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Megan Schmidt

Speaking Out for Speech

By The Editorial Board October 24, 2014

The recent and ongoing Hoyas United for Free Speech Campaign has inspired manifold questions as to the true nature and extent to which Georgetown students can enjoy free speech around the Hilltop. Currently,...

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Students protested a lecture by IMF Managing Director Christine 
Lagarde with a live-action board game in Healy Circle.

Protest Puts Spotlight on Speech Policy

By Katherine Richardson October 3, 2014

A student protest in Healy Circle went uninterrupted by the Georgetown University Police Department on Thursday morning, although H*yas for Choice was not allowed to table in the same spot last year. The...

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GUPD Chief Jay Gruber fielded questions from students at a roundtable discussion on Tuesday.

GUPD Talks Free Speech, SafeRides

By Andrew Wallender October 3, 2014

Georgetown University Police Department Chief of Police Jay Gruber answered student questions on topics ranging from freedom of speech to the new LiveSafe app at the fourth GUPD Roundtable Tuesday...

Abortion Deprives Children of Their Speech

By Joe Wiedemer October 3, 2014

To The Editor: Re: “Moral Neutrality’s Threat to Free Speech,” The Hoya, Sept. 30, A3 The recent issue of free speech for H*yas for Choice is not an anomalous occurrence. From the Student Activities...

Moral Neutrality’s Threat to Free Speech

By Evelyn Flashner September 30, 2014

In her critique of a perceived lack of substantive pluralism on campus, H*yas for Choice President Abby Grace (SFS ’16) appealed to the university, “Please don’t bestow a degree completely willingly...

Michelle Xu

En*ugh is Enough

By The Editorial Board September 26, 2014

Foolish is the idea that every action carried out by Georgetown University is a unified one. Inevitably, we disagree as a community. When we open up those differences to discussion, we find an aspect...

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H*yas for Choice members were told to leave the sidewalk outside the front gates.

H*yas for Choice Barred From Tabling

By Katherine Richardson September 23, 2014

Members of H*yas for Choice were temporarily removed from a previously approved tabling location on 37th Street, just outside of the university’s front gates, by a Georgetown University Police Department...

Free Speech Updates Need Clarity, Students Say

By Katherine Richardson August 29, 2014

Although the university issued a revised speech and expression policy in May, the Georgetown University Student Association and other student organizations are calling for even more extensive access to...

University Clarifies Free Speech Policy

By Kshithij Shrinath May 15, 2014

In an effort to expand free speech rights on campus, Georgetown administrators revised the university speech and expression policy Thursday. The revised policy was backed by former GUSA president Nate...

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H*yas for Choice’s short-lived protest.

Ricin Case, Free Speech Remain Unresolved

By Madison Ashley April 25, 2014

While the Year in Review highlights the events and themes that have defined the past year on the Hilltop, some stories have not been neatly tied up in time for the conclusion of classes. Student Charged...

The Final Word: 2013-2014

By The Editorial Board April 25, 2014

In an eventful year for campus life, students made sure their voices were not lost in the university’s decision-making process. From Georgetown’s changing course of action on navigating the 2010 Campus...

A Question of Substance

A Question of Substance

By The Editorial Board April 8, 2014

Usually it’s the Supreme Court justices who get to ask the tough questions. But every so often, prominent public figures come to Georgetown, and undergraduates glean the rare opportunity to ask questions...

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