While the spread of norovirus on campus appears to be slowing, the D.C. Department of Health has yet to determine the cause of the outbreak, and it will likely be days before campus operations return to normal, university officials report.

University officials have confirmed three cases of Staph skin infections among third floor New South residents, with a possible fourth case that has yet to be verified.

Georgetown dropped nine spots to 124 out of 139 surveyed universities in Trojan’s third annual Sexual Health Report Card, released last Monday.

The university fell for the second consecutive year, earning a cumulative 1.97 GPA, down from 2.09 last year.

Georgetown University students need not worry about the recent decline in the availability and rates of student loans — at least until they graduate. Georgetown University has just been approved to begin direct lending to students on July 1, 2009.

While technology will never render pen and paper extinct, smartphones are becoming more prevalent on campus and Georgetown and its students take advantage of all that the latest technology has to offer.

The devices are so versatile that some are using them as laptop replacements for academic work.

MySpace has launched a music downloading site, giving Internet users a new, less expensive alternative to iTunes.

MySpace Music, which debuted last month, allows users to download songs to their computers or MP3 players through the music player or purchase them through Amazon.com. Some songs on Amazon are only 89 cents, a dime less than those bought on iTunes.

For all the budding Indiana Joneses on campus, the Center for Latin American Studies has the class for you.

For the second straight semester, the university is offering elementary Quechua, one of the official languages of Bolivia and Peru. With eight to10 million speakers, Quechua is the most widely spoken Amerindian language.