Articles by Bonnie Duncan

After an 8.8 magnitude earthquake shook Chile at 3:34 a.m. local time Saturday, Anne Meriwether (COL ’11) was thankful to be in the safety of her bed and eager to let her family know she was out of harm’s way.

With unemployment rates since the beginning of the recession rivaling those of the Great Depression, many in the class of 2010 struggle to find post-graduation employment in the most popular fields, yet the job market has spurred current students and recent graduates alike to pursue creative work alternatives for their time after the Hilltop.

The Georgetown University Career Center released its annual survey of recent graduates this past week, revealing a decrease in employment rates and starting salaries for the Class of 2009.

The Educational Testing Services announced in January that major changes to the Graduate Record Examination will go into effect in fall 2011.

On Thursday, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s board approved a 10-cent increase on Metrobus, Metrorail and MetroAccess fares. The new fares will be in effect until the end of June to avoid service cuts.

This Wednesday in Red Square, members of the university community held a counter-protest in response to the anti-war protests that occurred during Gen. David Petraeus’ Jan. 21 speech in Gaston Hall.

As a result of time and attendance fraud, sanitation workers in the District have earned millions of dollars for overtime work that was never actually completed, according to an investigation by a team of auditors from the D.C. Department of Finance and Resource Management.

As part of Martin Luther King Jr. Day festivities, Georgetown students and community members partook in the “Let Freedom Ring” event at the Kennedy Center on Monday.

The chief national correspondent for CBS News and a contributing correspondent for “60 Minutes,” Pitts was the featured speaker for the Master of Professional Studies in Journalism’s inaugural Newsmaker Lecture Series Thursday in Copley Formal Lounge.

On Wednesday, the Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia held a hearing about H.R. 960, the District of Columbia Legislative Autonomy Act of 2009 and H.R. 1045, the District of Columbia Budget Autonomy Act of 2009.