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EDITORIAL: Get it Together, GUSA, Stop Playing Around

EDITORIAL: Get it Together, GUSA, Stop Playing Around

By The Editorial Board October 13, 2023

As Washington, D.C. erupts in chaos, with the House of Representatives finding itself in an unprecedented speaker-less state, the Georgetown University Student Association (GUSA) similarly finds itself...

14 Students Seek GUSA Senate Seats

14 Students Seek GUSA Senate Seats

By Evie Steele November 11, 2022

Georgetown University students will vote to elect seven Class of 2026 representatives and four at-large representatives in the Georgetown University Student Association (GUSA) Senate this week.  Ten...

GUSA Candidates Discuss Campaign Platforms at Town Hall

GUSA Candidates Discuss Campaign Platforms at Town Hall

By Olivia Macaulay November 11, 2022

Georgetown University Student Association (GUSA) senate and executive candidates spoke to students about their plans for future legislation and answered questions from voters during a Nov. 4 town hall...

Georgetown, Fellow Universities Yet To Rescind Honorifics Awarded to Rudy Giuliani

Georgetown, Fellow Universities Yet To Rescind Honorifics Awarded to Rudy Giuliani

By Katie Hawkinson July 7, 2022

Georgetown University finds itself amid a nationwide debate among universities deciding whether to rescind honorifics from Rudolph Giuliani (H ’02) in light of his attempts to undermine the 2020 presidential...

GUSA Modifies Election Rules, Pays Election Commission

GUSA Modifies Election Rules, Pays Election Commission

By Samuel Yoo March 24, 2022

The Georgetown University Student Association (GUSA) Senate unanimously passed a resolution making changes to GUSA election rules regarding payment structures at a March 20 meeting.  The changes include...

EDITORIAL: GUSA Ballot Proves Pitiful

EDITORIAL: GUSA Ballot Proves Pitiful

By The Editorial Board February 4, 2022

For Georgetown students, Georgetown University Student Association (GUSA) executive elections ostensibly offer an opportunity for new, perhaps more promising leadership that best serves their interests....

Reflections on a Virtual Election Experience

Reflections on a Virtual Election Experience

By Lexi Nelson December 4, 2020

Prior to March 2020, Joey Edmundson (SFS ’22), eagerly anticipated experiencing the 2020 election in Washington, D.C.  Instead, Edmundson, an international economics student, faced a largely...

Despite Online Manipulation and Misinformation, Voters Should Still Turn Out, Former DHS Secretaries Say

Despite Online Manipulation and Misinformation, Voters Should Still Turn Out, Former DHS Secretaries Say

By Betsy Ratliffe October 29, 2020

The American public should expect election interference from both foreign and domestic actors in the 2020 U.S. presidential election but should not be discouraged from voting, panelists said at a conversation...

Latest Class of GUSA Senators Breaks Records for Black, Female Representation

Latest Class of GUSA Senators Breaks Records for Black, Female Representation

By Harrison Lee September 25, 2020

Georgetown University undergraduates elected a majority female student senate for the first time in history last week, marking what many Georgetown University Student Association officials hope is a permanent...

O'CONNOR: Inspire Young Leaders

O’CONNOR: Inspire Young Leaders

By Trevor O’Connor February 21, 2020

Representative Don Young (R-Alaska) has served in Congress longer than the average American has been alive. With almost five decades under his belt representing Alaska’s only congressional district,...

Former GUSA Exec Candidate Wins Open Senate Seat in Election

Former GUSA Exec Candidate Wins Open Senate Seat in Election

By Liana Hardy February 14, 2020

The Georgetown University Student Association Senate swore in its newest member, Julio Salmeron-Perla (SFS ’22), Feb. 9 after the former executive candidate and senator won a write-in election Feb....

AMBER GILLETTE/THE HOYA | The GU272 referendum, which passed with 66 percent of students voting in favor of a reconciliation fee, awaits university approval.

Students Endorse Reconciliation Fee in GU272 Referendum

By Deepika Jonnalagadda April 12, 2019

Students voted overwhelmingly in favor of a referendum to establish a semesterly fee that would go toward a fund to benefit descendants of the GU272 on Thursday night with the highest turnout in recorded...

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