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EDITORIAL: Improve Isolation Conditions

EDITORIAL: Improve Isolation Conditions

By The Editorial Board February 18, 2022

As of Feb. 14, 128 residential students are in COVID-19 isolation either in the Georgetown University Hotel and Conference Center or the newly introduced Glover Park Hotel Georgetown. Despite the recent...

HEALY: Clarify Obscure COVID Decisions

HEALY: Clarify Obscure COVID Decisions

By Jack Healy February 4, 2022

It wouldn’t be another month of the new year at Georgetown without the smiley-faced signs in the Leavey Center warning students to comply with the no food or drink policy throughout the building. The...

SCS Dean’s Report Highlights Advances in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

SCS Dean’s Report Highlights Advances in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

By Laetitia Haddad January 28, 2022

The School of Continuing Studies (SCS) annual Dean’s Report emphasized Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) efforts.    This year’s report, which summarizes achievements and themes...

VIEWPOINT: Implement Sensible COVID Policies

VIEWPOINT: Implement Sensible COVID Policies

By Mike Brodo January 20, 2022

In a Dec. 29 announcement, Georgetown University released updated COVID-19 policies pertaining to the beginning of the spring 2022 semester. To my shock — but not my dismay — undergraduate residential...

Spring Semester COVID-19 Policies: Explained

Spring Semester COVID-19 Policies: Explained

By Adora Zheng January 10, 2022

In response to the surge of COVID-19 cases across the United States caused by the highly transmissible Omicron variant, Georgetown University is taking extra health precautions for the spring semester.   While...

Fall Semester Concludes With COVID-19 Outbreak

Fall Semester Concludes With COVID-19 Outbreak

By Paige Kupas and Caitlin McLean December 20, 2021

Georgetown University implemented additional public health guidelines after seeing its biggest one-day jump in COVID-19 cases among university community members just before the fall semester concluded.  The...

VIEWPOINT: Accommodate Virtual Attendance

VIEWPOINT: Accommodate Virtual Attendance

By Maya Valliath November 19, 2021

After over a year of online learning, Georgetown University’s return to campus has been thrilling, hectic and frenzied. This semester, many students transitioned from part-time course loads held on...

VIEWPOINT: Assist Pandemic Relief Efforts

VIEWPOINT: Assist Pandemic Relief Efforts

By Anagha Chakravarti November 18, 2021

I am from Delhi, India, and I spent the past 10 years in Manila, Philippines. Both countries were hit extremely hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, with the Philippines having one of the longest lockdowns,...

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COVID-19 Quarantine at Georgetown: Frequently Asked Questions

By Ingrid Matteini November 12, 2021

Georgetown University’s Hotel and Conference Center has become crowded with students needing to quarantine after the campus community experienced a spike in positive COVID-19 cases. After 35 community...

Petition Demands University House International Students During Winter Break

Petition Demands University House International Students During Winter Break

By Samuel Yoo November 11, 2021

Georgetown University students are petitioning the university to accommodate international students who need on-campus housing during winter break. The petition, which has been signed by 54 students,...

VIEWPOINT: Reinstate CAPS Grief Support Group

VIEWPOINT: Reinstate CAPS Grief Support Group

By Kira Pomeranz November 11, 2021

CW: This article discusses suicide. Please refer to the end of the article for on- and off-campus resources. I miss Ben. I miss sleeping on his couch, I miss sending him jokes through his girlfriend,...

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Campus Sees Largest Spike in COVID-19 Cases Since January

By Brooke DeLucia November 4, 2021

A rise in positive COVID-19 cases among Georgetown University campus community members has sparked student concerns over public health protocols on campus.  In the largest surge of on-campus COVID-19...

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