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EDITORIAL: Reverse The Corps Cash Ban

EDITORIAL: Reverse The Corp’s Cash Ban

By Editorial Board October 4, 2019

With seven storefronts on campus and a wide range of coffee and snack offerings, Students of Georgetown, Inc., commonly referred to as The Corp, gives students convenient food options on campus. But,...

ASHLEY CHEN THE HOYA Students of Georgetown Inc., transitioned to a cashless business model in 2018 over concerns about costs associated with handling cash.

Future of Cashless Businesses at Risk Amid Classism Critiques

By Casey Ferrante September 27, 2019

In 2017, Visa offered tens of thousands of dollars in assistance to any business willing to partake in its Cashless Challenge and begin refusing to accept cash. This initiative fit broadly into the company’s...

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Samantha Berner has been named Title IX coordinator just over a year after her predecessor left. Berner previously served as Title IX investigator and interim Title IX coordinator.

Berner Named Title IX Coordinator, Leaving Investigator Role Vacant

By Amy Li July 2, 2019

The university named internal candidate Samantha Berner as the new Title IX coordinator and director of Title IX compliance, after a yearlong search to fill the role.  Berner had previously served...

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Corp Collects Unused Student Flex Dollars to Stock Hoya Hub

By Meredith Miller April 26, 2019

Students will be able to donate unused Flex dollars to help stock the Hoya Hub food pantry this summer through a program co-hosted by Students of Georgetown, Inc., commonly known as The Corp. Individuals...

DC Council Considers Bill Prohibiting Cashless Retailers

DC Council Considers Bill Prohibiting Cashless Retailers

By Jaime Moore-Carrillo February 22, 2019

A bill that would force retailers throughout D.C. to abandon their no-cash policies is being considered by the D.C. Council as part of a renewed effort to ban Washington, D.C., businesses from denying...

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT | A new law that took effect Jan. 1 prevents D.C. businesses from distributing single-use straws.

DC Law Banning Single-Use Plastic Straws Takes Effect

By Cady Stanton January 18, 2019

New requirements banning businesses or organizations in Washington, D.C., from providing single-use plastic straws and stirrers when selling food or beverages took effect Jan. 1. The Department of...

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Juul Labs announced Nov. 13 that it will remove some of its products from stores, a move that will affect The Corp.

Corp Eliminates Select Juul Products as Brand Halts Sales Nationwide

By Connor Thomas November 30, 2018

Campus convenience stores Hoya Snaxa and Vital Vittles will no longer sell select flavors of Juul pods, flavored e-liquid cartridges used with Juul e-cigarettes,  following Juul Labs’ Nov. 13 announcement...

What to Expect During Semi Formal Szn

What to Expect During Semi Formal Szn

By Jenna Ryu and Jenna Ryu November 26, 2018

In between the time of the turkey and the weeks of Michael Bublé and Mariah Carey Christmas carols, Georgetown celebrates another special season: Semi Formal Szn. Around this time, the Facebook notifications...

NATALIE ISÉ/THE HOYA Vegan chocolate chip cookies produced by Renewal Mill, a startup company run by Caroline Cotto (NHS 14), are now available for purchase at Vital Vittles.

Alumna-Run Startup Produces Vegan Cookies, Now Sold at Vital Vittles

By Victoria Gatopoulous November 13, 2018

Vital Vittles is now selling an environmentally sustainable, vegan chocolate chip cookie produced by an alumna’s startup company, Renewal Mill. Caroline Cotto (NHS ’14), who majored in health science...

Clubs Respond to Criticisms of Selectivity

Clubs Respond to Criticisms of Selectivity

By Tara Subramaniam November 2, 2018

Every Hoya could most likely recite some version of the following: Without the traditional social structure of recognized Greek life, clubs become the hub for your social life. Yet Georgetown’s...

SUBUL MALIK/THE HOYA GUSA Policy Chair for Student Health Casey Kozak (NHS ’20) is leading an effort to eliminate tobacco and nicotine usage on campus, following a referendum on banning tobacco and nicotine products on campus.

GUSA Targets On-Campus Tobacco, Looks to Corp for Help

By Campus News Editor October 26, 2018

A Georgetown University Student Association effort to make Georgetown a smoke- and tobacco-free campus seeks to collaborate with Students of Georgetown, Inc., more commonly known as the Corp, to end...

VIEWPOINT: Prioritize Health, End Corp Tobacco Sales

By Casey Kozak October 19, 2018

The harmful effects of tobacco, as well as the addictive nature of nicotine, have been known since the early 1950s. The danger of second-hand smoke has been clear since the ’90s. Yet Georgetown University...

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