Sivagami Subbaraman has come to Georgetown from the University of Maryland to be the first director of the newly opened LGBTQ Resource Center on campus. Subbaraman understands that the LGBTQ community is as diverse and complex as our larger community and is eager to lead the new resource center in creating a place of dialogue and understanding on Georgetown’s campus.

For Karen Berman, adjunct assistant professor in theater and performance studies and artistic adviser to student theater groups, using advocacy is nothing new — she’s been advocating the importance of theater for the past three years as president of the Association for Theater in Higher Education.

On a campus that has become increasingly aware and active in promoting pluralism, the Center for Multicultural Equity and Access continues to contribute to the education of minority students by offering academic and financial support, creating various programs and organizing activities.

For Jacquey Anne Julio (COL ’10), being a performance coordinator for Club Filipino combines both of her origins: her Filipino heritage and the spectacle of her hometown of Northern Las Vegas, Nev. Currently choreographing three dances for the club’s annual Filipino Cultural Night, or Bayanihan, Julio has her hands and head full with stomping beats, banging coconuts and clicking castanets.

While the puzzles, ticket stubs, toy cowboy guns and badminton racquets in the exhibit may look like a strange amalgamation, adjunct art professor Sharon Moody had a greater thematic message in mind for her collection, “Amusements,” now on display in Walsh.

Save the last dance for Keisha Browne (COL ’08), a member of Black Movements Dance Theater. From the Bronx to the barre here at Georgetown, Keisha has taken her love of music and dance and made it an integral part of her time on the Hilltop. This week, The Guide gets into the groove with Browne as she discusses the group’s upcoming show and the importance of dance on campus.

While the way to a man’s heart is through his appetite, it could be said that the way to a woman’s is through dance. This theory brought Jason Cheberenchick (COL ’09) to the GU Ballroom Dance Club, but he surprised himself when he developed a love of the sport and ended up remaining in the club.

Although The Anthem is not necessarily the most recognizable publication on campus today, its legacy spans 136 years of Hoya history, an impressive feat in itself. Georgetown’s literary magazine was founded in 1872, (beating The Hoya by 48 years) and with the leadership of this year’s editor Stephanie Grant (COL ’10), readership has nearly doubled over the past semester.

Keerat Pannu (SFS ’10) is trying to change the world. Through her involvement in the One World Youth Project, a non-profit organization created by fellow Georgetown student Jessica Rimington (SFS ‘09), Pannu oversees a partnership between a two schools — one in Boston and one in Mongolia. This week The Guide, takes a look at helping kids through the power of global education.