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Word Wednesday: Zombieing

Word Wednesday: Zombieing

By Alessandra Puccio and Alessandra Puccio April 20, 2016

Lemme guess. You woke up last Friday, armed with a Saxby's iced coffee and ready to take on a heavy-lifting day of people watching on Healy Lawn. Your phone died late last night, so you haven't had a...

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The Georgetown University basketball team currently wears Nike apparel; Nike has been accused of violating workers' rights.

President DeGioia Addresses Nike Labor Disputes

By Madison Ashley April 19, 2016

Following an extended campaign spearheaded by student-athletes and the recommendations of the university’s Licensing Oversight Committee over the past few months, University President John J. DeGioia...

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In a rally organized by the Georgetown undergraduate journalism program, students gathered to demand that President Obama negotiate for Austin Tice’s release.

Georgetown Students Rally at White House for Austin Tice

By Christian Paz April 19, 2016

Georgetown students and other activists demonstrated outside the White House on Monday evening in an effort to pressure President Barack Obama to negotiate freedom for journalist Austin Tice (SFS ’02),...

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Queen Rania of Jordan introduced the screening of “Salam Neighbor,” a documentary on the experience of Syrian refugees in Jordan, in Gaston Hall on Thursday.

Queen of Jordan Advocates Refugees Rights in Film Event

By Riley Solter April 19, 2016

Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan advocated for better treatment of Syrian refugees and emphasized the gravity of the migrant crisis in a film screening for the award-winning documentary “Salam Neighbor”...

GULC Report Finds Undocumented Students Face Significant Obstacles

By Simon Carroll April 19, 2016

A report from the Georgetown Law Center’s Human Rights Institute outlines the obstacles that bar newly arrived children from Central America from accessing public education in the United States due to...

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Professor George Akerlof, winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in economics, spoke about his new book, ‘Phishing for Phools,’ the dangers of the free market and the benefits of deregulation at the Carroll Round’s second Professor Speaker Series in the McGhee Library.

Nobel Laureate Akerlof Talks Economic Theory

By Tara Subramaniam April 19, 2016

Professor of economics George Akerlof, the winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in economics, emphasized the dangers of free markets for consumers and the importance of deregulation in the 2008 financial...

Equal Pay Day Study Reveals D.C. Gender Wage Gap

By Lisa Burgoa April 19, 2016

There is a $1 billion chasm between the collective annual earnings of working women and their male counterparts in Washington, D.C., according to a new report published by D.C.-based nonprofit National...

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3616 N St. NW, popularly known as Brown House, will be repurposed from student housing to Office of the Provost uses for this fall.

Brown House to Be Converted to Administrative Use

By Jack Lynch and Ian Scoville April 19, 2016

Students have begun a petition to protest the administration’s repurposing of the townhouse at 3616 N St. NW, popularly known as Brown House, from student housing for administrative needs. The “Save...

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Over 1,000 participants, in 80 teams, participated in the ninth annual Relay for Life fundraising event, raising $138,000 and beating the $133,000 raised in 2015.

Relay for Life Returns With Higher Participation, Donations

By Marina Pitofsky April 19, 2016

Eighty teams with over 1,000 participants raised over $138,000 at Georgetown’s annual Relay for Life fundraiser to benefit the American Cancer Society Friday, breaking 2015’s total of $133,000. The...

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The Georgetown University Student Association senate passed a new campus redistricting proposal Sunday, adding the East and West Campus districts.

GUSA Senate Passes Campus Redistricting Proposal

By William Zhu April 19, 2016

The Georgetown University Student Association senate passed a new campus redistricting proposal, which consolidates the amount of GUSA senate districts from 11 to seven and increases the total number...

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The Transit Resource Center released an audit of the D.C. Circulator buses, finding potentially dangerous safety defects.

Audit Finds D.C. Circulator Safety Defects

By Matthew Larson April 19, 2016

An audit revealed significant safety defects, including malfunctioning brakes, on 95 percent of the 70 buses in the Washington, D.C. Circulator fleet, which transports five million riders per year. The...

Korean Ambassador Talks Career, Korean-United States Relationship

By Charlotte Allen April 19, 2016

Republic of Korea Ambassador to the United States Ahn Ho-Young (GRD ’83) emphasized the strong relationship between South Korea and the United States and Korea’s growing role in the world economy at...

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