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Office of Residential Living considers offering pre-paid laundry plan to students

GUSA and the Office of Residential Living (ORL) released a survey on student housing needs in an effort to evaluate the need to reevaluate the university’s laundry system. According to... Read more

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Japanese government considers granting Georgetown $5 million endowment

Georgetown University has begun conversations with the Japanese government about a potential $5 million dollar grant that would establish the first-ever endowed chair in Japanese Studies at Georgetown’s School of... Read more

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City on a Hill: House of Jokers

Georgetown might have flamed out of the 2015 NCAA tournament last weekend, but for the rest of Washington, D.C. the madness of March drags on. Only the players in this... Read more

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Georgetown to host allied Catholic universities at second annual IgnationQ conference

Georgetown will host the second annual IgnatianQ Conference March 27-29 for LGBTQ students and their allied groups from a variety of Jesuit and Catholic universities across the country. According to... Read more

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Lauinger Library opens Booth Family Center for Special Collections to house rare resources

Lauinger Library has opened the new Booth Family Center for Special Collections, which will house many of the university’s rare and precious resources on the library buildings fifth floor. The... Read more

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No Labels establishes Georgetown chapter, aims to foster bi-partisan dialogue

The nonpartisan political organization No Labels, a “national movement of Democrats, Republicans and independents dedicated to a new politics of problem solving” according to its website, established a chapter at... Read more

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New GUSA petition and report seek student input on 2018 Campus Plan

GUSA released a report on Wednesday highlighting the impacts of the 2010 Campus Plan and what it expects from the 2018 Campus Plan, currently in its early stages. Additionally, it... Read more

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Office of Residential Life announces new initiative to hold spaces for students studying abroad

The Office of Residential Life announced a new initiative to hold spaces for students studying abroad as a part of housing reforms to be enacted in Spring 2015 in an... Read more

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Cups for Campus distributes cups to prevent spread of communicable diseases

Cups for Campus, a new initiative that promotes healthy campus lifestyles by preventing the spread of communicable diseases through disposable cups, will launch on March 20 in Red Square. “In... Read more

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Last Campaign for Academic Reform advocates for diversity core requirement

On Mar. 27, Main Campus Executive Faculty will vote on a proposal that would require all undergraduate students to take two classes that relate to multiple diversity-related issues as part... Read more

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Georgetown reminds Aramark of its continued commitment to the Just Employment Policy

In the midst of a campaign for campus-wide unionization of Aramark employees, Georgetown has reaffirmed its ongoing commitment to the Just Employment Policy. The university wrote a letter to CEO... Read more

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Brown’s proposal for establishment of Disability Cultural Center gains momentum

GUSA Undersecretary for Disability Affairs Lydia Brown (COL ‘15) hosted a panel on Monday, Mar. 2, to discuss her proposal to create a Disability Cultural Center at Georgetown and the... Read more

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Saxa Politica: Hoyas need to set aside moral superiority

No doubt everyone is relieved this year’s Georgetown University Student Association elections are over. Out of the four GUSA executive elections I have witnessed, these were probably the most dramatic... Read more

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Office of Residential living to offer different housing options next year

The Office of Residential Living will be offering different living options to students as they enter next year’s housing selection process as the university works to meet the requirements of... Read more

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Peace Corps Director Carrie Hessler-Radelet speaks about the future of organization

Director of the Peace Corps Carrie Hessler-Radelet spoke in the ICC auditorium on Monday evening of Feb. 23  about the Corps’ vision for college graduates’ future service abroad. Hessler-Radelet opened... Read more

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Voice cartoon sparks dialogue concerning issues of diversity and unconscious bias

Last Thursday, Feb. 20, the Page 13 section of the Georgetown Voice featured a full-page cartoon entitled “Beating a Dead Horse,” which depicted two white students, GUSA president-elect Joe Luther... Read more

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Higher Edge: The necessity of taking action

It hurts to get rejected from your dream college, especially if you believe you’re qualified. It even makes sense to bear a bit of resentment in the years following your... Read more

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Latin@ Leadership Forum proposes Casa Latina to serve as a safe space for Latino Hoyas

The Latin@ Leadership Forum shared a survey with members of the Georgetown community on Feb 18. to gain support for a Latino House, Casa Latina. The Forum claims that Casa... Read more

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Student Activities Commission considers restructuring its process to fund student groups

The Student Activities Commission is considering restructuring its process of funding student organizations beginning next semester. Under the proposed system, groups would apply to one of ten general tiers of... Read more

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City on a Hill: Hoya See, Hoya Do

According to the website of the International Society on Infant Studies (whose unfortunate acronym is ISIS), babies as young as four months exhibit a behavior called mirroring, by which they mimic... Read more