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Nineteen percent of the student body voted in this year’s GUSA senate elections, with higher participation in underclassman districts. Nineteen percent of the electorate placed a vote for at-large candidates.

Election Turnout Plummets

By Tom Garzillo and Tala al Rajjal October 6, 2015

After an election season marked by low voter participation, 28 students, including three write-in candidates, were sworn into the Georgetown University Student Association senate Sunday. Nineteen percent...

Mr. Georgetown: Who is the Real Prince Charming?

Mr. Georgetown: Who is the Real Prince Charming?

By Courtney Klein and Courtney Klein October 4, 2015

The Fourth Edition is pleased to present to you, the 2015 Mr. Georgetown Pageant contestants. This year, The Mr. Georgetown Pageant’s theme is Cinderfella and the Disney Princes. Will they be like this? Or...

Roundtable Addresses Construction Concerns

By Daniel Silbert October 4, 2015

  More than 50 students voiced their concerns about student housing to administrators and representatives of the Georgetown University Student Association on Wednesday night at the first Hoya...

GUSA Elections See Low Upperclassmen Participation

By Molly Cooke October 2, 2015

Forty-six students campaigned over the past week for one of the 28 Georgetown University Student Association Senate seats, for which three districts received no contenders. The results of yesterday’s...

5 Types of People Running for GUSA Senate

5 Types of People Running for GUSA Senate

By Annie Fraser and Annie Fraser October 1, 2015

It’s October, and you know what that means. It’s that time of year when the real issues begin to be discussed, when world-class leaders petition for our support. Campaign season is upon us, and the...

New Students, All Hands on Deck

New Students, All Hands on Deck

By Reed Howard September 29, 2015

As Georgetown enters a new year, it faces a broad set of complicated challenges and opportunities. I believe as students, we have the desire and potential to affect great change on this campus. I want...

New Initiative Funds Student Leadership

By Patricja Okuniewska September 25, 2015

The Georgetown University Student Association established the Student Leadership Fund on Sunday as a resource to support students with demonstrated financial need who are interested in participating in...

Green Fund Installs Motion Detecting Lights in Darnall

By Gaia Mattiace September 25, 2015

The Green Revolving Loan Fund installed a series of motion detection-operated lights in the common rooms of Darnall Hall last week to reduce the university’s energy usage and carbon footprint. The...

GU Hires First Access Coordinator

By Toby Hung September 22, 2015

The Georgetown University Student Association announced Friday that the university hired Anisha Thadani as its first access coordinator and events manager, a position that will address accessibility issues...

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Ari Goldstein (SFS ’18) chalks Red Square at a summer event geared toward garnering university administrators’ attention on sexual assault.

Sexual Assault Policy Reform Deal Reached

By Toby Hung September 18, 2015

After more than two months of negotiations between student activists and the university, the Georgetown University Student Association and administrators agreed upon policy reforms regarding campus sexual...

Stand Up, Demand

Stand Up, Demand

By The Editorial Board September 18, 2015

The memorandum of understanding brokered between the Georgetown University Student Association and the administration Tuesday addresses one of the most incendiary student issues in recent memory. Since...

Program Prepares Women in Politics

By Tom Garzillo and Sarah Fisher September 15, 2015

Elect Her, a national program that prepares college-aged women to run for student government and political office, held its second annual program at Georgetown in the Healey Family Student Center Saturday. The...

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