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ISABEL BINAMIRA/THE HOYA  Besides performing for campus groups such as the Caribbean Culture Society and the African Society of Georgetown, R.E.L. has also brought their soulful sound to Gaston Hall.

Resonant Essence Live Looks to Emphasize Diversity in Their Music

By Jasmine White September 25, 2015

When it comes to a cappella groups, Georgetown has no shortage. This means that making a group stand out among the many musical ensembles on campus is not an easy task. However, Resonant Essence Live...

Tinder Versus Reality

Tinder Versus Reality

By Caitlin Karna July 12, 2015

I downloaded Tinder for 24 hours and two things happened. First, thanks to the beauty of iCloud and notifications across iPhones, my mom staged an intervention — “Really, Caitlin? You’re that...

COURTESY LATINO LEADERSHIP FORUM
After a student-led push, the Main Campus Executive Faculty voted in favor of adding a diversity requirement.

MCEF Votes in Favor of Diversity Requirement

By Molly Simio April 24, 2015

The Main Campus Executive Faculty voted today in favor of adding a diversity requirement to the core curriculum. “The requirement passed with overwhelming support,” MCEF Chair Ian Gale, a professor...

COURTESY LATINO LEADERSHIP FORUM
After a student-led push, the Main Campus Executive Faculty will vote on adding a diversity requirement.

MCEF to Vote On Core Change

By Charlotte Allen April 24, 2015

The Main Campus Executive Faculty will vote today on the addition of a diversity requirement to the core curriculum that would apply to the Class of 2019. The vote follows months of campaigning...

The Closing Word

By The Editorial Board April 24, 2015

After an eventful year for campus life, student activism proved to be a deciding force in how diversity, freedom of expression and student-administration communication shaped the Georgetown community....

Filling the Diversity GAAP

Filling the Diversity GAAP

By Nick Shedd April 21, 2015

I woke up late last Saturday and had to rush to clean my room. The Georgetown Admissions Ambassador Program students were coming in 30 minutes, and I needed to get my life together before they arrived....

A Narrowed Grad Program Within a Broadened Culture

By Rebecca Childress April 17, 2015

Seemingly out of nowhere, here we are: the end of the semester. I am left dumbstruck by the realization that I am halfway through my graduate program and thus that much closer to “the real world,”...

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Administrators counteracted assertions that the McCourt School of Public Policy, opened in 2013, was overwhelmingly liberal.

McCourt School Defends Ideological Diversity

By Daniel Silbert March 24, 2015

While questions of racial and socioeconomic diversity draw increased attention to universities around the country, ideological diversity has also undergone scrutiny. Although students have asserted...

A Casa Latina We Can Call Home

By Nancy Hinojos March 20, 2015

While the advocacy for a Casa Latina may seem recent, the need and support for a dedicated space for the Latino community has been growing for decades. The Latino community on campus, especially for self-identified...

CIESEMIER & SQUIRES: Facilitate Georgetown’s Culture of Diversity

By Camille Squires and Kendall Ciesemier March 6, 2015

One of the bittersweet joys of senior year is seeing your campus evolve without you; watching younger students, with as much love and passion for this place as you have, take steps to improve the quality...

Teach Diversity Now

By The Editorial Board February 24, 2015

In the days that followed the publication of a cartoon in the Georgetown Voice depicting then-GUSA presidential candidate Chris Wadibia (COL ’16) being beaten by other candidates, sudents filled St....

Save The Fading Dialogue

By The Editorial Board February 20, 2015

Federal Bureau of Investigation Agency Director James Comey spoke at Gaston Hall last Thursday on the relationship between law enforcement and race, noting that national dialogue on this issue has unfortunately...

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