The Office of the President and Georgetown’s African Studies program have partnered to create the Georgetown Africa Interest Network as a way to connect students and faculty studying about the African continent.

With the start of Ramadan this month, Muslims across the campus have been fasting from dawn until sunset. Muslim Student Association President Farah El-Sharif (SFS ’09) will be fasting for the rest of the month as a way to teach patience, sacrifice and humility. This week, El-Sharif sat down with THE HOYA to talk about what it is like to be celebrating Ramadan at Georgetown.

With the university community reflecting on the anniversary of Sept. 11, “Project Rebirth” filmmaker Jim Whitaker (CAS ’90) came to campus on Wednesday for an early screening and conversation about the documentary that chronicles the aftermath of that fateful day.

When Justin Thomas (COL ’12) arrived on campus and moved into his Living-Learning Community residence in McCarthy Hall, he was excited to meet his new roommate, Rafi Khetab (SFS ’12). Three weeks later, Khetab has yet to arrive.

The Solar Taxi made a road stop at Georgetown on Tuesday in its attempt to be the first vehicle to drive around the world fueled entirely by the sun.

Corporations have started to capitalize on the buying power of the college student by using none other than college students themselves.

Playboy, Microsoft, American Airlines and Apple have all hired students at Georgetown as their campus representatives in order to enhance their marketing power on the Hilltop.

Former Secretary of State and National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger joined Central Intelligence Agency Director Gen. Michael Hayden yesterday in Gaston Hall to kick off a symposium on the life of former CIA director Richard Helms.

Douglas Feith (LAW ’78) may not have devised an exit strategy for the U.S. occupation of Iraq, but according to the former Bush administration official, a group of Georgetown professors apparently had no trouble coming up with an exit strategy for him.

With more than $800,000 accrued in club reserve accounts this year, GUSA’s Finance and Appropriations Committee tackled ways for club advisory boards to spend reserve funds for next year at its annual budgetary meeting on Wednesday.