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Metro is using a program called MyTripTime to measure the duration of customers’ trips, taking into account the times of getting to the train, waiting on the platform, transfers and the walk to the exit in its estimate.

Metro Fulfills Rush Hour Promise

By Sarah Mendelsohn February 1, 2018

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority launched its Rush Hour Promise program Friday, a new initiative that will credit customers for delays of 15 minutes or more. Just three days into the...

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Senator Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), left, discussed the decline of bipartisanship with Mo Elleithee, the executive director of the Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service.

Senator Flake Voices Concerns About ‘Vanishing Middle’ in National Politics

By Madeline Charbonneau January 31, 2018

Senator Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) emphasized the importance of bipartisan cooperation and his concern for the “vanishing middle” in an event hosted by the Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service...

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Firefighters responded to a laundry fire in Henle Village on Tuesday evening.

Plastic in Dryer Causes Henle Village Fire

By Jeff Cirillo January 31, 2018

Firefighters responded to a laundry fire in the Henle Village apartment complex Tuesday evening caused by plastic left in a dryer. Henle residents were evacuated around 7:03 p.m., while at least...

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Mayor Muriel Bowser (D-D.C.) promoted her administration's progress on higher education and homelessness in her fourth State of the District address.

Mayors and Business Leaders Launch Affordable Housing Coalition

By Katrina Schmidt January 31, 2018

Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) joined mayors and CEOs from across the country Jan. 25 to launch Mayors and CEOs for U.S. Housing Investment, a coalition working to address issues of affordable...

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Hoya Hacks Celebrates Student Ingenuity

By Kara Tippins January 30, 2018

Typeface, a device that helps recovering permanently or temporarily near-paralyzed individuals communicate with their loved ones, took first place at the 36-hour Hoya Hacks competition this weekend, an...

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Kenneth Wollack, president of the National Democratic Institute said he classified himself as a political optimist despite the current negative trends in worldwide democracy that are causing others in his field to worry.

Thinktank Leaders Discuss Decline of American Freedoms

By Emma Kotfica January 29, 2018

Global political and economic conflicts pose a threat to democracy, according to Annie Wilcox Boyajian, the lead advocacy manager at Freedom House, an independent organization that ranks countries based...

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Music critic Anthony Fontana talked about the future of music promotion and its links to internet meme culture in a Jan. 25 event.

Music Critic: Memes Are the ‘Future of Music Promotion’

By Joe Egler January 29, 2018

Memes are the future of the music promotion business because they help connect artists with their fans, American professional music critic Anthony Fantano said at an event hosted by the Georgetown University...

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Students are able to take part in the interactive exhibit and experience a simulated version of solitary confinement through virtual reality goggles in the ICC.

Solitary Confinement Simulation Explores Incarceration Issues

By Katrina Schmidt January 26, 2018

A two-weeklong exhibit simulating the experience of solitary confinement is on display in the Intercultural Center as part of the Georgetown University Prisons and Justice Initiative’s most recent efforts...

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Four Students from Eliot-Hine Middle School in Washington, D.C., travelled to Pasadena, Calif., with their school radio adviser, Mandrell Birks, to cover the 49th annual NAACP Image Awards.

DC Middle Schoolers Report on NAACP Awards

By Bella Avalos and Madeline Charbonneau January 26, 2018

Four middle school students from Ward 6’s Eliot-Hine Middle School radio program covered the 49th Annual NAACP Image Awards in Pasadena, Calif., on Jan. 15. The students acted as news correspondents...

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Georgetown University Student Association mental health advocates are fundraising for an off-campus therapy stipend program through Saxafund.

GUSA Seeks Donations for Therapy Stipend Program

By Elizabeth Ash January 26, 2018

Student mental health advocates are aiming to raise $4,000 for a pilot program to fund off-campus therapy for lower-income students through Saxafund, a crowdfunding platform for Georgetown University student...

ALYSSA ALFONSO FOR THE HOYA Kober-Cogan, located between the Leavey Center and the MedStar parking lot, was closed indefinitely in May 2010 after the discovery of mold in the building

Kober-Cogan Demolition Begins

By Will Cassou January 25, 2018

The demolition process for the Kober-Cogan Building began Monday with the installation of a fenced perimeter around the building and parts of the adjacent parking lot as the first stage of construction...

GEORGETOWN INSTITUTE OF POLITICS AND PUBLIC SERVICE Left to right: Georgetown University Law Professor Sheila Foster; Mayor Francis Suarez (R) of Miami, FL; Mayor Lydia Mihalik (R) of Findlay, Ohio;  Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D) of South Bend, Indiana

Millennial Mayors Discuss Practical Politics

By Owen Eagan January 25, 2018

Collaboration between local leaders across the United States is crucial to addressing both local and national challenges, Mayors Francis Suarez (R) of Miami, Fla., Pete Buttigieg (D) of South Bend, Ind.,...

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