With D.C.’s cashless business ban back in effect, some businesses seek exemptions

Since D.C. reinstituted its ban on cashless businesses in January this year, discussion about the policy’s effects on local businesses and customers has reawakened. Some businesses have sought exemptions to... Read more

By Katie Reddy March 23, 2025

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Community members march, call for Dr. Badar Khan Suri’s release

About 150 students, faculty, and community members gathered outside Healy Hall on Sunday to protest against the detainment of Dr. Badar Khan Suri, a Georgetown postdoctoral fellow. Department of Homeland... Read more

By Katie Doran, Samantha Monteiro, Aubrey Butterfield, Sydney Carroll, Franziska Wild and Eddy Binford-Ross March 23, 2025

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Student leaders in clubs and FinApp reflect on next school year’s budget allocations

After months of hard work and conversations between GUSA and student organization leaders, GUSA’s Finance and Appropriations (FinApp) Committee finalized club budget allocations for Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) on Mar.... Read more

By Amber Bai March 22, 2025

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“Gut-wrenching”: Following his detainment, Dr. Badar Khan Suri’s students and the Georgetown community react

Dr. Badar Khan Suri, a postdoctoral fellow who teaches at Georgetown, told his students that he came to the U.S. to escape repression of free speech in his home country... Read more

By Katie Doran and Sydney Carroll March 20, 2025

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Judge orders Georgetown researcher Badar Khan Suri cannot be removed from U.S.

Federal judge Patricia Tolliver Giles ordered that Dr. Badar Khan Suri, a Georgetown researcher and legal U.S. resident, cannot be removed from the country, pending the outcome of a lawsuit... Read more

By Connor Martin and Samantha Monteiro March 20, 2025

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Lawsuit alleges that DHS violated detained Georgetown researcher’s First, Fifth Amendment rights

Dr. Badar Khan Suri, a researcher at Georgetown and legal U.S. resident, was detained by Department of Homeland Security agents outside his home on Monday, March 17. Khan Suri is... Read more

By Franziska Wild March 20, 2025

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Department of Homeland Security detains Georgetown fellow with student visa

Department of Homeland Security agents arrested Dr. Badar Khan Suri, a researcher at Georgetown, outside his home in Rosslyn, Virginia on Monday night, according to reporting by Politico. Khan Suri... Read more

By Sydney Carroll March 19, 2025

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As Elon Musk guts the federal government, demonstrators dance, sing, and protest outside of Tesla Georgetown

On Saturday, M Street in Georgetown filled with the clamor of honking cars, upbeat music, and energetic cheers. The noise came from a protest in front of Georgetown’s Tesla dealership,... Read more

By Sydney Carroll and Katie Doran March 16, 2025

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Georgetown Student Government Brief 3/16: Budget updates, elections, swings and hammocks, and Whisk espresso!

Ushering in spring with another Georgetown student government—aka GUSA—news brief! This week’s meeting, which was truncated because of a Policy and Advocacy Committee meeting directly after, saw no passed legislation... Read more

By Chih-Rong Kuo March 16, 2025

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RA union discusses compensation, job description, and more with university at 10th bargaining session

On Thursday, the Georgetown Resident Assistant Coalition (GRAC)—the resident assistant (RA) union—discussed four key components of their contract with the university. The March 13 meeting, as the 10th bargaining session,... Read more

By Sydney Carroll and Sophia Jacome March 16, 2025

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Leavey Hotel to be renovated from student dormitory to guest hotel by spring 2026

Georgetown is currently in the planning process of renovating the Leavey Hotel to reopen for guests. To discuss the goals of the renovations, timeline, and current plans, the university partnered... Read more

By Aubrey Butterfield March 16, 2025

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Fighting for visibility and community, GU Pride works to reopen an LGBTQ+ LLC

For Paloma Gomez (CAS ’28), finding queer community at Georgetown has not been easy. “I have found it very difficult to find a lot of other LGBTQ individuals,” Gomez said.... Read more

By Elaine Clarke March 14, 2025

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Community members protest ICE’s detainment of Mahmoud Khalil

For Mark Lance, an emeritus professor in philosophy and justice and peace studies, Mahmoud Khalil’s detainment by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is just the latest example of the... Read more

By Connor Martin and Samantha Monteiro March 12, 2025

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D.C. statehood advocates respond to the BOWSER Act threats to home rule

Republican lawmakers have threatened to repeal D.C.’s home rule for decades, but under a newly Republican-led House, Senate, and presidency, some D.C. advocates are taking threats to the District’s autonomy... Read more

By Chih-Rong Kuo March 11, 2025

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New term, new tactics: Georgetown student activists hold panel on adapting to the Trump era

Facing President Donald Trump’s second term, Georgetown student activists face a different political atmosphere than that of his first administration. Movements that once took to the streets in mass demonstrations... Read more

By Sofia Najri March 10, 2025

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“Absurd, nonsensical, and unimplementable”: Students react as D.C. U.S. Attorney takes aim at DEI and Georgetown Law

Every job Sophia Ceniza (LAW ’25) has worked in law school has been with the federal government. With her May graduation nearing, she no longer hopes to continue in federal... Read more

By Sydney Carroll March 9, 2025

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Plans for the Fallen Journalists Memorial continue, honoring democracy and free press amidst Trump’s media restrictions

President Trump’s recent attempts to exert greater control over the press come as planning continues for D.C.’s Fallen Journalists Memorial, the design for which was first unveiled by the Fallen... Read more

By Minhal Nazeer March 8, 2025

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2,000 miles away from home, students affected by California wildfires find support on campus

The Palisades and Eaton Fires in Southern California were 100% contained after 24 days of destruction in January. For Georgetown students whose homes stood in evacuation zones over 2,000 miles... Read more

By Audrey Wong and Sophie St Amand March 1, 2025

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Georgetown’s new Jakarta program submerges students in policymaking throughout the Asia-Pacific region

At the start of this semester, Georgetown announced the launch of a program in Jakarta, Indonesia. The launch surprised some Hilltop students, who received one message about the program in... Read more

By Sophie St Amand February 28, 2025

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Rally brings thousands to D.C. ahead of third anniversary of full-scale invasion of Ukraine

Thousands attended a rally on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on Feb. 22 to show their support for Ukraine, marking three years since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion.... Read more

By Sophia Jacome February 28, 2025