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GU campus gathers to show solidarity

Last night approximately 200 students gathered in Dahlgren Quadrangle for a candlelight vigil to remember the individuals who died on Tuesday. The Rector of the Jesuit community, Father Brian McDermott,... Read more

By the September 13, 2001

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GU ranked 23rd for third consecutive year

For the third straight year, Georgetown tied with Carnegie Mellon as the 23rd best university in the country according to U.S. News and World Report. Georgetown has been as high... Read more

By the September 13, 2001

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GW evacuation planned

Last week George Washington University President Stephen J. Trachtenberg announced that the GW Foggy Bottom campus will close during the Sept. 29-30 World Bank and International Monetary Fund meetings, prompting... Read more

By the September 13, 2001

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Schall speaks on knowledge

The philosopher’s quest for knowledge never ceases, according to James V. Schall, S.J. “Philosophy leaves us in a state of expectancy,” Shall said, speaking Monday night to approximately 50 people... Read more

By the September 13, 2001

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Fight for Bill of Rights continues

Students are organizing an off-campus door-to-door campaign to educate neighbors about methods to ensure students receive equal treatment in the District. At the Sept. 4 meeting of the Advisory Neighborhood... Read more

By the September 13, 2001

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Black Tuesday

Tuesday began just like any other day. Students went to their 8:50 a.m. classes and business at Georgetown seemed to run as usual. Little did we know that in a... Read more

By the September 13, 2001

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Panel attempts to put tragedy in perspective

Efforts to make sense of Tuesday’s tragic events and discussions on how the United States should respond to them provided the focus for a panel held Wednesday evening in Gaston... Read more

By the September 13, 2001

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Bookstore employee held on fraud

A temporary University bookstore employee is being held in connection with her attempt to defraud two students of $300 last Wednesday, according to the Director of Bookstores Jim Kuhlman. Kuhlman... Read more

By the September 6, 2001

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Students upset over call code

A new campus phone policy requiring students to enter a personal code to make local calls prompted a letter of concern from Georgetown University Student Association leaders to a University... Read more

By the September 6, 2001

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Capital Offenses

The college years of anyone’s life are not usually associated with a remarkable degree of law-abiding behavior. Nor should they necessarily be; if you think you might reach a point... Read more

By the September 6, 2001

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ANC postpones Student Bill of Rights

A vote on a Students’ Bill of Rights was postponed in an Advisory Neighborhood Commission meeting Tuesday. ANC Commissioner and sponsor of the bill, Justin Wagner (CAS ’03) said the... Read more

By the September 6, 2001

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Metro officer suspects scam in $10,000 robbery

Last Wednesday, a female Georgetown graduate student was robbed of $10,000 on the 3800 block of Reservoir Road. Metropolitan Police Department investigators believe that the student was involved in a... Read more

By the September 6, 2001

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Issues of Catholic identity, rocky neighborhood relations and lower endowment await DeGioia

The University has not been told it has to encourage or require professors of Catholic theology to seek approval to teach from the local cardinal, University President John J. DeGioia... Read more

By the September 6, 2001

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GU takes BZA to District court

On Wednesday, Georgetown notified the District of Columbia Court of Appeals of its intent to appeal the conditions the Board of Zoning Adjustment placed on the University’s construction plans. The... Read more

By the September 6, 2001

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Provost Dorothy Brown to retire

At the end of this academic year, University Provost Dorothy Brown will retire. In 1998, Brown assumed the position of Interim Provost until 1999 when she accepted a three-year term... Read more

By the August 30, 2001

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New district lines for local ANC

Last week, a task force of 17 local residents voted on new district lines for the local Advisory Neighborhood Commission, an organization which serves as the neighborhood’s voice in advising... Read more

By the August 30, 2001

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Mass of the Holy Spirit not given by President

The 2001 Mass of the Holy Spirit was not performed by the University President for the first time on Wednesday. John J. DeGioia passed the duty of presiding over the... Read more

By the August 30, 2001

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St. Mary’s undergoes renovation

A complete renovation of the St. Mary’s building will allow for more accessible and technologically up-to-date spaces for the Georgetown community, said Michael Bergin, the Executive Director of the School... Read more

By the August 30, 2001

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Students to run dorm discipline

The Residential Judicial Council, designed by InterHall to create a more student-centered disciplinary system, will be introduced campus-wide following last year’s successful pilot program in the New South dorm. “We... Read more

By the August 30, 2001

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GU Identity Crisis

What does it mean for Georgetown to not have a Jesuit president? The question of how Georgetown’s Catholic identity will change due to the absence of a Jesuit president began... Read more

By the August 30, 2001