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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

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Students Protest Against Election Suspension in Dominican Republic

Students Protest Against Election Suspension in Dominican Republic

By Kelly Anderson February 28, 2020

Members of Georgetown University Riqueza Dominicana, a student-run Dominican cultural club, attended a protest near the White House on Sunday opposing the Dominican Republic’s recent suspension of nationwide...

Breaking News: Democratic VP Short List Revealed

Breaking News: Democratic VP Short List Revealed

By Matteo Lauto and Matteo Lauto February 2, 2020

Thanks to the 4E’s incredible investigative journalism, we have some breaking news. Our field correspondents have successfully infiltrated the Democratic presidential candidates’ campaigns and found...

GU Voter Participation Increases 143% Following Student-Led Initiatives

GU Voter Participation Increases 143% Following Student-Led Initiatives

By Grace Buono January 17, 2020

Voter participation in federal elections among eligible students at Georgetown University increased 143% from 2014 to 2018 following student-led efforts to facilitate voter registration. Voter participation...

COURTESY ANDREW STRAKY | Volunteers for GU Votes tabled in the four first year dorms on National Voter Registration Day, registering hundreds of students.

GU Votes Volunteers ‘Storm the Dorms’ to Register Voters

By Clara Grudberg September 27, 2019

Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service’s GU Votes initiative held its fourth annual “Storm the Dorms” voter registration drive on National Voter Registration Day, Sept. 24.  For...

JULIA ALVEY / THE HOYA | Fall GUSA Senate campaigns launched Wednesday morning and features 21 candidates vying for various open positions in the Senate pending next weeks elections.

21 Students Announce GUSA Senate Campaigns

By Harrison McBride September 20, 2019

With a focus on facilities issues, expanding dining options and improved representation for minority students, 21 students announced their candidacy for Georgetown University Student Association senate...

GU Votes, an initiative funded by GU Politics, tabled outside residence halls in an effort to increase student voter registration.

GU Votes Seeks to Bolster Absentee Ballots

By Deepika Jonnalagadda September 28, 2018

Students can now request absentee ballots through a voter drop box system implemented in Residence Hall Offices across campus as part of an ongoing effort headed by the Georgetown University Institute...

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Elections for the senate of the Georgetown University Student Association will take place Sept. 30. Fourteen seats are open this semester.

GUSA Senate Elections to Fill 14 Vacancies

By Karena Landler September 28, 2018

Georgetown University Student Association Senate elections, set for Sept. 30, include 33 candidates running for 14 open positions. The open seats include seven vacant spots for freshmen, four at-large...

Graduate Students Establishes Election-Day Observation Program

Graduate Students Establishes Election-Day Observation Program

By Noah Berman September 14, 2018

Observe D.C., a nonpartisan initiative started by McCourt School of Public Policy student Ben Mindes (GRD ’19), will pilot a “sample-based” election-day observation program to provide an independent...

CHRONICLES FROM COPENHAGEN: Germany’s Election Season Through American Eyes

CHRONICLES FROM COPENHAGEN: Germany’s Election Season Through American Eyes

By Grant Olson September 27, 2017

Angela Merkel’s calm yet determined gaze followed me everywhere in Hamburg, Germany, last weekend. With the parliamentary elections having taken place Sept. 24, seemingly every available sign post and...

BENNETT: Salò 2016, Or Sadists At the Poll

By Jack Bennett April 8, 2016

DVD STACKS, LAUINGER LIBRARY— I have been delaying a column on the election for some time now. I wanted to see who the real players were going to be. But now, following Trump’s March on Rome — no,...

Enushe & Chris for GUSA Executive

Khan, Fisk Win GUSA Executive Race

By Ashwin Puri and Ian Scoville February 19, 2016

Enushe Khan (MSB ’17) and Chris Fisk (COL ’17) won the 2016 Georgetown University Student Association executive election Friday afternoon, the first election in GUSA history with only one official...

2 Chicks, 1 Georgetown: An Interview with the Sandwiches Behind It All

2 Chicks, 1 Georgetown: An Interview with the Sandwiches Behind It All

By Catherine McNally and Catherine McNally February 11, 2016

With the GUSA elections heating up, both on and off the griddle, two sandwiches seem to have taken the campus by storm as they continue to rally a surprising amount of support amongst students.  Considered...

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