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GU Students Fundraise Thousands for Peers in Need Through Aid Fund

GU Students Fundraise Thousands for Peers in Need Through Aid Fund

By Grace Buono August 26, 2020

Georgetown University students have raised thousands of dollars to support peers facing financial distress during the fall semester as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to pummel the country’s most financially...

AMANDA VAN ORDER/THE HOYA Graduate Student workers voted to unionize after a yearlong push to receive recognition from the university

GAGE Ramps Up Pressure on University as Fall Negotiations Stall

By Samantha Sinutko August 18, 2020

Georgetown University’s graduate student union is launching a digital pressure campaign on administrators after reports that the university has refused to formally guarantee health and economic protections...

A Sneak Peek Into Your Semester Online

A Sneak Peek Into Your Semester Online

By Abigail Weintz and Abigail Weintz August 13, 2020

Due to the ongoing public health crisis, Georgetown has decided the majority of students will remain home for the fall 2020 semester. Hoyas received a taste of online learning during the spring of 2020,...

COURTESY GU POLITICS | Although this will be the first class of GU Politics fellows to work with students mostly virtually,

GU Politics Announces Fall 2020 Fellows Class, Celebrates 5th Anniversary

By Hansen Lian August 12, 2020

The Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service announced its 11th class of fellows, featuring two people who worked on 2020 presidential campaigns as well as four other experienced figures in...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Reexamine Blue and Gray

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Reexamine Blue and Gray

By Michael Donnay August 11, 2020

As statues honoring leaders of the Confederacy fall across the county and the United States again reckons with the way it memorializes its white supremacist past, Georgetown University must do the same....

VIEWPOINT: Meet All Students' Needs

VIEWPOINT: Meet All Students’ Needs

By Daniella Sanchez, Nicolo Ferretti, and Eric Bazail-Eimil August 6, 2020

On its website, Georgetown University’s Office of Student Financial Services boasts that it works “closely with both students and parents to ensure we meet your full demonstrated financial need,”...

Seniors Prepare for an Unconventional Start to Their Final Year

Seniors Prepare for an Unconventional Start to Their Final Year

By Moira Ritter July 23, 2020

As the start of the fall semester approaches, many Georgetown University seniors find themselves grappling with not being able to spend their final fall semester on campus with their classmates. Besides...

VIEWPOINT: Decrease Tuition Amid COVID-19

VIEWPOINT: Decrease Tuition Amid COVID-19

By Saba Nia July 5, 2020

Before I set up my bed or hung up my clothes, I placed a container of fresh dates on the gently whirring AC system of my freshman dorm room. After my parents left, flying 3,000 miles from one coast...

An Insider Look Into Georgetown’s Fall Planning

An Insider Look Into Georgetown’s Fall Planning

By Abigail Weintz and Abigail Weintz July 1, 2020

While undergraduate Hoyas are anxiously awaiting official word from Georgetown University as to its fall opening status, we at the 4E decided to take matters into our own hands. Using our expert team...

BASKETBALL | Eric Woolworth: Double Hoya and President of the Miami  Heat

BASKETBALL | Eric Woolworth: Double Hoya and President of the Miami Heat

By Grace Cohn June 10, 2020

Eric Woolworth’s (CAS ’87, LAW ’91) interest in basketball dates back to his early days as a Georgetown University student in the 1980s, watching Patrick Ewing (CAS ’85), Dikembe Mutombo (SLL...

HOMEMADE GOURMET: Crazy for Caprese

HOMEMADE GOURMET: Crazy for Caprese

By Isabella Xu June 6, 2020

In Boston, where I am originally from, the holy grail of Italian food is found in a neighborhood we call the North End, also known as Boston’s Little Italy. As you head 400 miles south to Washington,...

HOLLISTER: Advocate for Young Professionals

HOLLISTER: Advocate for Young Professionals

By Rebecca Hollister June 1, 2020

“Wait, you didn’t negotiate pay before you got the job?” I scrunched up my nose at hearing one of my former boss’s questions through my phone speaker. A few days prior, just after returning to...

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