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The Hoya

Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

GUSA Executive Takes Pulse on Progress

By Annie Chen October 12, 2012

More than halfway through their term, Georgetown University Student Association President Clara Gustafson (SFS ’13) and Vice-President Vail Kohnert-Yount (SFS ’13) have checked off a number of their...

Committee Asks GU to Cut Adidas

By Hiromi Oka October 12, 2012

The Licensing Oversight Committee unanimously recommended that the university terminate its contract with Adidas by Dec. 15 due to the company’s violation of Georgetown’s Code of Conduct for Licensees. According...

Students Launch National Network for LGBTQ Acceptance

By Emma Hinchliffe October 12, 2012

The Catholic Association of Students for Equality, a nationwide organization founded by Georgetown students with the mission of promoting acceptance of all sexual orientations on Catholic college campuses,...

Supreme Court Hears Affirmative Action Case

By Emma Iannini October 12, 2012

Affirmative action admission policies came under fire as the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments in the case of Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin Wednesday. The case originated...

Cancer Center Opens Facility in Southeast DC

By Guthrie Angeles October 12, 2012

Georgetown University Medical Center’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center opened its new Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities Research in Southeast D.C. with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday. D.C....

Students Continue Protests After Metro Installs Anti-Muslim Ads

By Carly Cianci October 12, 2012

After a U.S. District Judge Mary Collyer ruled that anti-jihad advertisements be immediately installed in D.C. Metro stations last Friday, Georgetown students have launched a protest against the decision. The...

MSB Wins Award for Diversity

By Penny Hung October 12, 2012

The McDonough School of Business received the 2012 Brillante Award for Educational Excellence from the National Society of Hispanic MBAs at a fundraising gala in Orlando, Fla. last Friday. NSHMBA grants...

University Eyes Tech Expansion

By Ted Murphy October 12, 2012

Last week, six students graduated from Georgetown’s first-ever online-only offering, a master’s nursing program that lets participants take classes through video chats and submit assignments over the...

UIS to Reevaluate Blackboard

By Adam Bacigalupo October 12, 2012

In response to student comments on the university-wide forum IdeaScale, the administration is in the process of assessing Blackboard’s usefulness and discussing how to improve the online resource. According...

After 25 Years, Women’s and Gender Studies Looks Forward

By Caitlyn Casey October 12, 2012

The Women’s and Gender Studies Program, which celebrated its 25th anniversary last Saturday, is looking to expand its size and scope in the coming years. The celebration included a reception and a...

Conference Discusses Vatican II

By Molly DePippo October 12, 2012

Administrators, Jesuits and Vatican II staff discussed the historic council that transformed the Catholic Church at a conference titled “Vatican II After Fifty Years: Dialogue and Catholic Identity”...

Documentary Triggers Discussion on Student Activism

By Tia Baheri October 12, 2012

Students discussed Georgetown’s history of on-campus student activism and a 2005 hunger strike that protested worker conditions at the university at an event in Intercultural Center Wednesday night. The...

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