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GUSA and administrators sign MOU to reform campus sexual assault policy

The Georgetown University Student Association and university administrators officially signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) today after several weeks of meeting and negotiating reforms to the university’s sexual assault policies... Read more

By September 15, 2015

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Papal mass at Catholic U to use cross from Dahlgren Chapel

The Archdiocese of Washington has borrowed an iron cross from Dahlgren Chapel to feature during the Mass of the Canonization of Junipero Serra over which  Pope Francis is to preside... Read more

By September 15, 2015

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Students, administrators talk sustainability, “smallify” the problems

Members of the Georgetown community from both the main campus and law campus on Sept. 11 to discuss the future of sustainability at Georgetown. Powered by the concept of “smallify-ing”... Read more

By September 14, 2015

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Hellman, Dujarric speak on global challenges to governance and aid

School of Foreign Service Dean Joel Hellman spoke Sept. 9 in Gaston Hall on issues of global governance and how to prepare students for solving global aid challenges. Dean Hellman’s... Read more

By September 10, 2015

Features

What’s The Plan? Negotiating the future of Georgetown’s campus

For students returning to campus or learning to navigate the Hilltop for the first time, one thing is immediately obvious: construction is everywhere. Detours continue to redirect foot traffic and... Read more

By September 10, 2015

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Northeast Triangle gets “topped off,” students sign names to elevator beams

The Office of Residential Living celebrated the “topping-off” of the Northeast Triangle dormitory Sept. 9 by giving students the opportunity to sign two beams and tour the construction site. The... Read more

By September 10, 2015

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Hoya White House Alum Kicks Off IPPS Speaker Series, Encourages Risk-Taking

Former White House Senior Advisor Dan Pfeiffer (COL ’98) and former Democratic National Committee Director of Communications Mo Elleithee (SFS ’94) sat down Sept. 8 to discuss Pfeiffer’s path to... Read more

By September 10, 2015

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DeGioia discusses higher education with other D.C. area university presidents

Georgetown University President Dr. John DeGioia, along with his counterparts Dr. Ángel Cabrera from George Mason and Dr. Steven Knapp from George Washington, addressed members of the Economic Club of... Read more

By September 10, 2015

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Gaston reopens with new and improved features

The Office of Planning and Facilities Management completed renovations to Gaston Hall this summer,  with its reopening on August 27 marking the end to the stage’s limited availability. Concerns about... Read more

By September 7, 2015

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New Weeks of Welcome programming welcomes Hoyas home

This year, Georgetown Weeks of Welcome (GWOW) replaced Welcome Week as the series of events welcoming students back to the Hilltop. The new festivities are now longer and incorporate a... Read more

By September 6, 2015

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Georgetown redesigns website to better organize resources

Although the official Georgetown.edu website unveiled its new design June 15, for many students the return to campus has been the first they’ve seen the homepage’s new look. The changes... Read more

By September 4, 2015

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Rabbi Harold White, 83, dies

Rabbi Harold S. White passed away at age 83, according to an August 31 campus-wide email from Georgetown University President John DeGioia. White came to Georgetown in 1968 and served... Read more

By September 2, 2015

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Beyond Title IX: Georgetown’s changing conversation around sexual assault

“The sexual harassment of students, including sexual violence, interferes with students’ right to receive an education free from discrimination and, in the case of sexual violence, is a crime.” –U.S.... Read more

By August 30, 2015

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The Voice Explains: Track Program Investigations

On July 31, the university released a statement regarding the results of two ongoing investigations into the men’s and women’s track teams that took place because of various allegations of... Read more

By the August 11, 2015

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Students chalk Red Square in support of sexual assault survivors

Students chalked Red Square with messages in support of the #IStandWithWilla #IStandWithSurivors social media campaign on Friday afternoon in the wake of a widely shared op-ed published in The Hoya.... Read more

By August 7, 2015

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Students stage sit in to support ‘Engaging Differences/Diversity’ curriculum proposal

A group of over 50 students gathered for a sit-in outside of university President John J. DeGioia’s office on April 10 to present a petition expressing support for the “Engaging... Read more

By April 15, 2015

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Georgetown Day Cup initiative to encourage recycling on campus

The GUSA Senate Sustainability Subcommittee and the Corp Green Initiative have partnered to sponsor the first Georgetown Day Cup competition to promote recycling and sustainability on campus April 25, the... Read more

By April 15, 2015

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SAC places sanctions on Philodemic Society for policy violations

On Tuesday, April 7th, the Student Activities Commission voted 8-2 to place the Philodemic Society into a Restoration category and ban its travel for the 2016 fiscal year due to... Read more

By April 15, 2015

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On the record with Dr. Joel Hellman

On Tuesday, the Voice spoke with the incoming Dean of the Walsh School of Foreign Service, Joel Hellman, Ph.D. Why Georgetown? What do you find appealing about our University, specifically... Read more

By April 15, 2015

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Saxa Poitica: Classism dialogue outside the classroom

I’ll be dedicating my last Saxa Politica column (at least for the foreseeable future) to an issue I’ve seen grow in salience over the three years I’ve spent in college.... Read more

By April 15, 2015