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Power Ranking of Drunk Epi Food

Power Ranking of Drunk Epi Food

By Sara Carioscia and Sara Carioscia October 8, 2015

We’ve all been there: a pregame, two frat parties and a post game later, the drunkenness is high but the nausea is even higher. We at 4E have compiled a list of foods that have saved our lives at Epi...

University Receives Historic $50 Million for Athletic Program, Field

By Toby Hung October 6, 2015

The university received an unprecedented $50 million donation today, the fourth-largest gift in its history and the largest in support of athletics. The gift, made by Peter and Susan Cooper of Newport...

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Nineteen percent of the student body voted in this year’s GUSA senate elections, with higher participation in underclassman districts. Nineteen percent of the electorate placed a vote for at-large candidates.

Election Turnout Plummets

By Tom Garzillo and Tala al Rajjal October 6, 2015

After an election season marked by low voter participation, 28 students, including three write-in candidates, were sworn into the Georgetown University Student Association senate Sunday. Nineteen percent...

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The D.C. Council has unanimously approved a first reading of a bill to reform the criminal justice system for juvenile offenders.

Council Bill Targets DC Violent Crime

By Marina Pitofsky October 6, 2015

The Council of the District of Columbia is currently considering the Neighborhood Engagement Achieves Results Act, which would attempt to reduce violent crime by approaching it as an issue of public...

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Vice President for Government Relations and Community Engagement Chris Murphy and professor Uwe Brandes will lead Georgetown’s partnership with the White House MetroLab Network, which aims to connect university research with local city leaders nationwide.

University Joins White House Data Project

By Charlotte Allen October 6, 2015

Georgetown partnered with the White House Smart Cities Initiative on Sept. 14, joining the MetroLab Network, a program that aims to promote university and city collaboration across the nation. The White...

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Georgetown scored first place out of universities in the D.C. region in the annual Car Free Day challenge on Sept. 22, in which 500 members of the community opted out of driving to campus.

GU Wins Car Free Challenge

By Gaia Mattiace October 6, 2015

With the participation of more than 500 members of the community, Georgetown won the Car Free Day College Campus Challenge, a competition between five universities in the Washington, D.C. region designed...

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A joint effort between multiple university offices, including the Office of Sustainability, HoyaCycle launched Sept. 25 and provides 10 bikes for rental to students

Bicycle Rental Program HoyaCycle Launches

By Susannah Price October 6, 2015

The Center for Student Engagement, Outdoor Education and the Office of Sustainability collaborated to create HoyaCycle, a bicycle rental pilot program, that launched Sept. 25. The program will enter...

Wolf, Goldman Receive University Recognition

By Patricja Okuniewska October 6, 2015

Chemistry professor Christian Wolf and theater professor and Artistic Director of the Davis Performing Arts Center Derek Goldman will receive the President’s Awards for Distinguished Scholar-Teachers...

Financial Leaders Discuss German Reunification

By Taylor Harding October 6, 2015

In commemoration of the 25th anniversary of German reunification, former World Bank President Robert Zoellick and former German Federal Finance Minister Theo Waigel discussed the continued implications...

DCPS Debuts Curriculum

By Ian Scoville October 6, 2015

As part of the Cornerstones Initiative introduced this year by District of Columbia Public Schools, all Washington, D.C., public school second-graders will be taught how to ride a bike. Cornerstones aims...

Sanomi Shares Entrepreneurship Experience

By Syed Humza Moinuddin October 6, 2015

Nigerian entrepreneur Igho Sanomi discussed the rise of entrepreneurship and the challenges faced by business owners in Africa at an event in the Mortara Center on Wednesday. Sponsored by the School of...

The Seven Standard Snapchats

The Seven Standard Snapchats

By Mike Radice and Mike Radice October 5, 2015

If you aren’t a fan of Snapchat, reevaluate your life decisions. No other means of communication can get the job done. What job, you may ask? It’s whatever you want it to be. There are hundreds of...

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