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EDITORIAL: Stand Up to Homophobia

EDITORIAL: Stand Up to Homophobia

By The Editorial Board November 17, 2023

With Nov. 1 marking the celebration of Jesuit History Month, controversy has once again returned to campus. Father James Martin, S.J., a member of Georgetown University’s Board of Directors, gave...

All Patrick Healy Fellows Resign From Program, Citing Discrimination From Board

All Patrick Healy Fellows Resign From Program, Citing Discrimination From Board

By Noa Bronicki December 2, 2020

All of the Georgetown University Patrick Healy Fellows publicly resigned from their fellowships through an Instagram post Nov. 1 after months of attempting to get the board to fix an atmosphere the fellows...

KANG: Stop Sensationalizing Disability

KANG: Stop Sensationalizing Disability

By Esther Kang October 25, 2019

Throughout mainstream media, disabled lives appear to exist in just two dimensions. Either they are maudlin tragedies or, if they have “happy endings,” they are inspirational success stories in which...

EDITORIAL: Reverse The Corps Cash Ban

EDITORIAL: Reverse The Corp’s Cash Ban

By Editorial Board October 4, 2019

With seven storefronts on campus and a wide range of coffee and snack offerings, Students of Georgetown, Inc., commonly referred to as The Corp, gives students convenient food options on campus. But,...

VIEWPOINT: Reform GUPD Practices

VIEWPOINT: Reform GUPD Practices

By Varsha Menon September 27, 2019

Reporter Kurt Bardella works for Our Daily Planet, is a former Republican turned Democrat and also hosts a country music website called the Morning Hangover. However, that’s not why I know Kurt Bardella. I...

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY | Georgetowns first Cultural Climate Survey will be used to identify points for improvement in inclusivity policy and resources, Rosemary Kilkenny, vice president for Institutional Diversity and Equity, said.

GU Set to Launch Survey Assessing Cultural Inclusivity

By Moira Ritter March 15, 2019

Georgetown plans to roll out its first Cultural Climate Survey to gauge inclusivity and diversity on campus, according to the Office of Institutional Diversity, Equity & Affirmative Action. The...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Equality for Women’s Rugby

By Linda Mulski October 30, 2018

I am a parent of a senior here at Georgetown University. My husband and I live in Maine, have six daughters and run our own small business, so it is difficult for either of us to visit.  I was grateful...

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The National Center for Transgender Equality reported that 37 percent of transgender respondents experienced psychological distress.

Anti-Trans Discrimination Rises in Washington, D.C.

By Grey Rosenzweig October 27, 2017

Discrimination against transgender individuals is causing disproportionate mental health issues in the Washington, D.C. area, with 37 percent of trans respondents reporting psychological distress compared...

EDITORIAL: Refocus Admissions on Merit

By Editorial Board October 20, 2017

As admissions season gets underway, nearly 20,000 hopeful students will vie for a spot in the Georgetown University Class of 2022. Last year, a mere 15.4 percent of the 21,465 applicants were accepted. In...

BROTHERS: Sometimes We Do Not Choose Our Labels

By Laila Brothers June 20, 2016

Some time ago, I read the words of Sayed Kashua, a Muslim journalist from Haaretz, who wrote after the attacks in Paris: “My first thought was: How the blazes do I cancel my labeling as a Muslim? How...

Hold the Door Open

Hold the Door Open

By The Editorial Board October 16, 2015

Last Friday, hundreds of students donned their orange “I am” T-shirts for Coming Out Day in a celebration of gender and sexual identity. With Coming Out Day and a number of other events sponsored by...

Making Space For South Asian Culture

By Piyusha Mittal October 2, 2015

As I scanned the screen, my brows furrowed and my eyes narrowed in anger and frustration, but not in shock. I could easily believe the events of Tuesday, Sept. 8,, 2015, when a United States citizen was...

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