Dialogue between doctoral students and administration grows as petition circulates

The Doctoral Students Coalition (DSC) began to circulate a petition on March 29 asking that Norberto Grzywacz, Dean of the the Georgetown University Graduate School, postpone and reconsider changes to... Read more

By Jake Maher April 21, 2016

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GU Fossil Free unites student groups for rally

Georgetown University Fossil Free held a rally on April 13 in Red Square with members from allied student groups groups to demand transparency and social responsibility in University investments. GU... Read more

By Cassidy Jensen April 15, 2016

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Doctoral students confront increased work hours, no proportional rise in pay

The Doctoral Students Coalition (DSC) has been circulating a petition since March 29 asking that Dean Norberto Grzywacz, Dean of the the Georgetown University Graduate School, postpone and reconsider changes... Read more

By Jake Maher April 14, 2016

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Possible hack delays Snowden talk

Technical difficulties delayed Edward Snowden’s speaking event in the Lohrfink Auditorium on April 14, which took place via web call. The event, sponsored by the Lecture Fund and moderated by Professor... Read more

By Isaiah Seibert April 14, 2016

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Georgetown establishes new website for undocumented students

Georgetown University launched a new website last Thursday, April 7 to help undocumented students navigate the specific challenges presented by their citizenship status. The website serves to consolidate existing campus... Read more

By Isaiah Seibert April 13, 2016

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GUSA Passes FY 2016-17 Budget: GPB, CSJ see funding cuts

The GUSA Senate voted unanimously to approve the Student Activities Budget Fiscal Year 2017 on Sunday April 7. The total budget, as allocated by GUSA’s Finance Appropriations Committee (Fin/App), came... Read more

By Elizabeth Teitz April 13, 2016

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Sec. of Energy Ernest Moriz discusses diplomacy, Iran deal

Dr. Ernest Moniz, the current United States Secretary of Energy, was honored at a ceremony in the ICC auditorium on Monday, April 11. Georgetown’s Institute for the Study of Diplomacy... Read more

By Michael Coyne April 13, 2016

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Journalism Program hosts panel on Austin Tice, missing reporter

Georgetown University’s undergraduate Journalism Program presented an event Wednesday night on the plight of Austin Tice (SFS ‘02), who disappeared while freelance reporting on the conflict in Syria in 2012,... Read more

By Michael Coyne April 10, 2016

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Soul Searching: Navigating Georgetown’s Catholic Identity

“Everyday and every generation of students and faculty here, we carry that inherent tension between being a university in all its fullness, and being Catholic and Jesuit."

By Elizabeth Teitz, Isaiah Seibert, Lilah Burke and Liz Teitz, Lilah Burke and Isaiah Seibert April 9, 2016

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Language options expand on campus

Georgetown students will have access to new language programs with the opening of foreign language minors to SFS students and the creation of a Johns Hopkins-Georgetown partnership.

By Margaret Gach April 9, 2016

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Memorial 5K honors legacy of Nina Brekelmans

The space around Healy Lawn and Red Square was unusually busy on the morning of March 19, as approximately two hundred runners gathered to participate in the Nina Brekelmans Memorial... Read more

By Michael Coyne April 8, 2016

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Housing system glitch interferes with apartment selection

On Tuesday, April 5 during Phase 1 of the university’s new housing selection system, a glitch occurred at 1:40 p.m. preventing groups of rising juniors from viewing and selecting available... Read more

By Cassidy Jensen April 5, 2016

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Hagel addresses cybersecurity and military intervention

On March 21, former United States Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel spoke with Professor Daniel Byman about security issues the United States and the world will face in the future.

By Jake Maher March 29, 2016

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Workers, students discuss experiences at GSC “Work with Dignity” rally

Georgetown Solidarity Committee (GSC) staged a rally in Red Square on Friday, March 18 to gain support for their Work with Dignity Campaign and demands.

By Lilah Burke March 22, 2016

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Club sports circulate petition for solution to Kehoe’s closure

On March 13, a petition titled ‘A Cure for Kehoe’ was released to voice concerns by Georgetown students in club sports about the lack of solutions to the closure of Kehoe Field on Feb. 2.

By Caitlyn Cobb March 21, 2016

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Higher Edge: Student Protest in the Time of Trump

If Donald Trump, with all his bigotry and hair spray, were invited to speak on Georgetown’s campus, how should students react?

By Kevin Huggard March 20, 2016

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Rom remembered for authentic approach to life

Dahlgren Chapel was filled with a standing-room only crowd on Thursday afternoon as the Georgetown community gathered to honor the life of Nathan Kittredge “Kitt” Rom (SFS ’19).

By Michael Coyne March 20, 2016

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Study abroad housing hold applications surge

Applications surged in the Spring Housing Selection for the 2016-2017 academic year, exceeding five times the number of applications for the 2015-2016 academic year.

By Jake Maher March 19, 2016

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GSC Presents Administration with Pillows, Demands More Just Employment

On March 16, the Georgetown Solidarity Committee (GSC) presented five administrators or their staff with packages of pillows, sheets, and towels, along with a list of demands.

By Lilah Burke March 18, 2016

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Uprooted: The Displacement of Georgetown’s Black Community

In 1957, the year Little Rock Central High School was desegregated, Sen. John F. Kennedy bought a house in the Georgetown neighborhood. Attached to the deed was a restrictive covenant:... Read more

By Lilah Burke March 18, 2016