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GU Tightens the Leash on Mascot Care

By Kit Clemente October 1, 2013

Although university administrators assured students and alumni that the mascot tradition would continue after the departure of mascot-in-training Jack Jr. this summer, one aspect of the next bulldog’s...

MBA Program Set to Expand

By Katie Shaffer October 1, 2013

The McDonough School of Business is awaiting approval to extend its MBA programs to the Tysons Corner Center in Vienna, Va., for what would be the MSB’s first expansion outside the immediate...

Gadzooks! Whered Our Seal Go?

Gadzooks! Where’d Our Seal Go?

By KP and KP September 27, 2013

Uh-oh-spaghetti-oh! Heavens to Mergatroid! It's a John Carroll conundrum. From the looks of it, the Georgetown University school seal on the steps outside of Healy Hall seems to have disappeared – just...

Landlords Lament Campus Plan

By TM Gibbons-Neff September 27, 2013

From the proposed satellite residence to the repurposing of Magis Row townhouses, Georgetown is gradually making the 2010 Campus Plan agreement come to life. One demographic seldom discussed in...

SFS Council Seeks ICC Study Space

By Matt Gregory September 27, 2013

On a weekday in the Intercultural Center, students sit along the walls of the Galleria’s tile floor. The space, filled by students waiting for classes, office hours and meetings with deans, is sparsely...

Adjunct Union Pursues Contracts

By Sam Abrams September 27, 2013

Following the successful unionization of Georgetown’s adjunct professors in May, the Services Employees International Union Local 500 union has been working with the university to develop a revised contract...

Colleges Deflate Admissions Rates With Incomplete Apps

By Gene Choi September 27, 2013

As college applicants compete for coveted spots, universities, too, compete in the race to drive up application numbers. The Washington Post recently reported that some universities are misrepresenting...

DEARING & WEISS: Men and Women With a Goal of Service

By Philip Dearing and Benjamin Weiss September 27, 2013

In April 2011, Fr. Ryan Maher, S.J., spoke during GAAP weekend to the future Class of 2015. Rather than stressing Georgetown’s pre-professional connections, prime urban location or beautiful campus,...

DeGioia’s Diversity Call Unresolved

By Caroline Welch and Lacey Henry September 27, 2013

Four years after University President John J. DeGioia’s Initiative on Diversity and Inclusiveness was launched, Georgetown continues to pursue a diverse pool of faculty members — a goal of the 2009...

Ending the Boys’ Club

By Kim Bussing September 27, 2013

Dwight Eisenhower has just been inaugurated as president. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg have been executed. The first successful open-heart surgery has been performed in Philadelphia. All of this happened...

Jesuit Coalition Backs Immigration Reform

By Penny Hung and Natasha Khan September 27, 2013

Georgetown joined more than 30 Jesuit institutions across the country this week in calling on the House of Representatives to pass comprehensive immigration reform. The Ignatian Solidarity Network,...

Catholics Wary of MOOCs

By Katherine Richardson September 27, 2013

Though the massive open online courses trend seems to pervade higher education today, Georgetown is the only Catholic university that has added MOOCs to its curriculum. In an article in the Chronicle...

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