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Bring-Your-Parents to Class

By The Editorial Board October 1, 2013

Many parents arrive at the Hilltop in mid-October to spend time with their children, enjoy Georgetown in the autumn and take advantage of university-held programs. Often paying a heavy sum of money in...

Walsh, Healy … McCourt?

By The Editorial Board September 27, 2013

Joseph Mark Lauinger was a 1967 graduate who died in the Vietnam War. Fr. Patrick Healy, S.J., was the first university president of mixed-race ancestry and united the Hilltop after the Civil War. EleanorDarnall was...

Reappraising ICC

By The Editorial Board September 27, 2013

If you’re looking to avoid Lauinger Library, there are several attractive alternative study spaces on campus. But as it stands, Intercultural Center Galleria would hardly be considered among them. The...

Boxing Out Privacy

By The Editorial Board September 27, 2013

While designs for new dorms continue to dominate campus discussion, one can’t lose sight of the ways — major and minor — in which current residential life could be bolstered. Alumni Square, a...

Facilitating Maintenance

By The Editorial Board September 24, 2013

Keeping a dorm room or apartment in working order is no small task. Many apartment ailments, from leaky ceilings to broken ovens, are not residents’ fault, and resolving them drains time for students...

Tailgate Sticker Shock

By The Editorial Board September 24, 2013

The tailgate is a fan favorite during Homecoming Weekend, an event enjoyed by all ages of the Georgetown community. While most of the weekend’s events are generously made free of charge by on-campus...

Rolling the Dice on Big Data

By The Editorial Board September 20, 2013

Frank McCourt Jr.’s (CAS ’75) $100 million donation to develop a new public policy school offers many reasons to celebrate. But one reason — the school’s inclusion of a Massive Data Institute...

A Sound Vote on Fossil Free

By The Editorial Board September 20, 2013

The new student group GU Fossil Free made waves on campus in January by advocating for full university divestment from coal and fossil fuel within five years. Now, these same students, frustrated by administrative...

When Skipping Class Is Best

By The Editorial Board September 17, 2013

A flu bug has swept through campus recently, making many classrooms an exhibition of coughing, sneezing and sniffling. Sadly, many professors impose strict absence policies that only reinforce the spreading...

Investing in Our Job Hunt

By The Editorial Board September 17, 2013

Students curious about the scholarly work their professors do outside the classroom might be irked to find that getting these answers requires a bit of research on students’ end, too. Georgetown takes...

Uniting Research Resources

By The Editorial Board September 17, 2013

Students curious about the scholarly work their professors do outside the classroom might be irked to find that getting these answers requires a bit of research on students’ end, too. Georgetown takes...

Floor Funds Come Up Short

By The Editorial Board September 13, 2013

Every campus residence requests $25 or so from students in floor funds at the beginning of the year. Support for the method of retrieving that contribution, however, is not nearly so uniform. Problems...

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