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Hundreds rally for immigration reform on Mall

ONLINE ONLY—Azanaw Mengista (COL ‘09) stood by himself in the late afternoon shadows on the National Mall Thursday, but he was not alone.

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Chertoff assesses U.S.’s defenses against terror in Gaston

Secretary Michael Chertoff of the Department of Homeland Security discussed the legacy of September 11 on its fifth anniversary in a speech in Gaston Hall Friday.

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New Wisey’s: kid-approved

Low carb meals, wicker chairs and smoothies may not sound like Wisemiller’s Deli, but a second branch of the local favorite has been open for almost two weeks at 1440 Wisconsin Ave.

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Saxa Politica: Read this, Frosh

Summer reading isn’t just for sixth graders. Shortly after enrolling, the class of 2010 discovered that they had to read Margaret Atwood’s “The Blind Assassin” and write a short paper about the book before seeing Atwood speak in Gaston Hall on Sept. 9th.

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Where are those 30,000 ATMs?

Last year the Georgetown University Alumni & Student Federal Credit Union joined the AllPoint ATM network in response to the results of a customer survey. None of the estimated 30,000 ATMs however, are closer than four blocks from campus. The new ATMs are in various convenience stores and businesses around the country. Any service charge is reimbursed electronically by the network. The nearest to campus are located in Tara Salon & Spa at the bottom of M Street and in Georgetown Auto on Wisconsin Avenue. “It’s kind of the outside perimeter,” Chief Information Officer Cyril Vergis said of the new ATMs. He hopes to eventually have closer machines, such as on M St. and Wisconsin. “We’re trying to work our way into that grid,” he said. GUASFCU charges $.75 for the use of non-member ATMs.

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Fed. commission issues report

The nature of higher education as we know it is about to be changed forever, according to the members of the federal Commission on the Future of Higher Education, authors of a new report recommending reforms to the Department of Education.

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Reflections on the summer’s war

Or Skolnik (COL ‘09) doesn’t live in Israel anymore, but the outbreak of violence in the Middle East this summer threatened his family in a very real way.

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NEWS HITS: GMU dumps SAT; Names for 9/11; Robbers at large

GMU dumps SAT and Names for 9/11 and Robbers at large

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Thieves raid Wisconsin jeweler

A Georgetown jewelry store was robbed Sunday afternoon in a violent heist that left one of the shop’s owners critically wounded and launched a district-wide search for the trio of suspects..

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Georgetown in the eyes of the law

The Georgetown Advisory Neighborhood Commission has requested that 13 security cameras be placed at various locations in and around the West Georgetown and Burleith neighborhoods.

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D.C. youths versus mayor

More than 70 Washington, D.C. youths gathered downtown yesterday morning to protest emergency laws that they say unfairly penalize them for the city’s recent rise in crime.

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A hospital for S.E.?

City on a Hill: bi-weekly column on D. C. news and politics

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NEWS HIT: Lombardi gets cash

Lombardi gets cash

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STANDing against genocide

Student activists to congregate in D.C. on Sunday

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Catholics for Condoms: Religion and the AIDS Epidemic

John F. Galbraith will discuss the role of religion in the global fight against HIV/AIDS at the International Prayer for Peace Conference, hosted here at Georgetown.

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Groove Theory vs. SAC

Award-winning Georgetown dance group Groove Theory is weighing the possibility of leaving the Student Activities Commission and switching to the Program for Performing Arts due to conflicts over space and money.

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History curriculum a thing of the past?

Leaders in Education about Diversity and Georgetown’s chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People are circulating a petition to try to change the College’s core history requirements to include a more diverse array of options.

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The H-ya?

Saxa Politica – bi-weekly column on campus news and politics

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Cyber coordination for students

A new student web site system, Explore System, will enable Georgetown student organizations to organize and coordinate activities more easily in cyber space.

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Rigg-orous studies

Students will have access to Riggs Library for one day of this semester’s study days, according to GUSA President Twister Murchison.