While most of us were in the midst of cramming for exams and drinking countless cups of coffee to stay awake last December, the House of Representatives passed the Jobs for Main Street Act. According to...
This February's Syracuse-like winter weather inconvenienced students, faculty and staff alike. The university and its employees should be commended for staying ahead of the storm, keeping sidewalks clean...
Who do you choose in a battle between experience and fresh thinking? This year's Georgetown University Student Association presidential election pits achievement against untested but impressive enthusiasm....
In the days when I was a registered Independent, I used to say that the Christian right scared me away from the Republicans, and the Democrats' powerful union allies made me queasy. As I'm now fully aware,...
First, I want to thank Provost James O'Donnell for his efforts during what surely must be a stressful week. He and his staff are to be commended for their continued efforts to make our Georgetown learning...
I will never forget my first Georgetown University Student Association Senate meeting as a newly elected senator in my junior year. We went to an ornate room in Healy Hall and congratulated each other...
Snow days are magical.
As a kid growing up in Chicago, I cherished snow days because they were so elusive. There was not lack of snow, but the city was well bolstered against most types of weather attacks....
While Georgetown students are told that they can specialize in almost any imaginable combination of subjects, there is one course of study that they cannot avoid: competition. Students and faculty alike...
Georgetown has been at the forefront of an historic campaign for worker justice, worker rights and the legal accountability of corporations in Latin America. One year ago, Georgetown students and Honduran...
Last September, the House of Representatives passed the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009, which increased the maximum amount of Pell Grant awards and converts all federal student loans...
"In a perfect world, we wouldn't have to go through those two weeks again." Those were the words of incumbent Georgetown University Student Association Vice President Jason Kluger, who spoke of the campaign...
Seven years ago this month, my 15-year-old cousin, Alex, was skiing with six of his classmates in the mountains east of Vancouver, Canada. The young skiers - bright students from a prep school in Calgary...
