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Invalidated Senate Referendum Secured Enough Votes to Pass

By Jeff Cirillo and Caroline Hyer February 24, 2017

Last December’s Georgetown University Student Association club funding referendum, which was later invalidated, would have been approved by more than a two-third margin, according to the results...

Study Ranks Georgetown Low for Free Speech

By Matthew Trunko February 24, 2017

Georgetown University was included in a list of the 10 worst colleges for free speech compiled by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education based on free speech cases the foundation has worked...

Pentagon Whistleblower Advocates the Merits of Leaks

By Giovanna Azevedo February 24, 2017

The leaking of classified information is in the national interest, according to Daniel Ellsberg, the former Pentagon employee responsible for leaking the Pentagon Papers, at a symposium discussing...

Unsung Heroes Plans New Chapters, National Expansion

By Matthew Larson February 24, 2017

Unsung Heroes is expanding nationwide from its Georgetown roots to include more than 10 different chapters at universities across the country starting at the end of March. Schools including Syracuse...

DC Council Considers Youth Rehabilitation Act Reforms

By Isabelle Groenewegen February 24, 2017

The Washington, D.C. Council is considering proposals to reform the Youth Rehabilitation Act after a series of investigations conducted by The Washington Post found that the policy failed to prevent young...

Students Aim to Restore Tombstones of 272 Slaves

By Matthew Larson February 24, 2017

Students have launched the Tombstone Restoration Initiative to raise $1,200 in the next two months to restore the identifiable tombstones of members of the 272 slaves whom Georgetown sold in 1838. Ayodele...

Petition for Georgetown to Sponsor Refugees Launches

By Madeline Charbonneau February 24, 2017

About 300 students have signed a petition to make Georgetown the first U.S. Catholic university to sponsor a family of refugees as part of new refugee advocacy group Heed the Call. The petition, launched...

Georgetown University Medical Center to Conduct Study on Fertility App

By Emma Kotfica February 24, 2017

The Georgetown University Medical Center’s Institute for Reproductive Health partnered with Cycle Technologies to conduct a yearlong study in real time, the first of its kind, on a fertility tracking...

Olympians Highlight Resilience in Face of Adversity

By Madeline Charbonneau February 24, 2017

Overcoming obstacles to achieve success is the most valuable aspect of competition, according to Olympians Charlie Buckingham (COL ’11) and Michelle Konkoly (COL ’15) in a talk in Copley Formal...

Georgetown Medical Student Club Promotes Awareness for Students Without Documentation

By Alex Mooney February 24, 2017

Georgetown University Medical Center students launched a group last fall to raise awareness among medical students and administrators about the experiences of students without documentation. The group,...

Georgetown Receives Grant to Study Racial Justice

By Lily Steinberg February 24, 2017

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, a private organization offering grants in part to colleges and universities, granted Georgetown University $1.5 million to help establish new racial justice initiatives...

125 Substitutes for Season Tickets

125 Substitutes for Season Tickets

By Alessandra Puccio and Alessandra Puccio February 23, 2017

New year, new team? Maybe not, but we can only hope for the best when it comes to our men's basketball team. The team has had a long road. From winning to NCAA championship in 1984 to not even making the...

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