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Healy Pub Proposal Brews Student, Alumni Excitement

By Alice Maglio March 25, 2011

Although the historic Healy Pub dried up over 20 years ago, talk of a revival flowed freely across campus this week. One of 23 proposed allocations submitted to the Georgetown University Student Association...

Sporcle Popularity Apparent at GU

By Heather Sweet March 25, 2011

Georgetown students' avid Sporcling has landed the university a spot in the top 25 colleges that use the popular quiz website. This week, Georgetown made it up to no. 22 in Sporcle's college rankings,...

Cheh Rallies Against Campus Plan

By Danny Funt March 25, 2011

Mounting community opposition to the 2010 Campus Plan gained a new ally on March 17, when D.C. Councilmember Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3) declared her intention to testify against the proposal. Cheh made the...

GU Explores Islamic Identity

By Braden McDonald March 25, 2011

For Mariana Hernandez (COL '14), attending Wednesday's Muslim Students Association's Ask It! (Anonymously) event helped dispel the confusion she had about Islam. "I have a good friend who's Muslim....

App Lets Students Playing Waiting Game View GUTS Schedule

By Alice Maglio March 25, 2011

Tired of looking at Georgetown's transportation website every time he wanted to ride a GUTS bus, Chris Cronbaugh (COL '12) decided to create an application to check arrival times. Now with the new "Next...

Website Publishes College Application Essays

By Heather Flynn March 25, 2011

In the quest to receive an offer of admission from one of the nation's elite colleges, some students rack up bills paying for high-price counselors to aid them in writing the perfect essay, while others...

Uribe Protesters Return

By Lauren Weber March 24, 2011

A crowd of 15 students and activists gathered at the Mortara Center on Wednesday evening to protest a speech by former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Velez, rekindling the demonstrations that punctuated...

Burglars Strike on Bank Street

By Caitlin Mac Neal March 22, 2011

Burglars have struck at least two student homes on Bank Street between Prospect and M streets in the past few weeks. The latest burglary occurred Wednesday, according to Andrew Brewster (COL '11), whose...

Sugar and Spice: Georgetown Cupcake Not Nice for Neighbors

By Carly Graf March 22, 2011

Georgetown Cupcake is not all sugar and sprinkles, according to its student neighbors, who say the noise, traffic and trash generated by the popular M Street bakery have left a bad taste in their mouths. As...

Nevils Set for Summer Revamp

By Anne Skomba March 22, 2011

The Office of Student Housing announced in an email Monday night that a summer-long revamp of the Nevils apartment complex will start this May. "Improvements will include new heating and cooling...

HoyaInnovation Plans Big Ideas, Impact

By Anne Skomba March 22, 2011

A small but growing core of students is looking to make Georgetown an incubator for big ideas. The group of 15 undergraduates at the helm of HoyaInnovation are hoping to transform students' visions...

ACLU Plans to Sue Metro Over Random Bag Searches

By Sarah Kaplan March 22, 2011

Local chapters of the American Civil Liberties Union launched a campaign against the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's random bag search policy last month and are now considering a legal...

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