Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

WMATA Announces Proposed Bus Route Changes, Fare Hikes

WMATA Announces Proposed Bus Route Changes, Fare Hikes

By Anna Ferrazzi January 17, 2020

Georgetown neighborhood residents have expressed concern about the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s December draft budget report for the 2021 fiscal year suggesting potential bus route...

Safety Beyond Our Gates

By Editorial Board September 23, 2016

College is a time for students to pursue their academic, professional and personal aspirations. Questions of personal safety and security should not be at the forefront of their minds, and over the past...

University SNAPs At Noise

By Taylor Harding and Andrew Wallender November 10, 2015

When Drew Dushkes (GRD ’16) threw a mid-September housewarming party at his off-campus Georgetown residence, he never expected the night to culminate in Office of Student Conduct summons, the threat...

Verizon to Install Cell Tower on Leavey Center Roof

By Christopher Zawora August 30, 2013

The familiar complaint of dropped cell phone calls in Burleith and Darnall Hall will be eased next summer when a Verizon cell phone tower will be installed on the roof of Leavey Center. The university...

Verizon to Install Cell Tower on Leavey Center Roof

By Christopher Zawora August 30, 2013

The familiar complaint of dropped cell phone calls in Burleith and Darnall Hall will be eased next summer when a Verizon cell phone tower will be installed on the roof of Leavey Center. The university...

Lease and Learn

By The Editorial Board August 27, 2013

Moving off campus comes with a minefield of complications that may seem more frustrating than rewarding. But the experience of living on one’s own before fully leaving the Georgetown community is valuable...

Professors Caught Amid Town-Gown Tension

By Kylie Mohr April 5, 2013

Georgetown professors who live near campus in West Georgetown and Burleith seem to be caught between two opposing worlds. What Mayor Vincent Gray at an Oct. 3, 2011, Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E public...

Off-Campus Discipline Crackdown Looms

By Penny Hung March 1, 2013

The university is planning a crackdown on rowdy off-campus parties after spring break, outgoing GUSA President Clara Gustafson (SFS '13) confirmed. “It’s not that the university is going to be...

Preserving Historic Value

By Kim Bussing November 10, 2012

Georgetown has garnered a reputation few others neighborhoods possess. It’s in the nation’s capital, was the setting for the 1973 horror classic The Exorcist and has been home to notable residents...

The Return of drunkengeorgetownstudents.com

By Michelle Cassidy and Michelle Cassidy October 16, 2012

There's evidence of the longstanding battle between Georgetown students and our disgruntled neighbors all over the place – lawn signs and pins reading "Our Homes Not GU's Dorms", angry listserv posts...

New Burleith Citizens Association President Shares Goals

By Esteban Garcia January 27, 2012

Chris Clements, who was elected president of the Burleith Citizens Association in November, assumed his position this month. The BCA has been a vocal opponent of Georgetown's 2010 Campus Plan and has...

Fire Breaks Out in Burleith

By Lauren Weber October 29, 2011

A fire broke out Sunday around 3 a.m. at 1930 37th Street. Six fire trucks and at least two ambulances responded to the scene, along with the standard Metropolitan Police Department deployment. MPD taped...

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