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Women in Comedy Stand Up and Stand Out

By Alexandra Brunjes March 16, 2018

Jim Gaffigan (MSB ’88), Mike Birbiglia (COL ’00), Nick Kroll (COL ’01) and John Mulaney (COL ’04) — all names that could sell out comedy clubs across the country. At one point, they called...

VIEWPOINT: Ensuring an Inclusive Senate

By Habon Ali and Cherie Vu April 25, 2017

This year, the Georgetown University Student Association did not begin its outreach efforts to encourage women, people of color and other underrepresented groups on campus to get involved in student leadership...

EDITORIAL: GUSA Senate Reform Will Bolster Representation

By Editorial Board April 11, 2017

After December’s unsuccessful referendum to replace the Georgetown University Student Association senate with a new assembly, some may balk at another vote aimed at GUSA senate reform. But the initiative...

VIEWPOINT: Barriers to Representation

By Trevor O'Connor March 27, 2017

For decades, politicians have bellowed that all are equal, that racial barriers are relics of the past and that anyone can be anything in the land of opportunity. The inauguration of our first black president...

PETROCHEILOS: Repairing Democracy’s Chasm

By Martha Petrocheilos October 18, 2016

In ancient Athens, the statesman Cleisthenes introduced a political system known as demokratia, or rule of the people.”Democracy is widely considered to be one of the enduring contributions of ancient...

Viewpoint: District’s Need for Statehood

By Maddy Taub September 30, 2016

Why should Georgetown students care that Washington, D.C. citizens do not have full representation in Congress? Consider this: Of all the capitals in our world’s democracies, only Washington, D.C....

Endorsing a Return to the Plural Voice

By Trevor Tezel, Abbey McNaughton, and Shane Thomas January 30, 2015

This past week, the Georgetown University Student Association learned of changes affecting student representation on the Georgetown University board of directors. Administrators informed the student...

CORREIA: A Place for DC Among The States

CORREIA: A Place for DC Among The States

By Tricia Correia October 10, 2014

In 1970, Sam Smith wrote in the D.C. Gazette that the D.C. Statehood movement was not proceeding at the speed most thought it would. “Instead,” Smith wrote, “we have annual piddling negotiations...

GUSA: An Association Lacking Representation

By The Editorial Board September 27, 2011

Gerrymandering is frowned upon in representative government. Unfortunately, it seems the Georgetown University Student Association has forgotten the basic principles of this breed of political system. Thursday...

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