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Referendum Advances DC Statehood

By May Teng November 18, 2016

Over 80 percent of the Washington, D.C. electorate voted in favor of D.C. statehood Nov. 8, advancing a measure to petition Congress to induct the District of Columbia as the 51st state. The four-part...

Facilities Workers Reject Proposed Contract

By Christian Paz November 18, 2016

Georgetown facilities workers rejected the university’s proposal to increase annual wages by 2 percent Wednesday, opening up the possibility of a general strike. In a two-part vote conducted Monday...

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Two Georgetown alumni, John Faso (R-NY) and Republican Francis Rooney from Florida (pictured), will join 22 other Hoyas as well as four other newly-elected alumni in the 115th Congress.

Q&A With Georgetown Alumni Elected to Congress

By Joe Egler November 18, 2016

In addition to four other Georgetown alumni newly elected to the U.S. House of Representatives on Nov. 8, Republicans John Faso of New York (LAW ’79) and Francis Rooney of Florida (CAS ’75, LAW...

Two Bias-Related Attacks Reported

By William Zhu November 18, 2016

Two Georgetown students were attacked in separate bias-related incidents off campus reported in the past week, according to a campuswide email from Georgetown University Police Department Chief Jay Gruber...

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David Simas, assistant to the president, argued that Republicans in Congress challenged President Barack Obama’s desire to collaborate during his term Wednesday.

Advisor Praises Obama Collaboration

By Alfredo Carrillo November 18, 2016

  President Barack Obama’s collaborative tendencies were put to the test by noncompliant Republicans in Congress during his second term, according to David Simas, assistant to the president...

Hellman Reflects on Vision, Election After First Year

By Tara Subramaniam November 18, 2016

Since he began his tenure as the dean of the School of Foreign Service in 2015, Joel Hellman has restructured the Dean’s Office, overseen the implementation of foreign language minors and begun preparations...

Club Advisory Boards Vote Against Endorsing Referendum

By Tala al Rajjal November 18, 2016

Representatives on the Council of Advisory Boards voted against endorsing a referendum to abolish the Georgetown University Student Association senate and replace it with a new elected assembly Nov. 11. The...

Panel Warns Possible Shifts in Military Transgender Policy

By Jeff Cirillo November 18, 2016

President-elect Donald Trump’s future administrative appointments could spark a significant rollback of transgender rights in the military, according to panelists hosted by the Georgetown LGBTQ Resource...

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Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) passed a package of legislation targeting tobacco use in the District this week.

GUMC Report Finds Cigarette Packaging Linked to Mortality

By Marina Pitofsky November 18, 2016

The use of graphic anti-smoking labels could drastically reduce the smoking mortality rate over the coming decades, according to a Georgetown University Medical Center study published Nov. 3 in the...

Students Protest Pipeline

By Tait Ryssdal November 18, 2016

Five members of the Georgetown University Native American Student Council protested the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline on Thursday in Red Square. The group silently demonstrated for...

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Anthropology Professor Mubbashir Rizvi, left, Refugees International Climate Displacement Program Manager Alice Thomas and Environmental Law Center attorney Sofia Yazykova urged immediate action to stop climate change.

Panel Urges Action on Climate Refugee Displacement

By Tanner Larkin November 18, 2016

Immediate action must be taken to stop climate change in light of environmentally induced displacement of refugees, according to a panel discussion organized by the Environmental Futures Initiative...

MPD Private Security Camera Program Looks to Expand

By Ben Goodman November 18, 2016

The Private Security Camera System Incentive Program has created a network of more than 1,000 security cameras on homes and businesses to help Washington, D.C. law enforcement monitor crime. The program,...

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