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GUSA Condemns GUPD Handling of Mass Student Gathering Celebrating Basketball Win

GUSA Condemns GUPD Handling of Mass Student Gathering Celebrating Basketball Win

By Caitlin McLean March 19, 2021

Members of the Georgetown University Student Association Senate condemned a mass gathering of students on campus celebrating the men’s basketball team’s March 13 Big East Championship win.  During...

Student-Led Working Group to Abolish GUPD Calls for Greater Community Involvement

Student-Led Working Group to Abolish GUPD Calls for Greater Community Involvement

By Rachel Won and Alicia Novoa March 5, 2021

A student-led working group calling for the abolition of university police amid ongoing complaints of hyperpolicing on campus is requesting greater community support and involvement in the group’s advocacy. The...

Blass, Sanchez Plan To Use Activism To Reinvigorate GUSA

Blass, Sanchez Plan To Use Activism To Reinvigorate GUSA

By Caitlin McLean February 23, 2021

Drawing from backgrounds in activism and organizing, executive election ticket Nile Blass (COL ’22) and Nicole Sanchez (SFS ’22) is striving to achieve progress at Georgetown University that peers...

Petition Calls On University To Suspend Mandatory On-Campus Redeployment for Georgetown Staffers

Petition Calls On University To Suspend Mandatory On-Campus Redeployment for Georgetown Staffers

By Laetitia Haddad January 28, 2021

Georgetown University community members are calling for the university to suspend on-campus worker redeployment, citing safety and financial concerns for staff. The Redeploy Georgetown program was...

GUSA Passes Proposal To Reduce University Contracts With DC Police

GUSA Passes Proposal To Reduce University Contracts With DC Police

By Kelly Anderson June 11, 2020

The Georgetown University Student Association Senate passed a resolution calling for Georgetown University to reduce its contracts with the Metropolitan Police Department.  The June 7 vote follows...

SHEEL PATEL/THE HOYA Under a D.C. policy change, arrests made in relation to public marijuana consumption will result in field citations rather than custodial arrests.

Georgetown Community Calls for University To End Relations With Police Departments in Petition

By Moira Ritter June 8, 2020

A petition demanding that Georgetown University cease all relationships with “any police department” has garnered nearly 6,000 signatures as of June 8 amid nationwide demonstrations against police...

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Within the last five years, there has only been one formal bias report filed against the Georgetown University Police Department. Outside of GUPD, there have been 201 bias related incidents reported.

Allegations of Poor Policing at GU Persist; Few Reports Follow

By Daria Crawford November 22, 2019

Georgetown University Student Association President Norman Francis Jr. (COL ’20) was working in the GUSA office in Sellinger Lounge this summer when he was questioned by the Georgetown University Police...

FILE PHOTO: MICHAEL HOWARTH FOR THE HOYA | Two elevators in Harbin Hall, one of four first year dorms, malfunctioned Tuesday night.

Harbin Hall Elevator Abruptly Drops, Trapping Student Inside

By Hansen Lian October 25, 2019

FILE PHOTO: MICHAEL HOWARTH FOR THE HOYA | Two elevators in Harbin Hall, one of four first year dorms, malfunctioned Tuesday night. Two elevators in Harbin Hall malfunctioned Tuesday night, with one...

JULIA GIGANTE FOR THE HOYA | GUPD released the 2019 annual security report on Sept. 30 showing increased reports of stalking and burglary incidents on campus.

Stalking, Burglary Incidents Nearly Doubled in 2018

By Annalise Myre October 4, 2019

Reports of stalking and burglary incidents in on-campus, nonresidential buildings have nearly doubled in the last year, according to the Georgetown University Police Department’s 2019 Annual Security...

EDITORIAL: Eliminate Student Guards

By Editorial Board September 27, 2019

The student guard system at Georgetown University has been plagued with management and scheduling inefficiencies, a situation that has been exacerbated since the beginning of this school year. As a result,...

VIEWPOINT: Reform GUPD Practices

VIEWPOINT: Reform GUPD Practices

By Varsha Menon September 27, 2019

Reporter Kurt Bardella works for Our Daily Planet, is a former Republican turned Democrat and also hosts a country music website called the Morning Hangover. However, that’s not why I know Kurt Bardella. I...

Student Guards Encounter Scheduling Complications

Student Guards Encounter Scheduling Complications

By Jaime Moore-Carrillo September 20, 2019

Disorganized scheduling and unclear communication from student guard management contribute to frequently unmanned guard posts in campus residential spaces, according to student guards.  Student guards,...

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