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Midnight in Red Square: 2015 GUSA Executive Race Begins

By Katherine Richardson February 5, 2015

The 2015 Georgetown University Student Association executive race began at the stroke of midnight today, as five campaigns vied for advertising space in Red Square at the start of the official campaign...

Professor Discusses Leadership

By Giovanna Azevedo February 5, 2015

Russian Presidential Academy Department Chair of Global Leadership Studies and Georgetown University and New York University visiting professor Sam Potolicchio shared his tips on leadership Tuesday at...

Philosopher Discusses the Baby Lottery

By Owen Eagan February 5, 2015

Philosopher Jake Earl (GRD ’12) questioned the idea that parents have the moral right to raise their own children in the latest installment of the weekly Friday Bioethics Series in the Bioethics Research...

The Gift that Keeps on Giving: Yik Yak Contest

The Gift that Keeps on Giving: Yik Yak Contest

By Marina Smith and Marina Smith February 5, 2015

There is nothing college students love more than finding new ways to procrastinate and getting free stuff. With that premise in mind, Yik Yak is holding a contest at Georgetown for students to win #free...

The Five Stages of the GAAP Facebook Group

The Five Stages of the GAAP Facebook Group

By Max Wheeler and Max Wheeler February 5, 2015

Perhaps the only thing that connects and unites each and every class on campus are our respective GAAP Facebook groups. We eagerly joined them right after being accepted into Georgetown, hesitantly began to...

Friends: A Retrospective

Friends: A Retrospective

By Courtney Klein and Courtney Klein February 3, 2015

It has officially been over a month since Friends took Netflix by storm. One month, and so much has changed. Here is the deal: Ten seasons + 236 episodes + 6 friends = The destruction of my social...

The Good, the Bad, the Ugly: Private Bathrooms

The Good, the Bad, the Ugly: Private Bathrooms

By Maeve Cleary and Maeve Cleary February 3, 2015

The Good: All upperclassmen can attest to the fact that having your own bathroom is quite a luxury. To all you freshmen: your day will come, I promise. And to all you horribly unlucky sophomores that...

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Provost Robert Groves has created an committee to encourage campus-wide discussion about diversity and inclusion.

Committee To Address Diversity

By Ashwin Puri February 3, 2015

Provost Robert Groves announced Wednesday the establishment of a standing committee on diversity comprised of select students, faculty and administrators to be housed in the Office of the Provost. “The...

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Almost half of the rooms in the Georgetown Hotel will be converted into dorms.

Hotel Conversion Scheduled for May

By Daniel Silbert February 3, 2015

The university will begin converting the second and third floors of the Georgetown University Hotel and Conference Center into student dorms in May 2015, four months before students will move into...

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The first-ever Multicultural Week, hosted by GUSA’s Multicultural Council in coordination with student organizations, celebrated diversity around campus from Jan. 27 to Feb. 1.

Week Celebrates Multiculturalism

By Andrew Wallender February 3, 2015

About 300 students participated in the first ever Multicultural Week, which celebrated the diversity of cultures on campus and ran Jan. 27 to Feb. 1. The week was hosted by the Georgetown University...

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Harbin Hall was awarded for winning the "Switch It Off" pledge.

Harbin Residents Win Energy Conservation Challenge

By Anna Riley February 3, 2015

The Switch It Off Challenge, a five-week-long competition between the four freshman dorms to increase sustainability efforts, announced Harbin Hall as its winner on Thursday at an award ceremony in...

Georgetown Tops Foreign Policy Rankings

By Charlotte Allen February 3, 2015

Georgetown’s graduate international affairs programs and Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service program were ranked first and fourth in the nation, respectively, for the study of international affairs,...

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