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Housing at a Glance: Apartment or Dorm?

By The 4E Staff and The 4E Staff February 9, 2012

by Erin Collins When housing lottery results arrive, some freshmen will get numbers good enough to get an apartment. Those of you without that option should also know that the waitlist moves quickly...

Housing At a Glance: Finding the Perfect Roommate

By The 4E Staff and The 4E Staff January 26, 2012

By Martin Hussey With freshman housing selection just a few weeks away, it seems like the entire class of 2015 is on pins and needles with roommate drama. The coming weeks will inevitably be filled with...

Burst Pipe in Copley Causes Fire Scare

By Mariah Byrne October 30, 2011

Copley Hall was evacuated Sunday at 12:20 p.m. after large amounts of white steam were seen pouring from the roof and basement of the building. The steam was released by a broken pipe in the building's...

Risky Rents: University Lacks Off-Campus Housing Help

By The Editorial Board September 30, 2011

There's a rite of passage that takes place before the junior or senior year of almost every Georgetown student — and it's not the long-awaited 21st birthday. Rather, the time-honored tradition of...

Harbin Sweet Home: Building Dorm Pride

By Hanaa Khadraoui September 27, 2011

Bears, burglaries and fires, oh my! Besides the bears, the above statement turns out to be a pretty accurate summary of my experience so far in Harbin Hall. In the mere three weeks that I've been...

Office of Planning: GU Must House All Students On Campus by 2016

By Anne Skomba May 6, 2011

The District of Columbia Office of Planning's review of the 2010 Campus Plan to the DC Zoning Commission last night requires that Georgetown house 100 percent of students on campus by 2016. In its report,...

New Gender-Neutral Housing at GWU Popular

By Mike Berardo April 7, 2011

The George Washington University recently announced that 144 students will live in gender-neutral housing starting in the fall of 2011, the first semester the university will offer this option. The...

Gender Blind Housing Push Continues

By Yekaterina Gourinovich March 29, 2011

Last semester, a group of students pushed to introduce gender blind housing on campus. While the university does not plan to formally amend its housing policy, officials say that they are working to address...

Scheduling Conflict

By The Editorial Board November 2, 2010

Imagine you are applying to be a resident assistant. While your upperclassman peers pair up and enter housing selection in late October, you diligently work on your RA application for the mid-November...

GWU to Consider Gender-Neutral Housing

By Mariah Byrne October 15, 2010

Following the lead of over 60 other colleges and universities across the United States, The George Washington University is considering implementing gender-neutral housing for the 2011-2012 school year....

Leaving and Learning

By The Editorial Board October 8, 2010

No matter how you slice it, studying abroad is expensive. Tuition, housing fees, airfare, visa fees, living expenses (particularly in Europe) and international health insurance can add up to a scary price...

New Site Aids Student Search for Housing

By Bonnie Duncan September 14, 2010

Two current MSB students and one alumnus will demonstrate the spirit of Georgetown entrepreneurship this Wednesday with the launch of a website focusing on off-campus housing. For Peter Swiek (MSB...

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