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Pro-Cannabis Legalization Groups Protest Outside White House

By Jack Bennett April 5, 2016

This weekend, the District’s marijuana advocates gathered at the White House in protest while smoking marijuana on federal property. Protest organizers boasted that Saturday’s public mass-smoking...

The Change Georgetown DOESN'T Need

The Change Georgetown DOESN’T Need

By Charlie Fritz and Charlie Fritz March 2, 2016

It was recently revealed through The Hoya that the administrators of SFS are considering changes to the core curriculum. This idea may seem great for SFSers due to the excessive amount of Econ requirements...

Coordinate Solidarity

Coordinate Solidarity

By The Editorial Board November 17, 2015

Student-athletes at Georgetown launched a campaign to raise awareness of the unethical business practices perpetuated by Nike — specifically the use of sweatshops in their production process. Operating...

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Solidarity Demonstrators Call for University Action

By Syed Humza Moinuddin November 12, 2015

Black student activists led around 250 students, faculty and community members in a demonstration on Red Square tonight to express solidarity with students of color experiencing racism in universities...

The Dual Nature of Free Speech

By Thomas Barry Cooke April 24, 2015

A campus announcement on April 20 noted that the Westboro Baptist Church had been granted a permit from the city to picket in the public space outside of the main gates of Georgetown University on Monday,...

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The Westboro Baptist Church will protest at Georgetown on April 27, prompting the planning of two student-organized counter-protests.

Countering WBC, Protests Organize

By Toby Hung April 21, 2015

The Westboro Baptist Church announced last weekend that it will picket outside the front gates of Georgetown University next Monday, prompting students to organize two counterprotests in response to...

Sommers Event Sparks Dialogue, Protest

By Margaret Heftler April 21, 2015

A talk by author and former philosophy professor Christina Hoff Sommers, who discussed her views on feminism, sparked student protest and dialogue throughout campus. Sommers spoke Thursday night,...

GSC Claims Aramark Intrusion

By Toby Hung March 6, 2015

Thirty students from the Georgetown Solidarity Committee participated in a rally at the Georgetown University Hotel and Convention Center on Thursday, in light of recent allegations that members of...

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Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani, the emir of Qatar, spoke at Gaston Hall on Thursday. Student protests against labor practices followed his appearance.

Emir Outlines Qatari Role in Middle East

By Kelsey Quackenbush February 27, 2015

His Highness Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani, emir of the State of Qatar, discussed the Arab Spring, education reform and Qatar’s political role in the Middle East with University President John...

Stand Against Aramark

By The Editorial Board February 20, 2015

Feb. 18 marked a landmark change in Georgetown’s involvement with Aramark, the corporation behind Leo’s, Hoya Court and most other food locations on campus, with employees and students rallying together...

QUALLEN: Worker’s Rally Lives On

By Matthew Quallen January 30, 2015

On March 15, 2005, 25 Georgetown students began a hunger strike. They refused to eat until the university committed to a just employment policy, at the core of which lay the guarantee of a living wage. Their...

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The 16th Annual Cardinal O’Connor Conference on Life took place Saturday, and saw uninterrupted protest from H*yas for Choice.

H*yas for Choice Leads 8-Hour Protest

By Emma Rizk January 27, 2015

As approximately 500 people gathered for the 16th Annual Cardinal O’Connor Conference on Life in Gaston Hall on Saturday, around 20 members of H*yas for Choice, a pro-choice student group unaffiliated...

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