News

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

Tombs Theology

Georgetown’s Jesuit heritage has found a new forum for discussion: the Tombs.

By the Voice Staff February 3, 2005

STAND up for Darfur

Georgetown’s chapter of Students Taking Action Now: Darfur will host a three-day conference this weekend with the U.S. Holocaust Museum’s Committee on Conscience to share ideas for raising awareness and funds and to encourage political action against the genocide that took place in Sudan’s Darfur region in 2004.

By the Voice Staff February 3, 2005

Off the rails

Every time this column’s deadline rolls around, it seems like the District Council is struggling to protect the city from the federal government, whether they are diverting security funding or just letting trainloads of poison roll through town.

By the Voice Staff February 3, 2005

AVODA: Objects of the Spirit

By the Voice Staff February 3, 2005

Roe v. Wade ignored

The 32nd anniversary of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade passed Georgetown quietly by on Jan. 22.

By the Voice Staff January 27, 2005

Jewish-Catholic relations

In a Marc Chagall painting discussed during Professor Jeremy Cohen’s lecture, “Contemplating the Cross: Jews React to the Crucifixion, from the Gospels to Gibson,” burning Jewish villages and Jews fleeing persecution surround the image of Jesus Christ hanging on a white cross.

By the Voice Staff January 27, 2005

College awards faculty

Georgetown’s College of Arts and Sciences presented awards to three professors at the annual Georgetown College Faculty Convocation held in McNeir Auditorium on Tuesday.

Dean Jane McAuliffe gave the Award for Excellence in Teaching to History Professor Carol Ann Benedict, Chemistry Professor Angel C.

By the Voice Staff January 27, 2005

Metro Police to tackle terrorism prevention

Local businesses, institutions to participate in Operation TIPP

By the Voice Staff January 27, 2005

Students can no longer profit from meal plans

Dining Services learns to hinder meal plan manipulation

By the Voice Staff January 27, 2005

Bush dissenters protest second inauguration

“Counter-inaugural” events attended by thousands

By the Voice Staff January 27, 2005

Asian Studies, STIA hold forum on tsunami impact

With 280,000 confirmed dead on two continents and in 11 countries, the tsunami that hit Southeast Asia on Dec. 26 has left the region with the possibility of unforetold socioeconomic, political and environmental ramifications.

By the Voice Staff January 27, 2005

Legacy of a Dream award honors Powells

Dr. King’s ideals remembered in Kennedy Center ceremony

By the Voice Staff January 20, 2005

Students and University disagree on security changes

Faulty GoCard-readers provoke questions over effectiveness

By the Voice Staff January 20, 2005

Getting ready for Bush’s second term

District and students prepare for the presidential inauguration

By the Voice Staff January 20, 2005

Atlantic writers discuss “Real State of the Union”

With President George W. Bush’s State of the Union Address still two weeks away on Feb. 2, Georgetown students had the opportunity to voice their concerns about the condition of our nation at Georgetown’s second annual “Real State of the Union,” hosted by the Atlantic Monthly Group.

By the Voice Staff January 20, 2005

By the people?

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

By the Voice Staff January 20, 2005

Mitchell scholar

Benjamin Cote was named one of 12 students out of 220 applicants nationally to be awarded the George J. Mitchell Scholarship. The scholarship, named for former Senator Mitchell (D-ME) (LAW ‘61), will fund a year of study at the University of Ulster in Northern Ireland next year, where Cote will pursue a master’s degree in Peace and Conflict Studies.

By the Voice Staff January 20, 2005

Copley desecration

Copley Hall’s new chaplain-in-residence, Santi Gorospe, woke up to an unpleasant reception Monday morning. The door to the room he shares with his wife, Virginia, was defaced early in the morning with offensive, anti-religious writing.

By the Voice Staff January 20, 2005

Georgetown boathouse proposal sparks controversy

After receiving approval from the D.C. Zoning Commission in Dec. 2003, the fate of Georgetown’s new boathouse hangs in the balance once again.

By the Voice Staff January 13, 2005

Tidwell appointed

Georgetown University’s Center for Australian and New Zealand Studies appointed author, teacher and expert in conflict resolution Dr. Alan Tidwell as its new director, beginning January 2005.

By the Voice Staff January 13, 2005

« Previous 1 … 160 161 162 163 164 … 404 Next »