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4,000 applications received for early action spots

Georgetown undergraduate early admissions have recovered from last year’s temporary decline in applications, according to statistics released by University admissions officials earlier this month.

By the February 24, 2005

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Study abroad in Israel reinstated

The threat of instability in the Middle East will no longer deter Georgetown students from studying in Israel beginning this summer.

By the February 24, 2005

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Booker prize shortlist announced at Georgetown

Lauinger Library played host to the publication of the 18 finalists for the first ever Man Booker International prize last Friday afternoon, which will be awarded in June 2005 in London.

By the February 24, 2005

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In the wake of the Jan. 30 Iraqi elections

“I want the roots to grab hold. The case of Iraq is special, but I’m concerned. Is democracy really something we could expect?”

By the February 24, 2005

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Re-imagining Georgetown

The “Re-Imagining Service at Georgetown” initiative and “The Run for Rigby” project have been awarded $2,500 and $1,500 respectively to subsidize their goals for the coming year.

By the February 24, 2005

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Memorial service

With the Copley Formal Lounge filled almost to capacity, the Georgetown community gathered Wednesday to mourn the passing of Professor Hisham Sharabi.

By the February 24, 2005

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Liberty from Leavey

The Voice’s bigger, uglier sister publication is all grown up and asking to move out from under the University’s wing.

By the February 24, 2005

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2005-06 tuition raised 6.2 percent

Nearly a fourth of Georgetown’s students may lose their Federal Perkins loans while paying the 6.2 percent increase in tuition approved by the Board of Directors last week.

By the February 17, 2005

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Rajan/Wright win GUSA election

Pravin Rajan (SFS ‘07) and Nate Wright (CAS ‘06) are the new 2005-2006 Georgetown University Student Association President and Vice-President, according to unofficial preliminary results following yesterday’s election.

By the February 17, 2005

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Artist commissioned for Georgetown menorah

As the vestiges of anti-Semitism fade following the theft and desecration of Georgetown University’s Chanukah menorah in Dec. 2004, the Office of Campus Ministry, Georgetown Hillel/Jewish Student Association and Georgetown’s chapter of the national Jewish fraternity Alpha Epsilon Pi are joining to commemorate Judaism and establish a lasting mark of Georgetown’s Jewish community on campus.

By the February 17, 2005

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Senior auction earns $150,000

The 24th annual Senior Class Auction, held at Washington’s Grand Hyatt hotel last Saturday as part of Senior Parents’ Weekend, raised between $155,000 and $170,000 in ticket sales, donations, items sold in the silent and live auctions and raffle tickets for the $10,000 cash lottery.

By the February 17, 2005

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Performing arts facility update

Construction on the new Davis Performing Arts Center is proceeding on schedule, according to Vice President of University Facilities Karen Frank.

By the February 17, 2005

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UN Representatives Convene

Six former United States Permanent Representatives to the United Nations, from the last five presidential administrations, visited Georgetown last Tuesday to discuss “A more secure world: Our shared responsibility,” the report of the Secretary-General’s panel on threats, challenges and change.

By the February 17, 2005

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Jewish panel questions Israeli occupation

A panel of four American and Israeli Jews called for Americans to assume some level of responsibility for what they characterized as grievous human rights abuses and condemned the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories on Wednesday.

By the February 17, 2005

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Money, money, money

Oh, money. As any political junkie or Congressional intern will tell you, the really interesting, not to mention powerful, part of any institution is its budget.

By the February 17, 2005

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Prospect Street fire caused by candle, cigarettes

New information has surfaced on the basement fire that destroyed 3318 Prospect St. last October and resulted in the death of Daniel Rigby (MSB ‘05).

By the February 10, 2005

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Sigma Phi Epsilon to reach Georgetown

On a campus where social fraternities are prohibited and banned from receiving University funding, the impending formation of a Sigma Phi Epsilon chapter is momentous.

By the February 10, 2005

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Students, staff differ on dining hall quality

A year and a half after Leo J. O’Donovan Dining Hall replaced New South Cafeteria as Georgetown’s main food venue, a striking difference of opinion remains between the administrators who manage the facility and the students who use it.

By the February 10, 2005

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GU student to be MTV-U Darfur correspondent

Nate Wright (CAS ‘06) will be one of three student correspondents for an MTV-U documentary on the Darfur region of Sudan, which has been ravished by genocide and internal ethnic divisions.

By the February 10, 2005

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Institutionalized Valentines?

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By the February 10, 2005