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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

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GUSA Senate to Institute Stricter Attendance Policies

GUSA Senate to Institute Stricter Attendance Policies

By Akashdiya Chakraborty April 28, 2022

The Georgetown University Student Association (GUSA) Senate unanimously passed an amendment to the senate bylaws aiming to more strictly enforce attendance at meetings. At the April 24 GUSA meeting...

FILE PHOTO: MARGARET FOUBERG/THE HOYA| GUSA Senate Speaker Eliza Lafferty (COL 21), right, and Vice Speaker Pat Walsh (SFS 21), left, have overseen an increase in unexcused absences.

GUSA Struggles to Curb Senators’ Unexcused Absences

By Rachel Friedman April 5, 2019

Unexcused absences by senators at Georgetown University Student Association senate meetings have more than quadrupled from last year’s legislative season despite the introduction of a committee this...

SANTAMARIA: Fans Must Come Out To Verizon

SANTAMARIA: Fans Must Come Out To Verizon

By Paolo B. Santamaria November 13, 2015

For a national powerhouse with such a rich history, the Georgetown men’s basketball team has a surprisingly low game attendance rate. Over the past three seasons, attendance at Verizon Center has hovered...

What Advantage? Attendance Down 14%

By Evan Hollander February 9, 2012

If you thought that Verizon Center seemed less crowded this year than in past seasons, that's because it is. Attendance at Georgetown home games has fallen by more than 14 percent from a year ago. While...

A Day for Georgetown Calls for a Day Off

By The Editorial Board March 29, 2011

With exactly one month until Georgetown Day 2011, many students are already beginning to calculate which of their classes they can afford to skip in order to maximize their time enjoying the day's festivities. That...

Attendance Plummets as Nationals’ Promising Season Crumbles

By Connor Gregoire September 24, 2010

Last April on Georgetown Day, this column happily pointed out that despite the disappointing seasons of the other three major professional sports teams in Washington, the historically abysmal Nationals...

iAttendance

By The Editorial Board January 26, 2010

Georgetown classes have recently become click-happy. The iClicker - a device that made its Hilltop premiere in large science and math lectures - is now being used in classes from a variety of departments,...

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