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Georgetown students STAND for Darfur

As 1.4 million Darfurian refugees have been terrorized and driven from their homes, a group of Georgetown students has made it its purpose to publicize the atrocities in Sudan to the Georgetown community.

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GUSA bylaw bash looks for election reform

As Georgetown University Student Association representatives filed out of their meeting Tuesday night, having tabled their long-awaited election bylaw reforms for another week, a plate of brownies lay untouched in the corner.

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Lights out for Copley during weekend transformer failure

Many Georgetown students, staff and faculty were left in the dark for much of the weekend when a power outage hit several buildings on campus.

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Yasir Arafat’s legacy spurs debate among Georgetown students

The debate over the legacy of Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat, who died last week, has reached Georgetown, where students still hope for peace in spite of conflicts over the controversial figure.

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GUSA tables changes to troubled bylaws

Tuesday night, the Georgetown University Student Association considered a resolution which would streamline its electoral bylaws in order to prevent a repeat of last year’s election controversy involving campaign fines and disqualifications.

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Differences persist over worker benefits

Cecilia Villatoro moved to the United States from El Salvador seven years ago. Six of those years she has spent in the Leavey Center of Georgetown University as a P & R Enterprises employee.

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Baseball proposal forces D.C. government into extra innings

The debate over the plan to bring baseball to D.C. has culminated in a conflict over public financing after a series of sudden counter-proposals within the city council.

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God and the Constitution: On the record with Michael Newdow

Michael Newdow became famous this summer when he challenged the words “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance in front of the U.S. Supreme Court.

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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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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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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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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.