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Conference Encourages Women to Run for GUSA

By Elaina Koros September 17, 2013

To increase female representation among student leaders, the American Association of University Women partnered with Georgetown to hold the second annual Elect Her conference Saturday. Seven of 28 Georgetown...

Syria Analyst Faked Georgetown PhD

By Penny Hung September 13, 2013

Elizabeth O’Bagy (COL ’09, GRD ’13), a researcher whose analysis of Syria had been quoted by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Secretary of State John Kerry, was found to have falsely claimed to...

Outdoor Drinking Trial Run Begins

By Annie Chen and Eitan Sayag August 30, 2013

Students of legal age will now be permitted to consume wine and beer outside in specific areas of Village A and Henle Village as part of a pilot program beginning today. The Outdoor Student Living...

Verizon to Install Cell Tower on Leavey Center Roof

By Christopher Zawora August 30, 2013

The familiar complaint of dropped cell phone calls in Burleith and Darnall Hall will be eased next summer when a Verizon cell phone tower will be installed on the roof of Leavey Center. The university...

GU Accepts 80 Students From Waitlist

By Penny Hung August 8, 2013

Eighty waitlisted students were offered admission to Georgetown this year, and 72 have submitted deposits for the fall semester. Fifty waitlisted students were originally accepted in mid-May; of...

Stylistic Changes Preview Larger Push for Code of Conduct Reform

By Eitan Sayag August 7, 2013

Stylistic and organizational changes to the Code of Student Conduct intended to clarify the disciplinary process are set for implementation by the end of the summer in anticipation of substantive changes...

Burglary Reported in Village C East

By Penny Hung August 5, 2013

A locked room in Village C East was burglarized over the weekend, the Department of Public Safety reported. The incident occurred between August 1 at 6:00 p.m. and August 5 at 2:10 p.m., when an unknown...

Burglary Reported in Kennedy

By Penny Hung August 1, 2013

Several unlocked rooms in Kennedy Hall were burglarized July 27, the Department of Public Safety reported today. The incident occurred between 2:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m., when an unknown intruder stole...

Recent Grad Dies in Plane Crash

By Eitan Sayag August 1, 2013

Bess Rosenzweig (COL ’13) and her mother, Claire Clube, 49, died in a plane crash in Kenya on July 25. Rosenzweig, 22, was from Cambridge, Mass. and graduated from Georgetown with a degree...

JJ’s Departure Stems From Settlement, Evaluation

By Eitan Sayag and Emma Hinchliffe July 31, 2013

A settlement reached with two parents whose child was bitten by Jack Jr. last fall was a factor in the decision to remove the former mascot-in-training from campus. The child sustained non-critical...

House Passes Student Loan Interest Rates Deal

By Penny Hung July 31, 2013

The U.S. House of Representatives voted to tie student loan interest rates to financial markets today, a decision that would lower the cost of borrowing from the 6.8 percent rate that has been effect throughout...

JJ to Leave Campus, Mascot Future in Question

By Emma Hinchliffe July 31, 2013

An unforeseen — and, for now, unexplained — departure has struck Georgetown amid the dog days of summer. Mascot-in-training Jack Jr. will not return to campus this fall, and the question of...

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