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Senitt killer sentenced

On Nov. 15, a 15-year-old involved in the murder of Alan Senitt was sentenced to juvenile custody until he turns 21, according to a spokesperson for the D.C. attorney general.

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GU wins Mitchell’s

Georgetown alumnus Nate Wright (COL ’06) and senior Art Chan (SFS ’07) have been named 2008 Mitchell Scholars, the University announced on Nov. 20.

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D.C.’s new top cop

Mayor-elect Adrian Fenty named Cathy Lanier as the Metropolitan Police Department’s next chief of police last Monday. Lanier will take the place of Chief Charles H. Ramsey, who led the police department during last summer’s crime emergency.

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Leo’s murder

Frank Byrd, a Marriott Corporation employee who worked in Leo O’Donovan dining hall, was charged with Manslaugher in D.C. Superior Court last Wednesday for fatally shooting his mother Shirley Byrd two weeks ago.

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Flood on 34th

photo by Michael J. Bruns A broken fire hydrant let loose a torrent of water on 34th and Prospect Streets yesterday about 2 p.m., flooding the street. According to Corey... Read more

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Saxa Politica: A final stand

bi-weekly column on campus news and politics

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SJP wall divides Red Square


In the early afternoon on Tuesday, students passing through Red Square encountered a towering 20 foot representation of the separation barrier built to separate the West Bank from the rest of the country.

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D.C.’s crime emergency bill a success

Crimes dropped and arrests rose during the District’s crime emergency, which officially ended on Nov. 3, according to data released by the Metropolitan Police Department.

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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.

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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.

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NEWS HITS

Dulles Metro; To D.C. on foot

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City on a Hill

bi-weekly column on D.C. politics

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Saxa Politica: Beer ‘n votes

bi-weekly column on campus news and politics

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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.