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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

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SAC Amends Funding Guidelines

By Alice Maglio April 19, 2011

The Student Activities Commission passed an amendment to its funding guidelines Monday night allowing student groups to formally appeal programming arcs, sanctions and event approvals through the Center...

Sekou Biddle: The Key to Engaging Students in the DC Argument

By The Editorial Board April 19, 2011

After passing the now-infamous Disorderly Conduct Amendment Act in January, the D.C. Council proved that it had failed its student constituents by imposing noise laws that blatantly target the young adult...

Arizona Votes for Guns on Campus

By Mike Berardo April 15, 2011

The Arizona House of Representatives passed a bill last Thursday requiring public universities to allow students to carry concealed weapons on campus. Though the bill does not permit weapons in buildings...

DC Reads’ Education Week Tackles Achievement Gap

By Mariah Byrne April 15, 2011

This week DC Reads brought its mission from Wards 7 and 8 to Georgetown's front gates with its first annual Education Week. Through Education Week, DC Reads hoped to translate the necessary connection...

Religious Space Set To Open

By Anne Skomba April 15, 2011

The Office of Campus Ministry will expand on-campus worship space in an attempt to meet the growing needs of the university's religious communities. Fr. Kevin O'Brien, S.J., the executive director...

Medical Funds For Research Running Dry

By Braden McDonald April 15, 2011

Researchers at the Georgetown University Medical Center are facing the highest funding pressures in recent years. GUMC researchers said that recent federal budget cuts to the National Institutes of...

Nevils Renovations Will Target Remaining Asbestos

By Upasana Kaku April 15, 2011

Major renovations to the Nevils apartment complex this summer will include the removal of asbestos from the building, according to Vice President for Facilities and Student Housing Karen Frank. "It's...

Zoning Hearing: Administrators Stand Firm on Campus Plan

By Anne Skomba and Jacqueline Wangel April 15, 2011

The university presented its revised 2010 Campus Plan Thursday night to five D.C. Zoning Commissioners, as well as students and residents of the Georgetown, Burleith and Foxhall neighborhoods. The hearing...

Proposed MCAT Changes Lengthen Test

By Heather Flynn April 11, 2011

The MCAT, a dreaded step aspiring physicians must take when applying to medical school, may present a new challenge for the Class of 2016. The Association of American Medical Colleges recently released...

Tutees Bounce Around Campus at Spring Fling

By Lauren Weber April 10, 2011

About 300 D.C. Public Schools students headed to Copley Lawn on Sunday for Spring Fling, a chance for DC Reads and DC Schools Project tutors to inject some carnival fun into their students' weekend. Accompanied...

DPS Organizes Safety Summit

By Peter Fulham April 7, 2011

Participants at Crime Prevention Summits on Tuesday and Wednesday got tips on keeping their property safe and some started taking action by registering their bikes and laptops. The Southwest Quad Community...

RJC to Launch with Elections

By Anne Skomba April 7, 2011

Georgetown's Residential Judicial Council will hold its first-ever elections next week, aiming to transform the campus' perception of the organization. The council, which was put on hiatus this year...

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