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GU runs dry

A break in a water main affected every building on the Georgetown campus and severely limited water service to the Georgetown area Monday, according to Georgetown University Director of Media Relations Laura Cavender.

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Dirty no longer

Georgetown students, faculty and staff gathered outside the newly finished lobby of New South to rededicate the residence hall on Monday.

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Obsessed no longer

Twenty-two years after he was committed to St. Elizabeths Hospital in Southeast D.C., John Hinckley Jr. wants a little freedom.

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Sadness and exuberance on Tuesday night

A small band of frustrated Georgetown Democrats in Sellinger Lounge surrounded an inflatable doll of George W. Bush and began to pummel him, kicking him across the room, punching him in the face and knocking him down. Their actions were all in vain.

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Clements replaces Glick as Georgetown’s ANC representative

Brett Clements (CAS ‘07) was elected to the Advisory Neighborhood Commission on Tuesday, replacing Mike Glick (CAS’ 05), who has represented Georgetown University campus residents to the committee for two years.

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City on a Hill: Resist defeat

Our news columnist thinks America has made the wrong choice once again.

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GU groups unite to discuss new hate-crimes web site

The Georgetown University Student Association sponsored a forum Wednesday night to discuss issues of bias and to raise awareness about a new hate-crime-reporting web site.

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New details uncovered on Georgetown junior’s drowning

Four weeks after the Oct. 8 drowning of Georgetown junior Robert Tremain, details surrounding the case still remain a mystery.

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Junior awarded fellowship

Last month Nichiren Rashad Jones (SFS ‘06) was named a Pickering Fellow, as part of a prestigious fellowship funded by the U.S. State Department.

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Students let loose pies in Red Square

Escape Coordinator Samantha Buchan and Chaz Perin (CAS ‘05) receive a pair of pies in the face as part of the A-E-Pie Throw, sponsored Wed. by AEPi, GU Black House,... Read more

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Several more residences closed in wake of fatal fire

In a continuing wave of housing inspections, two more basement apartments were closed this week by building inspectors, while a building housing several George Washington University students was closed Tuesday, according District of Columbia Department of Consumer Affairs and Regulations and University Officials.

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Sexual harassment hits the streets

A Georgetown student was victim to an indecent exposure this week, in the first reported sexual harassment incident this semester.

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Students donate to help fire survivors

Led by a group of housemates, the Georgetown community came together to assist the five students whose house burnt down in a fire that killed their roommate, Daniel Rigby (MSB ‘05).

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GUSA resolves: seniors earned their points in housing lottery

After weeks of heated debate about the point system used to determine housing preference, two student groups have passed a pair of unanimous new resolutions to address the issue.

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Worker wins committee spot

Administrators announced their decision to allow sub-contracted workers a place on the Advisory Committee for Business Practices Thursday, reversing a decision made earlier this month.

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Students band together wearing orange

If you are looking for someone who likes deep, meaningful conversation, look for those wearing bands of orange fabric.

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D.C.’s flu blues

Usually the members of Congress hardly seem to notice the city they work in, let alone its residents.

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Solidarity and administrators clash again

The University administration will exclude subcontracted workers from a committee that will advise University labor policy, a decision that drew criticism from student groups.

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George Tenet to join the School of Foreign Service

Though the Langley headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency were never that far from the Hilltop, former CIA director and Georgetown alum George Tenet (SFS ‘76) will soon be back on campus.

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Gay Palestinian’s speech stirs discontent among SJP

A presentation by a gay Palestinian on discrimination against homosexuals in Palestine has stirred controversy among Georgetown students.