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NEWS HITS: STAND Die-in; Campus safer

STAND Die-in; Campus safer

By October 5, 2006

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City on a Hill: Freeway forever

bi-weekly column on D.C. politics and events

By October 5, 2006

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Karzai cheered in Gaston

With his measured speech and good humor, President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan received a very warm welcome of two standing ovations from the Georgetown community on Monday.

By September 28, 2006

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Faux names

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By September 28, 2006

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NEWS HITS: Students feel safer, survey finds; Victoria’s little labor secret

Students feel safer-Victoria’s little labor secret

By September 28, 2006

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Administration weighs keg ban

The Student Association will release a position paper on their web site today arguing against the on-campus keg ban proposed by the Disciplinary Review Committee.

By September 28, 2006

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Gtown shy on sex, survey says


Georgetown ranked 80 in a pool of 100 universities across the country in a “Sexual Health Report Card” compiled by Trojan Brand Condoms and released on Sept. 19.

By September 28, 2006

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GPBs budget woes

In the wake of Saturday’s financially disastrous Fountains of Wayne concert, the Georgetown Programming Board is struggling to swallow its losses and work within a newly tightened budge

By September 28, 2006

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Wave of violence strikes the Hilltop

Metropolitan Police Department officers were called in early Sunday morning to help quell a violent confrontation in front of the Reiss Science building. Three Department of Public Safety officers and four Georgetown students suffered injuries.

By September 21, 2006

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Alumni Square Assault


An altercation at the Grog & Tankard tavern on Wisconsin Ave. ended in an attack on a Georgetown student in his Alumni Square apartment Friday.

By September 21, 2006

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Barack Obama welcomed in Gaston


Senator Barack Obama (D-Ill.) made an impassioned bid for clean energy in front of an overwhelmingly supportive audience in Gaston Hall yesterday.

By September 21, 2006

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M St. stitches

The Reiss rumble was not the only violent crime in Georgetown this weekend. A Georgetown University student was brought to the hospital after an altercation with a man who jumped out of his car near the intersection of M. and Bank Streets around 2:30 a.m. Saturday morning.

By September 21, 2006

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Tense dialogue over Lebanon


ONLINE ONLY—There was no shortage of tension in the ICC Auditorium last Tuesday as the National Director of Muslim Public Affairs and a Georgetown professor of Government and International Affairs squared off in a discussion over the summer’s war in Lebanon.

By September 21, 2006

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After Fairtrade abuses, Corp remains committed to its beans


Fairtrade Foundation coffee, the brand that approves the “ethically sound” coffee used in the Students for Georgetown Inc. coffee shops, recently fell short of its humanitarian standards in an impromptu inspection of one of its Peruvian coffee farms.

By September 21, 2006

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PSM Conference attendee sues Jack DeGioia

An Orthodox Jewish man has filed an $8 million lawsuit against Georgetown University, claiming he was injured while attending the Palestine Solidarity Movement’s national conference held here last year, the Canada Free Press reported.

By September 21, 2006

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Noted feminist doctor dies

Dr. Estelle Ramey, professor of endocrinology at Georgetown University Medical Center and famous critic of medically based sexism, died Sept. 8 as a result of complications from Alzheimer’s disease. She was 89.

By September 21, 2006

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D.C. vote at last?

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By September 21, 2006

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Two students arrested in support of Darfur


Two Georgetown University students were led away in plastic handcuffs Saturday after lying down in front of the White House to call attention to the crisis in Darfur.

By September 14, 2006

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Upheaval for troubled schools


D.C. students are returning to schools this year that have overwhelmingly failed new rigorous testing and are considering implementing year-long classes.

By September 14, 2006

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Pricey H20

In a move that affects Georgetown students who live off-campus, the Washington Area Sewage Authority has announced that it is increasing the rates charged for its services, effective Oct. 1.

By September 14, 2006