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Professor’s Book Highlights Power of Citizenry in Constitutional Change

By Gaia Mattiace April 8, 2016

Georgetown University Law Center professor David C. Cole argued that citizenry drives constitutional change more than the U.S. Supreme Court justices in his book “Engines of Liberty: The Power of Citizen...

Spring Concert Reveal: W-- K-----?!

Spring Concert Reveal: W– K—–?!

By Jenna Clifford and Jenna Clifford April 7, 2016

All along the Eastern shore.... people line up to recieve/ She got the power in her hand/ To shock you like you won't believe/ Saw her in the Mcdonough line/ With the Voltage running through her skin [....] I...

Real or Fake: Stall Seat Journal

Real or Fake: Stall Seat Journal

By Keaton O’Neil and Keaton O’Neil April 7, 2016

This article isn’t about which GU bathrooms are the best (Regents) and which are the worst (Reiss), but about the treasures you find inside them: the Stall Seat Journal. Not to be confused with the Wall...

Reading Today's Media: Starting the Dialogue for Young Women

Reading Today’s Media: Starting the Dialogue for Young Women

By Max Wheeler and Max Wheeler April 7, 2016

Given the fact that you are reading 4E, it's clear you care about accurate, hard-hitting stories written by Hoyas with incredible journalistic integrity. However, it's probably safe to say you also read...

M Street Temporarily Widens Sidewalks

By Aly Pachter April 7, 2016

The Georgetown Business Improvement District has begun temporarily expanding the sidewalks of M Street NW by eight feet every Saturday and Sunday to accommodate increased foot traffic, beginning the weekend...

DC Schools Project Love

DC Schools Project Love

By Molly Hamilton and Molly Hamilton April 5, 2016

When I set foot on Healy Lawn at the first CAB Fair, I almost passed out. It wasn’t just because there was free pizza AND free cupcakes at my disposal. It was primarily because the options of clubs to...

ITAL 101 Study Guide

ITAL 101 Study Guide

By Mike Radice and Mike Radice April 5, 2016

Scary newsflash. Classes are winding down in the next few weeks, and that can only mean one thing: finals (and a lot of ice cream and late-night Epi runs). In case you're already feeling overwhelmed by...

Five Possible Dining Alone Scenarios at Leo's

Five Possible Dining Alone Scenarios at Leo’s

By Jenna Clifford and Jenna Clifford April 5, 2016

They say that the enemy of success is comfort. Leo’s is likely to be a place you find yourself often — and if not poopoo for you, because Leo’s is HOT. The triumphant marketing team’s latest...

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College Dean Chester Gillis recently announced he would step down in June 2017. He plans on taking a yearlong sabbatical before returning to Georgetown’s theology department.

Gillis Reflects on Term

By Sarah Griffin April 5, 2016

From hosting intimate conversations with first-year students over dinner at his home to promoting increased racial awareness through the development of an African American studies major, College Dean...

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Former World Bank economist Joel Hellman took on the role of School of Foreign Service Dean with plans to innovate and expand.

Q&A: Hellman on the Future of the SFS

By Kshithij Shrinath April 5, 2016

The School of Foreign Service announced former World Bank Chief Institutional Economist Joel Hellman as its new dean in April 2015. As Hellman, who officially took over the role in July, reaches the...

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A report recently revealed that due to D.C.’s lack of statehood, many female inmates are unable to be housed in District prisons.

District’s Female Inmates Dispersed

By Lucy Prout April 5, 2016

Women in the Washington, D.C. prison system face unique challenges as a result of the District’s lack of statehood status, with hundreds of women convicted of local crimes incarcerated far from their...

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Health Education Services sexual assault specialist Jennifer Wiggins and CAPS sexual trauma specialist Erica Shirley addressed misconceptions of intimate-partner violence at a roundtable discussion in the Intercultural Center on Thursday.

Specialists Dispel Misconceptions on Partner Violence

By Lisa Burgoa April 5, 2016

  Sexual trauma specialist at Georgetown’s Counseling and Psychiatric Services Erica Shirley and sexual assault specialist at Health Education Services Jennifer Wiggins dispelled myths about...

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