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QUALLEN: For Disabled Students, The Struggle Continues

By Matthew Quallen February 26, 2015

Writing about the history of disability at Georgetown is hard because for most of the university’s history, nobody reported on the issue. Documents are scarce any time before the last decade. And yet...

Michelle Xu

5 Steps to Fight Ableism at Georgetown

By Lydia Brown November 18, 2014

In mid-September, both Copley elevators broke down, stranding every physically disabled student living on campus. After the Healey Family Student Center opened this semester, it took over a month for...

Clearing an Equal Path

By The Editorial Board October 17, 2014

As the student population returned to the Hilltop after the Columbus Day weekend, many discovered that the landscape of campus had fundamentally changed: The Reiss pathway, the entrance to Henle Village...

New GUSA Staff Named

By Madeleine Thornburn March 28, 2014

The release of the new Georgetown University Student Association executive staff appointments, resulting in the consolidation of two positions and the introduction of others, followed the inauguration...

GU Fossil Free Gathers Steam

By Madison Ashley September 20, 2013

GU Fossil Free — a student campaign asking Georgetown to divest from investments in fossil fuel companies — has gathered 1,400 signatures on a petition to hold a student-wide referendum on the issue...

GUSA Launches Student Tenant Advocacy Group

By Penny Hung July 25, 2013

As rising juniors dive into the search for senior year housing this summer, GUSA has taken steps to secure students’ rights off campus. The Georgetown Student Tenant Association, launched by the...

Walking for a Cause: BCAN 2013

Walking for a Cause: BCAN 2013

By KP and KP May 1, 2013

On May 4, 2013, the Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network (BCAN) – the first national organization dedicated to advocating bladder cancer research, support and education – will be holding a series of nationwide...

George Clooney Arrested at Protest

By The 4E Staff and The 4E Staff March 16, 2012

It's like a scene straight from Ocean's Eleven. Except replace a Las Vegas casino with the Sudanese Embassy here in D.C. and a gang of eleven robbers with Martin Luther King III and Reps. James Moran (D-Va.)...

From Blog Posts to Bills, Student Advocates for the Autistic

By Sarah Patrick January 19, 2012

For better or for worse, Lydia Brown's identity has been shaped in large part by her autism. "Autism affects every aspect of my life," she said. "I would completely not be me if I were not autistic." Drawing...

Advocacy Creates Resources for Student Vets

By Jonathan Gillis April 29, 2011

Alan Ardelean has a fire in his belly. For eight years, Ardelean channeled it into his work with the Marine Corps. He deployed twice, guarded several embassy posts and was on a number of security details...

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