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After Harsh Reviews, Sasaki Adjusts Dorm

By Madison Ashley August 27, 2013

After passionate reactions from students and alumni to a preliminary design this summer, Sasaki Associates will reveal changes to the Northeast Triangle dorm designs at a forum Wednesday evening. The...

No Break for Transparency

By The Editorial Board August 27, 2013

The end of summer: shorter days, pre-orientation programs and an opening to sweep unpopular news under the rug. Over the past several summer vacations, a concerning pattern has emerged of the administration...

Summer Decisions Shun Student Input

By Eitan Sayag August 27, 2013

A series of contentious decisions made by the university administration this summer have received criticism for excluding students from the deliberation process. Plans for the Northeast Triangle residence...

The Last Word

By The Editorial Board May 1, 2013

If last year was a year of stagnancy and administrative pushback, this year was one of concerted movement and building momentum. From the push for greater workers’ rights to the tangible initiatives...

A Plan Comes to Life

A Plan Comes to Life

By Braden McDonald April 26, 2013

After town-gown relations reached a height of hostility during 2010 Campus Plan negotiations in the winter of 2011, the past year has seen efforts between the university and its neighbors to maintain cooperation...

Professors Caught Amid Town-Gown Tension

By Kylie Mohr April 5, 2013

Georgetown professors who live near campus in West Georgetown and Burleith seem to be caught between two opposing worlds. What Mayor Vincent Gray at an Oct. 3, 2011, Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E public...

GCP Aims to Foster Town-Gown Dialogue

By Braden McDonald September 14, 2012

In contrast to the hostility and tension that characterized the relationship between Georgetown and its neighbors during the 2010 Campus Plan negotiations, both parties are starting to express optimism...

Students Shunned, Shorted in Campus Plan Negotiations

By The Editorial Board June 23, 2012

If sunlight is the best disinfectant, the 2010 Campus Plan process was doomed by darkness. After two months of closed negotiations with Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E and neighborhood groups, the...

The Final Word

By The Editorial Board April 29, 2012

The prevailing themes of the last eight months illustrate a year of contradictions. On the one hand, arbitration of the campus plan and student activism were troublingly passive. In contrast, GUSA elections...

Campus Plan Battle Continues

By Braden McDonald April 27, 2012

Following a year of rocky relations between the university and its neighbors, recent developments in the debates surrounding the 2010 Campus Plan suggest that a final compromise may be on the horizon. After...

Campus Plan Talks To Resume

By Sarah Patrick April 13, 2012

The university and neighbors will begin private conversations on the 2010 Campus Plan after the D.C. Zoning Commission approved a 60-day extension in the proceedings last week. At the last hearing on...

Campus Plan Processes: A Battle or a Breeze

By Sarah Patrick February 23, 2012

While Georgetown has been entangled in debates over its campus plan since December 2010, other D.C. universities have also spent months or years trying to gain approval for their own campus plans. D.C....

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