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On Israeli Apartheid Week

By Matt Martin and Eman Abdelfadeel April 11, 2016

Georgetown Students for Justice in Palestine is committed to raising awareness about the Palestinian cause through the framework of human rights and social justice. We seek to shed light on often underreported...

A Fresh View of GUSA

By Erin Luck February 22, 2016

Three weeks ago, I received an email that would change the course of my semester. Initially, I was puzzled; I had not filled out any applications for the Georgetown University Student Association or had...

A Plea for the Survey

By Zachary Schroepfer February 4, 2016

We, the members of the Freshman Executive Committee, as a body formed to represent the Class of 2019, strongly urge our classmates to take the university’s confidential Sexual Assault and Misconduct...

When Friends Fill in the Mental Health Gap

By Stephen Cacace February 2, 2016

The guy who’s the life of the party at the Tombs. A friend who seems a little down lately. That woman at the coffee shop who is keeping to herself. Mental illness doesn't discriminate based on race,...

Embracing Risk, Speakers Share Perspectives

Embracing Risk, Speakers Share Perspectives

By Opinion Editor November 16, 2015

Risk-taking is frightening — but it should be pursued by students. So stood the premise of this year's TEDxGeorgetown conference. Speakers, including students, alumni, faculty and public figures,...

TPP: Road to Ratification

By Robert Danco November 15, 2015

In 1994, the United States, Canada and Mexico ratified the North American Free Trade Agreement (known as NAFTA) and created a huge trilateral trading bloc. NAFTA marked the first free trade agreement (other...

An Ode to Princess

An Ode to Princess

By Darius Baxter November 14, 2015

Dear Reader, My dog died recently. She was an almost two-year-old Yorkie that somehow managed to find herself stuck in a Georgetown townhouse with four rowdy football players. Her name was Princess....

How I Came to Georgetown

How I Came to Georgetown

By Margot Keale November 14, 2015

I was speaking with a friend on Sunday when she asked how I was doing. It’s a question asked so often of us that we rarely give it a thought before offering up the standard answer. Great. Good. Fine....

Journeying Through a Refugee Crisis

Journeying Through a Refugee Crisis

By Elijah Jatovsky November 14, 2015

I never thought hiking through the Jordanian desert was going to wind me up on the stage of Gaston Hall. One of the people I met on a hike during the second week of my Fall 2014 semester abroad in Jordan...

Just One of Millions

Just One of Millions

By Patrick Lim November 14, 2015

It was Thursday, February 12, 2015 and Elijah Jatovsky and I sat in Arabic media class. I picked up my phone as we were transitioning to another presentation, and I noticed that I got a message from Sami:...

Finding Out Who You Are

Finding Out Who You Are

By Isvari Mohan November 14, 2015

Do you know who you really are? Circle one of the following answers. I’ll tell you what it means when you’re done. I am… An extrovert. An introvert. I make judgments by… Thinking...

The Principles of Embracing Risk

The Principles of Embracing Risk

By Norean Sharpe November 14, 2015

We live in a global economy. Risk is unavoidable. Rather than ignoring risk, we should embrace it.  The term “embrace” suggests that we welcome risk — not simply tolerate it. What is risk? When...

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