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Best of Georgetown's Facebook Meme Page

Best of Georgetown’s Facebook Meme Page

By Joseph O’Reilly and Joseph O’Reilly March 27, 2017

For the past several months, meme culture has permeated the very fabric of American society. Everywhere you look, there are dank (or not so dank) memes. Despite the seemingly ubiquitous nature of memery,...

An Ode to John Thompson III

An Ode to John Thompson III

By Charlie Fritz and Charlie Fritz March 26, 2017

Well Hoyas, those of you who actually pay attention to the real news and not any of those alternative facts know that last Thursday, our beloved men's basketball coach, John Thompson III, was dismissed...

Other Things at Georgetown That Should Be Fired

Other Things at Georgetown That Should Be Fired

By Mike Radice and Mike Radice March 24, 2017

We were beginning to think change was impossible. That was, of course, until it happened yesterday. Coach John Thompson III was not able to answer the question "Who Do You Know Here?" and was denied...

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Two bias related incidents have been reported over the last two days.

Bias-Related Vandalism Targets Religious Groups

By Jeff Cirillo March 24, 2017

The Georgetown University Police Department and university officials are investigating graffiti of swastikas in Village C West and the removal of Muslim and Hindu flyers from chaplain-in-residence...

‘Welcoming the Stranger’ Panel Focuses on Refugees

By Isabelle Groenewegen March 24, 2017

In response to President Donald Trump’s executive orders on immigration, the Catholic Church should welcome refugees and immigrants, according to a panel of speakers Monday evening in Gaston Hall. The...

Clubs Express Concerns Over Leavey Renovations

By Ben Goodman March 24, 2017

Planned renovations to the Leavey Center this summer potentially pose major changes for the Georgetown University Alumni and Student Federal Credit Union and Students of Georgetown, Inc. storefronts,...

GUSA Senator Proposes Increase in Student Activities Fee

By Ben Goodman March 24, 2017

The Georgetown University Student Association senate’s Finance and Appropriations Committee Chair Owen Hayes (COL ’18) has proposed a $41 increase in the annual student activities fee, which would...

DC Reacts to Trump’s Federal Budget Proposal

By Hannah Urtz March 24, 2017

President Donald Trump’s proposed federal budget is expected to cost the Washington, D.C. government approximately $103 million and could cut about 120 public-sector jobs, hindering affordable housing...

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Freedom Hall will be renamed Isaac Hawkins Hall after the first slave who was listed in a record of the sale of the 272 slaves that benefitted Georgetown.

University to Rename Freedom Hall

By Ian Scoville March 24, 2017

The university plans to rename Freedom Hall as Isaac Hawkins Hall in late April, in honor of the first enslaved person recorded in the 1838 sale of the 272 slaves that benefitted Georgetown. University...

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Student organizations and outside businesses will be required to install their own Wi-Fi service in order to maintain compliance with new credit card industry regulations.

Student Groups Required To Install Own Wi-Fi

By Emma Kotfica March 24, 2017

Student organizations and outside businesses on campus accepting credit card payments will be required to provide their own Wi-Fi service next year to maintain compliance with credit card industry-imposed...

Georgetown Endowment Drops 3 Percent, Remains Lowest of Top 20 Schools

By Matthew Trunko March 24, 2017

The university’s endowment declined 3 percent from about $1.53 billion to $1.48 billion between fiscal years 2015 and 2016, according to a report of U.S. and Canadian university endowments conducted...

District Set to Become 1st City With Green Bank

By Alex Mooney March 24, 2017

Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) announced March 15 that she is requesting funds from the D.C. Council to establish a green bank to aid the District’s clean energy efforts. This would make the...

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