News

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

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 Sam Sweeney November 9, 2006

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 Will Sommer November 9, 2006

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 Kent Elliott November 9, 2006

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 Matt Murtagh November 9, 2006

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 Anna Bank November 2, 2006

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 Ryan Maye Handy November 2, 2006

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 Kate Mays November 2, 2006

City on a Hill

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

By Marco Cerna November 2, 2006

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 John Lawless November 2, 2006

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 Keenan Steiner November 2, 2006

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 Matt Murtagh November 2, 2006

GU John Doe

Social workers at Georgetown University Hospital are still working to determine the identity of a head trauma patient who has been at the hospital since March 25.

By Anna Bank October 26, 2006

M.S. reporter

With the hope of improving reporters’ often muddled understanding of legal principles, the Georgetown University Law Center has created a new one-year master’s degree program for working journalists.

By Chris Stanton October 26, 2006

College students volunteer more

College students are volunteering more than ever before, according to a new study, “College Students Helping America” released this month by the Corporation for National & Community Service. Volunteering and community service at Georgetown are part of this trend.

By Michael Bruns October 26, 2006

Georgetown students want 2,000 pizzas

What started out as a less-than-serious hypothetical posed over pizza pies after a long day of rehearsal last Saturday became, for Wade Tandy (COL ‘09), a goal that he’s well on his way to achieving.

By Kate Mays October 26, 2006

Saxa Politica: Housing headache

bi-weekly column campus news and events

By Anna Bank October 26, 2006

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 Will Sommer October 26, 2006

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 Michael Bruns October 26, 2006

Gallaudet Univ. students protest

In response to continued protests over the selection of Jane K. Fernandes as the next president of Gallaudet University, current President I. King Jordan announced on Tuesday that homecoming has been postponed this year.

By Sam Sweeney October 19, 2006

Stolen TVs in Cloisters crash

Leroy Good, who died after driving his Buick into a house close to campus last Saturday morning, was carrying multiple plasma and HDTV Televisions.

By Keenan Steiner October 19, 2006

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