Articles by Katie Kettle

GUSA Creates Fund for Student Clubs

By Katie Kettle | Nov 10 2009

The Georgetown University Student Association Senate passed an act on Sunday to establish the GUSA Fund, a supplementary source of funding for student clubs.

GUSA Fills Four Seats in Senate, Condemns Alleged Tuesday Assault

By Katie Kettle | Nov 03 2009

In a meeting on Sunday, the Georgetown University Student Association Senate confirmed the results of special elections held to fill vacant senate seats.

GUSA Act Considers Hate Crime Penalties

By Katie Kettle | Oct 27 2009

The Georgetown University Student Association passed a resolution on Sunday that will allow the senate to discuss adding a more serious penalty for hate crimes in the Student Code of Conduct.

GUSA Passes Bill to Retain Activity Fee Interest Funds

By Katie Kettle | Oct 20 2009

The Georgetown University Student Association Senate passed four acts on Sunday, including one calling for the interest accrued in the student activity fee endowment to be retained in that account.

GUSA Senate Speaker Elected

By Katie Kettle | Oct 16 2009

The Senate voted Adam Talbot (COL ’12) as Senate speaker and Chris Pigott (COL ’12) as Senate vice-speaker.

Three GUSA Senate Seats Remain Vacant Following Election

By Katie Kettle | Oct 06 2009

Georgetown students elected 22 of their classmates to serve as members of the Georgetown University Student Association Senate for the next year. Thirty-four students ran for 25 seats, and three of the seats were left vacant because of a lack of candidates.

GUSA Cuts Senate Seats for Oct. Election

By Katie Kettle | Sep 15 2009

The Georgetown University Student Association voted on Sunday to reduce the number of seats in the GUSA Senate in an effort to increase accountability. The new system, which will affect the October elections of the 2009-2010 GUSA Senate, reduces the number of senators from 36 to 25.

GUSA Alters Funding Bylaws

By Katie Kettle | Sep 11 2009

The Georgetown University Student Association passed three new bylaws at a special session on Tuesday in an effort to increase transparency, efficiency and accountability to students. The bylaws were discussed and voted on by last year’s senators, who will remain in their positions until elections later this month.

GUSA Passes Contested Budget

By Katie Kettle | Apr 24 2009

Despite uncertainty surrounding next year’s funding for student organizations, the Georgetown University Student Association voted to pass its 2009-2010 ...

Budget Crisis Pending GUSA Vote

By Katie Kettle | Apr 21 2009

This Wednesday’s meeting of the Georgetown University Student Association may determine whether or not funds allocated to student organizations ...