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GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY RUGBY/ FACEBOOK Club Rugby faced a $3,000 budget cut, leading to increased risk of injury due to not having a trainer at all team practices.

Club Sports Face Barriers to Membership Amid Budget Cuts

By Maja Ochojska December 6, 2019

When Sarah Watson (SFS ’23) came to Georgetown University this fall, she was excited to join the university’s Club Rock Climbing team. The high fee to try out for the team, however, forced her to...

GUSA Specific Bystander Trainings See Low Attendance

GUSA Specific Bystander Trainings See Low Attendance

By Grace Buono December 6, 2019

Many Georgetown University Student Association members have missed their GUSA bystander training sessions, GUSA Vice President Aleida Olvera (COL ’20) said at the weekly meeting of the GUSA senate Monday. Starting...

GUSA Launches Working Group To Strive Toward Blue Campus Designation

GUSA Launches Working Group To Strive Toward Blue Campus Designation

By Margie Cullen December 6, 2019

The Georgetown University Student Association senate established a Blue Campus working group to explore launching a student referendum to designate Georgetown as the world’s first Blue Campus on Nov....

Student Petition Calls for GU To Name MedStar Building in Honor of Nun

Student Petition Calls for GU To Name MedStar Building in Honor of Nun

By Harrison McBride November 22, 2019

Students have signed a letter calling for the new MedStar Georgetown University Hospital surgical pavilion to be named after Eileen Niedfield (MED ’51), valedictorian of the first class of women accepted...

EDITORIAL: Implement Discounts for Scooter Services

EDITORIAL: Implement Discounts for Scooter Services

By Editorial Board November 15, 2019

Georgetown University’s inaccessibility to the rest of the nation’s capital is no secret: With subpar public transportation, limited schedules of Georgetown University Transportation Shuttle buses...

Senator Resigns Amid Ethics, Oversight Reform

Senator Resigns Amid Ethics, Oversight Reform

By Riley Rogerson and Harrison McBride November 15, 2019

Zev Burton (SFS ’22), a Georgetown University Student Association senator and the senate ethics and oversight committee chair, resigned Nov. 11.  Burton, who was elected senator in April 2019,...

GUSA Senate Legislation Clarifies Consequences for Repeat Absences

GUSA Senate Legislation Clarifies Consequences for Repeat Absences

By Harrison McBride November 15, 2019

The Georgetown University Student Association senate passed new legislation to standardize the organization’s senator absence policy at their most recent meeting Nov. 10. The bill, introduced by...

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GUSA Senate Backs Resolution Supporting Sex Work Decriminalization

By Harrison McBride November 8, 2019

After a more than 14-hour Washington, D.C. Council hearing on a bill that would take steps to decriminalize some sex work in D.C., the Georgetown University Student Association Senate voted in favor of...

ILLUSTRATION BY SAMUEL NELSON/THE HOYA The GUSA senate FinApp Committee allocated $1,092,000 in March to nine bodies, including SAC and 6 other advisory boards.

SAC Holds Fall 2019 Budget Summit, Allocates $300,000

By Sana Rahman and Ashley Zhao November 8, 2019

The Student Activities Commission held its semesterly Budget Summit last weekend to allocate approximately $300,000 to over 130 clubs for spring 2020. SAC is a funding and advisory board that distributes...

EDITORIAL: GUSA Executives Rebuild Student Trust

EDITORIAL: GUSA Executives Rebuild Student Trust

By Editorial Board November 1, 2019

When Georgetown University Student Association President Norman Francis Jr. (COL ’20) and Vice President Aleida Olvera (COL ’20) were sworn in last spring, they inherited their office amid high levels...

MAGGIE FOUBERG/THE HOYA | GUSA Senate passed a resolution pushing for paper-free academic policies to increase sustainability on campus.

GUSA Calls For Sustainable Paper-Free Academic Practices

By Clara Grudberg November 1, 2019

The Georgetown University Student Association senate passed a resolution urging Georgetown University to implement paper-free academic practices to improve sustainability and accessibility in an academic...

FILE PHOTO: SUBUL MALIK/THE HOYA | The new ethics and oversight committee will be made up of 5 senators, 2 executive liaisons, and 3 executive liaisons, with the chair of the committee voting to break any ties.

GUSA Reforms Ethics Committee To Include Non-Voting Students

By Harrison McBride November 1, 2019

The Georgetown University Student Association senate voted in favor of an amended bill that would include student body members on the GUSA ethics and oversight committee, which aims to improve the internal...

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