A student was reportedly choked from behind and robbed Wednesday night while walking home along the 3800 Block of W Street.

Rhonda Ferns (GRD ’10) said she was walking on 38th Street at around 9 p.m. when she heard someone run up behind her.

A Georgetown student was allegedly verbally harassed with homophobic slurs at the intersection of S and 37th Streets early Saturday evening, according to a Metropolitan Police Department report.

Amidst a number of summer safety enhancements, including arming Department of Public Safety officers with long-awaited protective equipment, new leadership arrived at the department on June 1 in the form of DPS Director Jeffrey Van Slyke.

As the Class of 2008 commences its final weekend at Georgetown, the Senior Class Gift ensures a legacy of philanthropy within the Georgetown community.

At Senior Convocation yesterday, the SCC gave $34,273.12 in contributions to the Georgetown Fund, said Ben Jarrett, assistant director of the Office of Advancement. Last-minute donations, however, are still filtering in before graduation.

A student reported that he was assaulted and robbed at the corner of 33rd and O Streets shortly after midnight yesterday.

At around 12:15 a.m., according to the Metropolitan Police Department incident report, a white male in his early 20s approached the student and asked him for a cigarette. The victim told the suspect he did not smoke.

Avi Asher-Schapiro (SFS ’10) said guards in East Campus never make anyone swipe their GOCard.

Another resident, Shane Hickey (SFS ’10), said that the LXR GOCard machine was often out of commission.

Winnie Kuo, an exchange student, said that there are too many hidden entrances to LXR Hall.

And Henri Minion (SFS ’10) said he has seen security guards asleep at their post.

Two students reported burglaries in their LXR Hall rooms the day after an alleged armed sexual assault in the same building prompted the university to promise increased East Campus security.

Green business is good business, according to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg in a speech Tuesday in Gaston Hall.

Some alumni have questioned the university’s handling of the theft of a hard drive from the office of Student Affairs earlier this month, and some university officials have expressed concern over potential fallout with alumni.

Georgetown’s endowment size recently moved up three spots to 73rd in the country, but the university will come under increased scrutiny as Congress steps up oversight of university spending nationwide.