Articles by Elizabeth Rowe

Georgetown University’s undergraduate tuition will rise by 3 percent for the 2010-2011 academic year as the budget for undergraduate financial aid will increase by 8 percent, according to a university press release published yesterday.

Despite a failed initial attempt to gain the university’s support, H*yas for Choice and United Feminists continue to pool efforts to sustain the goals of their newly established group, Plan A: Hoyas for Reproductive Justice.

Two years after the anthropology program separated from the sociology department, plans to solidify the resulting anthropology department’s autonomy continue with a scheduled move from the Intercultural Center to the Car Barn this summer.

In spite of trying financial times for U.S. universities, Georgetown University’s endowment has moved in the rankings to 64th, up from 71st last year, on the National Association of College and University Business Officers’ 2010 endowment list.

On Jan. 21, The Corp announced its new trio of officers for the next year to candidates and current employees.

Vice President of the Office of Advancement Jim Langley is departing Georgetown University, Jeff Donahoe, director of development and campaign communication for the Office of Advancement, confirmed on Wednesday.

As roughly 65 members of the university community poured into a White-Gravenor classroom on Dec. 15 to discuss Georgetown Heckler articles deemed racially insensitive, the role and voice of student publications was once again put into question on the Hilltop.

About 65 members of the Georgetown community gathered on Tuesday night at a community forum held in response to controversial articles in the most recent edition of The Georgetown Heckler, an online-only satirical magazine. Heckler Editor in Chief Jack Stuef (COL ’10) explained that the satirical articles are meant to draw attention to latent racism on campus.

Updated 7:27 a.m., December 8

Cleanup and restoration efforts are underway in New South Hall in response to a fire that broke out Sunday night at about 6:45 p.m. on the third floor of the freshman residence hall.

Georgetown University Law Center Dean T. Alexander Aleinikoff was appointed to the position of United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees.