Category: On Campus

Plan A: Hoyas for Reproductive Justice took to Red Square Wednesday afternoon to protest the university’s stance on reproductive issues, this time drawing onlookers in a skit inspired by St. Patrick’s Day.

Georgetown University and the World Bank have joined forces to aid Haiti by providing the Haitian government with high-quality satellite and aerial geographical data. The information will allow the government to quickly assess damage and better plan for rebuilding, according to a university press release.

Students gathered in Healy Hall’s Philodemic Room Wednesday for a student-led discussion of the DREAM Act, immigration-related legislation that, if passed into law, will have a significant impact on the lives of undocumented students in the United States, including members of the Georgetown community.

The Leavey Foundation granted the university $6.9 million to support the development of Catholic programs in the Office of Mission and Ministry, a need-based scholarship for students from Jesuit high schools and greater recruitment and retention of Jesuit faculty members.

University President John J. DeGioia reaffirmed Georgetown’s commitment to sustainable development and operations last week by signing the Sustainable Campus Charter at the 2010 meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

After several feet of snow effectively crippled the D.C. metropolitan area, Georgetown University reopened on Tuesday. Professors responded to the impromptu week off in a variety of ways.

The Georgetown community learned last week that Fr. John Witek, S.J., died at Georgetown University Hospital on Sunday, Jan. 31. Witek was 76 years old and had suffered from cancer for many years.

Free copies of The New York Times, The Washington Post and USA Today are once again available through The Collegiate Readership Program, which restarted Monday despite school closures after discontinuing last year due to a lack of funds.

Cell phones rang out and e-mail messages popped up across campus around 8 p.m. Monday, alerting the university community of a second day of cancelled classes, the result of a storm system on track to break snowfall records for the District.

David Benedetto (SFS ’13) garnered a $500 cash prize for the musical and puppeteering talents he displayed on America’s Next Great Star, a talent competition featured at various college campuses that made a stop in Gaston Hall for a live show Saturday night.