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ASB Looks Beyond One Week

By Molly Simio October 4, 2013

Participants on this year’s Alternative Spring Break will see a more cohesive, multidimensional program incorporating reflection into all aspects of the trip than in previous years. Since its inception...

Forché Wins Poetry Fellowship

By Molly Simio October 4, 2013

Poet, human rights activist and Georgetown professor Carolyn Forché was the recipient of this year’s Academy of American Poets fellowship. Forché currently serves as director of the Lannan Center...

IAC Construction Set for Spring

By Katie Shaffer October 4, 2013

With updated design plans and approval from the Old Georgetown Board, the university is set to break ground on the Intercollegiate Athletics Center in the spring of 2014. The IAC is still going...

Campus Crime Up in 2012

By Christopher Zawora October 4, 2013

Overall reported crime increased at Georgetown’s main campus but decreased at the Georgetown University Law Center in downtown D.C. this year, according to the Department of Public Safety’s 2013...

GUSA Encourages Alumni Networking

By Griffin Cohen October 4, 2013

The Georgetown University Student Association launched an alumni networking guide this past summer to help student organizations build stronger relationships with their alumni bases. The Student Organization...

Virginia Retreat Center Opens

By Kayla Cross October 4, 2013

Georgetown dedicated and blessed the Calcagnini Contemplative Center in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains on Thursday after two years of construction and a $17 million donation from Arthur (C ’54)...

Pope Francis Panel Jumpstarts Initiative on Catholic Social Thought

By Johnny Verhovek October 2, 2013

New York Times columnist David Brooks and PBS “NewsHour” political analyst Mark Shields came to campus to launch the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life on Monday evening in Gaston...

Homecoming a Draw for Alumni

By Jennifer Ding October 1, 2013

Approximately 4,000 alumni returned to the Hilltop for Homecoming Weekend this year, an increase in participation from past years. “I think this [increase] is due to the fact that we are continuing...

Catholic Social Thought Initiative Launches

By Nick Simon October 1, 2013

The Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life will launch tonight in Gaston Hall with an event examining Pope Francis’ impact on American public life during his first six months as the leader...

GUSA Senate Begins Term

By Annie Chen October 1, 2013

The eighth session of the Georgetown University Student Association senate, inaugurated Sunday afternoon, was elected last Thursday with record voter turnout. Approximately 47 percent of the student...

GU Tightens the Leash on Mascot Care

By Kit Clemente October 1, 2013

Although university administrators assured students and alumni that the mascot tradition would continue after the departure of mascot-in-training Jack Jr. this summer, one aspect of the next bulldog’s...

Dance Space Scarce Amid Construction

By Ashley Miller October 1, 2013

Construction of the Healey Family Student Center in New South has left some student groups in the lurch. While many have found temporary accommodations sufficient, dance groups have struggled to make...

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