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Robbery on dark street, ANC decides to put out the lights

Two female students were assaulted Monday on local streets, marking the sixth violent crime reported to the Department of Public Safety this month and raising concerns about dim lighting in the area.

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Fresh Reps

Four first-year representatives were officially sworn into the Georgetown University Student Association Tuesday.

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Affirmative Reaction

Conservative author and speaker David Horowitz will discuss academic freedom on college campuses at 7 p.m. tonight in St. Mary’s hall.

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Automatic failure

Semiautomatic weapons may become legal for the first time in nearly 30 years in the District of Columbia.

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GU solidarity triumphs and workers see living wage

After growing pressure from the Georgetown Solidarity Committee’s Living Wage Campaign, Senior Vice President and Administrative Officer Spiros Dimolitsas sent a letter to the GSC detailing a change in University policy towards contract workers Tuesday.

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Criminal upsurge leads to increased security

The Department of Public Safety has decided to impose stricter security policies around three University buildings, after five violent crimes were reported by students in the last month.

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Expos exported in likely D.C. move

Major League Baseball announced its decision to move the Montreal Expos to the District of Columbia last Wednesday in a phone call to city hall following a competition among several North American cities.

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Another round of RIAA lawsuits begin, subpeonas to follow

The latest wave of the Recording Industry Association of America’s lawsuits began on Tuesday, and at least one Georgetown student became the target of a copyright infringement lawsuit.

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Teh elected as junior class GUSA rep

Kah Yee Teh (SFS ‘06) won Tuesday’s Georgetown University Student Association election for Junior Class Representative.

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Iraq at center of student political debate

The Georgetown College Republicans performed strongly Monday in a debate against the College Democrats over the safety of America in the wake of the Iraq war.

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Solid wage increase

Most of Georgetown’s staff goes largely unnoticed by the student body.

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Leads to Infection

Lead no longer plagues the District’s drinking water; it has been replaced by bacteria.

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Congress may cut interest it pays on student loans

The financial aid that nearly half of Georgetown students receive through federally subsidized loans could increase this year due to an amendment currently before the U.S. Senate.

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Beloved independent movie theater closes

The Dupont Visions Cinema closed its doors last Sunday.

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University warnings and RIAA lawsuits fail to deter file-sharing

An increasing number of Georgetown students have received letters from the Office of Student Conduct indicating that their University IP address has been connected with illegal file-sharing.

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Georgetown student leads opposition to new housing rules

Changes to the point selection system for the housing process at Georgetown have led one student to protest.

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MSB ready to build

The McDonough School of Business is one step closer to beginning construction on a new building after the Georgetown Board of Directors approved further funding for the project last Thursday.

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Muslims support Kerry

In a recent survey conducted by Georgetown’s Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, American Muslim voters strongly support Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry over his Republican counterpart, President George W. Bush.

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District city council decriminalizes underage drinking

Underage drinkers at Georgetown caught by the Metropolitan Police Department have not faced criminal prosecution since last May. Now the District of Columbia City Council is trying to make that rule permanent.

The council passed a bill Tuesday decriminalizing the possession and drinking of alcohol by minors in an attempt to clarify existing city regulations.

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Meeting aims to repair town-gown relations

The Office of Student Affairs addressed the need for improved communication among students living off-campus and Georgetown neighborhood residents at a meeting Wednesday. The meeting was provoked by repeated complaints during the 2003-04 school year regarding reported incidents of student misbehavior.