Articles tagged: Saxa Politica

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Saxa Politica: Silence and its dangers

On Saturday night, a diminutive sophomore was walking home from a Halloween party by herself. When she reached the end of Prospect Street, a male Georgetown student jumped out in... Read more

By November 6, 2008

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Saxa Politica: A space to call our own

At the end of last year, the Student Activities Commission notified nine clubs that shared three offices on the Leavey Center’s fourth floor that their space was being taken away.

By October 23, 2008

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Saxa Politica: GU owes students a free lunch

After Kathrin Verestoun (SFS `11) watched her norovirus-infected roommate vomit all over their room last week, it took her a while to muster the faith to trust Leo O’Donovan Dining Hall again. But on Sunday night, out of Flex dollars and short on cash, Verestoun decided to brave Leo’s once more.

By October 9, 2008

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Saxa Politica: ResLife: quit passing the hat

I am not going to pay my floor funds this year. I shouldn’t have to fork over $10 to $25 to pay for “community-building activities” that I probably won’t attend, nor should any other student.

By September 25, 2008

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Saxa Politica: The Kelly kerfuffle

Before James Kelly (COL ’09) became vice president of the Student Association, he ticked off a lot of people at an open forum following last fall’s bias incident when he argued that the school wouldn’t have proposed a resource center had a straight male been assaulted. While true, Kelly’s hypothetical entirely missed the point that the incident was a hate crime. So when Kelly came into office as Pat Dowd’s (SFS ‘09) VP, there was lingering resentment toward the ticket from certain campus groups, particularly GU Pride.

By September 11, 2008