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With Marriage Pact, Students Shoot for the Moon for Puny Chance of Love

With Marriage Pact, Students Shoot for the Moon for Puny Chance of Love

By Sofia Nathoo May 6, 2021

“Would you rather leave someone at the altar or be left at the altar?” The answer to this question and 49 others matched Georgetown University students with their optimal romantic partners through...

GU Mutual Aid Confronts Economic Disparities Through Community Care

GU Mutual Aid Confronts Economic Disparities Through Community Care

By Alice Bolandhemat April 30, 2021

When insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol, many Georgetown University students living in the District found themselves in emotional and financial distress as they watched stores and businesses throughout...

Old Dogs, New Clicks: Senior Auditors Hit the Books, Make Online Friends in Year of Zoom

Old Dogs, New Clicks: Senior Auditors Hit the Books, Make Online Friends in Year of Zoom

By Kendel Barber April 23, 2021

On the very first day Georgetown University classes went online in the spring 2020 semester, Ori Soltes, a professor at the Center for Jewish Civilization, had a lighthearted moment with a senior auditor...

H*yas for Choice Reinvents Reproductive Justice, Sexual Health for a Virtual Environment

H*yas for Choice Reinvents Reproductive Justice, Sexual Health for a Virtual Environment

By Eva Sofia Esposito April 15, 2021

What happens to a club known for handing out free contraceptives when campus life grinds to a halt because of COVID-19? To Josie Mills (COL ’21), one of two directors of advocacy and organizing for...

Logistical Hurdles, Inconclusive Results at COVID-19 Testing Sites Complicate Students’ Lives Around Georgetown

Logistical Hurdles, Inconclusive Results at COVID-19 Testing Sites Complicate Students’ Lives Around Georgetown

By Allie Altshule March 26, 2021

When Samantha Helffrich (COL ’22) was waiting on her COVID-19 test results from Georgetown University, she received an email from a university employee instead of a typical One Medical app notification...

Students Seek Cultural Immersion, Social Activism Through Spanish at Project Olas

Students Seek Cultural Immersion, Social Activism Through Spanish at Project Olas

By Adam Hamdan March 19, 2021

Amid the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic, Carly Kabot (SFS ’23) found solace in her weekly Spanish language lessons, where she would have hourlong conversations with Rosaura, a mom who works at...

GAGE Empowers Students in the Fight for Workers’ Protections

GAGE Empowers Students in the Fight for Workers’ Protections

By Kirsten Garino and Harrison McBride March 5, 2021

To Marya Hannun, an eighth-year Islamic studies doctoral student, the lack of institutional support for graduate students at Georgetown University became clear when she found out her mother had been diagnosed...

The New Lau? Georgetown Offers WeWork as Alternative Study Option to Students

The New Lau? Georgetown Offers WeWork as Alternative Study Option to Students

By Emily Scheibe February 26, 2021

For first-year student Brandon Wu (SFS ’24), who lives in the suburbs of Houston, finding a space for schoolwork has not been easy, especially as winter storms rolling across Texas have eliminated the...

International Students Find New Meaning, Hope in Celebrating Lunar New Year at Home

International Students Find New Meaning, Hope in Celebrating Lunar New Year at Home

By Liam Scott February 25, 2021

Although Jenny Chung (NHS ’23) spent this Lunar New Year quarantining at her home in Seoul, South Korea, being able to spend extra time with her parents and reconnect with her Korean identity made it...

Professors Struggle With Dependent Care, Lack of University Support Amid COVID-19

Professors Struggle With Dependent Care, Lack of University Support Amid COVID-19

By Katie Bootsma and Julia Staley February 19, 2021

After the abrupt shift to online learning in March, theology professor Erin Cline found herself stretched thin between teaching classes at Georgetown University, caring for three young children — two...

Georgetown Restaurants Fight For Survival as Pandemic Wears On

Georgetown Restaurants Fight For Survival as Pandemic Wears On

By Joyce Yang February 12, 2021

As Washington, D.C., enacted COVID-19 shutdown orders last March, John Tran, the owner of the Vietnamese restaurant Simply Banh Mi on Wisconsin Avenue, was left scrambling as uncertainty swirled and customers...

First-Years Flock to D.C. To Mimic College Life at Any Cost

First-Years Flock to D.C. To Mimic College Life at Any Cost

By Daya Benami Narasimhan February 4, 2021

As Georgetown University first-year Dylan Arkowitz (COL ’24) watched his high school friends’ universities announce plans over the summer to allow first-years back on campus, he felt hopeful about...

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