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Cancer Center Breakthrough May Alter Treatment

By Kelly Church October 25, 2010

Georgetown researchers at Lombardi Cancer Center may have discovered a cancer-killing treatment that implements a cold virus in the destruction of cancer cells. The virus, known as reovirus, is known...

GUSA Gives Leeway to Committtees for Small Spending

By Alice Maglio October 25, 2010

Georgetown University Student Association passed a bill Sunday to allocate a budget for small discretionary spending by its committees in order to avoid consulting the Finance and Appropriation Committee...

Role of Legacies Relatively Small in Admissions Process

By Maggie Ferrato October 25, 2010

The acceptance rate for legacy students is significantly lower at Georgetown University compared to peer universities, though legacy students still gain a 10 percentage-point boost in the admissions proceedings...

Breaking: Police Find Harbin Drug Lab; Students Evacuated

By Lauren Weber October 24, 2010

A drug lab was reportedly found in Room 926 of Harbin Hall Saturday morning after officials were summoned to deal with hazardous material on the freshman residence's ninth floor shortly after 5 a.m. According...

Alumni Panel Talks Teach For America

By Kelly Church October 22, 2010

On Oct. 20, several Georgetown alumni returned to the Hilltop to discuss their work for Teach For America in the panel True Life: I Teach For America. Teach For America, a program that selects recently...

GU Employees Donate to Campaigns

By Stephen Levy October 22, 2010

With less than two weeks to go until midterm elections, students aren't the only ones on campus engaged in the political process. Georgetown employees and professors have donated over $70,000 to politicians...

More Flak For Uribe

By Stephen Szypulski October 22, 2010

Former President of Colombia Alvaro Uribe Velez's presence on campus continues to incite opposition in the form of student protests, combined with vocal dissent from some members of the Jesuit community. Demonstrations...

Write-Up Execution Uneven

By Jonathan Gillis October 22, 2010

Julie Shuster (COL '13) was sitting quietly in her pajamas last year when her Harbin resident assistant came into her room to search for alcohol. Though she had two empty beer cans on her desk, Shuster...

Fee Fix Could Boost Group Funds

By Alice Maglio October 22, 2010

The GUSA Finance and Appropriations Committee proposed a new reform to funnel the entirety of the $100 per-student mandatory Student Activities Fee toward student groups, in a move that could more than...

Students Reimagine Hilltop

By Carly Timm-Bijold October 22, 2010

Currently, as is the case every fall, undergraduates have the opportunity to make a lasting impact on Georgetown through the Re-Imagining Georgetown (RIG) Partnership, which awards up to $10,000 in grants...

Undergrad Council Heads to Form Inter-School Body

By Johanna Caldwell October 21, 2010

The presidents of all four academic councils have teamed up to establish an inter-school academic council, which they hope will ease coordination on issues affecting all undergraduate students. First...

SFS Certificate Coordinator Resigns

By Bonnie Duncan October 19, 2010

In response to what some view as the systematic weakening of the School of Foreign Service's International Development certificate over the past year, Zara Khan (SFS '07) is resigning from her role as...

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