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GUSA News Brief 2/21: A GUSA town hall!

Welcome to yet another GUSA News Brief! Today’s brief covers GUSA’s Feb. 21 town hall, where GUSA and university leadership offered updates on several university projects and attendees had a... Read more

By February 22, 2025

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D.C. chefs step up to support survivors of the Southern California wildfires

In light of the wildfires in and around Los Angeles last month, at least five D.C. restaurants took action in recent weeks to support affected victims, stepping up through organized... Read more

By February 22, 2025

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“Heaven opened its mouth and cried with us”: Georgetown community remembers hostages killed by Hamas

For Georgetown Rabbi Ilana Zietman, it was really hard to look at her two boys yesterday morning, after the return of deceased hostages held by Hamas to Israel. “While I... Read more

By February 21, 2025

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Black Movement Dance Theatre’s spring production, “Eternal Roots,” creates conversation and connection

Audience whispers filled up the Davis Performing Arts Center’s Gonda Theatre as the lights dimmed on Feb. 14 and 15. In an 80-minute runtime, a production featuring intertwined bodies, pleas... Read more

By February 20, 2025

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D.C. Explained: The mayor, statehood, neighborhood meetings, and all the oddities of D.C. local government

D.C.’s local government, tasked with everything from housing policy to making sure the bus comes on time, can be just as impactful on students’ lives as what happens on Capitol... Read more

By February 19, 2025

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Meet Georgetown’s new ANC Commissioners: Knox Graham (SFS ’27) and Peter Sloniewsky (CAS ’27)

In January, dozens of new members joined D.C.’s local government, including two Georgetown sophomores who were sworn into Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 2E, which represents the Georgetown, Burleith, and Hillandale... Read more

By February 18, 2025

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Obituary: Elizabeth Keys (LAW ’20) “loved deeply and was deeply loved”

Elizabeth Keys (LAW ’20), a D.C. attorney and proud Georgetown alumna, died on Jan. 29. It was her 33rd birthday.  Keys was a passenger on American Airlines flight 5342 from... Read more

By February 17, 2025

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Workers at five D.C. restaurants attempt to unionize, fighting for “rights, respect, and benefits”

Le Diplomate is a bustling high-end spot, consistently making lists of the District’s top restaurants. The popular Logan Circle restaurant brings in about $26.7 million in revenue a year—but workers... Read more

By and February 15, 2025

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“Revitalization” or a “death sentence”? Activists and residents push back on city’s Chinatown plans

On the first weekend of the lunar calendar, visitors gathered at a church near D.C.’s Chinatown to celebrate Lunar New Year, enjoying a lion dance performance as volunteers dished out... Read more

By February 15, 2025

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The show goes on for co-curricular theater groups after Davis Center flooding

On Jan. 20, the lower two levels of the Davis Performing Arts Center (DPAC), home to Georgetown’s Department of Performing Arts and Theater and Performance Studies programs, flooded after a... Read more

By February 14, 2025

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Law Center’s LGBTQ+ student group denounces Federalist Society debate, hosts counter event

On Jan. 27, Outlaw, an LGBTQ+ affinity group at the Georgetown University Law Center, posted a petition denouncing an event hosted by the Federalist Society. Outlaw later protested the event—a... Read more

By February 14, 2025

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Educators rally outside Congress to protest Trump’s Secretary of Education nominee

On Feb. 12, more than 150 public educators, students, and community members braved cold temperatures and freezing rain to join the National Education Association’s (NEA) “Rally to Protect Students and... Read more

By February 13, 2025

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Student activists pushed for Biden’s ERA declaration. Now they’re organizing toward new goals under the Trump administration.

On Jan. 17, former President Biden declared the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), a constitutional amendment prohibiting sex-based discrimination, to be the 28th amendment to the Constitution. The move was largely... Read more

By and February 12, 2025

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At Georgetown’s galleries, student curators uncover the stories of alumni and an understudied artist

At first glance, Georgetown’s two most recent gallery exhibits—which debuted on Jan. 17—could not seem more different. In one corner of the Walsh lobby, a set of black-and-white photos wrap... Read more

By February 10, 2025

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GUSA News Brief 2/9: More tables in HFSC, more food on campus, and puppies

Welcome back to the GUSA news brief! Here’s everything you need to know about GUSA projects in the works, plus updates from GUSA’s Feb. 9 meeting.  Collecting student input on... Read more

By February 9, 2025

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D.C. welcomes the Year of the Snake with a grand Lunar New Year parade

On Feb. 2, thousands of residents from D.C. and neighboring areas gathered in Chinatown to watch the annual Lunar New Year parade, welcoming the Year of the Snake. The parade,... Read more

By February 9, 2025

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Yates basketball courts reopen after more than six months of renovation

The Yates basketball courts are more than just some wood, varnish, and a few basketball hoops—to many students, they’re a vital space on campus for building community. The recent renovation... Read more

By and February 7, 2025

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D.C. restaurants close for a ‘Day Without Immigrants’

Restaurants across the country and in D.C. closed on Monday, Feb. 3 as part of the ‘Day Without Immigrants’ protest. The nationwide protest sprung up from social media campaigns reacting... Read more

By February 7, 2025

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GU272 descendant’s documentary invites conversation around slavery and reparations at Healing Justice Forum

In 2017, filmmaker Malachi E. Robinson took a DNA test that uncovered his connection to Mary Queen, a free woman of color brought to Maryland as an indentured servant and... Read more

By and February 6, 2025

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Conservative legal groups file suit against the Department of Education seeking information on Georgetown’s ties to Qatar

The Zachor Legal Institute, a think tank and advocacy group focused on waging a “legal battle against anti-Israel movements in America,” is suing the Department of Education to access materials... Read more

By February 4, 2025