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EDITORIAL: Resist DC Federal Occupation, Speak Up for GU Community Members

EDITORIAL: Resist DC Federal Occupation, Speak Up for GU Community Members

By The Editorial Board September 4, 2025

As new and returning students made their way to Georgetown University’s campus, a welcome-back barbecue and the promise of new classes awaited. Yet this year, students were also greeted with the threatening...

NGUYEN: Reframe Gossip Culture

NGUYEN: Reframe Gossip Culture

By Julia Nguyen September 4, 2025

When my parents visited me at college for the first time, they were impressed by how many people I greeted on the way from the front gates to my dorm. It’s one of the things I love about Georgetown:...

RAO: Remain Focused on Campus Changes, GUSA

RAO: Remain Focused on Campus Changes, GUSA

By Saahil Rao September 4, 2025

I’ve been struck recently, walking around campus, by the appearance of a number of “Fight Fascism” posters. These posters, very rightfully lambasting Trump for deployment of the National Guard and...

VIEWPOINT: Build on RA Union's Success

VIEWPOINT: Build on RA Union’s Success

By Sam Lovell April 26, 2025

On a warm spring evening late last year, I joined a group of students to celebrate what would ultimately be one of the most meaningful moments of my undergraduate career: the unionization of Georgetown...

VIEWPOINT: Vote No, Honor Academic Freedom

VIEWPOINT: Vote No, Honor Academic Freedom

We are concerned with the referendum that the Georgetown University Student Association (GUSA) put forth for the undergraduate student body to vote on from April 26 to 28. The referendum, titled “ACT...

VIEWPOINT: Stay on the Record, Keep Resisting Self-Censorship

VIEWPOINT: Stay on the Record, Keep Resisting Self-Censorship

By Clayton Kincade April 26, 2025

When I write, I have one primary goal: I want you to bleed. I want the knife of my words to cut your soul and leave you there wondering how to fix the emotional mess.  At my worst, I am a plastic kitchen...

VIEWPOINT: Include Students in Campus Decisions

VIEWPOINT: Include Students in Campus Decisions

By Naveen Shah and Pratik Jacob April 26, 2025

As seniors on Georgetown University’s College Academic Council (CAC), we’ve collaborated with professors, deans and university stakeholders for four years. As first-years, we led the successful charge...

NGUYEN: Savor the Search for Green Light

NGUYEN: Savor the Search for Green Light

By Julia Nguyen April 26, 2025

“I’m waiting for it, that green light, I want it.” These lyrics from Lorde’s “Green Light” rang in my head when I returned to Georgetown University for the Spring semester of my first year....

EDITORIAL: Cautiously Support GUSA at Halfway

EDITORIAL: Cautiously Support GUSA at Halfway

By The Editorial Board April 26, 2025

After campaigning on an expansive platform spanning reforms to meal plans, installing swings and faithful communication between GUSA and the student body, Georgetown University Student Association (GUSA)...

VIEWPOINT: Strive for Truth, Never Yield

VIEWPOINT: Strive for Truth, Never Yield

By Evie Steele April 11, 2025

I was in high school when I first read Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s 1833 poem “Ulysses,” which chronicles the title character’s reflection on his years of travel, as recorded in Homer’s “Odyssey.”...

VIEWPOINT: Reject Weaponization of Jewish Identity, Stand with Khan Suri

VIEWPOINT: Reject Weaponization of Jewish Identity, Stand with Khan Suri

This statement was co-authored by an ad hoc group of Jewish students, faculty and staff of Georgetown University, including Jason Goodman (GRD ’26), Sarah Minion (LAW ’26), Emma Pinto (LAW ’27),...

VIEWPOINT: Vote Against the GUSA Divestment Referendum

VIEWPOINT: Vote Against the GUSA Divestment Referendum

By Jacob Callahan April 11, 2025

On April 14, Georgetown University students will vote on a measure titled “An ACT OF REFERENDUM to Establish Transparency Regarding Investments Made by the University AND Demand Georgetown Uphold Its...

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