Middle East

As the first rays of autumn sunlight stream through the windows of Lauinger Library at 7:00 a.m., it is early afternoon in Cairo, and while Jenny Weingarten (SFS ‘08) is wiping the sleep from her eyes, she is discussing American-Arab relations face-to-face with a student from the American University in Cairo.

By October 26, 2006